12 April 2023

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Pursuant to Supreme Court of Missouri Rule 10.28(d), the 31st Circuit Judicial Commission releases the following information relating to applicants for the associate circuit judge vacancy in Greene County created by the impending retirement of the Honorable Mark A. Powell in May 2023. There are 16 applicants, of whom 10 report they are male, six report they are female, and none report they are minority applicants. Five applicants presently work in the private sector and 11 applicants presently work in the public sector. The applicants’ mean age is 45 years.

As previously explained, the commission will not re-interview individuals who applied for the Myers associate circuit judge vacancy, all of whom were interviewed in February. Also pursuant to Rule 10.28(d), the commission announces it will interview six new applicants who timely submitted a completed application with all required materials:

D. Clayton Ballard

Cynthia Renee Black

Christopher M. Hoeman

Zachary McFarland

Jamie Pamela Rasmussen

Patricia Janette Worsham-Bleau

Additionally, one applicant for the Myers vacancy withdrew from consideration for the Powell vacancy.

The commission will conduct interviews for the Powell vacancy starting at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 26, 2023, in the third-floor courtroom of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, 300 Hammons Parkway in Springfield. The public is invited to attend and observe interviews. The Commission will meet immediately after interviews are completed.

The members of the 31st Circuit Judicial Commission are: Jack A. L. Goodman, chief judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District; attorneys Deborah K. Dodge and Kurt J. Larson; and lay members Kim Hancock and Dr. Fred G. McQueary.

Contact: Craig Street, clerk of the court

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District

(417) 895-6811