Nine candidates will be interviewed Friday by a nominating committee looking to replace Allen County Magistrate Judge Thomas Saxton, who retired at the end of June.
The candidates:
— John P. Crawford, Kansas City, an attorney;
— Zelda Fay Schlotterbeck, Yates Center, an attorney;
— Aimee M. Daniels, Chanute, Chanute, a California-licensed attorney and director of the local Court Appointed Special Advocates program;
— Wade H. Bowie II, Chesterfield, Mich., former Allen County attorney;
— Robert W. Lattin, Independence, an attorney;
— Todd M. Davis, Chanute, an attorney;
— Patti Boyd, Moran, an attorney who serves as LaHarpe Municipal Court judge;
— Jennifer J. Friend, Fredonia, a legal secretary;
— Michael W. Luttrell, Iola, court services officer in Allen County.
Interviews will take place at 9:30 a.m. Friday at the Allen County Courthouse. The interviews are open to the public.
To be eligible for the magistrate judge position, the candidate must be a high school graduate; live in Allen County at the time of taking office and while serving; and either be a lawyer admitted to practice in Kanss or pass and examination given by the Supreme Court and become certified within 18 months.
The nominating committee consists of residents from each of the four counties in the 31st Judicial District: James Immel and Ryan Sparks, Iola; Nick C. Hay, Yates Center; James G. Keath, Stark; Richard Pringle and Timothy Brazil, Chanute; Rochelle Chronister, Neodesha; John Chenowith, Fredonia; and Justice Lee Johnson as non-voting chair.
