24 June 2019

ST. LOUIS – The Twenty-Second Circuit Judicial Commission is accepting applications for the associate circuit judge vacancy in St. Louis city created by the appointment of Judge Madeline O. Connolly to circuit judge.

The commission encourages qualified individuals to apply for this judicial office. Qualifications for associate circuit judge may be found in article V, section 21 of the Missouri Constitution.

Application forms are available in the clerk’s Office the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, located in the Old Post Office, 815 Olive Street, Room 304, St. Louis, Missouri.  Applications materials also are linked below.

   
Applicants who applied for the associate circuit judge vacancy created by the appointment of Judge Calea Stovall-Reid to circuit judge may send a letter requesting that their previous application be transferred to the current opening. Applicants also must send copies of such letters to each commissioner. 

Applications (including letters) must be received by the chair no later than 5 p.m. July 19, 2019, although earlier submission is encouraged. 

The commission expects to conduct interviews August 20 and 21, 2019 in the Division Courtroom of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, at 815 Olive Street, St. Louis, Missouri. In accordance with Rule 10.28, the interviews will be open to the public. Immediately upon the conclusion of the public interviews, the commission expects to meet and select a panel of three nominees for the vacancy to be submitted to the governor.  

The members of the Twenty-Second Circuit Judicial Commission are: Colleen Dolan, who is expected to become chief judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, and commission chair effective July 1, 2019; J. Brent Dulle, Chris Goodson, André Harris, and Bryan J. Sanger.


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

Contact: Laura Roy, clerk of court
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District
(314) 539-4300