Judicial Departments

Kansas judicial districts are grouped into six judicial departments. Supreme Court justices are assigned a department and supervise administrative matters related to the district courts within their department.

Judicial Department 1

Justice K.J. Wall

• 12th Judicial District: Cloud, Jewell, Lincoln, Mitchell, Republic, and Washington counties

• 15th Judicial District: Cheyenne, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas, and Wallace counties

• 17th Judicial District: Decatur, Graham, Norton, Osborne, Phillips, and Smith counties

• 23rd Judicial District: Ellis, Gove, Rooks, and Trego counties

• 28th Judicial District: Ottawa and Saline counties

Judicial Department 2

Justice Caleb Stegall

• 2nd Judicial District: Jackson, Jefferson, Pottawatomie, and Wabaunsee counties

• 3rd Judicial District: Shawnee County

• 8th Judicial District: Dickinson, Geary, Marion, and Morris counties

• 21st Judicial District: Clay and Riley counties

Judicial Department 3

Justice Eric S. Rosen

• 1st Judicial District: Atchison and Leavenworth counties

• 4th Judicial District: Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, and Osage counties

• 7th Judicial District: Douglas County

• 22nd Judicial District: Brown, Doniphan, Marshall, and Nemaha counties

• 29th Judicial District: Wyandotte County

Judicial Department 4

Justice Evelyn Wilson

• 6th Judicial District: Bourbon, Linn, and Miami counties

• 10th Judicial District: Johnson County

• 11th Judicial District: Cherokee, Crawford, and Labette counties

• 14th Judicial District: Chautauqua and Montgomery counties

• 31st Judicial District: Allen, Neosho, Wilson, and Woodson counties

Judicial Department 5

Justice Melissa Standridge

• 5th Judicial District: Chase and Lyon counties

• 9th Judicial District: Harvey and McPherson counties

• 13th Judicial District: Butler, Elk, and Greenwood counties

• 18th Judicial District: Sedgwick County

• 19th Judicial District: Cowley County

• 30th Judicial District: Barber, Harper, Kingman, Pratt, and Sumner counties

Judicial Department 6

Justice Dan Biles

• 16th Judicial District: Clark, Comanche, Ford, Gray, Kiowa, and Meade counties

• 20th Judicial District: Barton, Ellsworth, Rice, Russell, and Stafford counties

• 24th Judicial District: Edwards, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Pawnee, and Rush counties

• 25th Judicial District: Finney, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Scott, and Wichita counties

• 26th Judicial District: Grant, Haskell, Morton, Seward, Stanton, and Stevens counties

• 27th Judicial District: Reno County