Arnold-Burger named new Kansas chief appeals court judge
December 9, 2016
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Court of Appeals will have a new chief judge next month.
The Kansas Supreme Court selected Judge Karen Arnold-Burger to serve as chief judge of the 14-member state appeals court beginning January 9. She succeeds Chief Judge Thomas J. Malone, who will continue to serve on the appeals court after his four-year term as chief judge ends.
As chief judge, Arnold-Burger will determine venues for arguments, designate cases to be heard by three-judge panels and assign judges to panels.
Before joining the appeals court in 2011, Arnold-Burger's positions included serving as...
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