Supreme Court reappoints three members to Kansas Commission on Judicial Conduct

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court reappointed three members to the Kansas Commission on Judicial Conduct.

Reappointed were:

• Chief Judge Bradley Ambrosier, Elkhart, who serves in the 26th Judicial District, composed of Grant, Haskell, Morton, Seward, Stanton, and Stevens counties;

• Terrence Campbell, Lawrence, lawyer at Barber Emerson; and

• Susan Lynn, Iola, nonlawyer and editor and publisher of the Iola Register.

They will serve four-year terms beginning July 1 and ending June 30, 2025.

The 14-member commission is charged with helping the Supreme Court exercise its responsibility in judicial disciplinary matters. It reviews complaints to determine whether a judge has violated the code of judicial conduct the Supreme Court adopted to define the standard of ethical behavior of all judges.

The commission includes six active or retired judges, four lawyers, and four nonlawyers. All members are appointed by the Supreme Court for four-year terms.

Commission members are grouped into two panels, and one panel meets each month. The commission chair is the chair of one panel and the commission vice chair chairs the second panel.

District Judge Brenda Cameron, Olathe, who chairs the Commission on Judicial Conduct, chairs Panel A. She serves in the 10th Judicial District, which is Johnson County.

Campbell serves on Panel A. Other Panel A members are:

• Diane Azorsky, Leawood, nonlawyer and retired executive of not-for-profit organizations;

• James Cooper, Lawrence, nonlawyer and retired U.S. Navy officer, and vice chair of the panel;

• Robert Fairchild, Lawrence, retired district judge from the 7th Judicial District, which is Douglas County; 

• Norman Kelly, Salina, lawyer and partner at Norton Wasserman Jones & Kelly; and

• Mary Thrower, Minneapolis, retired district magistrate judge from Ottawa County of the 28th Judicial District.

Diane Sorensen is vice chair of the Commission on Judicial Conduct and chairs Panel B. She is a lawyer at Morris Laing Evans Brock & Kennedy, Wichita.

Ambrosier and Lynn serve on Panel B. Other Panel B members are:

• Allen Glendenning, Great Bend, lawyer at Watkins Calcara;

• Larry Hendricks, Topeka, retired district judge from the 3rd Judicial District, which is Shawnee County, and vice chair of the panel;

• Sister Rosemary Kolich, Leavenworth, a member of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth and nonlawyer member of the commission; and

• Chief Judge Nicholas St. Peter, Winfield, who serves in the 19th Judicial District, which is Cowley County.