7th circuit commission releases demographics, interviewee, meeting information for the new associate circuit judge position in Clay County

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30 September 2015
(Updated)

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

There are 14 applicants for the vacancy.  Four of the applicants are women, and 10 are men. There are no minority applicants. Eleven applicants work in the private sector, and three work in the public sector. The average age of the applicants is 48 years. Brian Klopfenstein was inadvertently omitted from the list announced September 28, 2015.

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

  

Angela Atkinson

Timothy Flook

Harry Jenkins

Patrick Kenney

Brian J. Klopfenstein

Molly Lauber

David McCollum

Thomas McGiffin

JeanneMarie McNabney

Jeremiah Morgan

James Ralls

Kelly Ruark

Steven Salmon

Douglas Wemhoff

 

The commission will meet to interview the applicants on Monday, October 26, 2015, at the Clay County Circuit Courthouse, 11 South Water, Liberty, MO 64068, 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.

 
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Contact: Terence G. Lord, Clerk of Court
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District
1300 Oak
Kansas City, MO 64106
(816) 889-3600   Fax (816) 889-3668  
E-mail tlord@courts.mo.gov
 
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