46 apply for two Court of Appeals vacancies

TOPEKA—The names of 46 nominees for the vacancies on the Kansas Court of Appeals created by the appointment of Judge Robert L. Gernon to the Supreme Court and to fill a newly created position on the Court were released today by the Supreme Court Nominating Commission.

The Commission will conduct interviews February 3-4 with the names of three nominees for the first panel being submitted to the governor soon after the interviews are concluded. The Legislature expanded the Court of Appeals from 10 to 11 members during the 2001 session, but made it effective January 13, 2003. Judge Gernon was appointed to the Supreme Court on December 4 and will take oath of office today.

The applicants:

• Bryce Andrew Abbott, Judge, Wichita, Kansas

• Thomas Dean Arnhold, Lawyer, Hutchinson, Kansas

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

• Glenn Robert Braun, Lawyer, Hays, Kansas

• Timothy R. Brownlee, Lawyer, Shawnee, Kansas

• Michael B. Buser, Lawyer, Olathe, Kansas

• Nancy Landis Caplinger, Lawyer, Topeka, Kansas

• Martha J. Coffman, Lawyer, Topeka, Kansas

• Henry Reid Cox, Lawyer, Shawnee, Kansas

• Rebecca W. Crotty, Judge, Garden City, Kansas

• Mary Droll Feighny, Lawyer, Topeka, Kansas

• Robert Alan Fox, Lawyer, Topeka, Kansas

• Jon Lynn Frobish, Lawyer, Wichita, Kansas

• Richard Dale Greene, Lawyer, Wichita, Kansas

• Natalie G. Haag, Lawyer, Topeka, Kansas

• David John Heinemann, Lawyer, Topeka, Kansas

• Stephen Douglas Hill, Judge, Paola, Kansas

• Laurence R. Hollis, Lawyer, Wichita, Kansas

• Jennifer Lynn Jones, Judge, Wichita, Kansas

• Keyta D. Kelly, Lawyer, Leavenworth, Kansas

• Glenn Ivan Kerbs, Lawyer, Dodge City, Kansas

• Rick Anthony Kittel, Lawyer, Lawrence, Kansas

• Joe Allen Lang, Lawyer, Wichita, Kansas

• Steve A. Leben, Judge, Fairway, Kansas

• Ward Loyd, Lawyer, Garden City, Kansas

• Thomas Edward Malone, Judge, Wichita, Kansas

• David Paul Mikesic, Judge, Kansas City, Kansas

• Julene Louise Miller, Lawyer, Lawrence, Kansas

• Otis Warren Morrow, Lawyer, Arkansas City, Kansas

• Brandon Lee Myers, Lawyer, Auburn, Kansas

• Steven J. Obermeier, Lawyer, Olathe, Kansas

• Jonathan Michael Paretsky, Lawyer, Lawrence, Kansas

• Robert Warner Parnacott, Lawyer, Wichita, Kansas

• Debra Sue Peterson, Lawyer, Potwin, Kansas

• James Steven Pigg, Lawyer, Topeka, Kansas

• Sally Davis Pokorny, Lawyer, Independence, Kansas

• Deborah June Purce, Lawyer, Topeka, Kansas

• Kim R. Schroede, Judge, Hugoton, Kansas

• David H. Snapp, Lawyer, Dodge City, Kansas

• Jeffrey S. Southard, Lawyer, Lawrence, Kansas

• H. David Starkey, Lawyer, Colby, Kansas

• David L. Stutzman, Judge, Manhattan, Kansas

• Milton Moran Tomson, Lawyer, Johnson, Kansas

• David Paul Troup, Lawyer, Manhattan, Kansas

• Terry Lee Unruh, Lawyer, Wichita, Kansas

• Thomas Keith Wilson, Judge, Liberal, Kansas