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Judges, lawyers, including Tonganoxie grad, apply for Supreme Court vacancy

By Staff | May 14, 2025

Kansas Supreme Court

Seven judges, one of whom is a Tonganoxie High School graduate, and eight lawyers applied by a Monday deadline to fill a vacancy on the Kansas Supreme Court that will be created when Justice Evelyn Wilson resigns July 4.

THS graduate Carl Adrian Folsom III, currently a district judge from Lawrence, is among the applicants. Other applicants are as follows: Meryl Brianne Carver-Allmond, lawyer, Lawrence; Carl Adrian Folsom III, district judge, Lawrence; Amy Jane Hanley, district judge, Lawrence; Randall Lee Hodgkinson, lawyer, Topeka; Krishnan Christopher Jayaram, district judge, Lenexa; Laura Ellen Johnson-McNish, district judge, Troy/Marysville; Brant Mitchell Laue, lawyer, Topeka; Kathleen M. Lynch, district judge, Kansas City; Brian Lee Mizer, lawyer, Lawrence; Cheryl Ann Rios, district judge, Topeka; Anthony F. Rupp, lawyer, Olathe; Krystal Lynn Vokins, lawyer, Lawrence; Larkin Evans Walsh, lawyer, Leawood; Kristen Diane Wheeler, lawyer, Wichita; Robert James Wonnell, district judge, Olathe.

The Supreme Court Nominating Commission meet Tuesday via video conference to finalize the date to interview applicants and other procedural matters.

The full interview schedule and brief biographical information about each applicant will be posted on the Kansas judicial branch website at www.kscourts.gov as soon after Tuesday’s videoconference as possible.

After interviewing applicants, the Supreme Court Nominating Commission will decide which three applicants to recommend to the governor to fill the position. The governor will then choose whom to appoint to fill the Supreme Court vacancy.