23 September 2022
SPRINGFIELD,
Mo. – The 31st Circuit Judicial Commission is accepting applications
for associate circuit judge of the 31st Judicial Circuit (Greene County), to fill
the vacancy created by the appointment of The Honorable Jerry A. Harmison, Jr., to the position of circuit judge.
Citizens are encouraged to nominate
well-qualified candidates for the commission’s consideration. The
Missouri Constitution requires that an associate circuit judge be a citizen of the
United States, be a resident of Missouri for one year next preceding selection, be a qualified Missouri voter, be not less than 25 years
of age, be licensed to practice law in Missouri, and be a resident of
Greene County. Nominations should be submitted
to the commission by e-mail at 31stJudComm-AssociateCircuitVacancies@courts.mo.gov.
Public nomination form: in Word in PDF
Applications
will be accepted until 5 p.m. Friday, October 21, 2022. Interested
persons may download the application materials and instructions below.
Application: in Word in PDF
Authorization: in Word in PDF
Instructions to applicants: in Word in PDF
Guidelines for references: in Word in PDF
The
commission will select and notify applicants to be interviewed. The
commission plans to meet November 21, 2022, and November 22, 2022, if necessary, to
interview applicants and select a panel of three nominees for the Harmison vacancy for the governor’s consideration. The interviews will
be open to the public. The names of those to be interviewed and
information relating to the number and characteristics of all applicants
will be released publicly prior to the interviews.
Current
members of the commission are Jack A. L. Goodman, chief judge of the
Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District; attorneys Kurt J. Larson and Deborah K. Dodge; and lay members Kim Hancock and Fred G. McQueary.
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Note: Links to application materials typically are disabled after the application deadline closes.
Contact: Craig Street, clerk of the court
Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District
(417) 895-6811