10 January 2017
 
ST. LOUIS – Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 10.28(d), the Twenty-Second Circuit Judicial Commission releases the following information relating to applicants for the circuit court judge vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Thomas J. Frawley: 32 applicants, 18 women, 14 men, eight minority, 24 non-minorities, 20 presently employed in the private sector and 12 presently employed in the public sector. The applicants' mean age is 47.

Also pursuant to Rule 10.28(d), the commission announces it will interview all 32 applicants:

 

Deborah M. Bird	Matthew J. Devoti	Annette Llewellyn
Michael A. Brockland	Katherine M. Fowler	Joan K. Miller
David A. Bruns	Bridget L. Halquist	Scott A. Millikan
Theresa Counts Burke	Richard A. Harper	Deborah L. Price
Mary Pat Benninger Carl	Heather J. Hays	David A. Roither
Francisco J. Carretero	Craig K. Higgins	Jason M. Sengheiser
Thom C. Clark II	Heather Highland	Ian C. Simmons
Nicole Colbert-Botchway	Teneil L. Kellerman	Calea F. Stovall-Ried
Michael J. Colona	Jessica W. Kennedy	Jolene A. Taaffe
Madeline O. Connolly	James J. Leightner	Lisl E. Williams
Katharyn B. Davis	Levell D. Littleton

 

The commission will meet beginning at 9 a.m. January 30 and January 31, 2017 at the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, located at 815 Olive, 3rd floor, St. Louis, Missouri, to conduct public interviews to select three nominees from this applicant pool for the governor’s consideration. The public is invited to attend and observe the interviews.

The members of the Twenty-Second Circuit Judicial Commission are: Philip M. Hess, chief judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District; Bryan J. Sanger, Rita Burlison, Andre' Harris and Thomas Neill.
 
 
Contact: Laura Roy, clerk of court
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District
(314) 539-4300