(KAIR)--Two Atchison attorneys are among a pool of eight nominees to be interviewed later this month in the process to fill a district judge vacancy in the Kansas 1st Judicial District, comprised of Atchison and Leavenworth counties.

A release from the Kansas Courts outlines the schedule for Thursday, August 28, when the 1st Judicial District Nominating Commission convenes to conduct the interviews, beginning that morning at 8:30, in Courtroom 1 in the Leavenworth Justice Center, at 601 South 3rd Street in Leavenworth, lasting until completion of the final, public interview at 1:45.

According to the schedule, the two attorneys from Atchison, Andrew Werring and Patrick Henderson, are both scheduled to be interviewed during the morning session, Werring at 9:30 and Henderson at 11:45.

The release explains that the nominating commission will ultimately select three to five of the nominees whose names are submitted to Governor Laura Kelly to fill the position according to statutory qualification and residency requirements.

The governor has 60 days after receiving the names to decide whom to appoint.

The vacancy in the judicial district was created when District Judge Dan Wiley retired July 6.