TOPEKA—The 10th Judicial District Nominating Commission is seeking candidates to fill a district judge vacancy that will be created when Judge Gerald T. Elliott retires in January 2017.
The 10th judicial district is composed of Johnson County.
Candidates can apply or be recommended, but recommendations must come on an application form and include the candidate's signature.
Candidates for district judge must be a lawyer admitted to practice in Kansas and have been engaged in the practice of law for at least five years, whether as a lawyer, judge, or full-time teacher at an accredited law school. If there are two or more attorneys deemed qualified by the district judicial nominating commission who reside in Johnson County, the commission will not consider nominees residing outside of the district (K.S.A. 20-2909(b)).
Nominations must be accompanied by an application form available from the clerk of the district court office in Johnson County, the clerk of the appellate courts office in the Judicial Center in Topeka, online at www.kscourts.org, or the 10th Judicial District Nominating Commission website.
Completed nomination forms and supporting letters must be received no later than noon September 8, 2016, by:
Office of the District Attorney
5th Floor, Johnson County Courthouse
100 N Kansas
Olathe, KS 66061
The nominating commission will convene on a date to be announced to interview candidates. Interviews are open to the public. When interviews conclude, the commission will select three to five candidates whose names will be submitted to the governor and he will decide whom to appoint.
The 10th Judicial District Nominating Commission consists of Justice Lee A. Johnson as the nonvoting chair; Vivien Jennings of Fairway; Thomas J. Bath, J. Brett Milbourn, John M. Parisi and Samuel H. Turner Sr. of Leawood; Joe W. Beveridge and Annabeth Surbaugh of Lenexa; Doug D. Brownlee of Olathe; Rick G. Guinn, Judge Kevin P. Moriarty and Greg L. Musil of Overland Park; Gregory M. Doring of Prairie Village; and Stephen M. Howe of Shawnee.