June 2018 News Releases

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court reappointed District Magistrate Judge Deb Anderson to the District Magistrate ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court appointed five judges to the Judicial Education Advisory Committee and reappointed a sixth judge.

Appointed to three-year terms beginning July 1 and ending June 30, 2021 were:

• District Magistrate Judge Julie Cowell, serving in Pawnee County of the 24th Judicial District

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​TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court appointed District Magistrate Judge Renee Henke to a two-year term on the Judges Manual Committee. Her term begins July 1 and ends June 30, 2020.

Henke serves in Osborne County of the 17th Judicial District.

Reappointed to two-year terms were:

• District Magistrate ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court appointed Christopher Sook, an attorney from Hays, and David Trevino, an attorney from Lawrence, to three-year terms on the Client Protection Fund Commission. Their terms begin July 1 and end June 30, 2021.

The two succeed Charles “Ed” Watson, an attorney from Wichita, and Aaron Kite ...

TOPEKA—In its decision released today, the Kansas Supreme Court held the State has not shown that the school finance laws enacted during the 2017 and 2018 legislative sessions meet the adequacy requirement in Article 6 of the Kansas Constitution. But if the State chooses to make timely financial adjustments in response to problems ...

TOPEKA—The 30th Judicial District Nominating Commission is seeking nominations for a district magistrate judge opening in Barber County that will become available when Judge Richard Raleigh vacates the position, effective July 6.

The 30th Judicial District is composed of Barber, Harper, Kingman, Pratt, and Sumner counties.

TOPEKA—The 1st Judicial District Nominating Commission is seeking nominations to fill a district judge vacancy in Leavenworth County created by the June 16 retirement of Judge Gunnar Sundby.

The 1st Judicial District is composed of Atchison and Leavenworth counties.

Justice Eric Rosen, the Kansas Supreme Court ...

TOPEKA—District Magistrate Judge Douglas Bigge was re-elected 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 in Overland ...

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 James Fleetwood was elected president. He is chief judge of the 18th Judicial District, a one-county district composed of Sedgwick ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas District Judges Association presented its Award for Judicial Excellence to District Judge Nancy Parrish of ...

TOPEKA—District Magistrate Judge Douglas Bigge of Rooks County received the Lee Nusser Award for Outstanding ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court will conduct a special evening session September 24 at Manhattan High School in Manhattan as part of its ongoing outreach to familiarize Kansans with the high court, its work, and the overall role of the Kansas judiciary.

The court will be in session from 6:30 p.m. to about 8 p.m. Monday, September ...

TOPEKA—Beginning June 25, all Kansas-licensed attorneys who are permitted to practice law under Supreme Court Rule 208(a) must electronically file documents in cases before any state court.

Self-represented parties will continue to file paper documents.

The Kansas Supreme Court amended two rules to support this mandate: ...