KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 10.28(d), the Sixteenth Circuit Judicial Commission announces the following demographic information relating to applicants for the Jackson County associate circuit judge position that was newly created by the Missouri General Assembly.

There are 17 applicants for the vacancy. Seven of the applicants are women, and 10 are men. There is one minority applicant. Six applicants work in the private sector, and 11 work in the public sector. The average age of the applicants is 39 years.

Also pursuant to Rule 10.28(d), the commission announces it will interview all applicants. Their names are:

Jennifer Brown

Nick Cutrera

Jo Leigh Fischer

Kim Fournier

Michael Hunt

Rebecca Lambert

Mitchell Langford

Susan Long

Matthew Merryman

Kalpesh Patel

Susan Sonnenberg

Chad Stewart

Kyndra Stockdale

Brady Twenter

Eric Vernon

Brian Webb

R. Travis Willingham

The commission will meet to interview the applicants Tuesday, October 20, 2015, at the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District, 1300 Oak Street, Kansas City, MO 64106, beginning at 9 a.m. and concluding at approximately 4:30 p.m. The public may attend and observe the interviews. Immediately after the interviews, the commission will meet to select the names of three applicants to send to the governor.