ST. LOUIS − The Twenty-First Circuit Judicial Commission announced the panel of three nominees to be submitted to Governor Jay Nixon to fill the vacancy on the St. Louis County circuit court created by the retirement of Judge Richard Bresnahan.
Those nominated by the commission are:
The commission conducted two days of public hearings and interviewed 29
applicants. The commission believes that these candidates, chosen from a field
of extremely qualified individuals, possess those qualities essential to the
fair and efficient administration of justice. The commission is confident that
all of these individuals are capable of serving well and honorably if selected
by the governor. Pursuant to Supreme Court of Missouri Rule 10.29, the commission
reports the final votes received by each nominee were: Ribaudo received five
votes, Green received four votes, and Donnelly received three votes.
The members of the Twenty-First Judicial Circuit Commission are: Judge Lisa S. Van Amburg, chief judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District; Richard Wuestling IV, Matthew J. Rossiter, Rev. Anthony Witherspoon and Christy Bertelson.