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| | Address | | Bank of America Tower, 534 South Kansas Ave., Suite 1400 | | Topeka, Kansas 66603-3436 | | (Shawnee Co.) | | | |
| | | Foulston Siefkin LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Our practice areas cover the spectrum of the legal profession, including (i) civil and complex litigation - class action and qui tam; business contract and commercial disputes including intellectual property matters; mediation, and alternative dispute resolution; insurance defense; administrative representation; and tort defense in personal injury, products liability, professional malpractice, and property damage; (ii) business matters - including commercial transactions involving securities, financing, family business enterprises, anti-trust, creditors' rights and bankruptcy, e-Business, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital, environmental, oil and gas, water rights, agribusiness, banking, franchise, intellectual property, real estate, construction, regulatory compliance and corporate and entity formation; and federal and state taxation, including tax planning, contested tax disputes, elder and estate planning, tax exempt organizations, ERISA and employee benefits; (iii) employment and labor - including organized labor, NLRB representation, employment discrimination defense, immigration, workers compensation, OSHA, wage and hour, and employee relations, and (iv) health care law - including government investigations, compliance programs, reimbursement, fraud and abuse, and professional liability defense. | | Year Established: 1919 | Firm Profile:
Foulston Siefkin LLP is the largest, and one of the oldest, law firms in Kansas. The Firm traces its origins to 1919 when Robert C. Foulston and George L. Siefkin began their practice of law in Wichita. Today the firm has grown to over 80 lawyers, and has offices in Wichita, the state's largest city, Topeka, the state's capital, and Overland Park, the heart of commerce in the Kansas City area. The Firm's historic strength has been its consistently high caliber of attorneys, which are recognized nationally and state wide for their knowledge, skill and capabilities; and its envious stable of clients. The Firm represents a broad range of clients, including major financial institutions, corporations, public utilities, insurance companies, health care providers, manufacturers, franchisers and franchisees, agricultural and natural resource producers and processors, professional entities, construction and contractors, services providers, and others. | | Firm Size: 84 | Law Firm Affiliations:
LEX MUNDI: The World's Leading Association of Independent Law Firms; EMPLOYERS COUNSEL NETWORK (ECN): An organization of independent law firms recognized for their extensive knowledge and literary contributions in the field of employment and labor law; STATE LAW RESOURCES, INC.: A National Network of Independent Law Firms - selected for their experience in administrative, regulatory and government relations at the state and federal level; WORLD SERVICES GROUP (WSG) : A multi-disciplinary global association of large local, national and international providers of professional business services | Representative Clients:
Aeroflex, Wichita Division; American Restaurant Partners, L.P.; AVIVA; Bank of America, N.A.; Bank of Kansas; BeautyFirst; BEREXCO, INC.; Big Dog Motorcycles, L.L.C.; The Boeing Company; Bombardier Aerospace Learjet; Cancer Center of Kansas, P.A.; Capitol Federal Financial; Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation; Catholic Diocese of Dodge City; Catholic Diocese of Wichita; Central Bank and Trust Co.; Cereal Food Processors, Inc.; Cessna Aircraft Company; CGF Industries, Inc.; City of Hays; City of Wichita; CNA Insurance Companies; Coffey Health Systems; The Coleman Company, Inc.; Commerce Bank; Cox Communications; Crawford & Company; Davis Moore Auto Group; Dean E. Norris, Inc.; Delta Dental Plan of Kansas, Inc.; Dondlinger & Sons Construction Co.; DPIC Companies, Inc.; FlightSafety International; Fox & Hound Restaurant Group; Galichia Heart Hospital; Galichia Medical Group, P.A.; Garvey Elevators, Inc.; The Hayes Company, Inc.; Hays Medical Center, Inc.; Hays/Russell Water District; The Home Depot; The IMA Financial Group, Inc.; Integra Technologies LLC; INVISTA; KaMMCO; Kaneb Pipe Line Company; Kansas County Association Multi-line Pool; Kansas Dental Association; Kansas Orthopaedic Center, P.A.; Koch Industries, Inc.; KPTS Channel 8; LodgeWorks Corporation; LSI; Martin K. Eby Construction Co., Inc.; McCormick Armstrong Co., Inc.; Murfin Drilling Company, Inc.; Professional Engineering Consultants; Ritchie Associates, Inc.; SAFECO Property & Casualties Ins. Co.; Schaefer, Johnson, Cox, Frey Architecture; Shelly Electric, Inc.; Shelter Insurance Companies; South Central KS Health Insurance Group.; Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.; St. Francis Health Center, Inc.; Thayer Aerospace; Utica National Insurance Group; Utility Contractors, Inc.; Value Place, LLC; Via Christi Health System; Waterwalk LLC; Weaver Manufacturing; Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce; Wichita Clinic, P.A.; Wichita Surgical Specialists, P.A. |
Other Office Locations of Foulston Siefkin LLP
Wichita, Kansas, U.S.A. (Main Office)
Overland Park, Kansas, U.S.A.
| | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | James P. Rankin (Member) born Topeka, Kansas, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Kansas; 1977, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Washburn University of Topeka (B.A., 1973; J.D., 1976); New York University (LL.M., in Taxation, 1977). Assistant Editor, Washburn Law Journal, 1975-1976. (Resident). Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; ERISA; Employment Law; Labor Law; Business Law; Insurance Regulation; Banking Law; Financial Services Law; Education Law; Public Entity; Administrative Law; Regulatory Law. Email: James P. Rankin | | Thomas L. Theis (Member) born Hastings, Nebraska, April 6, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: Washburn University of Topeka (A.B., 1973; J.D., with honors, 1976). Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi. Member, Moot Court Council. Member: Topeka, Kansas and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Tort and Insurance Practice Law) Bar Associations; Kansas Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research and Trial Lawyers Association; American Association of Hospital Attorneys; Kansas Association of Hospital Attorneys (Member, Board of Directors; President, 1996). (Resident). Practice Areas: Health Care; Professional Malpractice; Insurance Defense; Mediation; Dispute Resolution; Products Liability; Commercial Litigation; Complex Litigation. Email: Thomas L. Theis | | SPECIAL COUNSEL | | Robert A. Fox (Special Counsel) born Grand Island, Nebraska, April 25, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, Kansas. Education: Hastings College (B.A., 1976); University of South Dakota (J.D., 1979). Assistant General Counsel, State Corporation Commission, 1988-1993. Member: Topeka, Kansas and American Bar Associations. (Resident). Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Regulatory Law; Business Law; Appellate Practice. Email: Robert A. Fox | | Charles R. Hay (Special Counsel) born Clay Center, Kansas, October 5, 1950; admitted to bar, 1974, Kansas. Education: University of Kansas (B.S., 1972; J.D., 1974). Order of the Coif. Member, Kansas Law Review, 1973—. Co-Editor, Kansas Ethics Handbook. Lecturer, Insurance Law and Employee Benefits, Washburn University School of Law, 1980-1987, 2001-2005. Member: Topeka and Kansas (President, Young Lawyers Section, 1983) Bar Associations; Kansas Association of Hospital Attorneys (President, 1988); American Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Health Care; ERISA; Employee Benefits; Bankruptcy. | | Kyle J. Steadman (Special Counsel) born Wichita, Kansas, September 13, 1968; admitted to bar, 1995, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas. Education: Washburn University of Topeka (J.D., 1995). Member: Kansas Trial Lawyers Association; Association of Trial Lawyers of America. (Resident). Practice Areas: Professional Malpractice; Insurance Defense; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Litigation. Email: Kyle J. Steadman | | Marta Fisher Linenberger (Special Counsel) born Waukegan, Illinois, 1951; admitted to bar, 1985, Kansas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Washburn University of Topeka (B.A., summa cum laude, 1981; J.D., cum laude, 1985). Phi Delta Phi; Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Alpha Theta. Member, Board of Editors, 1983-1985 and Editor-in-Chief, 1984-1985, Washburn Law Journal. Adjunct Professor of Law, Washburn Law School, 1992-1993. Member: Topeka, Kansas (Member: Board of Editors, Kansas Bar Journal, 1986—) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Insurance Defense; Health Care Law; Labor and Employment Law. | | ASSOCIATE | | Kristopher M. Kellim (Associate) born Topeka, Kansas, January 22, 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, Kansas. Education: Kansas State University (B.A., Economics, cum laude, 2004); Washburn University of Topeka School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Practice Areas: Taxation; Business Law; Civil Litigation. | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Wichita, Kansas Office: Commerce Bank Center, 1551 North Waterfront Parkway, Suite 100, 67206-4466. Telephone: 316-267-6371. Fax: 316-267-6345.
Overland Park, Kansas Office: 9 Corporate Woods, Suite 450, 9200 Indian Creek Parkway, 66210-2017. Telephone: 913-498-2100. Fax: 913-498-2101.
| | (For additional biographical data, see Professional Biographies at Wichita, Overland Park, Kansas) | | Maintains an office in more than one location. |
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