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Date: Monday, January 24, 2011 through Thursday, January 27, 2011
Time: Commencing at 9:00 a.m. on January 24th and at 8:30 a.m. on January 25th, 26th
and 27th.
Members Present: David Wiggins, Chair; Steven Brody; David Cochran; Guy Cook; Coleen
Denefe; Jean Dickson; Joe Fitzgibbons; Dan Holm; Mary Beth Lawler; Tim Mikkelsen; Steve
Pace; Margaret Redenbaugh; Amy Skogerson; Beth Walker; Madalin Williams.
The meeting was called to order by Justice David Wiggins at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, January 24,
2011. The purpose of the meeting was to conduct public interviews of the sixty applicants to fill
three vacancies on the supreme court when Chief Justice Marsha Ternus, Justice Michael Streit
and Justice David Baker were not retained in office at the November 2, 2010 general election.
Justice Wiggins made brief comments describing the process the Commission would follow
while conducting the interviews. Each applicant would be given twenty (20) minutes, and each
applicant would be given the opportunity to make an opening statement, followed by questions
from members of the Commission. The interviews were being streamed over the internet.
The interviews commenced at 9:10 a.m. During the day, the following applicants were
interviewed: Inga Bumbary-‐Langston, William Talbot, Patrick Grady, Don McGuire, Frank
Tenuta, Elisabeth Reynoldson, Samuel Anderson, James Bruhn, Marlon Mormann, Joel Greer,
David Leitner, Steven Lawyer, David Hanson, R. Saffin Parrish-‐Sams, Annette Scieszinski, Justin
LaVan. Following the final interview, the Commission recessed for the day.
The Commission reconvened at 8:30 a.m. All members of the Commission were present for the
day. Interviews commenced at 8:30 a.m. and the following applicants were interviewed:
Douglas Staskal, Michael Keller, Allan Richards, Edward Mansfield, Gary McKenrick, James Scott,
Matthew Noel, Arthur Gamble, Angela Onwauchi-‐Willig, Lawrence Kudej, Thomas Duff, Lorraine
May, Joseph Barron, Jeanie Vaudt, Iris Post, William Serangeli, John Bernau, L. Craig Nierman.
Following the final interview, the Commission recessed for the day.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
The Commission reconvened at 8:30 a.m. All members of the Commission were present for the
day. Interviews commenced at 8:30 a.m. and the following applicants were interviewed:
George Davison, Timothy Finn, James Daane, Marti Nerenstone, Suellen Overton, Michael
Mullins, Matthew Dummermuth, Bruce Kempkes, John Gray, Nathan Callahan, Robert Blink,
Richard Blane, Thomas Waterman, Stephen Marso, Jerry Foxhoven, Mark Cleve, Bruce Zager,
Richard Vander Mey. Following the final interview, the Commission recessed for the day.
The Commission reconvened at 8:30 a.m. All members of the Commission were present for the
day. Interviews commenced at 8:30 a.m. and the following applicants were interviewed: Gayle
Vogel, ConGarry Williams, Gary Kendell, Andrew Howie, Matthew Whitaker, Peter Hart, Craig
Ament, and Diane Dornburg. Following the final interview, the Commission adjourned its public
meeting.