8th Judicial District Nominating Commission submits nominees for district judge vacancy in Geary County

TOPEKA—The 8th Judicial District Nominating Commission has sent the names of three nominees for district judge to Governor Jeff Colyer, who has 60 days to decide who will fill the vacancy created by the January 1 retirement of Judge Maritza Segarra.

The 8th Judicial District is composed of Dickinson, Geary, Marion, and Morris counties.

The nominees are:

• Courtney D. Boehm, Hillsboro, county attorney for Marion County.

• Andrea E. Purvis, Abilene, county attorney for Dickinson County.

• Britain D. Stites, Junction City, city attorney for Junction City.

Nominees for district judge must be:

• at least 30 years old;

• a lawyer admitted to practice in Kansas and engaged in the practice of law for at least five years, whether as a lawyer, judge, or full-time teacher at an accredited law school; and

• a resident of the 8th Judicial District at the time of taking office and while holding office.

The 8th Judicial District Nominating Commission consists of Justice Marla Luckert of the Kansas Supreme Court as the nonvoting chair; Darrel Bryant, Council Grove; Carolyn Gaston, Milford; Kevin Harris and Douglas Thompson, Abilene; James Hefley, Hillsboro; Arvid Jacobson, Junction City; Darrell Miller, Dwight; and secretary Edwin Wheeler Jr., Marion.