7 February 2017
 
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 Supreme Court of Missouri created by the November 2016 death of Judge Richard B. Teitelman.

There are 31 applicants for the vacancy. Two are women; there is one minority applicant. Fifteen are from outside the three metropolitan areas. Sixteen applicants work in the public sector, 14 work in the private sector and one works in both. Of those in the private sector, eight work in solo or small-firm practices. Of those in the public sector, 12 are trial court or appellate court judges. The applicants' mean age is 54.4 years. The commission received public nominations for 25 individuals.

Also pursuant to Rule 10.28(d), the commission announces it will interview all 31 applicants:

mmmmm	Jason O. "Jay" Barnes	mmmmm	Benjamin A. Lipman
	Jon E. Beetem		Gary W. Lynch
	Alan M. Blankenship		Shaun J. Mackelprang
	Dennis J. Capriglione		Edward R. Martin Jr.
	R. Craig Carter		Jeffery T. McPherson
	Timothy S. Davis		Terrence M. Messonnier
	Kirk H. Doan		John B. Morthland
	David A. Dolan		Stephen J. O'Brien
	Steven E. Ehlmann		Timothy W. Perigo
	Richard A. Gartner		W. Brent Powell
	Douglas D. Gaston		Sherry A. Rozell
	Jack A.L. Goodman		Richard L. Schnake
	Lisa White Hardwick		Erwin O. Switzer III
	Larry D. Harman		Robert E. Tucker
	Joseph L. Hensley		Paul N. Venker
	Michael D. Hodge

The commission is expected to conduct interviews from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 28 and from 8:30 a.m. to 2:20 p.m. Wednesday, March 1 at the Supreme Court of Missouri, 207 West High Street in Jefferson City. The public is invited to attend and observe interviews. The commission is expected to meet beginning at approximately 2:30 p.m. on March 1 in the same location to select the three nominees from this applicant pool for the governor's consideration.

 
Contact: Beth S. Riggert
Communications Counsel
Supreme Court of Missouri