10 December 2018
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Pursuant to Supreme Court of Missouri Rule 10.28(d), the Sixteenth Circuit Judicial Commission announces the following demographic information relating to applicants for the Division 32 associate circuit judge vacancy on the Jackson County circuit court created by the November 1, 2018, retirement of Judge Robert L. Trout.
There are 12 applicants for the vacancy. Five of the applicants are women, and seven are men. There are no minority applicants. Five applicants work in the private sector; seven work in the public sector. The average age of the applicants is 45 years.
Also pursuant to Rule 10.28(d), the commission announces it will interview all 12 applicants:
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Pursuant to Supreme Court of Missouri Rule 10.28(d), the Sixteenth Circuit Judicial Commission announces the following demographic information relating to applicants for the Division 32 associate circuit judge vacancy on the Jackson County circuit court created by the November 1, 2018, retirement of Judge Robert L. Trout.
There are 12 applicants for the vacancy. Five of the applicants are women, and seven are men. There are no minority applicants. Five applicants work in the private sector; seven work in the public sector. The average age of the applicants is 45 years.
Also pursuant to Rule 10.28(d), the commission announces it will interview all 12 applicants:
| P. Benjamin Cox |
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Elizabeth S. Lynch |
| Matthew R. Crimmins | Alicia C. O’Connell | |
| Jo Leigh W. Fischer | Kyndra J. Stockdale | |
| Michael C. Heffernon | Brady X. Twenter | |
| Michael J. Hunt | Eric E. Vernon | |
| Marilyn B. Keller | R. Travis Willingham |
The commission plans to interview the applicants beginning at 9 a.m. Wednesday, January 9, 2019, and, if necessary, beginning at 9 a.m. Wednesday, January 23, 2019, at the Missouri Court of Appeals, 1300 Oak Street, Kansas City, Missouri. The public may attend and observe the interviews. Immediately after the interviews, the commission will meet to select the names of three applicants to send to the governor. Thereafter, Governor Michael Parson will have 60 days to appoint one of the three nominees as associate circuit judge in Division 32.
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Contact: Susan C. Sonnenberg, clerk of court
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District
(816) 889-3600
susan.sonnenberg@courts.mo.gov