14 January 2003

ST. LOUIS – The Twenty-Second Circuit Judicial Commission (city of St. Louis) announced today it is now accepting applications for the position of associate circuit judge. The vacancy is created by the appointment of Judge Angela Turner Quigless as circuit judge

The commission actively seeks out and encourages qualified individuals, including women and minorities, to apply for judicial office. By law, associate circuit judges must be at least 25 years of age, licensed to practice law in Missouri, a qualified voter of Missouri and a resident of the circuit for at least one year.

Application forms may be picked up at the Clerk’s office at the Missouri Court of Appeals in the Wainwright State Office Building, 111 North 7th Street, St. Louis, or at the Court’s offices at 121 South Meramec, Clayton. Applications are also available from the Missouri Judiciary’s website at www.courts.mo.gov by selecting Court of Appeals "Eastern District" and "Judicial Vacancies." They also are available from the Missouri Judiciary’s website at www.courts.mo.gov by selecting "Circuit Courts" and then select 22nd Circuit, St. Louis City.

Applications must be received no later than 5 p.m. February 7, 2003, by each commissioner to be considered by the commission. Applicants may schedule interviews with individual commissioners after the filing of their application. Commissioners who have interviewed prior applicants may choose to reinterview those persons at their discretion.

The commission will meet February 21, 2003, to select three nominees for the associate circuit judge vacancy to be submitted to Governor Bob Holden, who will have 60 days to appoint one of them.

The members of the Twenty-Second Circuit Judicial Commission are: Chief Judge Lawrence E. Mooney of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Laura T. Cohen, Nancy R. Kistler, Christopher E. McGraugh, and Eva Louise Frazer, M.D.

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

Contact: Laura Roy, clerk

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District

(314) 539-4300