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Eight apply to fill circuit judge position

Ivan Foley by Ivan Foley
December 3, 2020
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Interviews set Dec. 15

Eight persons have applied for the opportunity to fill the Platte County Circuit Court judge position that will be open when Judge James Van Amburg retires at the end of this month.

Four of the applicants are women, four are men. There are no minority applicants. Two applicants work in the private sector, six work in the public sector. Average age of the applicants is 47.

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They are applying to fill the circuit judge vacancy in Division II of the Sixth Judicial Circuit.

The applicants are:

Megan B. Benton

Chad E. Blomberg

W. Ann Hansbrough

Kristin E. Kandt

Bradley K. Kavanaugh

Myles A. Perry

Abe Q. Shafer

Maria M. Theoharidis

The Sixth Circuit Judicial Commissio will meet to interview applicants starting at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 15.

Interviews will take place at the Platte County Courthouse, 415 3rd Street, Platte City, Missouri. Applicants will be interviewed in person. The public may attend the interviews, but due to COVID-19 restrictions, members of the public will be required to satisfy building entry and occupancy protocols as a condition of attending, including response to screening questions, wearing a face covering at all times, social distancing, and gathering limits.

Immediately after the interviews conclude, the commission will meet to select the names of three applicants to send to the governor. Thereafter, Gov. Mike Parson will have 60 days to appoint one of the three nominees as judge in Division II of the Sixth Judicial Circuit.

Members of the commission are Cynthia L. Martin, chief judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District; attorneys Mark Ferguson and Jared Welch; and lay members Julie Elliott and Carla Killen.

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Ivan Foley

Ivan Foley

Ivan Foley is owner/editor/publisher of the Platte County Landmark. Foley has been on the news beat in Platte County with The Landmark for 38 years, specializing in local government issues and accountability journalism. He has penned multiple award-winning investigative pieces. He provides weekly observations and editorial commentary in his Between the Lines column and serves as host of Landmark Live, a light-hearted videocast featuring newsmakers and events in the Northland. During his time at the helm of The Landmark, the newspaper has been awarded on multiple occasions for General Excellence in the Missouri Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest. In 2016, Foley won the Tom and Pat Gish Award, a national honor given by the School of Journalism and Media at the University of Kentucky for displaying courage, tenacity and integrity in rural journalism. A big fan of the Chiefs and Royals, Foley resides in Platte County not far from KCI Airport.

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