10 May 2016
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Pursuant to Rule 10.28(d), the Appellate Judicial Commission
announces the following demographic information relating to applicants for the
vacancy on the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, created by the March
2016 retirement of Judge Joseph M. Ellis.
There are nine applicants for the vacancy. Two are women; there are no minority applicants. Six are from outside the Kansas City metropolitan area. Six applicants work in the public sector, two work in the private sector and one works in both. Of those in the private sector, two work in solo or small-firm practices. Of those in the public sector, three are trial court judges. The applicants’ mean age is 50.1 years.
Also pursuant to Rule 10.28(d), the commission announces it will interview all nine applicants:
Daren L. Adkins
Edward R. Ardini Jr.
Douglas B. Harris
James R. Layton
Lauren E. Tucker McCubbin
Daniel N. McPherson
W. Brent Powell
W. Douglas Thomson
Teresa A. Woody
The commission will conduct interviews from 8:30 a.m. to noon
Tuesday, June 7 at the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, 1300 Oak Street
in Kansas City. The public is invited to attend and observe interviews. The
commission will meet beginning at approximately 1 p.m. June 7 in the same
location to select the three nominees from this applicant pool for the
governor’s consideration.
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Contact: Beth S. Riggert
Communications Counsel
Supreme Court of Missouri
(573) 751-3676