TOPEKA—Lyndon Attorney Taylor J. Wine today was appointed Osage County District Magistrate Judge to succeed Judge Jon Stephen Jones, who retired September 30th.
Wine was appointed following interviews earlier in the day at the Osage County Courthouse, Lyndon, by the 4th Judicial District Nominating Commission, a volunteer board consisting of four lawyer members and four non-lawyers, and Departmental Justice Eric S. Rosen.
Wine, the current president of the Osage County Bar Association, is a member of the Lyndon law firm of Coffman & Gilliland. Born in Emporia, he received his undergraduate degree from Pittsburg State University, and his law degree from the Dedman School of Law at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.
In addition to private practice, Wine recently became the Quenemo municipal court judge. He and his wife, Heather, have two sons, Kendall and Grayson, and reside at Vassar. His appointment is effective upon swearing in, which has not been set.
Also applying for the judgeship were Darian P. Dernovish, Lawrence; Angela E. Stallbaumer, Scranton; Kathleen M. Neff, Overbrook; Wayne White, Scranton; Cynthia Jean Long, Topeka; Bissessarnath Ramcharan-Maharajh, Osage City; Scott L. Farmer, Osage City; and Gary L. Foiles, Lyndon.
Members of the nominating commission include Justice Rosen, nonvoting commission chair, and James R. Campbell, Burlington; Craig E. Cole, Garnett; Steven B. Doering, Garnett; Janet C. Walsh, Lyndon; Crystal M. Camis, Ottawa; Thomas B. DeBaun, Osage City; Eugene E. Highberger, Westphalia, and Timothy A. Sipe, Waverly.