Sixteen area attorneys have applied for the Douglas County district judge position vacated by Stephen Six, who was appointed state attorney general.

The 7th Judicial Nominating Commission will meet Feb. 28-29 to nominate two or three people to Gov. Kathleen Sebelius for the judgeship.

Those applying are David J. Brown, private practice; Darian P. Dernovish, legal counsel, Kansas Highway Patrol; Margaret Ann Farley, private practice; James T. George, private practice; John C. Gilroy, private practice; Justice B. King, private practice; Peggy Carr Kittel, judge pro tem, Douglas County; Kenneth P. Kula, private practice; Terence E. Leibold, private practice; Kirk W. Lowry, legal director, Disability Rights Center of Kansas Inc.; Suzanne (Valdez) McAllister, clinical associate professor, Kansas University School of Law; Martin L. Miller, private practice; Shon D. Qualseth, private practice; Jeffrey S. Southard, private practice; Michael Warner, assistant U.S. Attorney; Trevor C. Wohlford, chief counsel-executive director, State Board of Tax Appeals.