26 August 2020
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Sixteenth Circuit Judicial Commission has met and selected a panel of three nominees for the circuit judge vacancy in Division 1 of the Jackson County circuit court created by the retirement of Judge Sandra C. Midkiff. The nominees are:
Sarah A. Castle – associate circuit judge, Division 27, Jackson County, Missouri, in Kansas City, Missouri (received three votes in support).
Janette K. Rodecap – associate circuit judge, Division 29, Jackson County, Missouri, in Kansas City, Missouri (received five votes in support).
Jerri J. Zhang – probate commissioner, Division 19, Jackson County, Missouri, in Kansas City, Missouri (received five votes in support).
The commission has submitted the panel to Governor Michael L. Parson, who will have sixty days to appoint one of the nominees as circuit judge for Division 1.
The commission is chaired by Judge Cynthia L. Martin, chief judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, and is composed of attorneys Phyllis Norman and Kirk Presley and lay members Connie Cierpiot and Damon Daniel.
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Note: The governor on October 20 appointed Sarah Castle to fill this vacancy.
Note: Links to application materials are disabled after the governor makes his appointment.
Contact: Kimberly K. Boeding, clerk of court
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District
(816) 889-3600