Eric R. Yost (born September 4, 1955) is an American politician, attorney and judge.
[2] After graduating from Wichita State, Yost was elected to the Kansas House of Representatives in 1978.
[4] Yost was accused of violating attorney-client confidentiality when he warned Scholes that he was being fired for an illegal reason.
[5] After leaving the county, Yost spent several years as a mediator, and was assigned cases by local judges to investigate and to make recommendations to the court.
In 2024, Yost decided to run for district judge again in Sedgwick County, and was unopposed.