Northwest Iowa — Ten northwest Iowa attorneys were interviewed by the Plymouth and Sioux County Judicial Nominating Commissions on Monday, all seeking to replace District Associate Judge Robert Dull when he retires next month.
Following those interviews and a joint meeting, the list of ten attorneys was reduced to a final nomination list of three practicing attorneys, according to the District Court Administrative Office.
The three nominated for consideration to fill the vacancy are Attorney Amy Oetken of Le Mars, Attorney Kristal L. Phillips of Holstein and Attorney Dan Vakulskas of Sioux City. An attorney from Orange City, and another from Sioux Center were among the original ten applicants, but didn’t make it to the final list of three.
The attorney who replaces Judge Dull will serve Judicial Sub-District 3B, which consists of Crawford, Ida, Monona, Plymouth, Sioux and Woodbury Counties. Interviews of the three nominees will be held this Friday, November 30th, by the 3B District Court Judges.
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Original story posted 5:09 am, 11/18/2018
Northwest Iowa — Attorneys from Orange City and Sioux Center are among ten lawyers who have applied to replace Associate District Court Judge Robert J. Dull when he retires next month.
The Plymouth/Sioux Magistrate Nominating Commission says the applicants are: Jared Weber of Orange City; Jenny Winterfeld of Sioux Center, along with Dan Vakulskas of Sioux City; Amy Oetken of Le Mars; Robert Brock of Le Mars; Kristal Phillips of Holstein; Rosanne Plante of Hinton; David Dawson of Lawton; Darin Raymond of Le Mars; and Ben Meyer of Laurens.
Each applicant will appear before the entire commission for a personal interview on Monday, November 26th.
District associate judges hear serious and aggravated misdemeanor cases, small claims, hospitalization cases as well as juvenile cases and civil suits for judgment of up to $10-thousand. District associate judges stand for a retention election a year after their appointment and at the end of their six-year term. This position will be scheduled primarily in Plymouth and Sioux Counties, though any judge may be assigned to any of the 16 counties in the Third Judicial District. The person selected to fill this position will also be scheduled to regularly share the after-hours work of the court. District associate judges are appointed by the district judges of the judicial election district from a slate of three nominees screened and selected by the Plymouth/Sioux County Magistrate Nominating Commission.
Judicial Sub-District 3B consists of Crawford, Ida, Monona, Plymouth, Sioux and Woodbury Counties.
