Gov. Parson appoints William P. Devoy as Associate Circuit Judge for 9th Judicial Circuit
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)
Governor Mike Parson appointed William P. Devoy as Associate Circuit Judge for the 9th Judicial Circuit.
The 9th Judicial Circuit serves Chariton, Linn & Sullivan county.
Devoy will fill the Associate Circuit Judge vacancy created by the death of the Honorable Scot T. Othic.
Devoy, of Brookfield, is currently an Attorney at Elson & Devoy, P.C. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Rockhurst University and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law.