11 May 2022
Updated 26 May 2022 to revise start time for second day of interviews
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 circuit judge vacancy created by the retirement of Judge James E. Sullivan. There are 21 applicants, of whom eight indicate they are female and eight report being minority applicants. Six presently work in the private sector and 15 are presently employed in the public sector. The applicants’ mean age is 50.7 years.
Also pursuant to Rule 10.28(d), the commission announces it will interview all 21 applicants:
Mary Pat Carl
Francisco J. Carretero
Nicole Colbert-Botchway
Lauren C. Collins
Michael J. Colona
Richard A. Harper
Heather J. Hays
Craig K. Higgins
Connie L. Johnson
Matthew C. Melton
Michael J. Mettes
Patrick J. Monahan
Dedra M. Moore
Lynne R. Perkins
Elaine A. Pudlowski
Patrick E. Richmond
David A. Roither
Jason A. Tilley
Michael L. Walton
Rochelle M. Woodiest
John L. Wright
The commission expects to interview applicants beginning at 10 a.m. Monday, June 6 and 9 a.m. 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