SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Pursuant to Missouri Supreme Court Rule 10.28(d), the 31st Judicial Circuit Commission releases the following information relating to the applicants for the associate circuit judge position created by the appointment of Judge Jason R. Brown as circuit judge. There are nine applicants: three men and six women, three presently employed in the private sector and six presently employed in the public sector. The applicants' mean age is 48 years.
Also pursuant to Rule 10.28(d), the commission announces it will interview all nine applicants:
| Chantal Alberhasky | Margaret Holden |
| Becky Borthwick | Jason Lessmeier |
| Sarah Donelan | Nancy Price |
| Wendy Garrison | William Prince |
| Reidar Hammond |
The commission will conduct interviews starting at 9 a.m. Thursday, September 24, 2015, at the Missouri Court of Appeals, 300 Hammons Parkway, Third Floor Courtroom, Springfield, Missouri. The public is invited to attend and observe interviews. The commission will meet immediately after interviews are completed September 24, 2015, in the Third Floor Conference Room, to select three nominees from this applicant pool for the governor's consideration.
The members of the Thirty-First Circuit Judicial Commission are: Judge Mary W. Sheffield, chief judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District; Andrew Bennett; Steve Garner; Steven Stepp and Joann Hosmer.
Contact: Sandra L. Skinner, Clerk of the Court
Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District
(417) 895-6811