May 2016 News Releases

	05/25/2016 Allen County District Magistrate Judge Thomas M. Saxton Jr. to retire July 3 TOPEKA—District Magistrate Judge Thomas M. Saxton Jr. will retire July 3 after 27 years on the bench in the 31st judicial district, composed of Allen, Neosho, Wilson and Woodson counties."It has been my pleasure to be a member of the Kansas judiciary these last 27 years, and I hope I have served the people of Kansas well," Saxton ...
	05/24/2016 Sedgwick County District Judge Douglas Roth to retire June 30 TOPEKA—Judge Douglas R. Roth has announced he will retire on June 30, after serving 16 years on the bench in the 18th judicial district, which is composed of Sedgwick County.Roth was elected to the district court in November 2000. He has served in the civil, family law and criminal departments, including two years as the judicial district ...
	05/23/2016 Nominating commission seeks candidates for district judge vacancy in 21st judicial district TOPEKA—The 21st Judicial District Nominating Commission is seeking candidates to fill a district judge vacancy that will be created when Judge David L. Stutzman steps down June 3 to accept a senior judge assignment.The 21st judicial district includes Clay and Riley counties.Justice Marla J. Luckert, the Supreme Court departmental justice ...
	05/23/2016 Supreme Court appoints Peter Johnston to Kansas Board of Law Examiners TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court announced today that it has appointed Peter Scott Johnston of Salina to the Kansas Board of Law Examiners for a five-year term that starts July 1, 2016."I have known Mr. Johnston nearly 20 years, and he will make a terrific addition to this hard-working board that ensures applicants who want to be licensed ...
	05/12/2016 Nominating commission seeks candidates for magistrate judge vacancy in 31st judicial district TOPEKA—The 31st Judicial District Nominating Commission is seeking candidates to fill a magistrate judge vacancy in the 31st judicial district, sitting in Allen County, although the incumbent may be given assignments anywhere in the district.The 31st judicial district includes Allen, Neosho, Wilson and Woodson counties.Justice Lee Johnson ...
	05/06/2016 Kansas judicial branch awarded grant to study job classifications, employee pay TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court announced today it has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the State Justice Institute to contract with the National Center for State Courts to conduct job classification and compensation analyses for 1,600 judicial branch employees.In announcing the grant, Chief Justice Lawton Nuss noted that court operations ...