The Appellate Judicial Commission has named Public Service Commission member Robert M. Clayton III, St. Louis City Counselor Patricia Hageman and St. Louis County Circuit Judge Michael Burton to a panel of nominees for a vacancy on the Missouri Court of Appeals in St. Louis.
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 1, 2009
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More than 40 attorneys have applied to fill an opening on the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District, the Appellate Judicial Commission released this afternoon.The vacancy is left by Judge Hal Lowenstein, who retired in August after 28 years on the appellate bench. The commission received 44 applications, which included 12 women and 32 men. [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, November 7, 2009
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Lawyers in the Western Appellate District have selected J.R. Hobbs for a position on the Appellate Judicial Commission. According to election results announced today, Hobbs, of Wyrsch Hobbs & Mirakian in Kansas City, received 1,026 votes. Challenger Denise Henning, of The Henning Law Firm, received 898 votes. There were also 13 write-in votes for unspecified [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 2, 2009
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The Appellate Judicial Commission is seeking applicants for the vacancy created by the retirement of Harold “Hal” Lowenstein on the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District. But those who have already applied recently for the other three vacancies on the Western District this year do not need to reapply. Joseph P. Dandurand, Ronald R. Holliger [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 30, 2009
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Lawyers have until Friday, Nov. 6, to cast ballots for lawyer members of two judicial selection commissions. Two attorneys – Denise Henning and J.R. Hobbs – are vying for an open spot on the Appellate Judicial Commission for the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District. Three attorneys – Amy Hock Hogenson, Matthew Rossiter and Rick [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 8, 2009
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At least two Kansas City attorneys are vying to help select judges of the state’s highest courts. Today is the filing deadline for lawyers interested in filling the Western District attorney seat on the Appellate Judicial Commission, which interviews contenders for the Missouri Supreme Court and Missouri Court of Appeals’ three geographic districts. As of [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 30, 2009
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The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District will hold an electronic election for the next lawyer member of the Appellate Judicial Commission. The commission, which selects judicial candidates for the state’s appellate courts and the Supreme Court, includes one lawyer elected in each of the appellate districts, as well as three lay members appointed by [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 15, 2009
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The Appellate Judicial Commission has selected Rachel Bringer, Judge Gary M. Gaertner Jr. and Thomas B. Weaver as candidates for a vacancy on the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District. Bringer has been a Democratic state representative since 2003 and is a solo practitioner in Palmyra. Gaertner is a St. Louis County Circuit judge, as [...]
Continue reading...Monday, September 14, 2009
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The next judge on the Missouri Court of Appeals might not be white. Information the Appellate Judicial Commission released Friday said no minority candidates applied for the vacancy created when Judge Booker T. Shaw left the bench. This afternoon the commission corrected itself and said one minority applied for the vacancy. Shaw was one of [...]
Continue reading...Friday, September 11, 2009
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The judge who will replace Booker T. Shaw on the Missouri Court of Appeals in St. Louis will be white. According to information released by the Appellate Judicial Commission, no minorities applied for the vacancy. Shaw was one of three black judges on the 14-judge appellate bench until he retired Jan. 30. The commission will [...]
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