The Twenty-Second Circuit Judicial Commission (city of St. Louis) is accepting applications for the circuit judge vacancy created by the retirement of the Honorable Bryan L. Hettenbach.
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.
Instructions
Application: in Word | in PDF
Authorization: in Word | in PDF
Biographical form: in Word | in PDF
Applications, including Page 1 Confidential Information, will be accepted until 5 p.m. Friday, June 6, 2025 via e-mail only to 22ndJudicialCommission@courts.mo.gov. Any applicant who pursued the summer 2024 Burlison vacancy does not need to submit a full application but instead may forward a letter of interest, while documenting any applicable changes since submitting the last application. Letters should be e-mailed to 22ndJudicialCommission@courts.mo.gov, and the e-mail’s subject line should reference the position the applicant is pursuing, specifically the Hettenbach circuit vacancy.
The commission expects to conduct interviews Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in the Division Courtroom of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, at 815 Olive Street, in St. Louis. 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 whose names will be submitted to the governor.
The members of the Twenty-Second Circuit Judicial Commission are: Thomas C. Clark II, chief judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District and chairperson of the commission; Brad Arteaga, Eva Frazer, and Erica Slater.
Original source can be found here.