Erich G. Campbell selected to fill district magistrate judge vacancy in 2nd judicial district

TOPEKA—The 2nd Judicial District Nominating Commission has selected Erich G. Campbell to fill a district magistrate judge vacancy in Pottawatomie County.

The 2nd judicial district includes Jackson, Jefferson, Pottawatomie, and Wabaunsee counties.

Campbell currently is senior regular army advisor to the Kansas adjutant general. He has 29 years of active U.S. Army service and will retire in 2016. He is pursuing a Master of Criminal Justice degree at Washburn University and will graduate in 2016.

Campbell currently resides in Holton. He will begin his district magistrate judge duties after he moves to Pottawatomie County and is sworn in.

A district magistrate judge must have graduated from a high school, secondary school, or the equivalent; be a resident of Pottawatomie County at the time of taking office and while serving; and be a lawyer admitted to practice in Kansas or pass an examination given by the Supreme Court and become certified within 18 months.

The 2nd Judicial District Nominating Commission interviewed candidates December 11 at the Pottawatomie County Courthouse in Westmoreland.

The 2nd Judicial District Nominating Commission consists of Justice Marla J. Luckert as the nonvoting chair; J. Richard Lake, Holton; Edward W. Pugh and John D. Watt of Wamego; Charles W. Waugh of Eskridge; David G. Allen of Circleville; Norma J. Dunnaway of Perry; D. Max Fuller of Maple Hill; and Corwin K. Seamans of Manhattan.