SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Pursuant to Supreme Court of Missouri Rule 10.28(d), the 31st Circuit Judicial Commission releases the following information relating to the applicants for the associate circuit judge position for Division 25. There are 12 applicants: six men and six women, five presently employed in the private sector and seven presently employed in the public sector. The applicants' mean age is 47 years.
Also pursuant to Rule 10.28(d), the commission announces it will interview all applicants:
| Chantel Alberhasky | Becky Borthwick | Sarah Donelan |
| Wendy Garrison | Christopher Hoeman | Mary Lou Martin |
| Todd Myers | Nancy Price | William Prince |
| Kevin Rapp | Brian Risley | Todd Thornhill |
The commission will conduct interviews starting at 8:30 a.m. Friday, March 4, 2016, at the Missouri Court of Appeals, 300 Hammons Parkway, Third Floor Courtroom, Springfield, Missouri. The public is invited to attend and observe interviews. The commission will meet immediately after interviews are completed on March 4, 2016, in the Third Floor Conference Room, to select three nominees from this applicant pool for the governor's consideration.
The members of the Thirty-First Judicial Circuit Commission are: Judge Mary W. Sheffield, chief judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District; Andrew Bennett, Steve Garner, Steven Stepp and Joann Hosmer.
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