29 June 2022
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 circuit judge vacancy in the 31st Judicial Circuit (Greene County) created by the retirement of the Honorable Calvin Holden. There are seven applicants who submitted completed applications with all required materials: six men and one woman, two presently employed in the private sector and five presently employed in the public sector. The applicants’ mean age is 49 years.
Also pursuant to Rule 10.28(d), the commission announces it will interview all seven applicants who 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
Joshua B. Christensen
Randall D. Eggert
Jerry A. Harmison Jr.
Christopher M. Hoeman
T. Todd Myers
Josephine “Jody” Larison Stockard
The commission will conduct interviews starting at 8:30 a.m., Thursday, July 28, 2022, at the Missouri Court of Appeals, 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 on July 28, 2022, 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.
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Contact: Craig Street, clerk of the court
Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District
(417) 895-6811