20 January 2016

ST. LOUIS – The Twenty-First Circuit Judicial Commission (St. Louis County) is accepting applications for an associate circuit judge vacancy created by the appointment of Judge Nancy Watkins as circuit judge.

The commission encourages qualified individuals to apply for judicial office. Qualifications for associate circuit judges may be found in article V, section 21 of the Missouri Constitution.

Application forms may be picked up in the clerk’s office at the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, in the Old Post Office, 815 Olive Street, Room 304, St. Louis, Missouri.  Applications are also available here:

Application:     in Word     in PDF

Instructions:     in Word     in PDF

Applicants who previously applied for the associate circuit judge vacancy created by Judge Ellen Ribaudo’s appointment as circuit judge may send a letter requesting their previous application and recommendation letters be transferred to the current opening. New applicants who did not apply for the Ribaudo vacancy must send their applications to ALL commissioners.

Applications or the letter must be received by each commissioner no later than 5 p.m. February 8, 2016. In accordance with the Rules 10.28 and 10.29, candidate interviews will be conducted publicly.

The commission will meet to interview and select the nominees to be submitted to the governor on February 22, 2016, at the St. Louis County Council Chambers Conference Room, 41 South Central, 1st Floor, Clayton, Missouri.

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

Note: Links to application materials typically are disabled after the deadline passes.

Contact: Laura Roy

(314) 539-4300