13 June 2016
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Sixteenth Circuit Judicial Commission has interviewed all of the applicants and selected a panel of three nominees for the circuit judge position in Division 19 of the Jackson County Circuit Court. The nominees are:
Lisa Noel Gentleman – private practice (three votes)
Scott Randall Manuel – probate commissioner, Division 19 (five votes)
Mark A. Styles Jr. – deputy probate commissioner, Division 19 (five votes)
The commission has submitted the panel to Governor Jeremiah W “Jay” Nixon, who will have sixty days to appoint one of the nominees as circuit judge for Division 19.
The commission is chaired by Chief Judge Alok Ahuja of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, and is composed of attorneys Teresa Woody, Michael A. Williams, and lay members William C. Gautreaux and Rev. Eric Williams.
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Update: The Governor on July 26, 2016, appointed Mark Styles Jr. to fill this vacancy.
Note: Links to nominees' applications typically are disabled after the governor makes his appointment.
Contact: Terence Lord
Clerk of Court
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District
1300 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64106
(816) 889-3600