November 2019 News Releases

TOPEKA—The 7th Judicial District Nominating Commission has sent the names of three nominees for district judge to Gov. Laura Kelly, who has 60 days to decide who will fill the vacancy created by the December 31 retirement of Chief Judge Peggy Carr Kittel.

The 7th Judicial District is composed of Douglas County.

The ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court has appointed District Judge James McCabria as chief judge of the 7th Judicial District effective from January 1 through December 31, 2021.

TOPEKA—The Supreme Court Nominating Commission will interview applicants on Thursday, January 16, and Friday, January 17, to fill the vacancy on the Kansas Supreme Court created by the December 17 retirement of Chief Justice ...

TOPEKA—The 7th Judicial District Nominating Commission will convene November 21 to interviews six nominees to fill a district judge position in Douglas County created by the December 31 retirement of Chief Judge Peggy Carr Kittel.

The 7th Judicial District is composed of Douglas County.

The commission will meet at 8:30 ...

TOPEKA—The 31st Judicial District Nominating Commission has selected Thomas Mikulka, Chanute, to fill a magistrate judge vacancy in Woodson County.

The commission conducted public interviews of nominees for the position November 19 in Yates Center. Four people had applied for the opening.

Mikulka's new position will ...

TOPEKA—The 11th Judicial District Nominating Commission is seeking nominations to fill a district judge vacancy in Labette County created by the January 2 retirement of Judge Jeffry Jack.

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

Justice Caleb Stegall, the Supreme Court's ...

TOPEKA—Five judges and 12 lawyers applied by a noon deadline today to fill a Kansas Supreme Court vacancy created by the December 17 ...

TOPEKA—District Magistrate Judge Roseanna Mathis, who retired in August, received the Lee Nusser Award for Outstanding Magistrate Judge of 2019.

The ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas District Judges Association presented its top honor to Judge Franklin Theis of Topeka.

The association presented its Award for Judicial Excellence to Theis at its recent annual meeting in Wichita.

"It was surprising, overwhelming, and unexpected," Theis said. But he said the honor was " ...

TOPEKA—The 7th Judicial District Nominating Commission will convene November 21 to interview six nominees to fill a district judge position in Douglas County created by the December 31 retirement of Chief Judge Peggy Carr Kittel.

The commission will meet at 9 a.m. Thursday, November 21, in the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center, ...

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