16th circuit commission seeks applicants for Otto associate circuit judge vacancy in Jackson County

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1 November 2017
Updated 7 November 2017 with meeting date and revised commission member

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Sixteenth Circuit Judicial Commission is accepting applications for the position of associate circuit judge, Division 26 of the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit (Jackson County), beginning November 1, 2017. The Division 26 position was created by the appointment of the Honorable Jalilah Otto to the position of circuit judge, Division 15, on October 19, 2017.

Citizens are encouraged to nominate well-qualified candidates for the commission’s consideration. The Missouri Constitution, Article V, Section 21, requires that an associate circuit judge be at least 25 years old, licensed to practice law in Missouri, a qualified voter of Missouri, and a resident of the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit. Nominations should be submitted to the contact person listed below.

Application materials and instructions are available here:

The commission must receive all completed applications for the associate circuit judge vacancy by 4:30 p.m. Friday, December 15, 2017.

The commission will meet on Tuesday, January 16, 2018, in the courtroom of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District at 1300 Oak Street in Kansas City, Missouri, to conduct public interviews of the applicants and to select a panel of three nominees for the vacancy. Thereafter, Governor Eric Greitens will have 60 days to appoint one of the three nominees as associate circuit judge in Division 26.

Members of the commission, effective January 1, 2018, are:  Mark D. Pfeiffer, chief judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District; attorneys Michael A. Williams and Phyllis Norman; and lay members William C. Gautreaux and Damon Daniel.

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Note: Links to application materials typically are disabled after the application deadline passes.

Contact: Susan C. Sonnenberg, Clerk of the Court
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District
1300 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO  64106
Susan.Sonnenberg@courts.mo.gov
(816) 889-3600

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