9 June 2016,

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 10.28(d), the Sixteenth Circuit Judicial Commission announces the following demographic information relating to applicants for the Jackson County Circuit Court position that will be created by the upcoming retirement of Judge Kathleen A. Forsyth.

There are four applicants for the vacancy. Two applicants are women, and two are men. There is one minority applicant. Two applicants work in the private sector, and two work in the public sector. The average age of the applicants is 51 years.

Also pursuant to Rule 10.28(d), the commission announces it will interview all applicants:

Lisa Noel Gentleman

Scott Randall Manuel

Mark S. Styles Jr.

Rebecca Lake Wood

The commission will meet to interview the applicants beginning at 9 a.m. Monday, June 13, 2016, at the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District, 1300 Oak Street, Kansas City, MO 64106. The public may attend and observe the interviews. Immediately after the interviews, the commission will meet to select the names of three applicants to send to the governor.

Contact: Terence G. Lord, clerk of court
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District
(816) 889-3600
tlord@courts.mo.gov