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KC appeals court loses four judges in 2009
Judge Mark Pfeiffer heard his first case for the Court of Appeals Western District from an unusual place - the audience. Pfeiffer, who was appointed to the court on May 6, watched a court en banc argument later that month over the conviction of a man on a child molestation charge. He was in town for the court's conference that afternoon and intended merely to be a spectator. But when the court'[...]
Few remove names from Western District hat
The Appellate Judicial Commission will meet Monday to choose a replacement for Judge Joseph Dandurand on the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District. According to demographic information released Tuesday, there are 46 applicants for the vacancy. Of these, 13 are women and 33 are men. There are three minority applicants and 43 non-minority applicants. Twenty […]
Appeal lives on after judge moves on
Sometimes the life of an appeal outlasts the career of the judge who first heard the case. The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District issued an opinion this morning affirming a decision made by Johnson County Circuit Judge Joseph Dandurand, who was appointed to the Western District the same month he decided the appealed case […]
Applicants sought for appellate opening
The Appellate Judicial Commission will meet Aug. 18 in Jefferson City to select the final of three panels of candidates for an opening on the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District. One of the panel’s three nominees will be selected by Gov. Jay Nixon to fill the vacancy created by the resignation in May of […]
Judicial Commission to meet May 13
Wasting no time, the Appellate Judicial Commission has announced it will meet Wednesday in Jefferson City to select another panel of candidates for an appellate judgeship in Kansas City. The announcement came just a day after Gov. Jay Nixon selected Mark Pfeiffer, a Columbia attorney, to fill the first of three vacancies on the Missouri […]
The ethics of leaving the bench
Missouri’s code of judicial ethics calls for judges to disqualify themselves from cases that involve law firms they might be leaving the bench to join. But what about a state office like the Attorney General’s office? The answer is not as clear. That’s exactly the scenario appellate judge Joseph Dandurand faced late last year when […]
47 apply for Western District
The Appellate Judicial Commission said Thursday that 47 lawyers applied for three vacancies on the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District. Thirteen of these applicants are women, and 34 are men. Three are minority applicants and 44 non-minority applicants. There are 24 applicants from the Kansas City-metropolitan area and 23 from other parts of the […]
Commission announces interview rescheduling
The Appellate Judicial Commission has suspended the process to fill Judge Booker T. Shaw’s vacancy on the Eastern District Court of Appeals until at least late summer because of scheduling conflicts with filling the three vacancies on the Western District Court of Appeals. Interviews for the three Western District vacancies will be held on March […]
Western District Court of Appeals resignations now official
The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District on Wednesday formally announced the resignations of three of its judges. Judges Paul Spinden and Ron Holliger leave the court this week, and Judge Joseph Dandurand will leave on March 2, the state’s Appellate Judicial Commission said in a press release. Spinden’s resignation, first noted in a Dec. […]
Western District resignations now official
The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District on Wednesday formally announced the resignations of three of its judges. Judges Paul Spinden and Ron Holliger leave the court this week, and Judge Joseph Dandurand will leave on March 2, the state’s Appellate Judicial Commission said in a press release. Spinden’s resignation, first noted in a Dec. […]
Spinden, Holliger, Dandurand to leave Western District
The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District on Wednesday formally announced the resignations of three of its judges. Judges Paul Spinden and Ron Holliger leave the court this week, and Judge Joseph Dandurand will leave on March 2, the state’s Appellate Judicial Commission said in a press release. Spinden’s resignation, first noted in a Dec. […]
Judge Shaw leaves appeals court for firm
Eastern District Judge Booker Shaw is joining the exodus from the Court of Appeals. After 25 years as a judge, Shaw will retire in February to become a partner in the litigation and appellate litigation practices at St. Louis firm Thompson Coburn. Shaw’s exit will follow those of three Western District judges expected to leave […]
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