15 September 2014

Pursuant to Rule 10.28(d), the 31st Circuit Judicial Commission releases the following information relating to the applicants for the associate circuit judge position created by the retirement of Judge Mark Fitzsimmons.

There are 16 applicants: eight men and eight women, six presently employed in the private sector and 10 presently employed in the public sector. The applicants' mean age is 46 and one-half years.

Also pursuant to Rule 10.28(d), the commission announces it will interview all 16 applicants:

Chantel L. Alberhasky

Becky Borthwick

Sarah Donelan

James Egan

Randy Eggert

Lara Webb Fors

Wendy Garrison

Brent Green

Christopher Hatley

D. Andy Hosmer

John Lukachick

Saundra McDowell

Angela Myers

T. Todd Myers

Margaret Holden Palmietto

Raymond Plaster

The commission will conduct interviews starting at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, October 1, at the Missouri Court of Appeals, 300 Hammons Parkway, Third Floor Courtroom, Springfield. The public is invited to attend and observe interviews. The commission will meet immediately after interviews are completed on October 1, in the Third Floor Conference Room, to select three nominees from this applicant pool for the governor's consideration.

The members of the 31st Judicial Circuit Commission are: Chief Judge William W. Francis, Jr., Andrew Bennett, Steve Garner, Linda Fowler and Steven Stepp.

Contact: Sandra Skinner, Clerk of the Court

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District

(417)-895-6811