February 2021 News Releases

	02/26/2021 ​Chief justice announces plan to reinstate most time limitations and deadlines for court proceedings TOPEKA—Chief Justice Marla Luckert said today she will reinstate most statutes of limitation and statutory time standards or deadlines that apply to judicial proceedings on April 15, 2021. Under legislation passed in 2020, during a state of disaster emergency the chief justice has authority to suspend deadlines or time limitations established ...
	02/24/2021 Amy Fellows Cline to be sworn in as Kansas Court of Appeals judge February 26 TOPEKA—Amy Fellows Cline will be sworn in as a judge of the Kansas Court of Appeals at 11 a.m. Friday, February 26.The ceremony will be broadcast live on the Court of Appeals YouTube channel.Chief Judge Karen Arnold-Burger will preside over the ceremony, with only Cline's immediate family in attendance. Cline will be introduced by her ...
	02/23/2021 13th Judicial District to join centralized case management system later than February TOPEKA—The judicial branch announced today it will reschedule plans to bring courts in the 13th Judicial District onto a new centralized case management system in February.The Office of Judicial Administration is overseeing the project. It did not give a new date for courts in the district to be brought onto the new system, but it said it ...
	02/23/2021 25th Judicial District Nominating Commission to interview nominees for Finney County judge vacancy TOPEKA—The 25th Judicial District Nominating Commission will convene March 12 to interview six nominees to fill a district judge vacancy in Finney County created by Judge Ricklin Pierce's January 13 retirement.The 25th Judicial District is composed of Finney, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Scott, and Wichita counties.NomineesThe nominees are ...
	02/18/2021 Kansas Lawyers Assistance Program executive director to present two sessions at national conference TOPEKA—Danielle Hall believes that for some lawyers, the stress of managing a law practice can lead to substance abuse, mental health issues, or violations of rules that guide ethical lawyer conduct.Since becoming executive director of the Kansas Lawyers Assistance Program in December 2019, Hall has added law practice management consultation ...
	02/04/2021 4th Judicial District Nominating Commission seeks nominees for judge vacancy in Osage County TOPEKA—The 4th Judicial District Nominating Commission is seeking nominations to fill a district magistrate judge vacancy in Osage County created by Judge Shannon Rush's February 1 resignation.The 4th Judicial District is composed of Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, and Osage counties.Justice Eric Rosen, the Supreme Court departmental justice ...