11 August 2022

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 10.28(d), the Seventh Circuit Judicial Commission announces the following demographic information relating to applicants for the associate circuit judge vacancy in Division 9 of the Seventh Judicial Circuit (Clay County) created by the April 22, 2022, appointment of Judge Timothy J. Flook to the position of circuit judge, Division 2.

There are nine applicants, of whom two indicate they are female and seven indicate they are male. One reports being a minority applicant. Four applicants work in the private sector; three work in the public sector; and two are employed in both the public and private sectors. The average age of the applicants is 43 years.  

Pursuant to Rule 10.28(d), the commission announces it will interview all nine applicants.  

Paemon L.H. Aramjoo

Mark C. Ellebracht

William J. Greim Jr.

Allison M. Kleinow

Calan T. McConkey

Peter W. Schloss

Michael S. Shipley

Katie Jo Wheeler

Daniel L. White

The commission expects to interview applicants beginning at 9 a.m. Monday, August 22, 2022, in the Division 5 courtroom at the Clay County Courthouse, 11 South Water Street, in Liberty. Interviews are open to the public, subject to available seating and compliance with local public safety guidelines currently in place for the Clay County Courthouse.  

Immediately after the interviews, the commission will meet to select the names of three nominees to send to the governor. Thereafter, Governor Michael L. Parson will have 60 days to appoint one of the three nominees as the associate circuit judge in Division 9 of the Seventh Judicial Circuit.

Members of the commission are Gary D. Witt, chief judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District; attorneys Kate Noland and James Thompson Jr.; and lay members Lisa Essig and Noel Shull.

Contact: Kimberly K. Boeding, Clerk of the Court

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District

(816) 889-3600