11 apply for district magistrate vacancy in 11th judicial district

TOPEKA—Eleven people applied to fill a district magistrate judge vacancy in Cherokee County in the 11th judicial district.

The 11th judicial district includes Cherokee, Crawford and Labette counties.

The applicants are:

• Murl Thomas (Tom) Bringle of Oswego — account manager/sales with Cellular Sales of Kentucky, Inc.

• Timothy Alan Frieden of Haysville — Board of Indigent Defense Services, death penalty defense unit.

• Candace Brewster Gayoso of Baxter Springs — Gayoso Law Office; city attorney for Weir; municipal court judge for Arcadia.

• Michael C. Grimmett of Columbus — YoungWilliams Child Support Services, Child Enforcement Services.

• John David Gutierrez of Joplin, Missouri — private attorney.

• Robert Wayne Lattin of Independence, Kansas — private attorney.

• Samuel J. Marsh of Columbus — private attorney.

• Douglas Roper Steele of Galena — private attorney.

• Terra Lyn Tecchio of Overland Park — associate attorney with Morrow Willnauer Klosterman Church.

• Christopher J. Velez of Garden City — private attorney.

• Jeffrey Joseph Williams of Baxter Springs — private attorney.

The 11th Judicial District Nominating Commission will interview candidates March 20 at the Cherokee County Courthouse, 110 West Maple Street, Columbus.

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

The 11th Judicial District Nominating Commission consists of Justice Lee A. Johnson as the nonvoting chair; Sara S. Beezley, Pittsburg; James K. Cook and Richard G. Tucker, Parsons; Hon. Oliver K. Lynch, Columbus; John W. Lehman, Girard; and Charles W. Sweeton, Baxter Springs.