29 November 2017
ST. LOUIS – The Twenty-Second Circuit Judicial Commission announced the panel of three nominees to be submitted to Governor Eric Greitens to fill the circuit judge vacancy in the city of St. Louis created by the retirement of Judge Timothy J. Wilson.
Those nominated by the commission are:
Matthew J. Devoti – Devoti graduated from Westminster College in 1995 and from Saint Louis University School of Law in 1998. He is currently an attorney at Casey & Devoti PC.
Annette Llewellyn – Llewellyn graduated from The City University of New York at Herbert H. Lehman College in 1994 and from University of Iowa College of Law in 1997. She is an assistant circuit attorney at the St. Louis circuit attorney's office.
Judge Calea Stovall-Reid – Stovall-Reid graduated from Howard University in 1982 and from Washington University School of Law in 1990. She is currently an associate circuit judge in the city of St. Louis.
Annette Llewellyn – Llewellyn graduated from The City University of New York at Herbert H. Lehman College in 1994 and from University of Iowa College of Law in 1997. She is an assistant circuit attorney at the St. Louis circuit attorney's office.
Judge Calea Stovall-Reid – Stovall-Reid graduated from Howard University in 1982 and from Washington University School of Law in 1990. She is currently an associate circuit judge in the city of St. Louis.
The commission conducted one day of public hearings and interviewed 37 applicants. The commission believes these candidates, chosen from a field of extremely qualified individuals, possess those qualities essential to the fair and efficient administration of justice. The commission is confident all of these individuals are capable of serving well and honorably if selected by the governor. Pursuant to Supreme Court of Missouri Rule 10.29, the commission reports the final votes received by each nominee were: Devoti received five votes, Llewellyn received five votes, and Stovall-Reid received five votes.
The members of the Twenty-Second Circuit Judicial Commission are: Judge James M. Dowd, chief judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District; Thomas K. Neill, Rita Burlison, Bryan J. Sanger and Andre Harris.
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Update: The governor on January 12, 2018, appointed Annette Llewellyn to fill this vacancy.
Note: Links to nominees' applications typically are disabled after the governor makes his appointment.
Contact: Laura Roy, clerk of court
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District
(314) 539-4300