Gov. Mike Parson last week appointed Megan Benton as associate circuit judge for the Sixth Judicial Circuit. She will fill the vacancy created by the appointment of W. Ann Hansbrough to circuit judge.
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Benton, of Parkville, currently serves as an assistant prosecuting attorney for Platte County. She holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in political science from Emory University in Atlanta, Ga., and a juris doctor from Vanderbilt University School of Law in Nashville, Tenn.
Early this year, Parson appointed Hansbrough as circuit judge to fill the vacancy created by the term expiration of judge James W. Van Amburg.