TOPEKA—Chief Judge Lawton Nuss of the Kansas Supreme Court reappointed James Cooper and Robert Fairchild, both of Lawrence, and Norman Kelly, Salina, to the Kansas Commission on Judicial Conduct, formerly known as the Kansas Commission on Judicial Qualifications.
Their terms end June 30, 2023.
The 14-member commission includes six active or retired judges, four lawyers, and four nonlawyers. The members are grouped into two panels, and one panel meets each month.
The commission is charged with helping the Supreme Court exercise its responsibility in judicial disciplinary matters.
Cooper is a nonlawyer member and retired U.S. Navy officer. Fairchild is a retired district judge from the 7th Judicial District, which is composed of Douglas County. Kelly is a partner with the Norton Wasserman Jones & Kelly law firm.
District Judge Brenda Cameron, Olathe, is vice chair of the Commission on Judicial Conduct and is chair of Panel A. She serves in the 10th Judicial District, which is composed of Johnson County. Cooper, Fairchild, and Kelly serve on Panel A, and Cooper is its vice chair.
Other Panel A members are Diane Azorsky, nonlawyer, Leawood; Terrence Campbell, lawyer, Lawrence; and District Magistrate Judge Mary Thrower, Minneapolis, who serves in Ottawa County of the 28th Judicial District.
Chief Judge Nicholas St. Peter, Winfield, chairs the Commission on Judicial Conduct and is chair of Panel B. He serves in the 19th Judicial District, which is composed of Cowley County.
Other Panel B members are: Diane Sorensen, lawyer, Wichita, and vice chair of the panel; Chief Judge Bradley Ambrosier, Elkhart, who serves in the 26th Judicial District, which is composed of Grant, Haskell, Morton, Seward, Stanton, and Stevens counties; Allen Glendenning, lawyer, Great Bend; Retired District Judge Larry Hendricks, Topeka; Sister Rosemary Kolich of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, nonlawyer, Leavenworth; and Susan Lynn, nonlawyer, Iola.
Douglas Shima, clerk of the appellate courts, is secretary to the commission.