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

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Saturday, March 29, 2025

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

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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 in St. Louis County created by the appointment of the Honorable Virginia W. Lay to the position of appellate court judge. There are 16 applicants, of whom eight indicate they are female and three report being minority applicants. Seven presently work in the private sector and nine are presently employed in the public sector. The applicants’ mean age is 50.06 years.

Also, pursuant to Rule 10.28(d), the commission announces it will interview all 16 applicants:

Jason Denney

Mondonna L. Ghasedi

Bridget Halquist

Patrick J. Horgan

Scott Jansen

Nicolette Klapp

Julia P. Lasater

Jeffery McPherson

Curtis Niewald

Susan Peterson

Krista Peyton

Thomas Smith

Kelly Snyder

Dean Stark

Ryan Turnage

Natalie Warner

The commission expects to conduct public interviews for both the Lay circuit judge and the Dunne associate circuit judge vacancies beginning at 9:15 a.m., Thursday, March 13, 2025, at the St. Louis County Court Building, 105 South Central, Room 389, in Clayton. Interviews will be open to the public, subject to available seating. Immediately after the interviews, the commission will meet to select three nominees for the governor’s consideration.

The members of the Twenty-First Circuit Judicial Commission are: Thomas C. Clark II, chief judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, and chairperson of the commission; Chris Baechle; Matthew Reh, secretary of the commission; Michelle Spirn; and Kelly Wittenbrink. 

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