Article: 16th Circuit Judicial Commission says quality defeats age among applicants

Judicial applicants are getting younger as a whole, but the commission who interviews them still sees quality in them.

Of those who recently sought Jackson County's vacant circuit judgeship, a notable number of those were fairly young, according to those who conducted the interviews.

But that did not translate into submitting the names of undeserving candidates.

"I was impressed," said Tim Dollar, a member of the 16th Circuit Judicial Commission, "and that is evidenced by the three we sent to the governor. I think all three are very, very well-qualified."

The five-member judicial commission, which interviewed 17

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