05-03-2025
Gov. Kelly appoints Lori Bolton Fleming to Kansas Court of Appeals
KANSAS — Governor Laura Kelly appoints a southeast Kansas woman to the Kansas Court of Appeals.
Judge Lori Bolton Fleming has served as the chief judge of the 11th Judicial District since 2021, overseeing five courthouses in Cherokee, Labette, and Crawford counties.
She created the district's first recovery court, for which she serves as administrator.
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Bolton Fleming has previously been invited to hear and decide cases with the Kansas Court of Appeals and the Kansas Supreme Court, rendering 38 opinions as an appellate judge.
Her appointment will now go to the Kansas Senate.
If confirmed, she will fill the vacancy left by retiring Judge Henry Green Jr.
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