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Judges Assistance Committee



Purpose

The Judges Assistance Committee provides help to any Kansas judge in need due to mental or physical disability, or addiction.

The Judges Assistance Committee seeks to:

  • identify judges who are impaired;

  • arrange intervention;

  • recommend avenues of treatment;

  • provide a program of peer support;

  • advocate for judges who are ill and help them recognize their impairment, obtain treatment, and return to their job; and

  • educate the public and attorneys about the nature of impairments and encourage early referrals and self-referrals.
     

​Confidentiality

Contact with judges is confidential, unless the matter is referred to the Commission on Judicial Conduct because the judge has failed or refused to address issues of concern.
 

Roster

  • District Judge Rene Young, Saline County 

  • District Judge Kathleen Lynch, Wyandotte County

  • District Magistrate Judge Richard Flax, Trego County

  • District Judge Michael Hoelscher, Sedgwick County

  • District Judge Sally Pokorny, Douglas County

  • District Magistrate Judge Dale Snyder, Rush County

  • District Judge Penny Moylan, Shawnee County
     

Contact

A judge or member of the public can contact the committee or any committee member directly.

Judges Assistance Committee
Kansas Judicial Center
301 SW 10th Ave., Room 107
Topeka, KS 66612-1507
785-296-2256
judgeassist@kscourts.org



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