(KMZA)--A district magistrate judge vacancy in the 2nd Judicial District has been filled.
According to a news release from Kansas Judicial Branch Public Information Officer Lisa Taylor, the 2nd Judicial District Nominating Commission has selected Erich Campbell to fill a vacancy in Pottawatomie County.
The 2nd judicial district includes Jackson, Jefferson, Pottawatomie, and Wabaunsee counties.
Campbell currently is senior regular army advisor to the Kansas Adjutant General. He has 29 years of active U.S. Army service and will retire in 2016. He is pursuing a Master of Criminal Justice degree at Washburn University and will graduate in 2016.
Campbell, who currently lives in Holton, will begin his district magistrate judge duties after he moves to Pottawatomie County and is sworn in.
Campbell was among eleven candidates interviewed December 11th to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Steven Roth after he was appointed administrative law judge for the Kansas Department of Labor.
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