20 January 2023

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Pursuant to Supreme Court of Missouri Rule 10.28(d), the 31st Circuit Judicial Commission releases the following information relating to the applicants for the associate circuit judge vacancy in the 31st Judicial Circuit created by the appointment of the Honorable T. Todd Myers to the position of circuit judge on November 14, 2022. Thirteen applicants timely submitted completed applications with all required materials: eight men and five women, four presently employed in the private sector and nine presently employed in the public sector. The applicants’ mean age is 46 years.

Also pursuant to Rule 10.28(d), the commission announces it will interview all 13 applicants who timely submitted completed applications with all required materials. Interviews will be held in a randomly determined order. The applicants to be interviewed are:

John Foster Appelquist

Cameron Miles Casad 

Steven E. Kellogg

Josephine Larison Stockard

Kate Millington

Kirsten E. Poppen

Syd Tippie

David Thomas Tunnell

Joseph Wantuck

Amy S. Westermann

Daniel R. Wichmer

The commission plans to conduct interviews for the Myers vacancy starting at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, February 15, 2023, and if necessary, Thursday, February 16, 2023, at the Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, 300 Hammons Parkway, Springfield, Missouri, in the third-floor courtroom. The public is invited to attend and observe interviews. The commission will meet immediately after interviews are completed to select three nominees from this applicant pool for the governor’s consideration.

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