21 October 2015
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Sixteenth Circuit Judicial
Commission has interviewed 17 applicants and selected a panel of three nominees
for the associate circuit judge position in Division 34 of the Jackson County circuit
court. The nominees are Nick A. Cutrera, Kimberly R. Fournier and Susan
Elizabeth Long.
Cutrera is a litigation attorney in private practice with
the law firm of Nick A. Cutrera in Lee’s Summit, Missouri.
Fournier is an assistant attorney general in the Missouri attorney
general’s office in Kansas City, Missouri.
Long is a family court commissioner with the
Jackson County circuit court.
Each nominee received five votes. The commission has submitted the panel to Governor Jeremiah W “Jay” Nixon, who will have 60 days to appoint one of the nominees as associate circuit judge for Division 34.
The commission is chaired by Chief Judge Alok Ahuja of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, and is composed of attorneys Scott Bethune and Teresa Woody, and lay members William C. Gautreaux and Rev. Eric Williams.
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Update: The governor on November 17, 2015, appointed Susan Long to fill this vacancy.
Note: Links to nominees' applications typically are disabled after the governor makes his appointment.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District
1300 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64106
(816) 889-3600
Note: The governor on November 17 appointed Family Court Commissioner Susan E. Long to fill this vacancy.