25 January 2018
ST. LOUIS – The Twenty-First Circuit Judicial Commission announced the panel of three nominees to be submitted to Governor Eric Greitens to fill the circuit judge vacancy in St. Louis County created by the retirement of Judge Carolyn Whittington.
Those nominated by the commission are:
Judge Joseph L. Green – Green graduated in 1982 from what is now Truman State University in Kirksville and in 1987 from Saint Louis University School of Law. He is currently an associate circuit judge in St. Louis County.
Peter W. Gullborg – Gullborg graduated from University of Missouri-Rolla in 1984 and from University of Maryland School of Law in 1994. He is currently an attorney at Lashly & Baer PC.
Judge Mary Elizabeth Ott – Ott graduated in 1982 from Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana, and in 1985 from Saint Louis University School of Law. She is currently an associate circuit judge in St. Louis County.
Peter W. Gullborg – Gullborg graduated from University of Missouri-Rolla in 1984 and from University of Maryland School of Law in 1994. He is currently an attorney at Lashly & Baer PC.
Judge Mary Elizabeth Ott – Ott graduated in 1982 from Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana, and in 1985 from Saint Louis University School of Law. She is currently an associate circuit judge in St. Louis County.
The commission conducted one day of public hearings and interviewed 24 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 any of these individuals is 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: Green received five votes, Gullborg received four votes, and Ott received five votes.
The members of the Twenty-First Circuit Judicial Commission are: James M. Dowd, chief judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, and chairman of the commission; Tiffany Mapp Franklin; William P. Grant, Thomas K. Reedy and Jeffrey D. Sigmund.
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Update: The governor on February 26, 2018, appointed Mary Elizabeth Ott 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