26 May 2021

Updated to reflect correct days of the week for interviews

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Pursuant to Rule 10.28(d), the Appellate Judicial Commission announces the following demographic information relating to applicants for the vacancy on the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, created by the upcoming August 2, 2021, retirement of Judge Mary Kay Hoff.

There are 12 applicants, of whom three report they are female and one reports being a minority applicant. Two are employed outside the St. Louis metropolitan area. Five applicants work in the public sector, six work in the private sector and one works in both. Of those in the private sector, two work in a solo or small-firm practice. Of those in the public sector, four are trial court judges. The applicants’ mean age is 50.5 years. 

Rule 10.28(d) permits the commission to select from among all a vacancy’s applicants those it wishes to interview. Historically, names of those being considered for a judicial vacancy were not released to the public; effective September 2010, the Supreme Court of Missouri changed Rule 10 to permit the judicial commissions to release the names of those individuals being interviewed. For this vacancy, the commission announces it will interview all 12 applicants:

The commission is expected to conduct interviews beginning at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 29 and 9 a.m. Wednesday, June 30, 2021, at the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, One Post Office Square, 815 Olive Street in St. Louis. Interviews are open to the public, subject to available seating and compliance with current CDC guidelines; face masks and social distancing may be required. Interviews will not be available online.

The commission is expected to meet at approximately 10:45 a.m. Friday, June 30, after interviews conclude, at the Eastern District to select the three nominees from this applicant pool for the governor’s consideration. 

Contact: Beth S. Riggert

Communications Counsel

Supreme Court of Missouri

(573) 751-3676