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| | Address | | Suite 2000 Epic Center, 301 North Main Street | | Wichita, Kansas 67202 | | (Sedgwick Co.) | |  | Free Initial Consultation |
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| Hinkle Elkouri Law Firm L.L.C. practices in the following areas of law:
Administrative Law, Aviation Litigation, Banking and Secured Transactions, Bankruptcy, Insolvency - Debtor and Creditor Relations, Business Valuations, Civil Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Construction Litigation, Corporate and Business Law, Defense Trial and Appellate Practice, Elder Law, Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation, Employee Benefits and ERISA, Employment Law and Civil Rights Litigation, Estate and Business Succession Planning, Family Business Planning, Health Care, Insurance Defense, Legal Compliance, Medical Malpractice Litigation, Mergers and Acquisitions, Municipal Finance, Municipal Law, Oil and Gas Law, Probate and Trust Administration, Product Liability Litigation, Professional Negligence and Licensure Litigation, Real Estate Law, Securities Law, Tax Controversies and Litigation, Taxation, White Collar Criminal Law, Zoning, Planning and Land Use Law. | | Year Established: 1987 | Firm Profile:
Hinkle Elkouri Law Firm L.L.C. has developed a regional and national presence from our location in Wichita, Kansas, while serving a diverse client base with our solid advice and legal counsel. As a law firm representing clients throughout the Midwest and the nation, Hinkle Elkouri maintains a team of more than 40 attorneys along with a support staff of about 70 -- including a number of full-time legal assistants and accountants. All members of our firm ascribe to the same primary objective: to ensure the best possible service for our clients. | | Firm Size: 40 | Representative Clients:
Ade-Wifco Steel Products, Inc.; AgFirst Farm Credit Bank; AIG Insurance; AgriBank,FCB; Butler Transportation, Inc.; Capital Enterprises, Inc.; Cessna Aircraft Company; Chisholm Trail State Bank; Cincinnati Insurance Co.; Clark Investment Group; CoBank, ACB; College Hill OBGYN, P.A.; Cooper, Malone, McClain, Inc.; Dayton Electric; Evans Cattle Company; Farm Credit Bank of Texas; Finney County, Kansas; Genesis Health Clubs Management, L.L.C.; George K. Baum & Co.; Greely County, Kansas; GuideOne Insurance; Hawker Beechcraft Corporation; High Plains Farm Credit; House of Schwan, Inc.; Innco Hospitality Group; J.P. Weigand & Sons, Inc.; Jarden Corporation; Kansas Health Care Stabilization Fund; Kansas Health Plan; Kansas Masonic Home; Kansas Chamber of Commerce; Laham Development Company, LLC; Lancer Insurance Group; M & I Bank; Mitchell Energy Group; Nissan North America, Inc.; Noble Insurance; Petrohawk Energy Corporation; Petroleum, Inc.; Piper Jaffrey & Co.; Plastic Surgery Center, PA; Powermate, Inc.; Preferred Benefits Administrator Inc. (TPA); Preferred Health Insurance Company, Inc. (PPO); Preferred Health Systems, Inc.; Preferred Plus of Kansas (HMO); Price Truck Line; Proton Holdings, L.C.; Rand Graphics, Inc.; Sandlian Realty; Security Storage; Sedgwick County, Kansas; Seismic Ventures, Inc.; SK Properties, LP; Star Lumber and Supply Company; State Farm Fire and Casualty Insurance Company; Steven Enterprises, LLC; Steven Motor Group; Stifel, Nicolaus and Company, Inc.; The Coleman Company, Inc.; U.S. AgBank, FCB; Universal Lubricants, Inc.; Universal Motor Fuels, Inc.; Universal Products, Inc.; Vantage Point Properties, Inc.; Via Christi Regional Medical Center, Inc.; W. W. Grainger, Inc.; Washburn University; Wichita Anesthesiology Chtd.; Wichita Radiological Group, PA; Wichita Water Conditioning, Inc. | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
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Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Free Initial Consultation
Accepts Major Credit Cards
 Visa
MasterCard | | MEMBERS | | Hugh W. Gill (Member) born Wichita, Kansas, September 12, 1968; admitted to bar, 1995, Kansas, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas. Education: University of Kansas (B.S., 1991; M.B.A., 1995): University of Kansas, School of Law (J.D., 1995). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Wichita, Kansas and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate; Trust Administration; Guardianship and Conservatorship; Business Law; Business Successions; Business Valuation. Email: Hugh W. Gill | | Mitchell L. Herren (Member) born St. Louis, Missouri, February 25, 1963; admitted to bar, 1987, Missouri; Kansas; Texas; U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; Tenth Circuit. Education: Central Missouri State University (B.S., 1984); University of Missouri at Kansas City (J.D., 1987). Assistant General Counsel, Koch Industries, Inc., 1993-2001. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; Wichita, Kansas and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Products Liability; Commercial Litigation; Complex Litigation. Email: Mitchell L. Herren | | David S. Elkouri (Member) born Wichita, Kansas, November 10, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, California; 1979, Kansas, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 2004, Texas; U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Kansas (B.S., 1975; J.D., 1978). Research Editor, University of Kansas Law Review, 1977-1978. Former Adjunct Professor of Law in Business Planning at University of Kansas School of Law. Past President, Tax Section, Kansas Bar Association, 1988-1990 and Real Estate, Trust and Probate Section, 1985-1986. Member: Kansas Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Securities Law; Real Estate Law. Email: David S. Elkouri | | John R. Stallings (Member) born Caldwell, Kansas, February 23, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, Kansas, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: United States Military Academy and University of Kansas (A.B., 1964; J.D., with distinction, 1966). Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif. Member, Board of Editors, University of Kansas Law Review, 1965-1966. Member: Wichita, Kansas and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate-Commercial Law; Real Estate (Property) Law. Email: John R. Stallings | | Eric S. Namee (Member) born Wichita, Kansas, January 11, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Kansas, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit and U.S. Tax Court. Education: Wichita State University (B.B.A., 1980); University of Kansas (J.D., 1984). Certified Public Accountant, Kansas, 1981. Former Co-Author: Tax Law Chapter of Kansas Annual Survey of Law. Member: Wichita, Kansas (Past President, Tax Section) and American Bar Associations; American Society of Pensions Professionals & Actuaries; American Society of Attorney-CPAs; Gulf States IRS TE/GE Council. Practice Areas: Taxation Law; Tax Controversies; Employee Benefit Law. Email: Eric S. Namee | | David M. Rapp (Member) born Frankfurt, Germany, March 2, 1948; admitted to bar, 1976, Kansas; 2006, Texas; U.S. District Court, District of Kansas, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth, Tenth and Federal Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Wichita State University (B.A., 1970); Washburn University of Topeka (J.D., 1975). Phi Alpha Delta. Assistant Attorney General, Kansas, 1976-1977. Listed, Best Lawyers in America. Member: Wichita, Kansas and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; American Association for Justice. [U.S. Army, 1970-1973; U.S. Army Reserve, 1975-1995; Col. Retired]. Reported Cases: Jantz v. Muci (10th Circuit, 1992); City of Wichita v. Sealpak Co., Inc. (Kan 2005); U.S. v. Good (D. Kan 1990). Practice Areas: Eminent Domain Litigation; Employment Law; Employment Litigation; Business Litigation; White Collar Criminal Defense; Civil Rights; Securities Litigation. Email: David M. Rapp | | Dan C. Peare (Member) born Wichita, Kansas, November 9, 1960; admitted to bar, 1988, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas. Education: Wichita State University (B.B.A., cum laude, 1982; M.B.A., 1985); University of Kansas (J.D., 1988). Phi Delta Phi. Author: "Federal Estate, Gift and Generation-Skipping Tax," Chapter 7, Kansas Estate Administration Handbook; "Probate Avoidance Devices," Kansas Bar Association, April 2002; "Tax Cases and Rulings Affecting the Estate and Business Succession Planner," Coleman published quarter-annually, Kansas Bar Association Real Property, Probate and Trust Newsletter, 2003—; "Estate Planning for the Second Marriage (or Third ... or Fourth)," Journal of Taxation of Investments, Summer 2007. Member: Wichita, Kansas (Executive Committee Member: Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section; Continuing Legal Education Liaison) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate Planning Law; Asset Protection; Business Planning Law; Business Valuations; Business Succession Planning. Email: Dan C. Peare | | L. Dale Ward (Member) born Yates Center, Kansas, January 24, 1955; admitted to bar, 1990, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas. Education: Pittsburg State University of Kansas (B.A., 1977); University of Kansas (M.P.A., 1979); Washburn University of Topeka (J.D., cum laude, 1990). Phi Kappa Phi. Member, 1988-1990 and Editor-in-Chief, 1989-1990, Washburn Law Journal. City Administrator, Lindsborg, Kansas, 1986-1987. Assistant City Manager, Largo, Florida, 1979-1982. Member: Wichita, Kansas and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Real Estate Law; Business Transactions; Mergers and Acquisitions; Securities Law. Email: L. Dale Ward | | Connie D. Tatum (Member) born Altus, Oklahoma, May 14, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Oklahoma; 1991, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; 2002, Texas. Education: Oklahoma State University (B.S., 1984); University of Oklahoma (J.D., with honors, 1987). Order of the Coif; Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Alpha Delta. Note Editor, Oklahoma Law Review, 1985-1987. Member: Wichita, Kansas, Oklahoma and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Fellow, Kansas Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Real Estate Law; Securities Law; Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: Connie D. Tatum | | Roger M. Theis (Member) born Arkansas City, Kansas, September 22, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Kansas, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., with distinction, 1970); University of Michigan (J.D., 1973). Law Clerk to the Honorable Howard C. Bratton, U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico, 1973-1974. Assistant Attorney General, Kansas, 1975-1977. Assistant United States Attorney, District of Kansas, 1977-1981. Member: Wichita, Kansas and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Appellate Practice; Constitutional Law; Education Law. Email: Roger M. Theis | | Michael D. Herd (Member) born Coldwater, Kansas, June 15, 1957; admitted to bar, 1983, Kansas, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: Westminster College (B.A., 1979); Washburn University of Topeka (J.D., 1982). Member: Wichita, Kansas and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Business Transactions; Probate; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: Michael D. Herd | | James Scott MacBeth (Member) born Calgary, Alberta, Canada, April 13, 1963; admitted to bar, 1993, Kansas, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas and U.S. Tax Court. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.S., 1989); Washburn University of Topeka (J.D., magna cum laude, 1992); New York University (LL.M.in Taxation, 1993). Member, 1990-1992 and Technical Editor, 1991-1992, Washburn Law Journal. Member: Wichita and Kansas Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Taxation; Tax Controversies; Employee Benefits; Municipal Finance. Email: James Scott MacBeth | | J. Scott Pohl (Member) born Eureka, Kansas, April 21, 1965; admitted to bar, 1990, Kansas, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., 1987); Washburn University of Topeka (J.D., 1990). Member, 1989-1990 and Research Editor, 1990, Washburn Law Journal. Judicial Clerk, Kansas Court of Appeals, 1990-1991. Law Clerk to the Honorable John K. Pearson, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, District of Kansas, 1991-1993. Co-Author: Note, "Bankruptcy and Divorce in Kansas," 29 Washburn Law Journal 551, 1990. Member: Wichita and Kansas Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Bankruptcy and Insolvency; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: J. Scott Pohl | | J. Philip Davidson (Member) born Fort Worth, Texas, April 28, 1965; admitted to bar, 1990, Kansas; 1991, Missouri. Education: University of Kansas (B.G.S., 1987); Washburn University (J.D., 1990). Phi Delta Phi. Listed: Kansas and Missouri Super Lawyers, 2005 and 2006; Best Lawyers in America, 2007. Member: Kansas Bar Association; The Missouri Bar; Kansas Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; Trucking Industry Defense Association; ALFA International. Practice Areas: Insurance; Products Liability; Construction Liability; Professional Liability; Civil Litigation; Transportation. Email: J. Philip Davidson | | Gregory S. Young (Member) born Manhattan, Kansas, February 8, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; 2006, Texas. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., 1992); University of Nebraska at Lincoln (J.D., 1995). Member: Wichita, Kansas and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute; Kansas Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Professional Liability; Construction Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Nursing Home Liability; Hospital Liability; Products Liability; Health Care; Trucking Liability. Email: Gregory S. Young | | Steven P. Smith (Member) born Arcadia, California, March 27, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: Wichita State University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1985); University of Kansas (J.D., with honors, 1988). Member: National Moot Court Team, 1987-1988. Moot Court Competition, Best Brief, 1986. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Insurance Law, 1987. Contributing Editor, "Group Health Plans: Federal Mandates other than COBRA and HIPAA," Employee Benefits Institute of America, 2003. In-house Counsel for Thorn Americas, Inc., 1991-1998. Research Attorney for the Hon. Robert E. Davis, Kansas Court of Appeals, 1988-1990. Member: Wichita and Kansas Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Employee Benefits. Email: Steven P. Smith | | Amy J. Liebau (Member) born Abilene, Kansas, November 19, 1972; admitted to bar, 1997, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit and U.S. Tax Court. Education: Emporia State University (B.S., Psychology, 1994); Washburn University of Topeka (J.D., cum laude, 1997). Phi Alpha Delta. Member of Washburn Law Journal, 1996-1997. Member: Wichita, Kansas and American Bar Associations; American Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Taxation; Business Law; Health Care Law; Real Estate. Email: Amy J. Liebau | | Kenneth R. Lang (Member) born York, Nebraska, October 31, 1948; admitted to bar, 1977, Nebraska; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court; 1987, Kansas; 1990, Texas; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth and Eleventh Circuits, U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Texas and U.S. District Court, Western District of Illinois; U.S. District Court, District of Wisconsin. Education: United States Naval Academy, Texas Lutheran College; Kearney State College (B.S., 1974); University of Nebraska (J.D., 1976). Phi Alpha Delta; Psi Chi. Arbitrator, Aviation Defense Managers Council, Arbitration Panel, 1989-1999. Member: Wichita, Nebraska State and Kansas Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Defense Research Institute (Co-Chair; Member, Fire and Property Damages SLG); Kansas Association of Defense Counsel; Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association. [With: U.S. Navy, 1967-1968; U.S. Army, 1968-1971]. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Aviation and Aerospace; Litigation; Insurance Defense. Email: Kenneth R. Lang | | Scott R. Schillings (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, April 19, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit and U.S. District Court, District of Arizona; 2003, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin; U.S. District Court, District of Arizona. Education: Oklahoma State University (B.S., Political Science, 1990); University of Kansas (J.D., 1993). Member: Wichita, Kansas and American Bar Associations; Kansas Bar Foundation; Defense Research Institute; Kansas Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Insurance Coverage. Email: Scott R. Schillings | | Amy M. Decker (Member) born Dodge City, Kansas, January 3, 1973; admitted to bar, 1998, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Wichita State University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1995); University of Kansas (J.D., 1998). Member, 1996-1997 and Articles Editor, 1997-1998, Kansas Law Review. Law Clerk, Honorable J. Thomas Marten, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas. Member: Wichita, Kansas and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Products Liability. Email: Amy M. Decker | | Ipek Candan Snyder (Member) born Istanbul, Turkey, January 2, 1972; admitted to bar, 1999, New York; 2006, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas. Education: New York University (B.A., cum laude, 1994); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., summa cum laude, 1998). International Business Law Fellow, 1996-1998. Associate Managing Editor, Brooklyn Law Review, 1997-1998. Member, Board of Trustees, Brooklyn Law School, 2001-2002. Formerly with Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, New York City, 1998-2003. Member: Wichita, Kansas and New York State Bar Associations. Languages: French and Turkish. Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Law; Securities Law; Business Law. Email: Ipek Candan Snyder | | Donna F. Bohn (Member) born Manhattan, Kansas, December 6, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, Kansas; 1992, Minnesota. Education: Kansas State University (B.S., 1987); Washburn University of Topeka (J.D., 1990). Formerly with Koch Industries, Inc., Wichita. Member: Wichita, Kansas and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Business Law. Email: Donna F. Bohn | | Travis L. Counts (Member) born Sewickley, Pennsylvania, November 27, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Kansas. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 2000); Tulane University Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 2003). Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Securities; Corporate Law; Commercial Real Estate; Business Law; Secured Finance; Structured Finance; Equity Finance. Email: Travis L. Counts | | Geron J. Bird (Member) born 1973; admitted to bar, 2001, Kansas; 2006, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin; 2007, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., 1996); University of Kansas School of Law (J.D., 2001). Member: Wichita and Kansas Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Torts; Federal Civil Litigation; Defense Litigation. Email: Geron J. Bird | | SENIOR COUNSEL | | Winton M. Hinkle (Senior Counsel) born Hays, Kansas, March 2, 1942; admitted to bar, 1968, Kansas, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: Emporia State University (B.S., 1964); Washburn University of Topeka (J.D., magna cum laude, 1968). Phi Alpha Delta; Pi Gamma Mu. Editor-in-Chief, Washburn Law Journal, 1967-1968. Member, New York Stock Exchange Arbitration Panel, 1988—. Member: Wichita, Kansas and American Bar Associations; National Association of Bond Lawyers; American College of Bond Counsel. Practice Areas: Municipal Finance Law; Business Law; Securities Law. Email: Winton M. Hinkle | | OF COUNSEL | | M. Duane Coyle (Of Counsel) born Oklahoma, August 18, 1956; admitted to bar, 1980, Kansas; 2000, Florida; U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri. Education: Fort Hays State University (B.A., 1977); Washburn University (J.D., 1980). Formerly with: McMaster & McMaster; Wallace, Saunders Austin Brown & Enochs; Luks & Santaniello. Member: Wichita and Kansas Bar Associations; The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Premises Liability; Products Liability; Construction Liability; Employment Law; Professional Liability; Transportation Liability. Email: M. Duane Coyle | | John K. Pearson (Of Counsel) born St. Paul, Minnesota, November 15, 1945; admitted to bar, 1974, Kansas and California (inactive). Education: Ludwig-Albert University, Freiburg, Germany; University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.A., 1968); Hastings College of Law, University of California (J.D., 1973). Editor and Chapter Author: "Kansas Bar Association Bankruptcy Handbook," 3d ed. 1995. Co-Author: "Kansas Bar Association Personal Property Secured Transactions Handbook," 2d ed. 1994; "National Association of Credit Management Manual of Commercial Laws," NACM 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1995. Professor of Law, Presidents College School of Law, Wichita, Kansas, 2000-2003. Assistant United States Trustee, 1979-1982. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge: District of Kansas, 1986-2000; Tenth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, 1995-2000. Member, Board of Directors, American Board of Certification. Approved Mediator, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas and U.S. Bankruptcy Courts for the Southern District of New York and Delaware. Member: Wichita, Kansas and American Bar Associations; American College of Bankruptcy (Charter Fellow); American Bankruptcy Institute (Secretary and Board Member); National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges (Board Member and Secretary, 1999-2000). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Commercial Law. Email: John K. Pearson | | Bradley J. Schlozman (Of Counsel) born Kansas City, Missouri, February 6, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Kansas; 1997, Missouri; 1999, District of Columbia. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., magna cum laude, with distinction, 1993); George Washington University (J.D., with honors, 1996). Law Clerk to Chief U.S. District Judge G.T. Van Bebber, District of Kansas, 1996-1998; Law Clerk to U.S. Circuit Judge Mary Beck Briscoe, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 1998-1999. Member: Wichita and Kansas Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; Labor and Employment; Taxation. Email: Bradley J. Schlozman | | ASSOCIATES | | Brian L. White (Associate) born Colby, Kansas, March 26, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas. Education: Ft. Hays State University (B.A., 1999); University of Kansas (J.D., 2002). Author: Comment, "Potential Federal & State Constitutional Barriers to the Success of School Vouchers," 49 U. Kan. L. Rev. 889 (May 2001). Member: Wichita, Kansas and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Litigation; Civil Litigation. Email: Brian L. White | | Ruhe C. Wadud Rutter (Associate) born Saint Louis, Missouri, August 6, 1973; admitted to bar, 2002, Virginia; 2003, Kansas. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., French, 1996; B.S., Business Administration, 1997); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (J.D., 2002). Author: Note, "Allowing Employers to Discriminate in the Hiring Process under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act: the Case of Reyes-Gaona," 27 N.C.J. Int'l L. and Com. Reg. 301-334 (2001). Member: Wichita, Kansas and American Bar Associations. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; ERISA. Email: Ruhe C. Wadud Rutter | | Eric W. Barth (Associate) born Wichita, Kansas, January 5, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; 2006, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., Political Science, 2000; J.D., 2003). Member: Wichita, Kansas and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Employment Law; Eminent Domain. Email: Eric W. Barth | | Kari D. Coultis (Associate) born Topeka, Kansas, May 9, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Kansas. Education: University of Kansas (B.S., Accounting and Business Administration, 1999; Master of Accounting and Information Systems, 2000; J.D., 2003). Certified Public Accountant, 2003. Member: Wichita, Kansas (Member, Section on: Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law) and American (Member, Section on: Real Property, Probate and Trust Law) Bar Associations; American Society of Women Accountants; Kansas Society of Certified Public Accountants; National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Business Valuation; Probate; Taxation. Email: Kari D. Coultis | | Jennifer R. Johnson (Associate) born 1981; admitted to bar, 2005, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; 2007, Missouri. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., Political Science, with honors, highest distinction, 2002; J.D., 2005); Order of the Coif. Member: Wichita, Kansas and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense. Email: Jennifer R. Johnson | | P. Jay Skolaut (Associate) born 1981; admitted to bar, 2005, Kansas, Nebraska and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas. Education: Creighton University (B.S., Business Administration, magna cum laude, 2003; J.D., cum laude, 2005). Member: Wichita, Kansas, Nebraska State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense; Transportation. Email: P. Jay Skolaut | | James Corwin Spencer (Associate) born Oakley, Kansas, April 22, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Kansas. Education: Kansas State University (B.S., summa cum laude, 1993); University of Kansas (J.D., 1996). Member: Wichita and Kansas Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; ERISA; Employment Law and Litigation. Email: James Corwin Spencer | | Matthew D. Wright (Associate) born Wellington, Kansas, May 25, 1977; admitted to bar, 2004, Missouri; 2005, Kansas; U.S. District Court, District of Kansas, U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 2000); University of Kansas (J.D., 2004). Member: Wichita and Kansas Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Products Liability; Torts; Civil Litigation. Email: Matthew D. Wright | | John W. Broomes (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, 1969; admitted to bar, 2003, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.S., Petroleum Engineering, 1991); Washburn University of Topeka (J.D., 2002). Member: Wichita, Kansas and American Bar Associations. [Lieutenant, U.S. Navy Submarine Force, 1991-1996]. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Oil and Gas Law. Email: John W. Broomes | | Matthew K. Holcomb (Associate) born Wichita, Kansas, 1979; admitted to bar, 2007, Kansas. Education: Appalachian Bible College (B.A., 2001); Washburn University of Topeka School of Law (J.D., 2007). Member: Wichita, Kansas and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Litigation. Email: Matthew K. Holcomb | | Melissa M. Mangan (Associate) born 1981; admitted to bar, 2007, Kansas. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., Political Science, 2003; B.S., Business Administration, 2004); Washburn University of Topeka School of Law (J.D., with honors, 2007). Member: Wichita, Kansas and American Bar Associations. Email: Melissa M. Mangan | | Ryan D. Farley (Associate) born Wichita, Kansas; admitted to bar, 2006, Kansas; U.S. District Court, District of Kansas. Education: Emporia State University (B.A., History, 1997); Washburn University School of Law (J.D., 2006). Member: Wichita, Kansas and American Bar Associations. Email: Ryan D. Farley | Other Office Addresses:
Other Kansas Office, Wichita: 8621 East 21st Street North, Suite 200, 67206. Telephone: 316-267-2000. Fax: 316-630-8375.
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