TOPEKA—A nominating commission charged with naming candidates to fill a district judge vacancy in the 28th Judicial District has issued a request for assistance from the public.
The 28th Judicial District includes Saline and Ottawa counties.
The nine-member commission is responsible for submitting the names of two or three nominees to the Governor for the vacancy which will be created by the departure of Judge Dan D. Boyer on January 1, 2008.
“The nominating commission is especially interested in receiving recommendations of suggested nominees to fill the vacancy from the general public. All of the citizens of the 28th Judicial District are requested to consider this matter, and the names of suggested nominees submitted by the general public will be welcomed by the commission,” according to Justice Lawton R. Nuss, departmental justice.
Kansas statutes require that a judge be a resident of the district in which selected, be at least 30 years of age, have been in the active practice of law for at least five years, and have been admitted to the practice of law within the State of Kansas.
Suggested nominees are requested to complete questionnaires for the position. The completed forms should be returned to Norman R. Kelly, Commission Secretary, P.O. Box 2388, Salina, KS 67402 no later than 5:00 p.m., November 8, 2007. The forms are available in the office of the clerk of the district court in Saline and Ottawa counties.
The nominating commission will convene at 8:00 a.m., November 15, in the City-County Building, Room 313, 300 W. Ash, to interview the suggested nominees. The meeting will be open to the public; however, the commission has the authority to adjourn to executive session to discuss personal traits of the suggested nominees.
The 28th Judicial District Nominating Commission includes Justice Nuss as the nonvoting chair; Robert G. German, Salina; Mark J. Dinkel, Salina; Norman R. Kelly, Salina; Brian W. Wood, Salina; Emery W. Berry, Minneapolis; Frank R. Cole, Bennington; Don P. Diederich, Salina; and John K. Vanier, II, Salina.