The Jackson County Family Court Commissioner Selection Committee met on September 4, 2020 and interviewed all seven candidates for the position of Family Court Commissioner of Division 43.  The Committee has announced that the following panel of three nominees will be voted upon by the judges at their next Court en banc meeting on September 11, 2020.

            The nominees are:

            Lisa M. Dube

            Robert Emerson James Gordon

            Rebecca Lynn Lambert

The Selection Committee was comprised of Presiding Judge David Byrn, Judge J. Dale Youngs, Judge Jalilah Otto, Judge Jennifer M. Phillips, Judge Mary F. Weir, Judge Susan E. Long and Commissioner Sherrill L. Rosen.

Missouri law requires Family Court Commissioners to possess the same qualifications as a circuit judge.  Commissioners are appointed to a four year term.

            The new commissioner will fill the vacancy created by the upcoming retirement of Commissioner David P. Kimminau at the end of September.