The Twenty-First Circuit Judicial Commission (St. Louis County) is accepting applications for the circuit judge vacancy being created by the May 2023 resignation of Judge Joseph S. Dueker, who has been appointed United States magistrate judge. The commission also is accepting applications for the upcoming associate circuit judge vacancy that will be created by Governor Michael L. Parson’s appointment of one of the three associate circuit judges nominated to fill the circuit judge vacancy created by the January 2023 resignation of Judge William Corrigan Jr.
The commission encourages qualified individuals to apply for judicial office. Qualifications for circuit judges may be found in article V, section 21 of the Missouri Constitution.
Application forms are linked below.
Application: in Word | in PDF
Authorization: in Word | in PDF
Instructions: in Word | in PDF
Guidelines for References: in Word | in PDF
Applicants who previously applied for the Corrigan circuit judge vacancy or the Zellweger associate circuit judge vacancy may e-mail a letter to the chairperson of the commission requesting their previous application be transferred to the current opening. Applicants who wish to be considered for both openings shall send two letters, one for each opening. Letters should be e-mailed to 21stJudicialCommission@courts.mo.gov.
Applications, including Page 1 Confidential Information, or any letters requesting the previous application be transferred, will be accepted until 5 p.m. April 28, 2023 via e-mail only to 21stJudicialCommission@courts.mo.gov.
The commission expects to conduct interviews June 6 and 7, 2023, at the St. Louis County Court Building, 105 South Central, Room 381N, in Clayton. In accordance with Rule 10.28, the interviews will be open to the public. Immediately upon the conclusion of the public interviews, the commission expects to meet and select the nominees for both vacancies to be submitted to the governor.
The members of the Twenty-First Circuit Judicial Commission are: Michael E. Gardner, chief judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, and chairperson of the commission; William P. Grant; Al Koller III; Matt Reh, secretary of the commission; and Kelly Wittenbrink.
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