ST. LOUIS — The Twenty-First Judicial Circuit Commission (St. Louis County) is accepting applications for the position of circuit judge. The vacancy is created by the retirement of Judge Melvyn W. Wiesman.
The commission actively seeks out and encourages qualified individuals, including women and minorities, to apply for judicial office. By law, circuit judges must be at least 30 years of age, licensed to practice law in Missouri, a qualified voter of Missouri and a resident of St. Louis County for at least one year.
Application
forms may be picked up in the Clerk’s Office at the Missouri Court of Appeals
in the Old Post Office, 815
Olive Street, Room 304, St.
Louis. Applications also are available below:
- Application: in Microsoft Word | in Adobe
- Instructions: in Microsoft Word | in Adobe
Applications must be received by each commissioner no later than 5 p.m. January 9, 2009, to be considered by the commission. Applicants should contact each commissioner for an interview.
The commission will meet to select three nominees to be submitted to the governor of Missouri as soon as practicable after the closure of the application period. Notice of the date, time and place of the meeting will be made public at least 24 hours before the meeting.
The members of the Twenty-First Judicial Circuit Commission are: Chief Judge Nannette A. Baker of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Gerard Noce, Debbie Champion, Patrick Dudley and Laurie Westfall.