Eight to be interviewed for 21st Judicial District vacancy

TOPEKA—Eight Manhattan area attorneys will be interviewed June 18 as nominees to fill a vacancy in the 21st Judicial District that was created by the retirement of Judge Paul E. Miller, Manhattan.

Scheduled for interviews are Grant D. Bannister, a partner in the firm of Knopp & Bannister, P.A., Manhattan; Amy J. Bipes, a legal assistance attorney in the Office of Staff Judge Advicate, Fort Riley; John F. Bosch, a Clay Center attorney in solo practice; Sheila P. Hochhauser, Manhattan, a District Magistrate Judge; Kendra S. Lewison, Assistant County Attorney in the Riley County Attorney’s office; William M. Malcolm, Clay Center, a District Magistrate Judge; Kassie L. McEntire, Manhattan city prosecutor; and Phylemon Chuen-Man Yau, Assistant Public Defender, Manhattan.

The interviews will be conducted beginning at 9 a.m., June 18, in Room 301 of the Riley County Courthouse. The public is invited to submit written comments regarding the applicants to any member of the 21st Judicial District Nominating Commission.

Members of the Nominating Commission include Barry A. Clark, James W. Morrison, Derrick L. Roberson, Richard H. Seaton Jr., and Johanna D. Lyle, all of Manhattan; Kyle C. Bauer and Steven C. McMahan, both of Clay Center; and Steven L. Hargave, Randolph. Departmental Justice Marla J. Luckert is the non-voting chair of the Commission.