05/30/2023
Chief justice reappoints four to Kansas Judicial Council

TOPEKA—Chief Justice Marla Luckert reappointed four members to the Kansas Judicial Council.   Reappointed to four-year terms ending June 30, 2027, are:  Vic Braden, deputy attorney general, criminal litigation division, Kansas Attorney General's Office  Chief Judge Amy...
05/24/2023
10th Judicial District Nominating Commission seeks nominees to fill district magistrate judge vacancy

TOPEKA—The 10th Judicial District Nominating Commission is seeking nominations to fill a district magistrate judge vacancy in Johnson County created by Robert Scott’s June 8 retirement.   The 10th Judicial District is Johnson County.   Justice Evelyn Wilson, the Supre...
05/19/2023
10th Judicial District Nominating Commission to meet May 22

TOPEKA—The 10th Judicial District Nominating Commission will convene by videoconference at 9:30 a.m. Monday, May 22, to set the schedule to fill a district magistrate judge vacancy created by Judge Robert Scott’s June 8 retirement.    The 10th Judicial District is Johnson...
05/17/2023
Lawyers elect Jennifer Cocking to Supreme Court Nominating Commission

TOPEKA—The clerk of the Kansas Supreme Court announced today that Topeka lawyer Jennifer Cocking was elected to represent the 2nd Congressional District on the Supreme Court Nominating Commission.  Cocking was elected to serve on the commission by lawyers in the 2nd Congre...
05/15/2023
6th Judicial District Nominating Commission seeks nominees to fill district magistrate judge vacancy

TOPEKA—The 6th Judicial District Nominating Commission is seeking nominations to fill a district magistrate judge vacancy in Bourbon County created by Judge Valorie Leblanc’s June 9 resignation.  The 6th Judicial District is composed of Bourbon, Linn, and Miami counties.  J...
05/08/2023
6th Judicial District Nominating Commission to set schedule for district magistrate judge vacancy

TOPEKA—The 6th Judicial District Nominating Commission will set the schedule to fill a district magistrate vacancy created by Judge Valorie Leblanc’s June 9 resignation during their telephone conference at 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 9.   The commission will also review nominations...
05/05/2023
6th Judicial District Nominating Commission to review nominations for district judge vacancy

TOPEKA—The 6th Judicial District Nominating Commission will convene by telephone conference at 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 9, to review nominations for a district judge vacancy created by Judge Steven Montgomery’s July 3 retirement.     The 6th Judicial District is composed of Bo...
05/05/2023
Supreme Court rescinds multiple COVID-19 orders, updates temporary rules

TOPEKA—Today the Kansas Supreme Court released new orders that rescind multiple COVID-19 related orders, update the temporary rule for self-represented litigant filings in district courts, and continue temporary rules on court-initiated livestreams.  Orders rescinded   In...
05/01/2023
Kansas Court of Appeals to hear oral arguments in Phillipsburg

TOPEKA—A three-judge panel of the Kansas Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments Tuesday, May 9, at the Huck Boyd Community Center in Phillipsburg.  Judges Sarah Warner, Angela Coble, and Rachel Pickering will hear oral arguments in two sessions, at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Both...
04/26/2023
Judge Rachel Pickering to be sworn in as Kansas Court of Appeals judge April 27

TOPEKA—Judge Rachel Pickering will be sworn in as judge on the Kansas Court of Appeals at 2 p.m. on Thursday, April 27 before an invited audience in the Supreme Court courtroom in the Kansas Judicial Center, Topeka.  Judge Pickering will be the first Hispanic to serve on th...