November 2017 News Releases

TOPEKA — The 3rd Judicial District Nominating Commission has sent the governor the name of Mary E. Christopher as a candidate to fill the position made vacant by the retirement of Shawnee County District Judge Frank Yeoman Jr.

Steven M. Roth and Kelly J. Trussell are also candidates for the position.

Christopher ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court has reappointed 28 chief judges in Kansas. Their terms are effective January 1, 2018, to December 31, 2019.

1st Judicial District, composed of Atchison and Leavenworth counties:

• Chief Judge David King has served as a district judge since 1986 and chief judge since 1990.

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TOPEKA — The 4th Judicial Nominating Commission will convene at 9 a.m. Thursday, December 7, in the Coffey County Courthouse, Burlington, to interview nominees to fill a district judge vacancy in Coffey County created by the November 30 retirement of Chief Judge Phillip M. Fromme.

Interviews are open to the public. The 4th ...

TOPEKA — Six judges from Kansas recently completed a two-week general jurisdiction course at The National Judicial College in Reno, Nevada.

The course introduces newer judges to a variety of subjects and skills they need in the courtroom. Topics covered include managing a courtroom, managing cases, conducting bench and jury ...

TOPEKA — The 11th Judicial District Nominating Commission is seeking nominees to fill a district judge vacancy in Crawford County created by the December 18 retirement of Chief Judge A.J. Wachter.

The 11th Judicial District is composed of Cherokee, Crawford, and Labette counties.

Nominees for district judge must be:

TOPEKA — Chief Justice Lawton R. Nuss announced today the Supreme Court has appointed Judge Oliver Kent Lynch to ...

TOPEKA—Chief Justice Lawton R. Nuss announced today the Supreme Court has appointed Judge Thomas Kelly Ryan to a two-year term as chief judge of the 10th Judicial District ...

TOPEKA — In between hearing a week's worth of appellate arguments in his Topeka courtroom, the chief justice of the Kansas Supreme Court took time to lecture about ethics to ...