9 January 2023

ST. LOUIS – The Twenty-First Circuit Judicial Commission (St. Louis County) is accepting applications for the associate circuit judge vacancy that will be created by Governor Michael L. Parson’s appointment of one of the three associate circuit judges nominated to fill the circuit judge vacancy created by Judge Renee Hardin-Tammons’ appointment to the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, and for the circuit judge vacancy created by the upcoming resignation of Judge William Corrigan Jr., who will be leaving the bench to serve as deputy attorney general of Missouri.

The commission encourages qualified individuals to apply for judicial office. Qualifications for circuit and associate circuit judges may be found in article V, section 21 of the Missouri Constitution.

Application materials are linked below.

Application:  Word  |  PDF

Authorization:  Word  |  PDF

Instructions:  Word  |  PDF

Guidelines for References:  Word  |  PDF

Applicants who previously applied for the Hardin-Tammons circuit judge vacancy may e-mail a letter to the chairperson of the commission requesting their previous application be transferred to the current opening. Applicants who wish to be considered for both openings shall send two letters, one for each opening. Letters should be e-mailed to: 21stJudicialCommission@courts.mo.gov.

Applications, including Page 1 Confidential Information, or any letters requesting the previous application be transferred, will be accepted until 5 p.m. February 3, 2023 via e-mail only to 21stJudicialCommission@courts.mo.gov.

The commission expects to conduct interviews on February 27 and 28, 2023, at the St. Louis County Court Building, 105 South Central, Room 381N, in Clayton. In accordance with Rule 10.28, the interviews will be open to the public. Immediately upon the conclusion of the public interviews, the commission expects to meet and select the nominees for both vacancies to be submitted to the governor.

The members of the Twenty-First Circuit Judicial Commission are: Michael E. Gardner, chief judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, and chairperson of the commission; William P. Grant; Al Koller III; Matt Reh, secretary of the commission; and Kelly Wittenbrink. 

 

Note: Links to application materials typically are disabled after the application deadline closes.

Contact:  Laura Roy, clerk of the court

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District

(314) 539-4300