MLM Counties News. Notices. Need-to-know Information.
Thirty-seven people want to be a circuit judge in St. Louis County.
Judge James R. Hartenbach retired earlier this year; lawyers and associate circuit judges alike are vying for his vacant seat. According to the 21st Judicial Circuit Commission, which selects three nominees for judgeships in the county, the 37 applicants represent the following demographic groups: 13 women, 24 men, six minorities, 31 nonminorities, 16 private sector employees and 21 public sector employees. The applicants’ mean age is 52.
The commission will meet Dec. 19 and Dec. 20 in Division 15 of the St. Louis County Courthouse to interview the applicants. To learn the time and date of their interviews, applicants may email [email protected] or call Missouri Court of Appeals Chief Judge Kurt Odenwald’s chambers at 314-539-4341.
The applicants are:
Kristine Allen Kerr
Mary Bruntrager Schroeder
Douglas Churovich
Joseph S. Dueker
John J. Duepner Jr.
Sandra Farrragut Hemphill
Sonni L. Fort
Peter W. Gullborg
Susan M. Herold
Bruce F. Hilton
Dale W. Hood
Al W. Johnson
Phillip E. Jones Sr.
Terry L. Jones
B. Joyce Kelley
Alan M. Key Jr.
David C. Knieriem
Gary J. Krautmann
John R. “J.B.” Lasater
Henry F. Luepke III
Sean J. O’Hagan
Mary E. Ott
Lawrence J. Permuter
Susan M. Petersen
Thomas J. Plunkert
Ellen H. Ribaudo
Clarence T. Smallwood
Joan M. Swartz
David R. Truman
Dean P. Waldemer
Dana Walker Tucker
John D. Warner Jr.
Jeffrey T. Weisman
D. Kimberly Whittle
Lawrence “Bud” Wittels
Ferne P. Wolf
