21st circuit commission releases demographic, interviewee, meeting information for Farragut-Hemphill circuit judge vacancy in St. Louis County

Missouri Supreme Court issued the following announcement on Nov. 9.

Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 10.28(d), the Twenty-First Circuit Judicial Commission releases the following information relating to applicants for the circuit judge vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Sandra Farragut-Hemphill. Of the 25 applicants, 14 indicate they are female, 11 indicate they are male, and five report being minority applicants; seven presently work in the private sector and 18 are presently employed in the public sector. The applicants’ mean age is 48.2.

Also pursuant to Rule 10.28(d), the commission announces it will interview all 25 applicants: 

Monique D. Abby	Seth A. Albin	Lorne J. Baker
Heather R. Cunningham	Jason A. Denney	Ellen W. Dunne
Mondonna L. Ghasedi	Peter W. Gullborg	Bridget L. Halquist
Nicole C. Hammer	Ryan C. Hardy	Matthew H. Hearne
Heather S. Heffner	Megan H. Julian	John R. Lasater
Erin M. Lueker	Amanda B. McNelley	Krista S. Peyton
Ian C. Simmons	Thomas D. Smith	Dean A. Stark
Matthew R. Waltz	Natalie P. Warner	D. Kimberly Whittle
Nicole S. Zellweger

The commission expects to interview applicants for both this vacancy and the Lay associate circuit judge vacancy beginning at 9:30 a.m. December 1 and 2, 2021, in Room 381 of the St. Louis County Court Building, 105 South Central, in Clayton. Interviews are open to the public, subject to available seating and compliance with current CDC guidelines; face masks and social distancing are required. Immediately after the interviews for both vacancies conclude, the commission will meet to select the names of three nominees for each vacancy to send to the governor. Thereafter, Governor Michael L. Parson will have 60 days to appoint one of the three nominees for each position.   

The members of the Twenty-First Circuit Judicial Commission are: Sherri B. Sullivan, chief judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, and commission chairman; Tiffany Mapp Franklin; William P. Grant; Al Koller III; and Jeffrey D. Sigmund; commission secretary.

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