November 2017 News Releases

	11/17/2017 3rd Judicial District Nominating Commission submits new candidate for judge vacancy TOPEKA — The 3rd Judicial District Nominating Commission has sent the governor the name of Mary E. Christopher as a candidate to fill the position made vacant by the retirement of Shawnee County District Judge Frank Yeoman Jr.Steven M. Roth and Kelly J. Trussell are also candidates for the position.Christopher replaces Lee Davidson, who had ...
	11/16/2017 Kansas Supreme Court reappoints 28 chief judges TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court has reappointed 28 chief judges in Kansas. Their terms are effective January 1, 2018, to December 31, 2019.1st Judicial District, composed of Atchison and Leavenworth counties:Chief Judge David King has served as a district judge since 1986 and chief judge since 1990.2nd Judicial District, composed of Jefferson ...
	11/09/2017 4th Judicial District Nominating Commission to interview nominees for district judge vacancy TOPEKA — The 4th Judicial Nominating Commission will convene at 9 a.m. Thursday, December 7, in the Coffey County Courthouse, Burlington, to interview nominees to fill a district judge vacancy in Coffey County created by the November 30 retirement of Chief Judge Phillip M. Fromme.Interviews are open to the public. The 4th Judicial District is ...
	11/07/2017 Six Kansas judges complete course at The National Judicial College TOPEKA — Six judges from Kansas recently completed a two-week general jurisdiction course at The National Judicial College in Reno, Nevada.The course introduces newer judges to a variety of subjects and skills they need in the courtroom. Topics covered include managing a courtroom, managing cases, conducting bench and jury trials, ruling on ...
	11/03/2017 11th Judicial District Nominating Commission seeks to fill district judge vacancy in Crawford County TOPEKA — The 11th Judicial District Nominating Commission is seeking nominees to fill a district judge vacancy in Crawford County created by the December 18 retirement of Chief Judge A.J. Wachter.The 11th Judicial District is composed of Cherokee, Crawford, and Labette counties.Nominees for district judge must be:at least 30 years old;a ...
	11/02/2017 Oliver Kent Lynch appointed chief judge of 11th Judicial District TOPEKA — Chief Justice Lawton R. Nuss announced today the Supreme Court has appointed Judge Oliver Kent Lynch to complete the remainder of a vacant term of chief judge in the 11th Judicial District and to serve a full two-year term beginning next year.His appointment begins December 19, and the two-year term is effective January 1, 2018, to ...
	11/02/2017 Thomas Kelly Ryan appointed chief judge of 10th Judicial District TOPEKA—Chief Justice Lawton R. Nuss announced today the Supreme Court has appointed Judge Thomas Kelly Ryan to a two-year term as chief judge of the 10th Judicial District, effective January 1, 2018, to December 31, 2019.Ryan has served as district judge in the 10th Judicial District since 2008. He presides over a criminal docket in Johnson ...
	11/01/2017 Chief justice uses video link to lecture to troops in Kuwait TOPEKA — In between hearing a week's worth of appellate arguments in his Topeka courtroom, the chief justice of the Kansas Supreme Court took time to lecture about ethics to military legal specialists stationed more than 7,000 miles away.Chief Justice Lawton Nuss recently spoke to about 35 U.S. Army personnel in Kuwait by way of video ...