TOPEKA—The 4th Judicial District Nominating Commission renewed the call for nominations to fill a new district magistrate judge position in Coffey County.
 
The new district magistrate judge position was among several certified by Supreme Court Administrative Order 2022-JA-020 after the Kansas Legislature passed and the governor signed 2022 House Substitute for Substitute for Senate Bill No. 267 to fund them. The annual salary for a district magistrate judge position is $76,601.
 
The 4th Judicial District is composed of Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, and Osage counties.

Justice Eric S. Rosen, the Supreme Court departmental justice responsible for the 4th Judicial District, said individuals can apply or be nominated, but nominations must come on a nomination form and include the nominee's signature.
 
Eligibility requirements
 
A nominee for district magistrate judge must be:

• a resident of Coffey County at the time of taking office and while holding office;
   

• a graduate of a high school, a secondary school, or the equivalent; and
   

• either a lawyer admitted to practice in Kansas or able to pass an examination to become certified within 18 months.

Nomination process
 
Nominations must be accompanied by a nomination form available from the clerk of the district court in Anderson, Coffey, Franklin, and Osage counties, clerk of the appellate courts in the Kansas Judicial Center in Topeka, or online at www.kscourts.org/Judges/Become-a-Judge.
 
Candidates who previously submitted a completed application for the new district magistrate judge position are still under consideration and do not need to apply.
 
Nominations must be submitted by paper copy. The deadline to submit a nomination with supporting documents is noon Thursday, August 25. No documents will be accepted digitally or by fax.
 
Paper submissions require one original and nine copies of the completed nomination form, a like number of supporting documents, and one executed release form, sent to:
 
John Boyd, secretary
4th Judicial District Nominating Commission
101 W. 2nd Street
Ottawa, KS 66067  

Public interviews
 
The nominating commission will convene to interview nominees at 9 a.m. Tuesday, September 20, with interviews starting at 9:30 a.m. Interviews will be in Coffey County and are open to the public.
 
Accommodation 

Any person with a disability who requires accommodation to access the nominating commission meeting should notify the judicial branch ADA coordinator as early as possible: 
 
ADA Coordinator 
ADA@kscourts.org
785-296-2256 
TTY at 711 

Term of office
 
After serving one year in office, a new judge must stand for a retention vote in the next general election to remain in the position. If retained, the incumbent will serve a four-year term.
 
Nominating commission
 
The 4th Judicial District Nominating Commission consists of Justice Eric S. Rosen as the nonvoting chair; Craig Cole, Garnett; Anthony Mersman, Greeley; Phyllis Gardner and Janet Walsh, Lyndon; Ianne Dickinson and Forrest Lowry, Ottawa; John Boyd, Pomona; and Timothy Johnson, Waverly.