2021 News Releases

TOPEKA—The 6th Judicial District Nominating Commission will meet at 9 a.m. Wednesday, January 26, 2022, to interview nominees to fill a district judge vacancy created when Judge Terri Johnson retired December ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court appointed Joni Wilson-Colby to the Ad Hoc Virtual Court Proceedings Committee. 

Wilson-Colby is the court administrator in the 18th Judicial District, which is Sedgwick County.  

The Supreme Court created the committee in June 2020 to study and recommend best ...

TOPEKA—The 8th Judicial District Nominating Commission will convene by telephone conference at 9 a.m. Friday, January 7, to discuss a renewed call for ...

TOPEKA—The 6th Judicial District Nominating Commission will convene by telephone conference at 10:30 a.m. Monday, December 27, to discuss the number of applications accepted, set the interview schedule for ...

TOPEKA—The 3rd 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 Chief Judge ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court has created an Ad Hoc Committee on Best Practices for Eviction Proceedings to examine how evictions are processed by Kansas courts to identify best practices that reduce filings, expeditiously resolve pending cases, and enhance housing stability.   

The committee is to deliver its ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court is seeking a parent with experience in the child welfare system to serve on its Task Force on Permanency Planning. 

The Task Force on Permanency Planning is a multidisciplinary committee that examines and makes recommendations for improvements to child welfare court proceedings. It ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas District Judges Association presented its Award for Judicial Excellence to Senior Judge James Fleetwood during a recent virtual statewide conference for judges.

TOPEKA—The 3rd Judicial District Nominating Commission will convene at 9 a.m. Friday, December 17, to interview nominees to fill a district judge vacancy created by Chief Judge Richard Anderson’s December ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas District Judges Association presented its Award for Judicial Excellence to Chief ...

TOPEKA—District Magistrate Judge Jenifer Ashford was re-elected president of the Kansas ...

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

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court has appointed District Judge Steven Ebberts to serve as chief judge of the 3rd Judicial District from December 12, ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court has appointed District Judge Kristi Cott to serve as chief judge of the 25th Judicial District from January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2023.  ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court has appointed District Judge Charles Droege to serve as chief judge of the 10th Judicial District from ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court has appointed District Judge Clinton Peterson to serve as chief judge of the 26th Judicial District from ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court has reappointed 27 chief judges in Kansas. Their terms are effective January 1, 2022, to December 31, 2023.  

1st Judicial District  

Chief Judge David King was reappointed in the 1st Judicial District, composed of Atchison and Leavenworth ...

TOPEKA—The 3rd Judicial District Nominating Commission will meet at 9 a.m., Friday, December 17, to interview nominees to fill a district judge vacancy created by Chief Judge Richard Anderson’s December 11 retirement. 

The 3rd Judicial District is Shawnee County. 

Public interviews  ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court appointed four new members to the Advisory Council on Dispute Resolution and reappointed three others. 

All will serve from July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2024. 

New members are: 

• Janell Murphey, mediator, Salina Initiative for Restorative ...

TOPEKA—District Magistrate Judge Daniel Gilligan of Reno County received the Lee Nusser Award for Outstanding Magistrate Judge of 2021. 

The ...

TOPEKA—District Magistrate Judge Samuel Marsh will retire December 31 from the 11th Judicial District. 

Marsh was appointed ...

TOPEKA—The 11th Judicial District Nominating Commission is seeking nominations to fill a district magistrate judge vacancy created when Judge Samuel Marsh retires December 31.  

The ...

TOPEKA— The Kansas Supreme Court plans to resume in-person oral arguments for its December 13–15 docket. 

Only Supreme Court justices, court staff, and those necessary to conduct the hearing will be in the courtroom for ...

TOPEKA—Kansas Court of Appeals Judge Michael B. Buser will retire January 31, 2022, after 17 years on the bench.  ...

TOPEKA—The 8th Judicial District Nominating Commission is seeking nominations to fill a district magistrate judge vacancy in Dickinson County. 

The vacancy was created when Judge Keith ...

TOPEKA—Stephanie Bunten and Shawn Jurgensen will represent the Kansas judicial branch during the National Center for State Courts webinar on seeking grant funding from the American Rescue Plan Act.

Bunten is one of six panelists and Jurgensen will moderate.

Bunten is the judicial administrator and Jurgensen is ...

TOPEKA—The 11th Judicial District Nominating Commission will convene by telephone conference at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, November 18, to discuss the nomination process to fill a district magistrate judge vacancy ...

TOPEKA—The 6th Judicial District Nominating Commission is seeking nominations to fill a district judge vacancy created when Judge Terri Johnson retires December 13.  

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court reappointed five members of the Kansas Child Support Guidelines Advisory Committee. 

Reappointed are:  

• District Judge Constance Alvey, 29th Judicial District, which is Wyandotte County 

• Elizabeth Cohn, an attorney for the ...

TOPEKA—The 6th Judicial District Nominating Commission will convene via telephone conference at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, November 16, to discuss the nomination process to fill a district judge vacancy.   ...

TOPEKA—The 8th Judicial District Nominating Commission will convene by telephone conference at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, November 17, to discuss the nomination process to fill a district magistrate judge vacancy in ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court has appointed Andy Hanson to represent the Office of Judicial Administration on three education committees. 

Hanson is director of education in the Office of Judicial Administration. His appointment will make him a nonvoting member of:  

• Municipal Court ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court appointed two people to the Language Access Committee and reappointed three more. 

The committee makes recommendations to the Supreme Court to ensure that people with limited English skills can access services from Kansas district courts. 

The court appointed Lundy ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court is accepting public comment on a proposed rule to expand access to electronic filing to certain filers who are not attorneys. 

Public comment on the new rule may be made by email to publiccomments@kscourts.org until 5 p ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court announced that Luke Drury has joined the judicial branch as its chief financial officer effective October 18.

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court appointed four new members and reappointed four existing ones to the Access to Justice Committee. 

The new members are: 

• District Judge Jennifer Brunetti, 11th Judicial District, composed of Cherokee, Crawford, and Labette counties 

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court reappointed District Magistrate Judge Kenton Gleason to the District Magistrate Judges Certification Committee.

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TOPEKA— District Judge Steve Johnson will sit with the Kansas Supreme Court to hear and help decide one case on ...

TOPEKA—The 3rd Judicial District Nominating Commission is seeking nominations to fill a district judge vacancy created when Chief Judge Richard Anderson retires December 11.

The 3rd Judicial ...

TOPEKA—The Office of Judicial Administration has announced the schedule for courts in the 13th Judicial District to transition to a new centralized case management system between October 26 and November 1.

Track 2 courts

Courts in the 13th Judicial District are known as “Track 2&rdquo ...

TOPEKA—The 11th 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 District ...

TOPEKA—The 3rd Judicial District Nominating Commission will convene via telephone conference at 9 a.m. Tuesday, October 19, to discuss the nomination process to fill a district judge vacancy.  

TOPEKA—The 11th Judicial District Nominating Commission will meet Tuesday, October 12, to interview nominees to fill a district judge vacancy created by Oliver Kent Lynch's July 30 retirement.
 
The commission will convene at 8:50 a.m. and interviews will start at 9:30 a.m.
 
The 11th Judicial ...

TOPEKA—The 11th Judicial District Nominating Commission will convene at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, October 5, via telephone conference to discuss interviewing candidates to fill a district judge vacancy. ...

TOPEKA—Officials in the Office of Judicial Administration announced today that courts in the 13th Judicial District will be brought onto a new centralized case management system November 1.

The 13th Judicial District is composed of Butler, Elk, and Greenwood counties.

Kelly O’Brien, chief information officer and ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court announced today it has selected Gayle Larkin to serve as disciplinary administrator and lead the office ...

TOPEKA—The 12th Judicial District Nominating Commission will convene at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, October 12, via videoconference to interview a nominee to fill a district magistrate judge vacancy in ...

TOPEKA—Applicants who successfully passed the Kansas bar examination will be sworn in as Kansas attorneys in either an in-person ceremony or by videoconference Friday, September 24. 
 
New attorneys can choose to be sworn in Friday in an in-person ceremony, a one-on-one videoconference ceremony, or by any state ...

The 12th Judicial District Nominating Commission will convene by telephone conference at 11:30 a.m. Monday, September 27, to discuss seeking additional nominees for a district magistrate judge vacancy ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas judicial branch is joining organizations across Kansas and the United States recognizing Constitution Day to remind people of the important role the U.S. Constitution had in our nation’s founding and continues to have in our day-to-day lives. 

Constitution Day is September 17, and it marks the ...

TOPEKA–The Kansas Supreme Court reappointed Peter Scott Johnston, Salina, and Carol Park, Hays, to the Kansas Board of Law Examiners.

Both will serve through June 30, 2026. 

Park, who will serve as board chair, is with Schwartz & Park LLP of Hays. 

Johnston is with Clark, Mize & ...

TOPEKA— The Kansas Supreme Court reappointed District Judge Delia York to a four-year term on the Kansas Council for Interstate Juvenile Supervision.
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TOPEKA—Court of Appeals Judge Stephen Hill will sit with the Kansas Supreme Court to hear and help decide one case on the court’s September 17 docket that will take place by videoconference.

After hearing oral arguments, Judge Hill will join Supreme Court justices in their deliberations and decision drafting.

TOPEKA—Court of Appeals Judge Thomas Malone will sit with the Kansas Supreme Court to hear and help decide one case on the court’s September 15 docket that will take place by videoconference.

After hearing oral arguments, Malone will join Supreme Court justices in their deliberations and decision drafting.

TOPEKA—Court of Appeals Judge Michael Buser will sit with the Kansas Supreme Court to hear and help decide one case on the court’s September 14 docket that will take place by videoconference.

After hearing oral arguments, Judge Buser will join Supreme Court justices in their deliberations and decision drafting.
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TOPEKA—Court of Appeals Judge Henry Green will sit with the Kansas Supreme Court to hear and help decide one case on the court’s September 13 docket that will take place by videoconference.

After hearing oral arguments, Judge Green will join Supreme Court justices in their deliberations and decision drafting.

TOPEKA—The 9th 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 ...

TOPEKA—Karen Arnold-Burger, chief judge of the Kansas Court of Appeals, is the 2021 recipient of the Robert ...

TOPEKA—The 25th 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 ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court today appointed W. Thomas Stratton Jr. to serve as interim disciplinary administrator from September 7 through October 8, or until further order of the court.

“We appreciate that Mr. Stratton is willing to serve as interim disciplinary administrator and provide oversight of day-to-day ...

TOPEKA—The 25th Judicial District Nominating Commission will convene at 9 a.m. Wednesday, September 8, to interview five nominees to fill a district judge vacancy created by ...

TOPEKA—The 9th Judicial District Nominating Commission will convene at 9 a.m. Friday, September 10, to interview four nominees to fill a district judge vacancy created by Chief ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court announced today it will conduct its September docket by videoconference despite earlier plans that it would be in person.

The court had announced August 9 it would resume in-person oral arguments beginning with its September 13–17 docket. Today, Chief Justice Marla Luckert mentioned the ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court appointed four new members and reappointed others to the eCourt Steering Committee, which is overseeing implementation of a statewide centralized case management system.

The new centralized case management system will allow all district and appellate case ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court reappointed retired Judge Patrick McAnany, formerly of the Kansas Court of Appeals, to a four-year term on the Judicial Ethics Advisory Panel.

McAnany, Overland Park ...

TOPEKA—The 25th Judicial District Nominating Commission reports that five people applied to fill a district judge vacancy created by Chief Judge Robert Frederick’s January 22, 2022 ...

UPDATE: The nominating commission will meet by Zoom videoconference livestreamed on Youtube. 

TOPEKA—The 9th Judicial District Nominating Commission will convene by ...

TOPEKA—The 9th Judicial District Nominating Commission reports that four people applied to fill a district judge vacancy that will be created when Judge Joe Dickinson retires September 18 ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court appointed District Judge Penny Moylan to the

TOPEKA—The 11th Judicial District Nominating Commission reports that seven people applied to fill a district judge vacancy created by Judge Oliver Kent Lynch’s August 1 retirement. 

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

Who applied:

• ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court reappointed District Judge Sally Pokorny to a four-year term on the Judges Assistance Committee.

Her term ...

TOPEKA—The 12th Judicial District Nominating Commission is seeking nominations to fill a district magistrate judge vacancy in Lincoln County created when Judge ...

TOPEKA—Kansas courts are telling couples who need a marriage license in September to apply for them now.

The usual advice courts give to couples is to allow two weeks from the time the application is filed for the license to be delivered. But a database courts use to process licenses will be offline for a week in September ...

TOPEKA—The 8th Judicial District Nominating Commission has sent the names of nominees for two district judge vacancies to Gov. Laura Kelly, who has 60 days to decide who will fill the vacancies.

TOPEKA—District Magistrate judge Brian Grace will retire October 1 from the 12th Judicial District after serving 18 years as a magistrate judge.

TOPEKA—The 12th Judicial District Nominating Commission will convene by telephone conference at 1:30 p.m. Friday, August 20, to discuss the nomination process to fill a district ...

TOPEKA— Chief Judge Joe Dickinson will retire September 17th from the 9th Judicial District after serving 19 years as a judge, including seven years as ...

TOPEKA—The 8th Judicial Nominating Commission will convene August 18 to interview 12 nominees to fill two district judge vacancies.

The vacancies are due to two retirements ...

TOPEKA—Jacy Hurst will be sworn in as judge of the Kansas Court of Appeals ...

TOPEKA— The Kansas Supreme Court plans to resume in-person oral arguments for its September 13-17 docket.

The Kansas court was among the first supreme courts nationwide to use videoconferencing technology for its oral ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court has appointed District Judge Marilyn Wilder to serve as chief judge of the 9th Judicial District from ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court has appointed District Judge Benjamin Sexton to serve as chief judge of the 8th Judicial District from ...

TOPEKA—The 9th Judicial District Nominating Commission is seeking nominations to fill a district judge vacancy created when Judge Joe Dickinson retires September 18.
 
The

TOPEKA—The 25th Judicial District Nominating Commission is seeking nominations to fill a district judge vacancy created when Judge Robert Frederick retires January 22, 2022.

The

TOPEKA—The 11th Judicial District Nominating Commission is seeking nominations to fill a district judge vacancy created when Judge Oliver Kent Lynch retires August 1, 2021.
 
The 11th ...

Commission will discuss process to fill district judge vacancy

TOPEKA—The 9th Judicial District Nominating Commission will convene by Zoom videoconference at 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 28, to ...

TOPEKA—The 9th Judicial District Nominating Commission will convene by Zoom videoconference at 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 28, to discuss the nomination process to fill a district judge vacancy. 

The ...

Commission will discuss process to fill district judge vacancy

TOPEKA—The 11th Judicial District Nominating Commission will convene by telephone conference at 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 27, to discuss the nomination process to fill a district judge vacancy.

The vacancy is created by Judge ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court has appointed District Judge Lori Bolton Fleming to ...

TOPEKA—Judge Oliver Kent Lynch will retire July 30 from the 11th Judicial ...

District nominating commission will conduct public interviews August 18

TOPEKA—The 8th Judicial District Nominating Commission reports that 13 people applied to fill two district judge vacancies within the district. 

The vacancies are due to two retirements. Judge Steven Hornbaker, who served in Geary ...

TOPEKA—Chief Justice Marla Luckert today signed an order that reinstates additional statutory deadlines and time limitations for court proceedings beginning August 2.

"Kansas courts continue to hear many cases by videoconference, and public health trends are reassuring that courts can conduct required in-person proceedings ...

TOPEKA—The 8th Judicial District Nominating Commission is seeking nominations to fill two district judge vacancies.
 
Judge Steven Hornbaker, who served in Geary County, retired June 1. Chief ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court appointed Bettina Jamerson and Bre Walker to three-year terms on the Municipal Court Clerks Education Committee.

Jamerson is court administrator for the city of Shawnee.

Walker is court clerk for the city of Mulvane.

The court also reappointed Christina Lucas, court clerk for ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court appointed Judge Jennifer Jones to an unexpired term on the Municipal Court Judges Education Committee.

She is municipal judge for the city of Wichita and will serve until June 30, 2022. She succeeds Judge Ted Griffith, municipal judge for the city of Wichita.

The court reappointed Judge ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court reappointed Senior Judge Richard Walker to a four-year term on the board of directors of the Kansas Guardianship Program.

TOPEKA—Chief Judge Michael Powers of the 8th Judicial District will retire August 20 after 31 years of service.

Powers became a judge in 1991 ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court appointed Chief Judge Steven Johnson and reappointed three other members to the Kansas Board of Examiners of Court Reporters.

Johnson serves in the 20th Judicial District, composed of Barton, Ellsworth, Rice, Russell, and Stafford counties. He ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court reappointed Sherri Loveland to a three-year term on the Admissions Review Committee.

Loveland will serve a term that begins July 1 and ends June 30, 2024. She is a lawyer at Stevens & Brand in Lawrence.

To receive a license to practice law in Kansas, an applicant must be mentally and ...

TOPEKA—The 8th Judicial District Nominating Commission will convene by telephone conference at 12:30 p.m. Friday, June 11, to discuss the nomination process to fill two district judge vacancies.
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TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court reappointed Christopher Sook, Hays, and David Trevino, Lawrence, to three-year terms on the Client Protection Fund Commission.

Both are lawyers. Their terms begin July 1 and end June 30, 2024.

The Lawyers Fund for Client Protection, which the commission oversees, compensates people who ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court appointed two people to the Supreme Court Task Force on Permanency Planning and reappointed three others.

Kristen Powell, Wichita, was appointed to a four-year term to begin July 1 and end June 30, 2025. She succeeds Daniel Martin, Topeka, whose term expires June 30.

Caitlyn Eakin, Great ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court reappointed 11 members to the Kansas Board for Discipline of Attorneys.

They will serve four-year terms beginning July 1 and ending June 30, 2025.

Reappointed were:

• Gregory Bauer, Great Bend;

• Jeffrey Chubb, Independence;

• ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Judicial Center will reopen to the public Tuesday, June 1.

The Judicial Center, 301 SW 10th Ave., has been open by appointment only. Beginning Tuesday, it will be open to the public from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays.

Visitors must follow minimum standard health protocols to avoid exposing court ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court appointed four members to the Kansas Continuing Legal Education Board.

Joslyn Kusiak, a lawyer at Kelly & Kusiak Law Office in Independence, was reappointed to a three-year term beginning July 1 and ending June 30, 2024.

New to the board are Jean Menager and District Judge Andrew ...

TOPEKA—Chief Justice Marla Luckert announced today that a few suspensions involving statutory time requirements for court proceedings that were included in an order she signed in March remain in effect.

Luckert made the announcement after learning the Legislative Coordinating Council voted today to extend the state of disaster ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court reappointed three members to the Kansas Commission on Judicial Conduct.

Reappointed were:

• Chief Judge Bradley Ambrosier, Elkhart, who serves in the 26th Judicial District, composed of Grant, Haskell, Morton, Seward ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court appointed Janet Thompson Jackson to the Kansas Lawyers Assistance Program Board.

Jackson, Topeka, is a professor of law and directs the Small Business and Nonprofit Law Clinic at Washburn University School of Law. She also is a certified wellness coach. She will serve a four-year term on the board ...

TOPEKA—Chief Justice Marla Luckert appointed Chief Judge Patricia Macke Dick to a four-year term on the Kansas Judicial Council and ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court today issued an administrative order, guidance documents, and personnel policies related to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

"Over the last year, Kansas courts continued to serve their communities either in person following statewide safety protocols, or remotely through video hearings and online ...

TOPEKA—Kansas lawyers recently voted to elect the chair and a representative from the 4th Congressional District to serve on the Supreme Court Nominating Commission.

The canvassers appointed to certify the election results announced

TOPEKA—Chief Judge Steve Johnson of the 20th Judicial District will sit with the Kansas Supreme Court to hear and help decide one case on the court' ...

TOPEKA—District Judge John Bosch of Riley County and District Judge Keven O'Grady of Johnson County will sit with the Kansas Supreme Court to hear and help decide one case on the court's May 28 docket that will take place by videoconference.

"The Supreme Court looks forward to Judge Bosch and Judge O'Grady ...

TOPEKA—District Judge Kathleen Lynch of the 29th Judicial District will sit with the Kansas Supreme Court to hear and help decide one case on the ...

Luckert says budget enhancement will transform court operations by addressing longstanding funding concerns.

TOPEKA—Chief Justice Marla Luckert issued the following statement today on learning the Kansas Legislature adopted 2021 Senate Bill 159

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court appointed two new members to the Ad Hoc Virtual Court Proceedings Committee.

Christopher Joseph, a Topeka lawyer, replaces Shannon Rush, a former district magistrate judge.

Angela Meyer, a Pittsburg lawyer, is an additional member of the committee.

The Supreme Court established ...

TOPEKA—District Judge Steven Hornbaker of the 8th Judicial District will retire June 1 after more than 21 years of service.

Hornbaker was ...

TOPEKA—District Magistrate Judge Marty Clark, who serves in Russell County, will retire May 1 after 23 years of service.

Clark has been a ...

TOPEKA—Applicants who successfully passed the Kansas bar examination in February will be sworn in as Kansas attorneys Friday, April 30.

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 video message.

These ...

TOPEKA– Lesley Ann Isherwood of Wichita will be sworn in as a judge on the Kansas Court of Appeals at 2 p.m. Friday, April 30.

The ceremony will be broadcast live on the Court of Appeals YouTube channel

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court appointed two members to complete unexpired terms on the Kansas Board for Discipline of Attorneys.

Rebecca Faurot, Scott City, will complete the unexpired term of Stanley DeFries, Topeka. She will serve through June 30.

Thomas Hammond II, Overland Park, will complete the unexpired term of ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court has created the Ad Hoc Court Record Committee to review and analyze how records are made of court proceedings and offer recommendations for changes.

Most district courts use both official court reporters and electronic recordings to preserve records of court proceedings, although some courts use ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court appointed District Judge Penny Moylan to the Judicial Education Advisory Committee.

She will complete the ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court appointed Spence Koehn to the Kansas Council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision.

Koehn will complete a term expiring June 30, then will serve a two-year term beginning July 1.

Koehn is a court services officer specialist for the Office of Judicial Administration.

The ...

TOPEKA—The Supreme Court issued Administrative Order 2021-RL-032 today to provide emergency rules of procedure for hearings challenging government actions related to the COVID-19 pandemic under 2021 Senate Bill 40.

SB 40 creates a new process for a person aggrieved by ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court appointed Mary Castaneda to the Kansas Board of Examiners of Court Reporters.

Castaneda will complete an unexpired term that ends June 30. She is managing court reporter for the 18th Judicial District, which is ...

TOPEKA—The 4th Judicial District Nominating Commission has selected Lori Breshears to fill a magistrate judge vacancy in Osage County.

The commission conducted public interviews of nominees for the ...

TOPEKA—A web portal that allows a victim to file for a protection order online is now available in any county in Kansas.

The Kansas Protection Order Portal (KSPOP) lets a person with a computer or smartphone complete the process to ask a judge to issue an order of protection from abuse ...

TOPEKA—Chief Justice Marla Luckert issued Administrative Order 2021-PR-020 late yesterday reinstating most time limitations and deadlines for court proceedings effective April 15. 

Luckert also issued orders authorizing the use of two-way audio-visual ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court appointed two people to serve on subcommittees of the eCourt Steering Committee, which is overseeing implementation of a statewide centralized case management system.

Mike Stewart will serve on the eCourt Infrastructure Subcommittee. Stewart is district court information services manager in the ...

TOPEKA—The Office of Judicial Administration will offer six one-hour modules of continuing education for guardians ad litem and child welfare stakeholders.

The modules, hosted by Wichita State University, satisfy the annual requirement to complete six hours of continuing education for anyone serving as a guardian ad litem—a ...

TOPEKA—Chief Justice Marla Luckert appointed Chief Judge Amy Harth to fill an unexpired term on the Kansas Judicial Council.

Harth will complete a ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court appointed District Magistrate Judge Kevin Kimball to the District Magistrate Judges Certification Committee.

He ...

TOPEKA—The 25th 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 Judge Ricklin ...

TOPEKA—The 4th Judicial District Nominating Commission will convene April 6 to interview three nominees to fill a district magistrate judge vacancy in Osage County created by Judge Shannon Rush's February 1 ...

TOPEKA—The 4th Judicial District Nominating Commission will convene April 6 to interview nominees to fill a district magistrate judge vacancy in Osage County created by Judge Shannon Rush's February 1 ...

TOPEKA—Chief Justice Marla Luckert said today she will reinstate most statutes of limitation and statutory time standards or deadlines that apply to judicial proceedings on April 15, 2021. Under legislation passed in 2020, during a state of disaster emergency the chief justice has authority to suspend deadlines or time limitations ...

TOPEKA—Amy Fellows Cline will be sworn in as a judge of the Kansas Court of Appeals at 11 a.m. Friday, February 26.

The ceremony will be broadcast live on the

TOPEKA—The judicial branch announced today it will reschedule plans to bring courts in the 13th Judicial District onto a new centralized case management system in February.

The Office of Judicial Administration is overseeing the project. It did not give a new date for ...

TOPEKA—The 25th Judicial District Nominating Commission will convene March 12 to interview six nominees to fill a district judge vacancy in Finney County created by Judge Ricklin Pierce's January 13 ...

TOPEKA—Danielle Hall believes that for some lawyers, the stress of managing a law practice can lead to substance abuse, mental health issues, or violations of rules that guide ethical lawyer conduct.

TOPEKA—The 4th Judicial District Nominating Commission is seeking nominations to fill a district magistrate judge vacancy in Osage County created by Judge Shannon Rush's February 1 resignation.

TOPEKA—Nancy Dixon, who has served as judicial administrator under the Kansas Supreme Court since 2011, announced today she will retire April 16.

The ...

TOPEKA—Chief Justice Marla Luckert today delivered her State of the Judiciary address by

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 to issue 

TOPEKA—The 12th Judicial District Nominating Commission has selected Jason Cohorst of Hanover to fill a district magistrate judge vacancy in Washington County.

The commission conducted public ...

TOPEKA—The 25th Judicial District Nominating Commission is seeking nominations to fill a district judge vacancy in Finney County created by Judge Ricklin Pierce's January 13 retirement.

The 25th ...

TOPEKA—Dickinson County District Court offices will be closed Monday, February 1, through Wednesday, February 3, while they are moved to a temporary location to allow for the renovation of the Dickinson County Courthouse.

During the three-day closure, court staff can be contacted at dkcdc@8thjd ...

TOPEKA—District Magistrate Judge Shelley Selfridge retired January 11 after serving 24 years in Lane County.

Selfridge was elected judge ...

TOPEKA— District Magistrate Judge Vernon Butt of Stanton County retired January 11 after 16 years of service.

Butt was elected judge in 2004 ...

TOPEKA—Chief Justice Marla Luckert announced that the Kansas Judicial Center will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday, January 19 and January 20, consistent with actions taken by the governor to close buildings in the Capitol Complex used by the executive branch of state government.

“This action is to ensure the safety and ...

TOPEKA—The 12th Judicial District Nominating Commission will convene by videoconference January 22 to interview nominees to fill a district magistrate judge vacancy in Washington County created by Judge Paul ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court is accepting public comment on amendments to a rule governing the Kansas Lawyers Assistance Program.

Comments may be made by email to scrulespubliccomment@kscourts.org until noon February 15 ...

TOPEKA—The 9th Judicial District Nominating Commission has selected Ellen Neufeld to fill a district magistrate judge vacancy in McPherson County.

The commission conducted public interviews of ...

TOPEKA—District Magistrate Judge Paul Monty will retire January 11 after serving 14 years in Washington County.

He was appointed judge in the ...

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 to issue 

TOPEKA—District Judge Timothy Chambers will retire January 11 after serving in the 27th Judicial District since 2001.

Chambers was elected ...

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court appointed Judge David Bruns to complete an unexpired term on the Kansas Board of Law Examiners.

Bruns has served on the Kansas Court of Appeals since 2011. He succeeds Melissa Taylor Standridge, who was appointed a Kansas Supreme Court ...

TOPEKA—Chief Justice Marla Luckert today announced she will deliver the State of the Judiciary address by video to protect the safety and well-being of ...