29 apply for two Supreme Court vacancies

TOPEKA—The names of 29 persons have been suggested to fill two impending vacancies on the state Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court Nominating Commission, which consists of one lawyer and one non-lawyer from each of the state's four congressional districts, plus an attorney member selected statewide, will narrow the list for Gov. Bill Graves to appoint successors to Justices Fred N. Six and Tyler C. Lockett. Both are scheduled to retire at the end of their terms in January.

The Nominating Commission will conduct interviews November 14-15 and then submit the names of three persons for one of the vacancies. Upon the governor's appointment of that justice, another list of three names will be submitted for appointment to fill the second vacancy.

The applicants:

• Bryce A. Abbott, Judge, Wichita, Kansas

• Richard D. Anderson, Judge, Topeka, Kansas

• G. Gordon Atcheson, Lawyer, Overland Park, Kansas

• Terry Eugene Beck, Lawyer, Topeka, Kansas

• Timothy R. Brownlee, Lawyer, Shawnee, Kansas

• Robert L. Gernon, Judge, Lawrence, Kansas

• Richard Dale Greene, Lawyer, Wichita, Kansas

• David A. Hanson, Lawyer, Topeka, Kansas

• Stephen Douglas Hill, Judge, Paola, Kansas

• David Russell Hills, Lawyer, Lake Quivira, Kansas

• Laurence R. Hollis, Lawyer, Wichita, Kansas

• Keyta D. Kelly, Lawyer, Leavenworth, Kansas

• Glenn Ivan Kerbs, Lawyer, Dodge City, Kansas

• Steve A. Leben, Judge, Fairway, Kansas

• Robert Jay Lewis Jr., Judge, Topeka, Kansas

• Ward Loyd, Lawyer, Garden City, Kansas

• Marla J. Luckert, Judge, Topeka, Kansas

• Thomas Edward Malone, Judge, Wichita, Kansas

• Christel E. Marquardt, Judge, Topeka, Kansas

• M. Warren McCamish, Lawyer, Lake Quivira, Kansas

• George Joseph Pierron Jr., Judge, Olathe, Kansas

• J. Steven Pigg, Lawyer, Topeka, Kansas

• Kim R. Schroeder, Judge, Hugoton, Kansas

• Jeffrey S. Southard, Lawyer, Lawrence, Kansas

• H. David Starkey, Lawyer, Colby, Kansas

• David L. Stutzman, Judge, Manhattan, Kansas

• Thomas M. Tuggle, Judge, Concordia, Kansas

• Merlin Glenn Wheeler, Judge, Emporia, Kansas

• Jackie Neil Williams, Lawyer, Wichita, Kansas