16 August 2017

ST. LOUIS – Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 10.28(d), the 22nd Circuit Judicial Commission releases the following information relating to applicants for the circuit court judge created by the appointment of Judge Theresa Counts Burke: 29 applicants, 15 women, 14 men, eight minority, 21 non-minorities, 21 presently employed in the private sector and eight presently employed in the public sector. The applicants' mean age is 46.

Also pursuant to Rule 10.28(d), the commission announces it will interview all 29 applicants:

Deborah M. Bird	David A. Bruns	Steven J. Capizzi
Mary Pat Carl	Francisco J. Carretero	Michael J. Colona
Madeline O. Connolly	Katharyn B. Davis	Katherine M. Fowler
Micah D. Hall	Bridget L. Halquist	Heather J. Hays
Craig K. Higgins	Heather Highland	Jessica W. Kennedy
Richard L. Kroeger Jr.	Annette Llewelyn	Jennifer E. Matthew
Matthew C. Melton	Patrick L. Mickey	Joan Miller
Patrick J. Monahan	Lynne R. Perkins	Deborah L. Price
David A. Roither	Larry D. Thomason, Jr.	Michael L. Walton
Lisl E. Williams	Clinton R. Wright

The commission will meet beginning at 8:30 a.m. August 30, 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 22nd Circuit Judicial Commission are: James M. Dowd, 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