THE 4TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT NOMINATING COMMISSION RENEWED THE CALL FOR NOMINATIONS TO FILL A NEW DISTRICT MAGISTRATE JUDGE POSITION IN COFFEY COUNTY. THE NEW POSITION WAS AMONG SEVERAL CERTIFIED BY THE SUPREME COURT AFTER THE KANSAS LEGISLATURE PASSED AND THE GOVERNOR SIGNED 2022 HOUSE SUBSTITUTE FOR SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL NO. 267 TO FUND THEM. THE 4TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT IS COMPOSED OF FRANKLIN, ANDERSON, AND COFFEY COUNTIES. A NOMINEE FOR DISTRICT MAGISTRATE JUDGE MUST BE: A RESIDENT OF COFFEY 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 4TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT NOMINATING COMMISSION CONSISTS OF JUSTICE ERIC S. ROSEN AS THE NONVOTING CHAIR; CRAIG COLE, GARNETT; ANTHONY MERSMAN, GREELEY; PHYLLIS GARDNER AND JANET WALSH, LYNDON; IANNE DICKINSON AND FORREST LOWRY, OTTAWA; JOHN BOYD, POMONA; AND TIMOTHY JOHNSON, WAVERLY.
