Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 10.28(d), the Twenty-First Circuit Judicial Commission releases the following information relating to applicants for the associate circuit judge vacancy in St. Louis County created by the appointment of Judge Ellen W. Dunne to the position of circuit judge. There are 17 applicants, of whom six indicate they are female and one reports being a minority applicant. Twelve presently work in the private sector and five are presently employed in the public sector. The applicants’ mean age is 49.87 years.
Also, pursuant to Rule 10.28(d), the commission announces it will interview all 17 applicants:
Teresa Bomkamp
Blake R. Fischer
William Halaz III
Bridget Halquist
Patrick J. Horgan
Scott Jansen
Christopher Klaverkamp
Jeffery McPherson
Curtis Niewald
Susan Peterson
Tara Renaud
Thomas D. Smith
Kelly L. Snyder
Dean Stark
Joseph Terry
Ryan Turnage
Sarah Vatterott
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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