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Kansas Commission on Judicial Qualifications

301 SW Tenth Avenue

Topeka Ks 66612

This complaint is against Mary Thrower regarding docket number 1270, In the Matter of Lori A. Bolton
Fleming and the continued February 23 meetings for lack of quorum against Robert Fairchild, Jeffry Jack,
Kurtis Lay, A.J. Wachter, Lori Bolton Fleming, Robert Fleming, Oliver Lynch, Janice Russell, Richard Smith,
and John Sanders and the complaint against Kurtis Loy, A.J. Wachter, Lori Bolton Fleming, Robert
Fleming, Jeffry Jack, Oliver Lynch, Richard Smith, and John Sanders that have both been continued again
until April fools day on April 1, 2016

Greetings Ethics Committee:

I would like to complain against Panel A judges Mary B. Thrower of your committee for violations of Rule
2.3 Bias, Prejudice, Harassment, and Responsibility to Decide Rule 2.7 and Disqualification Rule 2.11(A}.
She failed to have Judge Robert Fairchild properly disqualify himself from hearing my complaint on
February 23,2016 that was sent in on November 23, 2015 and already continued from the December
2015 meeting against "Kurtis Lay, A.J. Wachter, Lori Bolton Fleming, Robert Fleming, Jeffry Jack, Oliver
Lynch, Richard Smith, and John Sanders in accordance with Rule 2.7 and 2.11 due to bias and prejudice
under Rule 2.3 because I have a pending complaint against him that has been continued from the
December 2015 meeting and again on February 23, 2016 with Robert Fairchild, Jeffry Jack, Kurtis Loy,
A.J. Wachter, Lori Bolton Fleming, Robert Fleming, Oliver Lynch, Janice Russell, Richard Smith, and John
Sanders. Mary B. Thrower is the chair of panel A and she worked with Robert Fleming in the matter of
Sarah Peterson Herr 2012SC94 and it was a conflict ofinterest for her to hear any of my complaints on
Robert Fleming and his daughter-in-law Lori Bolton Fleming. Mary Thrower should have recused herself
in accordance with Kansas Supreme Court Rule 602(g) from participating in docket number 1270 in the
matter of Lori Bolton Fleming but she stayed with was a violation of Rule 2.11(A}. Her incompetence
with failing to properly schedule enough judges for a "proper guorum" on December 2015 and February
23,2016 shows that we need a different chair who does not create meetings of "lack ofguorum"
because judges are disqualified under Rule 2.7 and Rule 2.11(A} of Rules Relating To Judicial Conduct.
She has also failed to properly supervise Lawyer member Nancy S. Anstaett, who should have been
disqualified being on Panel A for the December 22, 2015 complaint on docket number 1270 in the
matter of Lori Bolton Fleming because she violated Article 3, Section 15 of Kansas Constitution which
says "A Brief History of The Commission" in 2013 Annual Report says "AH members are appointed by the
Supreme Court and serve four-year terms with a twelve-year term limit". This violates Article 3, Section
15 of the Kansas Constitution because I have included a picture of her showing that she has been a
member with the commission on judicial qualifications since July of 2002. Twelve years from her
original start in 2002 would be July of 2014 which would have been up a year and a half ago. It also
shows on the 2013 Members list that her term does not expire until June 30, 2017! How can that be,
that is 15 years on the committee and 3 years longer than the 12-year limit allowed to members to serve
on the commission. Mary Thrower as a chair is also allowing Honorable David J. King to plan to exceed
his 12-year limit as well since he started with the commission in November of 2004 but it says that his
term expires on June 30, 2017 which is approximately 7 months past his expiration term of November of
2016. After reading when past judges had started with the commission it seems that several of them
exceeded there 12-year term limit and they are the following: J. Patrick Brazil who started in 1984 but
was on the commission in 2013 which is 29 years on the commission, Theodore Ice who started in 1994
but was on the commission in 2013 which is a 19-year term he served, Bruce Buchananon who started in
May of 1999 and was still on the 2013 commission which was 14 years on a 12-year limit, Robert
Fleming who started in May of 1999 with Bruce Buchanan and was still on the commission in 2013 which
exceeded his 12-year term, and Mikell. Stout started with the commission in 1984 but somehow he was
still on the 2012 member list which shows he served a 28 year term of his 12-year limit.

Mary Thrower is the chair of panel A and she needs to be reprimanded for failing to properly supervise
12 year terms.

The above mentioned judges were also co-defendants with Robert Fleming when Erik R. Yost sued the
Kansas Commission on Judicial Qualificotions as a Plaintiff vs. MIkel S. Tout, Jennifer Jones, Nancy
Anstatett, Patrick Brazil, Theodore Ice, Christina Pannbacker, William Swearer, Carolyn Tillotson, Robert
Fleming, Bruce Buchanan, Mary Davidson Cohen, Robet Creighton, David 1. King, and Lawrence Sheppard
in the United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit NO. 09-3099 which would violate Kansas Supreme
Court Rule 602(q) as well. Therefore Nancy Anstatett should never been allowed to hear docket
number 1270 in the matter of Lori Bolton Fleming and the meeting on December of 2015 containing
docket number 1268 needs a RE-VOTE WITH JUDGES AND NANCY ANSTAEIT THAT DO NOT VIOLATE
RULE 2.7 AND RULE 2.11(A) and KRPCRule 1.7.

The committee has also shown bias and prejudice against me by allowing several people in Crawford
County to file "JOINT COMPLAINTS ON JUDGES" but "DISCRIMINATED" against me by saying that I was
only allowed to complaint on 1 judge at a time. In The Kansas Commission on Judicial Qualifications
letter dated December 22,2015 to me, your letter says "The email that you submitted as the basis for
your complaint does not appear to exist in the complained-of form but rather appears to be significantly
altered or incomplete version of the email that was actually sent".

Well what part of the email was altered? Didn't it show the email came from a public computer at 01:43
P.M. and Lori Fleming admitted she sent an email? Does your committee have to re-vote when judges
and lawyers that hear a complaint where they had no jurisdiction to hear it like Nancy Anstaett and
Mary Thrower because of their past history with Robert Fleming?

And the main reason ~am complaining on Mary Thrower is that she is the chair of Panel A and she failed
to comply with its duties on time as the 2014 annual report was not done by your commission in April of
2015 like every year before it!

Please appoint another commission to investigate these issues and why the annual report for 2014 was
not done until the end of 2015 and not by April 2015 like it should have been completed. How can the
people look at any of the examples of advisory or misconduct if the commission can not even get there
annual report done the following year like they have done every other year but 2015. Every other
annual report is done in April the following year! That is almost 8 Months too long, and I made several
complaints in 2015 after April of 2015 and I would have liked to have been able to read the "IMPROPER"
AND "PROPER", AND "ADVISORY" examples from 2014 so I could have known how to make better
complaints but your commission failed to get the annual report done by April of 2015 and instead I was
not able to use it for any research and Mary Thrower needs to be investigated why this took so long.

Also why was Robert Fleming allowed to be on the commission from May of 1999 to 2013 when it says
on the ~013 report that his term ends on June 30, 2014? "A Brief History ofThe Commission" in 2013
Annual Report says "AII members are appointed by the Supreme Court and serve four-year terms with a
twelve-year term limit". This violates Article 3, Section 15 of the Kansas Constitution. Mary Thrower
worked with Robert Fleming and she should have recused herselffrom docket number 1268 in the
matter of Lori Bolton Fleming and the December 2015 meeting needs a "RE-VOTE".

According to Rule 602(C) There should have been a vacancy for Robert Fleming after 2011 since he
started in 1999 and his qualifications for the appointment of being a member for the commission were
no longer met since he had exceeded his 12 year limit!

Mary Thrower being the chair of Panel A has also violated Supreme Court Rule 602(g) which says "If the
commission anticipates difficulty in discharging its responsibilities due to the disqualification or
unavailability of its members, the Supreme Court, upon request of the chair or vice-chair of the
commission, may appoint temporary commission members to serve as specified. I think the fact that I
am part of a civil class-action lawsuit in case number 15CV79P against Panel A and Panel B would have
been evidence of a need for a disqualification by all the judges of Panel A and Panel B in accordance with
Rule 2.7 Responsibility to Decide and Rule 2.11(A) Disqualification. I think the fact that I had filed a
complaint against Robert Fairchild back in November of 2015 and it takes not one but two meetings the
December 2015 and February 2016 and Robert Fairchild still does not disqualify himself before February
23,2016 which wasted everyone's time including mine.

Mary Thrower also failed to properly issue a "LEDER OF INFORMAL ADVICE" with docket dismissal 1268
in accordance with Rule 609 Investigation. An "examiner" of your committee contacted me and
informed me that Lori sent the email but it did not say what the altered version said. So according to
Rule 609 it says that "The judge shall be contacted during the investigation, and shall be advised
informally that an investigation is being made, and the subject thereof'. Where is the "informal advice"
Lori Fleming should have received? How does a complaint get docketed from August 2015 until
December of 2015 and the judge does not at least receive a caution or informal advice???????

Why did the committee at the very, very, least not at least follow Rule 610 "Dismissal-Notice; Letters of
Caution and Informal Advice" and issue Kurt Loy and Lori Fleming a caution for the "posse comeaut
comment" or informal advice to not be using judicial letterhead at 01:43 p.m. for her private business,
and having ex-parte conversations with her former law partner?

P.5. Please re-open the investigation of Lori-Bolton-Fleming since one of your members of Panel A Nancy
Anstaett exceeded her 12-year limit which should have disqualified Nancy S. Anstaett from voting in the
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number 1270. Itseems four of your previous ethic chairpersons
have violated the 12-year lirt\~ arid Nancy S. Anstaett Was even the chair from 2009-2011. Nancy should
have been disqualified from L&itJolton Fleming complaint because she was a former chairperson and so
was Robert Fleming.

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MEMBERS
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CHAIR:
Kasey King
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VICE-CHAIR:
Brenda :'II. Cameron Re: Your complaint against Distric Judge Robert W. Fairchild,
Judge ~Iember
District Judge Jeffry L. Jack, Disffict Judge Kurtis 1. Loy,
Nancy S. Anstaerr Chief Judge A. 1. Wachter, Distr ct Judge Lori A. Bolton Fleming, .
Lawyer Member District Judge Robert J. Fleming,1 District Judge Oliver K. Lynch,
Senior Judge Janice D. Russell, Senior Judge Richard M. Smith, and
James S. Cooper
Senior Judge John E. Sanders I
Non-Lawyer Member

Robert \Xl Fairchild Dear Mr. King:

Judge Member
The Commission met February 5, 2016, at which time the above-captioned
Norman R. Kelly
Lawyer ;\Iember
complaint was listed on the meeting agenda. The matter was, however, continued due
to a lack of quorum as JE9-ge Cameron and Judge Fairchild r~d. The matter will
Rep. Valdenia C. \,('inn be placed on the Commission's April 1, 2016, meeting agenda.
Lay Member
Thank you for your continued patience as the Commission does its work.
ACTING SECRETARY:
Douglas T. Shima Cordially,

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February 23,2016

CHAIR:
~Iary B. Thrower
Judge :'Iember
Kasey King
P. O. Box 101
VIC - Opolis, Kansas 66760
Brenda :\1. Cameron
Judge :\Iember
Re: Your complaint against District Judge Kurtis I. Loy, Chief Judge A. 1.
Nancy S. Ansraerr Wachter, District Judge Lori A. Bolton Fleming, DistrictJudge Robert 1.
Lawyer ;'Ilember Fleming, District Judge Jeffry L. Jack, District Judge Oliver K. Lynch,
Senior Judge Richard M. Smith, and Senior Judge John E. Sanders
James S. Cooper
Non-Lawyer Member
Dear Mr. King:
Roberr W. Fairchild
Judge Member The Commission met February 5, 2016, at which time the above-captioned
complaint was listed on the meeting agenda. The matter was, however, continued due
Norman R. Kelly
Lawyer Member to a lack of quorum as Judge Cameron and Judge Fairchild recused. The matter will be
placed on the Commission's April i, 2016, ~eting agen&
Rep. \Taldenia C. \'\'inn
Lay Member Thank you for your continued patience as the Commission does its work.

ACTING SECRETARY: Cordially,

Douglas T. Shima

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PANEL A
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CHAIR:
Kasey King
Mary B. Thrower
Judge Member P. O. Box 101
Opolis, Kansas 66760

Re: Your complaint against Supreme Court Justice Lee A. Johnson,

Municipal Judge Frederick Smith and Municipal Judge John Mazurek

Dear :vIr. King:

Captain Jim Cooper The Commission met December 4,2015. at which time the above-captioned
Non-Lawyer Member complaint was considered. It was the decision of the Commission that your complaint
against Justice Johnson and Judges Smith & Mazurek contained no facts evidencing
judicial misconduct as defined in the Code of Judicial Conduct and was dismissed.

Donald F. Hoffman Please note that, in the future, the Commission will only consider complaints
Lawyer Member
that are against a single judge and contain a statement of facts which support each
Rep. Valdenia C. Win individual allegation.
Lay Member
Thank you for bringing your concerns to the attention of the Commission.
SECRETARY:
Heather L. Smith
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CHAIR:
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Re: Docket No. 1278, In the Maner of Kurtis 1. Loy

Captain Jim Cooper Dear :\1r. King:

Non-Lawyer Member

Robert W. Fairchild
The Commission met December 4, 2015, at which time the above-captioned
Judge Member complaint was considered. It was the decision of the Commission that your complaint
contained no facts evidencing judicial misconduct as defined in the Code of Judicial
Donald F. Hoffman Conduct and was dismissed after investigation.
Lawyer Member

Rep. Vaidenia C. Winn Thank you for bringing your concerns to the attention of the Commission.
Lay Member
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MnIBERS OF December 22, 2015

PANEL A

Kasey King
P. O. Box 101
Opolis, Kansas 66760
VICE-CHAIR:
Brenda \1. Cameron Re: Docket No. 1270, In the Matter of Lori A. Bolton Fleming
Judge Member
Dear :"k King:

The Commission met December 4,2015, at which time the above-referenced

James S. Cooper complaint was considered.
Non-Lawyer Member
The email that you submitted as the basis for your complaint does not appear
to exist in the complained-of form but rather appears to be a significantly altered or
incomplete version of the email that was actually sent.
Norman R. Kelly
Lawyer Member It was the decision of the Commission that your complaint contained no facts
Rep. Valdenia C. Winn
evidencing judicial misconduct as defined in the Code of Judicial Conduct and was
Lay Member I dismissed after investigation.

SECRETARY:
Heather L. Smith J) Thank you for bringing your concerns to the attention of the Commission.

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MDIBERS OF December 22, 2015

PANEL A

CHAIR: Kasey King

Mary B. Thrower
P. O. Box 101
Judge Member
Opolis, Kansas 66760
VICE-CHAIR:
Brenda :\1. Cameron Re: Your complaint against District Judge Kurtis 1. Loy, Chief Judge A. J.
Judge Member Wachter, District Judge Lori A. Bolton Fleming, District Judge Robert 1.
Fleming, District Judge Jeffry L. Jack, District Judge Oliver K. Lynch,
Nancy S. Anstaett
Lawyer Member Senior Judge Richard M. Smith. and Senior Judge John E. Sanders

James S. Cooper Dear .\1r. King:

Non-Lawyer Member
The Commission met December -f. 2015, at which time the above-captioned
complaint was listed on the meeting agen a. The matter was, however, continued due
to a lack of quorum and will be placed on the Commission's February 5, 2016, meeting'
Norman R. Kelly agenda.
Lawyer Member

Rep. Valdenia C. \\'inn

Lay Member
o Thank you for your continuing pat' ence as the Commission does its work.

S"ho c>leA.. ~a..vereGuS·~_ Sincerely,

SECRETARY:
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December 22, 2015

MBiB£RS OF
PANEL A Kasey King
P. O. Box 101
Opolis, Kansas 66760
CHAIR:
Mary B. Thrower
Re: Your complaint against District Judge Robert W. Fairchild,
Judge Member
District Judge Jeffry L. Jack, District Judge Kurtis 1. Loy,
VICE-CHAIR: Chief Judge A. 1. Wachter, District Judge Lori A. Bolton Fleming,
Brenda \1. Cameron District Judge Robert 1. Fleming, District Judge Oliver K. Lynch,
Judge Member Senior Judge Janice D. Russell, Senior Judge Richard M. Smith, and
Senior Judge John E. Sanders
Nancy S. Anstaett
Lawyer Member
Dear \fr. King:
James S. Cooper
Non-Lawyer Member The Commission met December 4, 2015, at which time the above-captioned
complaint was listed on the meeting agenda. The matter was, however, continued due
to a lack of quorum and will be placed on the Commission's February 5, 2016, meeting
agenda.
Norman R. Kelly
Lawyer Member ~ Thank you for your continuing patience as the Commission does its work.
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Rep. Valdenia C. Winn C~cI() 1J I .
Lay Member ). _ !O'\..lI\.ovv ~ {eL--c.~ Sin erely,

SECRETARY: ~".{'f' "l t\ /~P-P01~ C<'1fI'<?{~

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Heather L. Smith,
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF KANSAS

BEFORE A HEARING PANEL APPOINTED UNDER
SUPREME COURT ORDER 2012 SC 94

In the Matter of )
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Sarah Peterson Herr, )
Respondent. )
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FINAL HEARING REPORT

Procedural}{~tory

1. A review committee, appointed under an alternate disciplinary procedure

authorized by Supreme Court Order 2012 SC 94, on August 16, 2013, found probable
cause to believe that respondent had committed a violation of the Kansas Rules of
Professional Conduct (KRPC) and recommended institution of formal disciplinary
charges against respondent.

2. On August 23,2013, a hearing panel was appointed by the Su reme Court

to conduct a formal hearing. The hearing panel consiste ofHon. Robert J. Fleming,
Presiding Officer; Hon. Edward Larson' and Hon. Mary B. Thrower. The hearing panel
scheduled a hearing on the formal charges for December 20,2013.
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3. On September 3,2013, special prosecutor Todd N. Thompson filed a
formal complaint alleging violations ofKRPC 8.4 (c), (d), (e), and (g). On that same
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date, Mr. Thompson filed a notice of hearing, confirming that a hearing on the formal f--:1
complaint was scheduled for December 20, 20l3. On September 24,2013, respondent \ (~)
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 BIOGRAPHIES
MEMBERS WHO SERVED DURING 2013
Nancy S. Anstaett, a lawyer member of the Commission, practices In
Overland Park and is a member of Rowe & Anstaett, L.L.C. She
graduated from Kansas State University, magna cum laude, with degrees
in journalism and sociology in 1977. She attended Washburn University
School of Law and received her juris doctorate, magna cum laude, in
1980. She is a member of the Johnson County and Kansas Bar
Associations and the Kansas Women Attorneys Association. Ms. Anstaett
has served on the Kansas Continuing Legal Education Commission and
was elected to the Kansas Supreme Court Nominating Commission where she servedJ[Q!IlJ996- ljce~S
2000. She has been a member of the Commission on Judicial Qualifications since(fuly 2002.
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The Honorable J. Patrick Brazil received a BS/BA degree from
Rockhurst College, Kansas City, Missouri. He received his law degree
from Washburn University School of Law. Judge Brazil was a state
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district judge from 1972 until his appointment to the Kansas Court of
Appeals on December 11, 1985. He was appointed Chief Judge June I,
1995, and served as Chief Judge until his retirement in January 2001. He
continued to serve as a Senior Judge for the appellate courts until July
2012. He has served in the officer positions of the Kansas District
Judges' Association, including president from 1980-1981. He was a member of the Pattern Jury
Instructions Committee of the Kansas Judicial Council and served on the Kansas Continuing
Legal Education Commission from its creation in 1985 to July 1, 1991. In 1994, he received the
Outstanding Service Award conferred by the Kansas Bar Association and was a 2012 recipient of
The Lifetime Achievement Award from the Washburn University School of Law. He is a
member and Paul Harris Fellow of the Topeka South Rotary Club and has served as a trustee of
the Topeka & Shawnee County Library Foundation and Washburn Law Alumni Board of
Governors. Judge Brazil has been a member of the Kansas Commission on Judicial
Qualifications since 198j, including service as chairman from 1991 'to 1994 and vice chair
(includes chair of Panel A) from 2003 to 2005. He was instrumental in the reorganization of the
Commission, making it one of the first judicial conduct commissions in the country to separate
the investigative and adjudicatory functions into separate panels.

Bruce Buchanan, a lay member of the Commission, is president of Harris

Enterprises, a media company based in Hutchinson. He received a
bachelor's degree, in journalism from Kansas State University in 1981.
Following graduation, he worked as a reporter and editor at the
Hutchinson News, then joined the Harris Group's management training
program. In late 1984, he was named editor and publisher of the Parsons
Sun. In 1990, he became editor and publisher of the Olathe Daily News. In
1996, he moved to Hutchinson as editor and publisher of The News. He
became a director of Harris Enterprises in 1995 and vice president in 1998. He assumed his
current post in 2006. Buchanan is on the boards of the Kansas Cosmosphere Foundation and the
Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. Both organizations are based in Hutchinson. He is past
president of the Kansas Press Association. Buchanan has been a member of the Commission
since May 1999. e~~'fde~
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 Kansas Conunission on Judicial Qualifications

2013 MEMBERS

William B. Swearer, Chair of the Full Commission and Chair of Panel A

Jeffery A. Mason, Vice-Chair of the Full Commission and Chair of Panel B

MEMBERS POSITION TERM EXPIRES I

William B. Swearer Lawyer Member June 30, 2015 'iOe) ~
Nancy S. Anstaett Lawyer Member ~7 ?61j
< J. Patrick Brazil Judge Member June 30, 2015
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Christina Pannbacker Lay Member June 30, 2015
Mary Thrower Judge Member June 30, 2016
Carolyn Tillotson Lay Member June 30, 2014
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Jeffery A. Mason Lawyer Member June 30, 2014
Bruce Buchanan* Lay Member June 30, 2013
Mary Davidson Cohen Lay Member June 30, 2016
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~ Robert J. Fleming Judge Member June 30, 2014
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-< David 1. King Judge Member June 30, 2017
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Susan Lynn** Lay Member June 30, 2017
Nicholas St. Peter Judge Member June 30, 2016
Diane H. Worth Lawyer Member June 30, 2016

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**Members beginning during Calendar Year 2013

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