November 2020 News Releases

TOPEKA—The 12th Judicial District Nominating Commission will convene by telephone conference at 1:30 p.m. Monday, November 30, to discuss the nomination process for a district magistrate judge vacancy in ...

TOPEKA—The 10th Judicial District Nominating Commission will convene by videoconference December 9 to interview nominees to fill a district judge vacancy created by Judge Thomas Foster's November 29 retirement.

The 10th Judicial District is composed of Johnson County.

TOPEKA—The 1st Judicial District Nominating Commission will convene December 11 to interview nominees to fill a district judge vacancy in Atchison County created by Judge Robert Bednar's January 11 ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court adopted a temporary rule today to help people who represent themselves in court by allowing them to file documents in a case by mail, fax, or drop box during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The intent of the temporary rule to is to establish procedures that increase access to justice while protecting the ...

TOPEKA—Applicants who successfully passed the September 20 Kansas bar examination will be sworn in as Kansas attorneys Friday, November 20.

Chief Justice Marla Luckert of the Supreme Court and Chief Judge Julie Robinson of the U.S. District Court, District of Kansas, congratulated the news attorneys by 

TOPEKA—The 2nd Judicial District Nominating Commission has selected Angela Anderson to fill a magistrate judge vacancy in Wabaunsee County.

The commission conducted public interviews of nominees by ...

TOPEKA— The 2nd 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 Jefferson County vacancy ...

TOPEKA—District Magistrate Judge Jenifer Ashford was elected president of the Kansas District Magistrate Judges Association.

The ...

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

TOPEKA—The 2nd Judicial District Nominating Commission will interview nominees by videoconference Tuesday, November 17, to fill vacancies for a district judge and a district magistrate judge that are the result ...

TOPEKA—Chief Justice Marla Luckert issued a new administrative order today continuing to suspend statutes of limitation, statutory time standards, deadlines, and time limitations started under earlier orders in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Luckert's action follows the State Finance Council's decision today to extend ...

TOPEKA—The 2nd Judicial District Nominating Commission agreed to interview an additional nominee when it convenes at 9 a.m. Tuesday, November 17, at the Kansas Judicial Center in Topeka.

The ...

TOPEKA—The 9th Judicial District Nominating Commission is seeking nominations to fill a district magistrate judge vacancy in McPherson County created by Judge Steve Hilgers' January 8 retirement.

TOPEKA—The 8th Judicial District Nominating Commission is extending the deadline to receive nominations to fill a vacancy for district magistrate judge in Geary County created by Judge Charles Zimmerman's ...

TOPEKA—The 2nd Judicial District Nominating Commission will convene by telephone conference at 9 a.m. Friday, November 13, to reconsider a nominee's application for a district magistrate judge vacancy in ...

TOPEKA—The 2nd Judicial District Nominating Commission will convene at 9 a.m. Tuesday, November 17, at the Kansas Judicial Center in Topeka to interview nominees to fill vacancies for a district judge and a ...

TOPEKA—District Judge Robert Bednar of the 1st Judicial District will retire January 11 after 22 years of service.

Bednar became a judge in ...

TOPEKA—District Magistrate Judge Marty Clark of Russell County received the Lee Nusser Award for Outstanding Magistrate Judge of 2020.

The ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas District Judges Association presented its Award for Judicial Excellence to Chief Judge Michael Powers of Marion during a recent ...

TOPEKA—The 8th Judicial District Nominating Commission will convene by telephone conference at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, November 10, to discuss seeking additional nominees for a district magistrate judge vacancy in ...

TOPEKA—The 10th Judicial District Nominating Commission will meet November 20 to review nominations to fill a district judge vacancy in Johnson County created when Judge Thomas Foster retires November 29.

The 10th Judicial District is composed of Johnson County.

The nominating ...

TOPEKA—After two years of rigorous study and collecting input from a wide range of experts and stakeholders, the Ad Hoc Pretrial Justice Task Force delivered its final report to the Kansas Supreme Court today.

The 84-page

TOPEKA—The 1st Judicial District Nominating Commission is seeking nominations to fill a district judge vacancy in Atchison County created by Judge Robert Bednar's January 11 retirement.

The 1st ...