News release
On Jan. 10, Chief Judge, Glenn Braun announced that Mike Smith would become the next district court administrator of the 23rd Judicial District. The 23rd Judicial District includes Ellis, Rooks, Trego and Gove counties. Smith was promoted from his previous position as the chief court services officer for the district.
“I am excited about the opportunity to lead the district at this time. There are a lot of positive changes coming to the court system, and I look forward to the challenge ahead,” Smith said.
Smith has been with the district since 2004 where he was hired as a Court Services Officer I. Before coming to Hays, he was a parole officer in southeast Kansas. He is a 1999 graduate of Pittsburg State University. Smith and his wife, Cindy, have two daughters, Shannon, 20, and Cassidy, 14.
Smith’s first order of business was hiring his replacement in the Court Services Office. Teresa Greenwood has been promoted from her position as Court Services Officer I, to the Chief Court Services Officer in the district. Greenwood has been with the Court Services for six years.
In 2019, she was awarded the Rick Land Mental Toughness and Extra Effort Award from the Kansas Association of Court Services Officers for her work in developing the Ellis County Drug Court. She has served as the Drug Court Coordinator since the specialty court began in 2018. Greenwood is a 1998 graduate of Fort Hays State University. Greenwood and her husband Tim have four children: Clayton, Mackenzie, Mary and Morgan.
