24-05-2025
Nominees for Davies circuit, district judgeships announced
The state Judicial Nominating Commission announced Thursday the nominees to fill the judicial vacancies on Daviess County Circuit Court and Daviess County District Court.
Daviess makes up the 6th Judicial Circuit/District, and the vacancies are in Division 1 for District Court and Division 1 for Circuit Court.
Nominees for the circuit judgeship are Owensboro attorneys Bryce Lowry Caldwell, William Russell Duty III and Leigh Ann Jackson.
Caldwell is a law partner with the firm of Gordon, Goetz, Johnson & Caldwell; Duty is a solo law practitioner; and Jackson began serving as a prosecutor with the Commonwealth's Attorney Office that serves Daviess County in April after 15 years with the public defender's office.
The circuit judicial seat became vacant when Judge Jay A. Wethington retired Feb. 28.
Circuit Court is the court of general jurisdiction that hears civil matters involving more than $5,000, capital offenses and felonies, divorces, adoptions, termination of parental rights, land dispute title cases and contested probate cases. In counties with a Family Court division of Circuit Court, Family Court judges have primary jurisdiction in cases involving family issues, including divorces, adoption, child support, domestic violence and juvenile status offenses.
Nominees for the district judgeship are Owensboro attorneys Duty — he applied for both vacancies — Phillip Jermaine Page and Brian Louis Quattrocchi.
Page is a staff attorney for Daviess Family Court; and Quattrocchi is a prosecutor with the Commonwealth's Attorney Office that serves Daviess County.
The district judicial seat became vacant when Judge David C. Payne, who was serving as a Daviess District Court judge, was elected to Circuit Court in November 2024.
District Court judges handle juvenile matters, city and county ordinances, misdemeanors, violations, traffic offenses, probate of wills, arraignments, felony probable cause hearings, small claims involving $2,500 or less, civil cases involving $5,000 or less, voluntary and involuntary mental commitments and cases relating to domestic violence and abuse.
