24 March 2014

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 10.28(d), the 16th circuit judicial commission announces the following demographic information relating to applicants for the associate circuit judge vacancy in the Jackson County created by the death of the Honorable Margaret Sauer.

There are 18 applicants for the vacancy. Eight of the applicants are women, and 10 are men. There are no minority applicants. Five applicants work in the private sector, and 13 work in the public sector. The median age of the applicants is 44 years.

Also pursuant to Rule 10.28(d), the commission announces it will interview all 18 applicants:

Patrick Baird

Bryan Covinsky

James Egan

Jo Leigh Fischer

Kimberly Fournier

Kendall Garten

Michael Hunt

Rebecca Lambert

Mitchell Langford

Howard Lotven

Martha Means

Jennifer Phillips

Janette Rodecap

Patricia Scaglia

Kyndra Stockdale

David Suroff

Brady Twenter

Brian Webb

The commission will meet to interview the applicants Wednesday, April 2, in the courtroom of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District beginning at 9 a.m. and concluding at approximately 2:45 p.m. The public may attend and observe the interviews. Immediately after the interviews, the commission will meet to select the names of three applicants to send to the governor.

Contact Person: Terence G. Lord, Clerk of Court

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District

1300 Oak

Kansas City, MO 64106

Phone (816) 889-3600 Fax (816) 889-3668

E-mail tlord@courts.mo.gov