June 2017 News Releases

TOPEKA—Hodgeman County District Magistrate Judge Kenton Gleason was reappointed to the District Magistrate Judges ...

TOPEKA—Four Kansas judges were appointed to the District Judges Manual Committee.

Chief Justice Lawton R. Nuss of the Kansas Supreme Court appointed them to two-year terms ending June 30, 2019.

New members are:

• Douglas County District Judge Amy Hanley

• Wyandotte County ...

TOPEKA—Deana Scott of Prairie Village and Traci Dockery of Basehor were reappointed to three-year terms on the Municipal Court Clerks Education Committee by Chief Justice Lawton R. Nuss of the Kansas Supreme Court.

They will serve through June 30, 2020.

The committee recommends and organizes education and training ...

TOPEKA—Olathe Municipal Court Judge Katherine McElhinney and Shawnee Municipal Court Judge Karen Torline were appointed to the Municipal Court Judges Education Committee by Chief Justice Lawton R. Nuss of the Kansas Supreme Court.

Additionally, Baxter Springs Municipal Judge David Hensley and Manhattan Municipal Judge Patrick ...

TOPEKA—Sedgwick County District Judge Eric Commer, Gove County District Magistrate Judge Brendon Boone, Riley County District Court Administrator DaLanna Nichols, and LuAnn Rivera of Wichita were reappointed to the Language Access Committee.

Chief Justice Lawton R. Nuss of the Kansas Supreme Court reappointed them to three-year ...

TOPEKA—Seven judges were appointed to the Judicial Education Advisory Committee, and another judge was reappointed to the panel.

Appointed to three-year terms ending June 30, 2020, by Chief Justice Lawton R. Nuss of the Kansas Supreme Court were:

• Kansas Court of Appeals Judge Steve Leben

• ...

TOPEKA—Jennifer Hill, a Wichita attorney, was appointed to a three-year term on the Kansas Board of Examiners of Court Reporters, and Shawnee County Chief Judge Evelyn Z. Wilson was reappointed to serve another three years on the board.

Chief Justice Lawton R. Nuss of the Kansas Supreme Court appointed them to terms that begin ...

TOPEKA—District Judge Bradley E. Ambrosier and Terrance J. Campbell were appointed to the Kansas Commission on Judicial Qualifications, and Susan Lynn was reappointed to the board.

Chief Justice Lawton R. Nuss of the Kansas Supreme Court appointed them to terms that begin July 1, 2017, and end June 30, 2021.

Ambrosier ...

TOPEKA—Beth Love of Dodge City and Thomas E. Hammond II of Overland Park were reappointed to three-year terms on the Client Protection Fund Commission by Chief Justice Lawton R. Nuss of the Kansas Supreme Court.

Their terms begin July 1, 2017, and end June 30, 2020. Hammond, an attorney, currently serves as vice chair. Love is a ...

TOPEKA—Six attorneys will be interviewed July 6 for the position of Labette County district judge.

The 11th Judicial Nominating Commission will convene at 11:30 a.m. July 6. Members will conduct the interviews beginning at 1 p.m. and select three to five nominees to be submitted to the governor, who will then select one of the ...

TOPEKA—The 3rd Judicial District Nominating Commission sent the names of three candidates for district court judge to Gov. Sam Brownback, who has 60 days to decide who will fill the vacancy created by the June 2017 retirement of District Judge Rebecca W. Crotty.

The three candidates are:

• Lee J. Davidson ...

TOPEKA—Mikel L. Stout, a Wichita attorney, was elected chair of the Kansas Supreme Court Nominating Commission by attorneys in a statewide election. Stout is a senior partner with Foulston Siefkin of Wichita. He succeeds Anne E. Burke, an attorney in Overland Park, who has served as chair since 2009.

Also elected an attorney ...

TOPEKA—Labette County District Judge Robert J. Fleming has been recognized by the Kansas District Judges Association for ...

TOPEKA—Douglas County District Judge Sally D. Pokorny was appointed to a four-year term on the Judges Assistance Committee by Chief Justice Lawton R. Nuss of the Kansas Supreme Court.

Pokorny's term will run from July 1, 2017, through June 20, 2021.

The Judges Assistance Committee provides help to any Kansas judge ...

TOPEKA—Four members of the Kansas Judicial Council were reappointed to four-year terms by Chief Justice Lawton R. Nuss of the Kansas Supreme Court.

Serving until June 30, 2021, are J. Nick Badgerow of Overland Park, Kansas Court of Appeals Judge Stephen D. Hill of Topeka, Geary County District Judge Maritza Segarra of Junction ...

TOPEKA—The 12th Judicial District Nomination Commission has selected Kevin L. Phillips to fill a magistrate judge vacancy in Jewell County. The commission conducted public interviews of applicants for the position Friday, June 16, in Mankato.

Phillips, of Mankato, is a lawyer in private practice. His new position as magistrate ...

PARSONS—Eight attorneys have submitted applications to fill the district judge position in the 11th Judicial District, sitting in the District Court of Labette County.

The position will become vacant on the July 14, 2017, retirement of District Judge Robert J. Fleming, who has held the position since 1996.

The ...

TOPEKA—The 21st Judicial District Nominating Commission is seeking candidates to fill a district magistrate judge vacancy residing in Riley County.    

The 21st judicial district includes Clay and ...

TOPEKA—District Magistrate Judge Douglas Bigge was elected the new president of the Kansas District Magistrate Judges Association.

The organization, open to all state district magistrate court judges, elected officers to serve in the fiscal year that begins July 1. Officers were elected at a statewide conference for judges ...

TOPEKA — The Kansas District Judges Association, an organization open to all state district court judges, has elected officers to serve the organization in the fiscal year that begins July 1.

Judge Robert J. Frederick was elected president. He is a judge in the 25th Judicial District, composed of Finney, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny ...

TOPEKA—The 3rd Judicial District Nominating Commission will interview the nine attorneys who applied to fill a district court vacancy in Shawnee County created by the June 2017 retirement of District Judge Rebecca W. Crotty.

The candidates are:

• Jay D. Befort, Topeka

• Lee J. Davidson, ...

TOPEKA—David H. Moses of Wichita was reappointed to a three-year term on the Kansas Continuing Legal Education Commission.

Chief Justice Lawton R. Nuss of the Kansas Supreme Court appointed Moses to serve from July 1 through June 30, 2020.

Moses has served on the commission since 2014. The commission oversees continuing ...

TOPEKA—The 12th Judicial District Nominating Commission will convene at 9 a.m. Friday, June 16, in the Jewell County District Court courthouse to interview candidates to fill a district magistrate judge position in Jewell County.

Interviews are open to the public. The courthouse is located at 307 N Commercial in Mankato.

TOPEKA—Retired judge Fred S. Jackson has been reappointed to a four-year term on the Judicial Ethics Advisory Panel.

Chief Justice Lawton R. Nuss of the Kansas Supreme Court appointed Jackson to serve from July 1, 2017, until June 30, 2021. He is a retired district judge from Shawnee County.

The Judicial Ethics Advisory ...

TOPEKA—Shawnee County District Judge Frank J. Yeoman Jr. was reappointed to a two-year term to the board of directors of the Kansas Guardianship Program. His term will run from July 1 to June 30, 2019.

The appointment was made by Chief Justice Lawton R. Nuss of the Kansas Supreme Court.

Yeoman currently serves as chair ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court has reappointed James D. Oliver to a three-year term on the Attorney Admissions Review Committee.

Oliver will serve until June 30, 2020.

The committee, composed of three practicing attorneys, reviews applications of individuals seeking to practice law in the state and makes ...