21 May 2012
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Pursuant to Rule 10.28(d), the Appellate Judicial Commission announces the following demographic information relating to applicants for the vacancy on the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, created by the August 2012 retirement of Judge Kenneth M. Romines.
- There are 18 applicants for the vacancy. Four are women, and two are minority applicants. One is from outside the St. Louis metropolitan area. Nine applicants work in the public sector, eight work in the private sector and one works in both. Of those in the private sector, five work in solo or small-firm practices. Of those in the public sector, six are trial court judges. The applicants’ mean age is 54.
Also pursuant to Rule 10.28(d), the commission announces it will interview all 18 applicants:
- Douglas D. Churovich
- Michael P. David
- Joel D. Ferber
- Gretchen Garrison
- Richard A. Gartner
- Robert J. Guinness
- Michael T. Jamison
- Joann M. Leykam
- Benjamin A. Lipman
- Steven R. Ohmer
- Lisa K. Page
- H. Scott Summers
- Erwin O. Switzer
- David R. Truman
- Lisa S. Van Amburg
- David L. Vincent III
- Stanley J. Wallach
- Thomas B. Weaver
The commission will conduct interviews beginning at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 27 in the Saint Charles Room on the main floor of the Hilton Airport Hotel, 10330 Natural Bridge Rd. in St. Louis. The public is invited to attend and observe interviews. The commission will meet beginning at approximately 2 p.m. that day in the same location to select the three nominees from this applicant pool for the governor’s consideration.
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Contact: Beth S. Riggert
Communications Counsel
Supreme Court of Missouri
(573) 751-3676