(Main Office)

The firm's practice emphasizes tax, business and administrative law. As a consequence of its expertise in these areas, the firm is uniquely qualified to serve as local counsel for multistate companies. The firm also provides legislative representation for trade associations and businesses.

The firm has extensive litigation experience in family law matters, including divorce, custody, support and adoption. The firm's practice includes real estate and personal injury and business litigation and its administrative practice includes without limitation, representation of clients before the Secretary of Revenue, State Court of Tax Appeals, Kansas Real Estate Commission, Kansas Department of Agriculture, Kansas Board of Cosmetology, Kansas Department of Labor, and Kansas Board of Pharmacy.

The firm also has recognized expertise in transportation law, and is one of the few firms in Kansas who regularly practice before the Kansas Corporation Commission and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Clients include both carriers and shippers.

Statement of Practice

General Civil and Trial Practice. Administrative Law, Federal, State and Local Taxation, Family Law. Adoption, Estate Planning, Probate, Real Estate, Personal Injury, Workers Compensation, Motor Carrier and Transportation Law, Corporate and Business Law, Bankruptcy, Utilities, Management Employment Law, Antitrust Law.

Address

2101 S.W. 21st Street
Topeka, KS 66604-3174, (Shawnee Co.)

Phone

Phone: 785-232-0753
Fax: 785-232-1866

Website

http://www.aldersonlaw.com

MEMBERS OF FIRM

W. Robert Alderson, Jr. (Member) born Kansas City, Missouri, June 24, 1939; admitted to bar, 1967, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; 1976, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: University of Kansas City; University of Kansas (B.A., 1961); Washburn University of Topeka (J.D., 1967). Author: Vernon's Kansas Statutes Annotated, General Corporation Code, West Publishing Company, 1975. Member: Topeka, Kansas and American Bar Associations; Transportation Lawyers Association (President, 1999-2000); Canadian Transport Lawyers' Association. Practice Areas: Transportation Law; Motor Carrier Law; Corporate and Business Law; Management Employment Law; Utilities.Email: W. Robert Alderson, Jr.

Alan F. Alderson (Member) born Kansas City, Missouri, September 19, 1946; admitted to bar, 1974, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit, U.S. Claims Court and U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Kansas (B.S., 1968); Washburn University of Topeka (J.D., 1973); University of Missouri at Kansas City (LL.M. in Taxation, 1982). General Counsel, Kansas Department of Revenue, 1979-1983. Member, Judicial Council Advisory Committee on Administrative Law, 1983-2003. Member: Topeka (President, 1995-1996; Chairman, Family Law Committee, 2007—) and Kansas (President, Administrative Law Section, 1990-1991; Chairman, Fee Dispute Resolution Committee, 2006—) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Divorce; Child Custody; Child Support.Email: Alan F. Alderson

Joseph M. Weiler (Member) born Hastings, Nebraska, September 15, 1956; admitted to bar, 1987, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Nebraska at Lincoln (B.S., 1979); Washburn University of Topeka (J.D., 1986). Assistant Adjunct Professor, Washburn University School of Law, 1992-1998. Member: Topeka and Kansas Bar Associations; Transportation Lawyers Association; Conference of Freight Counsel. Practice Areas: Transportation Law; Family Law; Business Law; Civil Litigation; Bankruptcy.Email: Joseph M. Weiler

Darin M. Conklin (Member) born Wichita, Kansas, April 10, 1966; admitted to bar, 1991, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas. Education: Washburn University of Topeka (B.B.A., Accounting, cum laude, 1988; J.D., with honors, 1991). General Counsel, Kansas Board of Accountancy, 2007—. Member: Topeka and Kansas Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Antitrust Law; Corporate Law; Pharmacy Law; Civil Litigation; Workers' Compensation; Administrative Law.Email: Darin M. Conklin

Mark A. Burghart (Member) born Topeka, Kansas, March 3, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Kansas, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, U.S. Claims Court, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Tax Court. Education: Kansas University (B.S., 1976); Washburn University of Topeka (J.D., 1979); University of Missouri at Kansas City (LL.M., in Taxation, 1984). Adjunct Professor, State and Local Tax, Washburn University School of Law, 1997—. General Counsel, Kansas Department of Revenue, 1987-1994. Member: Topeka and Kansas Bar Associations. Practice Areas: State and Local Taxes; Estate Planning; Probate; Corporate.Email: Mark A. Burghart

Daniel W. Crow (Member) born Topeka, Kansas, January 20, 1952; admitted to bar, 1993, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; 1994, Missouri. Education: Washburn University of Topeka (B.A., Political Science, 1990; J.D., with honors, 1993). Licensed Real Estate Broker, since 1979. Member: Topeka (Member: Professional Ethics and Grievance Committee; Public Relations Committee; President, 2002-2003) and Kansas Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Probate; Corporate and Business Law.Email: Daniel W. Crow

Michelle L. Miller (Member) born Hays, Kansas, March 28, 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, Kansas. Education: Ft. Hays State University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1998); Washburn University (J.D., with honors, 2001). Member: Topeka (President, Young Lawyers, 2004-2005; Member, Family Law Guideline Committee; Outstanding Young Lawyer Award, 2005; Board of Directors, 2005-2009) and Kansas Bar Associations; Women Attorneys Association of Topeka; Sam A. Crow Inn of Court (Board of Directors, 2007-2008). Practice Areas: Domestic Relations; Adoption Law; Guardianship and Conservatorship.Email: Michelle L. Miller

OF COUNSEL

Brian Frost (Of Counsel) born Kansas City, Missouri, February 24, 1958; admitted to bar, 1985, Kansas. Education: Oklahoma State University; Washburn University of Topeka (B.B.A., 1982; J.D., 1985). Recipient, Ungerman Award, Washburn University, 1985. Member, Board of Directors, Safe Visit Program Topeka, 1996—. Member: Topeka Bar Association (Member, Family Law Committee, 1995—). Reported Cases: 636 F.Supp 1569 754 F.Supp 837. Practice Areas: Domestic Relations; Corporate.Email: Brian Frost