18 August 2015

ST. LOUIS – The Twenty-Second Circuit Judicial Commission (city of St. Louis) is accepting applications for a circuit judge vacancy created by the retirement of Judge John F. Garvey.

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

Application forms may be picked up in the clerk’s office at the Missouri Court of Appeals in the Old Post Office, 815 Olive Street, Room 304, St. Louis, Missouri. Applications are also available below:

Application: in Microsoft Word  |  in Adobe PDF

Instructions: in Microsoft Word  |  in Adobe PDF

Applications must be received by each commissioner no later than 5 p.m. September 16, 2015. In accordance with Rules 10.28 and 10.29, public interviews of the applicants will be held October 14 and 15, 2015, in the Division Courtroom of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, at 815 Olive Street, St. Louis, Missouri. The commission will meet to select the panel of nominees to be submitted to the governor immediately following the conclusion of the public interviews.

The members of the Twenty-Second Circuit Judicial Commission are: Judge Lisa Van Amburg, chief judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District; Steven L. Groves; Thomas Neill; Rita L. Burlison and Tiffany Mapp Franklin.

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