10th Judicial District Nominating Commission to meet May 22

TOPEKA—The 10th Judicial District Nominating Commission will convene by videoconference at 9:30 a.m. Monday, May 22, to set the schedule to fill a district magistrate judge vacancy created by Judge Robert Scott’s June 8 retirement.
  
The 10th Judicial District is Johnson County.

Public access
 
The meeting is open to the public. It will take place via videoconference and will be livestreamed on the Kansas judicial branch YouTube channel. 
 
To comment:

• call 1-845-361-8917; and   

• enter guest passcode 3872788#.  

Accommodation
 
Any person with a disability who requires accommodation to access the nominating commission meeting should notify the judicial branch ADA coordinator as early as possible:
 
ADA Coordinator
ADA@kscourts.org
785-296-2256
TTY at 711
 
District magistrate judge appointment process
 
To be considered for a district magistrate judge, a nominee must be:

• a resident of Johnson County at the time of taking office and while holding office; 

• a graduate of a high school, a secondary school, or the equivalent; and 

• either a lawyer admitted to practice in Kansas or able to pass an examination to become certified within 18 months.   

The nominating commission selects whom to appoint to fill magistrate judge positions.
 
Term of office
 
After serving one year in office, a new judge must stand for a retention vote in the next general election to remain in the position. If retained, the incumbent will serve a four-year term.
 
Nominating commission
 
The 10th Judicial District Nominating Commission consists of Justice Evelyn Wilson as the nonvoting chair; Thomas Bath, Leawood; Stephene Moore, and Annabeth Surbaugh, Lenexa; Laura McConwell, Mission; Doug Brownlee and District Judge Thomas Kelly Ryan, Olathe; Janine Estrada-Lopez, Rick Guinn, District Judge Timothy McCarthy, Kevin Moriarty, Greg Musil, and Chris Talarico, Overland Park; Haile Sims, Roeland Park; and Trenton Dansel, Westwood.