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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, longtime owner/publisher of the Platte County Landmark, is a past winner of the national Gish Award for courage, tenacity and integrity in rural journalism, presented by the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues at the University of Kentucky. He lives in Platte County not far from KCI Airport.

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