Following the recommendations of the Kansas Citizens Justice Initiative report, and based on his own knowledge of the needs of the court, he plans to urge the legislature next year to approve four additional judges for the court. He received his law degree from Washburn University School of Law in 1962. Judge Brazil was appointed Chief Judge June 1, 1995. He was a state district judge from 1972 until his appellate court appointment on December 11, 1985. Prior to that, he practiced law in Pratt and Eureka.
Brazil believes that any system of justice is only as good as the judges and lawyers in the system.
For that reason, he has been a member of the Kansas Commission on Judicial Qualifications since 1985. The Commission reviews complaints filed agai nst judges and makes recommendations to the Supreme Court for appropriate sanctions or removal from office when judges have violated the Code of Judicial Ethics. I have always been impressed with the dedication of the judges, lawyers and citizens who ha ve served on the Commission. Brazil was chairman of the Commission from 1991 to 1994, and has presented programs on judicial ethics statewide and nationally. More recently, Brazil has been interested in the growth of the Inns of Court program in the United States.