19 March 2021

Updated March 29, 2021, with revised times and dates  

ST. LOUIS – Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 10.28(d), the 22nd Circuit Judicial Commission releases the following information relating to applicants for the circuit court judge created by the appointment of Thomas C. Clark II to the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District: 23 applicants, seven women, 16 men, seven minorities, 16 non-minorities, eight presently employed in the private sector and 15 presently employed in the public sector. The applicants' mean age is 50.1.

Also pursuant to Rule 10.28(d), the commission announces it will interview all 23 applicants:

 

John T. Bird	Nicole Colbert-Botchway	Mary P. Benninger Carl
Thomas R. Carnes	Francisco J. Carretero	Michael J. Colona
Thomas L. Dudash	Mary C. Entrup	Heather Hays
Craig K. Higgins	Paul F. Horgan	Thomas McCarthy
Matthew C. Melton	Joan K. Miller	Patrick J. Monahan
Lynne R. Perkins	Kristyn E. Skelly	David A. Roither
Larry D. Thomason, Jr.	Jason Andrew Tilley	Michael Walton
Rochelle M. Woodiest	John Wright

The commission expects to meet beginning at 8:30 a.m. April 15, 2021, at the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, located at 815 Olive, 3rd floor, St. Louis, Missouri, to conduct public interviews to select three nominees from this applicant pool for the governor’s consideration. The public is invited to attend and observe the interviews.

The members of the 22nd Circuit Judicial Commission are: Mary K. Hoff, chief judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District and chairperson of the Commission; Brent Dulle, Chris Goodson, Andre Harris, and Bryan J. Sanger.

Contact: Laura Roy, clerk of court

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District

(314) 539-4300