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Commission Members

The 2006 Legislature passed, and the Governor signed, House Substitute for Senate Bill No. 337, which established the Kansas Commission on Judicial Performance. The bill was effective July 1, 2006. The members of the Kansas Commission on Judicial Performance are appointed by the Judicial Council pursuant to K.S.A. 20-3202. The current members are:

  • Richard F. Hayse, Chair; Topeka, Kansas, appointed July 1, 2006, for a 4-year term ending June 30, 2010.


  • A. Dale Chaffin, Mission, non-lawyer from the Third Congressional District, appointed March 25, 2008, to complete the term of Gary Alexander which term will expire June 30, 2010.


  • Sara S. Beezley, Girard, lawyer from the Second Congressional District, appointed July 1, 2006, for a 2-year term ending on June 30, 2008.


  • Senator Donald Betts, Wichita, non-lawyer, at-large position, appointed July 1, 2006, for a 2-year term ending on June 30, 2008.


  • Professor James Concannon, Topeka, lawyer, at-large position, appointed July 1, 2006, for a 4-year term ending on June 30, 2010.


  • Gloria Farha Flentje, Wichita, lawyer from the Fourth Congressional District, appointed July 1, 2006, for a 4-year term ending on June 30, 2010.


  • Martha Garcia, Wichita, non-lawyer from the Fourth Congressional District, appointed July 1, 2006, for a 2-year term ending on June 30, 2008.


  • Dr. Richard P. Heil, Hays, non-lawyer from the First Congressional District, appointed July 1, 2006, for a 2-year term ending on June 30, 2008.


  • Nancy Kindling, Topeka, non-lawyer from the Second Congressional District, appointed July 1, 2006, for a 4-year term ending on June 30, 2010.


  • Honorable Larry McClain, Overland Park, retired district court judge from the Third Congressional District, appointed July 1, 2006, for a 2-year term ending on June 30, 2008.


  • Representative Michael R. O’Neal, Hutchinson, lawyer from the First Congressional District, appointed July 1, 2006, for a 4-year term ending on June 30, 2010.


  • Dr. Malia Reddick, Des Moines, IA, non-lawyer, at-large position, appointed July 1, 2006, for a 4-year term ending on June 30, 2010.


  • Honorable Fred N. Six, Lawrence, retired Supreme Court Justice, at-large position, appointed July 1, 2006, for a 2-year term ending on June 30, 2008.
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