2 April 2014
The 16th Circuit judicial commission has considered 18 applicants and selected a panel of three nominees for the associate circuit judge vacancy in division 29 of the Jackson County circuit court created by the death of The Honorable Margaret Sauer. The nominees are Kimberly Fournier, Rebecca Lambert and Janette Rodecap.
Kimberley Fournier – unit leader with the Missouri attorney general’s office, labor division, in Kansas City.
Rebecca Lambert – trial team leader with the Jackson County prosecutor’s office, family support division.
Janette Rodecap – attorney for the Jackson County prosecutor’s office.
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 associate circuit judge for division 29.
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 William Gautreaux and Eric Williams.
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Update: The governor on May 28, 2014, appointed Janette Rodecap 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