12 November 2015

ST. LOUIS – Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 10.28(d), the Twenty-First Circuit Judicial Commission releases the following information relating to applicants for the circuit judge vacancy created by the General Assembly: 30 applicants, 15 women, 15 men, four minorities, 26 non-minorities, 17 presently employed in the private sector and 13 presently employed in the public sector. The applicants' mean age is 53. 

Also pursuant to Rule 10.28(d), the commission announces it will interview all 30 applicants:

John N. Borbonus III	Woodie J. Curtis Jr.	Henry M. DeWoskin
Jason D. Dodson	Margaret T. Donnelly	Judy P. Draper
Joseph S. Dueker	Jay D. Fisk	Mondonna L. Ghasedi
Mary W. Greaves	Joseph L. Green	Peter E. Gullborg
B. Joyce Kelley	David C. Knieriem	Gary J. Krautmann
Jacqueline Kutnik-Baude	Julia P. Lasater	Carter C. Law
Henry F. Luepke	Mary E. Ott	Mary C. Parker
Thomas J. Plunkert	Mary B. Schroeder	Kenneth R. Schwartz
Richard M. Stewart	Dana W. Tucker	Robert E. Tucker
Colleen J. Vetter	Nancy M. Watkins	D. Kimberly Whittle

The commission will meet beginning at 8:30 a.m. December 3, 2015, at the St. Louis County Council Chambers Conference Room, located at 41 South Central, 1st floor, Clayton, Missouri, to conduct public interviews to select three nominees from this applicant pool for the governor’s consideration. The public is invited to attend and observe the interviews.

The members of the Twenty-First Judicial Circuit Commission are: Lisa Van Amburg, chief judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District; Richard Wuestling IV; Matthew J. Rossiter; Rev. Anthony Witherspoon and Christy Bertelson.