7 January 2014
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The 16th Circuit judicial commission has considered 19 applicants and selected a panel of three nominees for the circuit judge vacancy in division 8 of the Jackson County Circuit Court, created by the retirement of The Honorable Peggy Stevens McGraw. The nominees are Jennifer Phillips, Janette Rodecap and Bryan Round.
Jennifer M. Phillips – chief trial attorney for the Jackson County prosecutor’s office.
Janette K. Rodecap – attorney for the Jackson County prosecutor’s office.
Bryan E. Round – attorney with the law firm of Mitchell, Kristl & Lieber P.C. and a municipal judge in Peculiar.
Each applicant received five votes.
The commission has submitted the panel to Governor Jay Nixon, who will have 60 days to appoint one of the nominees as circuit judge for division 8.
The commission is chaired by Chief Judge James Edward Welsh of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, and is composed of attorneys Scott Bethune and Teresa Woody, and lay members Eric Williams, and William Gautreaux.
###
Update: The governor on February 18, 2014, appointed Bryan Round to fill this vacancy.
Note: Links to nominees' applications typically are disabled after the governor makes his appointment.
Contact person: Terence Lord
Clerk of Court
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District
1300 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64106
(816) 889-3600