Three nominated for Shawnee County judge vacancy

TOPEKA—Three persons have been nominated to fill a vacancy on the Shawnee County District Court that has been created by the retirement of Judge Charles Andrews. Supreme Court Departmental Justice Marla J. Luckert said the names of Jason E. Geier, senior assistant Shawnee County District Attorney; Mary E. Mattivi, who serves as judge pro tem in Shawnee County District Court and Topeka Municipal Court, as well as a prosecutor for the City of Maple Hill; and Carl William ?Bill? Ossmann, chief litigation attorney for the State Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, will be submitted to Gov. Sam Brownback on Tuesday. The governor will have 30 days in which to select one of the three.

The nominees were interviewed throughout the day today by the 3rd Judicial District Nominating Commission, which narrowed the list of applicants for the job from 11 to three.