TOPEKA—Sixteen area attorneys applied to fill a district judge vacancy in the 7th Judicial District, a one-county district consisting of Douglas County, by the noon Thursday deadline.
They are applying to fill a vacancy that will be created by the January 12, 2009, retirement of Judge Jack Murphy.
The 7th Judicial District Nominating Commission will convene at 9 a.m. November 12 in the Douglas County Judicial and Law Enforcement Center to interview the applicants. The names of at least two, but not more than three, nominees will then be submitted to Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, who will have 30 days to make the appointment.
Applicants include David J. Brown, Lawrence, private practice; Daniel A. Dunbar, Lawrence, a Shawnee County Assistant District Attorney; James T. George, a Lawrence attorney who recently was appointed Douglas County District Court judge pro tem; J.C. Gilroy, Lawrence, private practice; Chelsi Kay Hayden, Lawrence, permanent chambers counsel for U.S. District Judge Carlos Murguia; Barbara Kay Huff, Lawrence, private practice; Kenneth P. Kula, Lawrence, private practice; Randall F. Larkin, Lawrence, private practice; Martin L. Miller, Lawrence, private practice.
Sally Davis Pokorny, Lawrence, private practice; Timothy G. Riling, Lawrence, private practice; Ronald Schneider, Lawrence, private practice; Jeffrey S. Southard, Lawrence, private practice; Cheryl L. Trenholm, Lawrence, private practice; Suzanne Valdez, University of Kansas law school associate professor; and Kenneth M. Warner, Eudora, an assistant U.S. Attorney for Missouri.