January 2018 News Releases

	01/30/2018 District Judge Larry D. Hendricks to retire in March TOPEKA — Shawnee County District Judge Larry D. Hendricks will retire in March after 11 years on the bench and a 25-year career as a lawyer. His retirement is effective March 30.Serving as a district judge was "a rewarding job," Hendricks said. "It was very interesting. There is something new every day. I've certainly had ...
	01/30/2018 3rd Judicial District Nominating Commission seeks nominees for Shawnee County district judge TOPEKA — The 3rd Judicial District Nominating Commission is seeking nominations to fill a district judge vacancy in Shawnee County created by the March 30 retirement of Judge Larry D. Hendricks.The 3rd Judicial District is composed of Shawnee County.Justice Marla J. Luckert, the Supreme Court departmental justice responsible for the 3rd ...
	01/19/2018 Griffith appointed to the Municipal Court Judges Education Committee TOPEKA — Wichita Municipal Court Judge Ted Griffith was appointed to the Municipal Court Judges Education Committee.Chief Justice Lawton Nuss of the Kansas Supreme Court appointed Griffith to a term ending June 30, 2019, that was vacated by Jason Geier. Geier had served as a Topeka Municipal Court judge and was appointed a district judge for ...
	01/19/2018 11th Judicial District Nominating Commission submits nominees for district judge vacancy in Crawford County TOPEKA — The 11th Judicial Nominating Commission has sent the names of three nominees for district judge to Gov. Sam Brownback, who has 60 days to decide who will fill the vacancy created by the December 18, 2017, retirement of Chief Judge A.J. Wachter.The three nominees are:Mary Jennifer Brunetti, Frontenac, who is in private practiceJudge ...
	01/18/2018 Chief Judge F. William Cullins to sit with Kansas Supreme Court on January 26 TOPEKA — Chief Judge F. William Cullins of the 14th Judicial District has been appointed to sit with the Kansas Supreme Court to hear oral arguments in one case on the court's January 26 docket. After hearing oral arguments, Cullins will join Supreme Court justices in their deliberations and opinion drafting.“I am pleased that Judge ...
	01/17/2018 Supreme Court announces rollout plan for statewide centralized case management system TOPEKA — The Kansas Supreme Court today released its rollout plan for the judicial branch's new centralized case management system that will allow all district and appellate case data to reside on a single web-based platform, transforming the way the state court system serves the people of Kansas.“Implementing statewide case ...
	01/11/2018 Chief justice to give State of Kansas Judiciary address January 17 in House chamber TOPEKA—Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Lawton Nuss will deliver his 2018 State of the Kansas Judiciary address to a joint session of the Legislature at 3 p.m. Wednesday, January 17, in the House chamber of the Statehouse.Nuss will update members of the House and Senate — as well as the public — on the current state of Kansas ...
	01/05/2018 11th Judicial District Nominating Commission to interview seven nominees for vacancy in Crawford County TOPEKA — The 11th Judicial Nominating Commission will convene January 18, 2018, to interview nominees to fill a district judge vacancy in Crawford County created by the December 18, 2017, retirement of Chief Judge A.J. Wachter.The commission will convene at 9 a.m. in the Law Library of the Crawford County Judicial Center, 602 N. Locust ...
	01/04/2018 Kepple appointed to District Magistrate Judges Certification Committee TOPEKA — District Magistrate Judge James Kepple of Riley County was appointed to the District Magistrate Judges Certification Committee.Chief Justice Lawton Nuss of the Kansas Supreme Court appointed him to fill a term ending June 30, 2020, that was vacated by District Magistrate Judge Sheila Hochhauser, also of Riley County, who retired in ...