11 May 2022
ST. LOUIS – Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 10.28(d), the Twenty-Second Circuit Judicial Commission releases the following information relating to applicants for the associate circuit judge vacancy created by the appointment of Judge Thomas McCarthy to the circuit court. There are 15 applicants, of whom seven indicate they are female and five report being minority applicants. Six presently work in the private sector and nine are presently employed in the public sector. The applicants’ mean age is 49.5 years.
Also pursuant to Rule 10.28(d), the commission announces it will interview all 15 applicants:
Mary Pat Carl
Francisco J. Carretero
Lauren C. Collins
Mary C. Entrup
Richard A. Harper
Heather J. Hays
Connie L. Johnson
Matthew C. Melton
Michael J. Mettes
Patrick J. Monahan
Dedra M. Moore
Patrick E. Richmond
Michael L. Walton
Rochelle M. Woodiest
John L. Wright
The commission expects to interview applicants beginning at 10 a.m. Monday, June 6 and Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, 815 Olive Street, Third Floor, St. Louis, Missouri. Interviews are open to the public, subject to available seating and compliance with current CDC guidelines. Immediately after the interviews, the commission will meet to select the names of three nominees to send to the governor. Thereafter, Governor Michael L. Parson will have 60 days to appoint one of the three nominees as circuit judge.
The members of the Twenty-Second Circuit Judicial Commission are: Sherri B. Sullivan, chief judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, and chairman of the commission; Matthew J. Devoti; J. Brent Dulle, secretary of the commission; Chris Goodson; and Andre Harris.
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Contact: Laura Roy, clerk of court
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District
(314) 539-4300