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Address
1600 Epic Center
301 North Main Street
Wichita, Kansas 67202-4888 (Sedgwick Co.)
Average Client Review Rating
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Average Peer Review Rating
4.4
out of 5
(Main Office) Statement of PracticeAntitrust, Appellate Practice, Aviation Finance, Bankruptcy, Business, Corporate, Criminal, Divorce, Environmental, Family, Franchise, International, Labor and Employment, Litigation, Medical Malpractice, Mergers and Acquisitions, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Real Estate, Securities, Taxation, Trusts and Estates. Year Established: 1971
Firm Size: 25
Representative Clients:AIG Insurance Companies
American Family Insurance Group
Aviation Associates Credit Union
Board of County Commissioners of Sedgwick County, Kansas
Chance Rides Manufacturing, Inc.
Choice Solutions, L.L.C.
Executive AirShare Corporation
Gorges Motor Co. (Volvo)
Great West Casualty Company
Jayhawk Pipeline, L.L.C.
JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA
Kansas Health Care Stabilization Fund
Kansas Medical Center, L.L.C.
Kansas Medical Mutual Insurance Co.
Kansas World Trade Center
MedAppz, LLC
Mel Hambelton Ford, Inc.
National Catastrophe Restoration, Inc.
National Cooperative Refinery Association
Newman University
Papa Johns of Wichita L.L.C.
Prudential Capital Group
Scholfield Automobile Dealerships, Inc. (Acura, GMC, Honda, Jaguar, Lexus, Mercedes Benz, Pontiac, Porsche)
Southwest Distributing Co. (Coors/Miller)
St. Paul Fire and Marine
Sunflower Bank, N.A.
Wells Fargo Equipment Finance, Inc.
Wichita Area Builders Association
Wichita Automobile Dealers Association
Winglet Technology, LLC
Workmen's Compensation Fund for the State of Kansas
Yellow Book Sales and Distribution Company, Inc.
Address1600 Epic Center
301 North Main Street
Wichita, KS 67202-4888, (Sedgwick Co.)
PhonePhone: 316-267-0331
Telecopier: 316-267-0333
Website
http://www.kmazlaw.com
Office HoursMonday: 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
B. W. Zuercher (1931-2008).
L. D. Klenda (1937-1996).
Alexander B. Mitchell, II (Member) born Honolulu, Hawaii, April 22, 1945; admitted to bar, 1973, Kansas, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: University of Kansas (B.S., 1971; J.D., 1973). Member, University of Kansas Law Review, 1972-1973. Law Clerk to Chief Judge Wesley E. Brown, U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, 1973-1975. Member: Wichita, Kansas and American Bar Associations; Kansas Association for Justice; American Association for Justice. [Lt. Col., USAR Ret]. Practice Areas: Litigation; Business Torts; Complex Litigation; Directors and Officers Liability; Securities Litigation; Labor and Employment.Email: Alexander B. Mitchell, II
Gary M. Austerman (Member) born Wichita, Kansas, June 6, 1948; admitted to bar, 1974, Kansas. Education: Wichita State University (B.A., 1970); Washburn University of Topeka (J.D., 1974). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, American Board of Trial Advocates. Member: Wichita (Member, Board of Governors, 1986-1988), Kansas and American (Member, Sections on Litigation and Franchise Law) Bar Associations; Kansas Association of Defense Counsel. Reported Cases: Noel v. Pizza Management, Inc., 258 Kan. 3, 899 P.2d 1013 (1995). Practice Areas: Medical and Tort Litigation; Business Litigation; Franchise Law.Email: Gary M. Austerman
John V. Wachtel (Member) born Fort Riley, Kansas, December 26, 1944; admitted to bar, 1974, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas. Education: Emporia Kansas State College (B.A., 1968); Washburn University of Topeka (J.D., 1973). Member: Wichita, Sedgwick County (Vice Chair, Criminal Practice Committee, 1995-1996), Kansas and American (Member, Sections on: Natural Resources and Environmental Law; Criminal Justice; Litigation) Bar Associations; Kansas Association for Justice; American Association for Justice; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Kansas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Reported Cases: State v. Ribadeneria, 15 Kan. App. 2d 734, 817 P.2d 1105 (1991); Bethlehem Steel Corp. v. National Cooperative Refinery Association, 19 Kan. App. 2d 330, 871 P.2d 1282 (1994); United States v. Singleton, 144 F.2d 539 (10th Cir., Kan. 1998), 165 F.3d 1297 (10th Cir., Kan. 1999) and United States v. Carey, -F.3d, 1999 WL 215669 (10th Cir., Kan. 1999). Practice Areas: Federal and State Criminal Law; Environmental and Toxic Tort Litigation; Business Litigation; Cooperative Law.Email: John V. Wachtel
J. Michael Morris (Member) born Independence, Kansas, December 5, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1991, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., 1973; J.D., 1976). Research Attorney, Kansas Court of Appeals, 1977-1978. Chief Staff Attorney, Kansas Appellate Courts, 1978-1982. Member, Private Panel of Bankruptcy Trustees, District of Kansas, 1984. Member: Wichita, Kansas and American (Member, 1989, and Chairman, 1993, Local Rules Committee, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Kansas) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Law; Appellate Law; Commercial Law.Email: J. Michael Morris
Jeffrey D. Peier (Member) born Washington, D.C., October 30, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas. Education: Ft. Hays State University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1980; B.A., magna cum laude, 1980); University of Kansas (J.D., 1983). Phi Kappa Phi. Member, Moot Court Council. Member: Wichita, Kansas and American (Member, Section of Business Law; Forum on Air and Space Law) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Aircraft Finance; Corporate Law; Securities; Securities Offerings; Mergers and Acquisitions.Email: Jeffrey D. Peier
Scott A. Eads (Member) born Meade, Kansas, May 25, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Kansas. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., 1983); Washburn University of Topeka (J.D., with honors, 1986); University of Denver (LL.M., in Taxation, 1987). Phi Delta Phi. Associate Comment Editor, Washburn Law Journal, 1984-1986. Co-Author: Note, "The Home Satellite Dish Antenna: Will the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 Descramble the Unauthorized Viewing Controversy?" 25 Washburn Law Journal 66, 1985. Author: "Charitable Remainder Trust - Planning Beyond the Charitable Deduction," The Journal of the Kansas Bar Association, Vol. 61, No. 3, 1992. Member: Wichita, Kansas and American (Member, Sections on Business Law and Taxation) Bar Associations; National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Taxation (Local, Personal, Property, State, Federal); Municipal Finance Law; Corporate Law; Limited Liability Company Law; Secured Lending; Aircraft Finance.Email: Scott A. Eads
John B. Gilliam (Member) born Washington, Kansas, March 21, 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, Kansas. Education: Kansas State University (B.S., cum laude, 1983; M.S., 1984); Washburn University of Topeka (J.D., 1986). Order of Barristers; Vice President, Moot Court Council, Jurcyk-Royle Oral Advocacy Competition Winner; Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Wichita, Kansas and American Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Burrowwood Associates, Inc. v. Safelite Glass Corp., 18 Kan. App. 2d 396, 853 P.2d 1175 (1993); St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Inc. v. Bowles, 251 Kan. 334, 836 P.2nd 1123 (1992); Simon v. National Farmers Organization, Inc., 250 Kan. 676, 829 P.2d 884 (1992). Practice Areas: Litigation; Trial Practice; UCC; Business Torts.Email: John B. Gilliam
Gregory B. Klenda (Member) born Wichita, Kansas, July 9, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Kansas. Education: Arizona State University (B.S., 1984); Washburn University of Topeka (J.D., 1987). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Wichita, Kansas and American (Member, Section of Business Law) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities; Securities Offerings; Mergers and Acquisitions.Email: Gregory B. Klenda
Christopher A. McElgunn (Member) born Pensacola, Florida, January 25, 1960; admitted to bar, 1987, Kansas. Education: Fort Hays State University (B.A., cum laude, 1982); St. Mary of the Plains College (B.A., 1983); Washburn University of Topeka (J.D., with honors, 1987). Associate Comment Editor, 1985-1986 and Notes Editor, 1986-1987, Washburn Law Journal. Member: Wichita, Kansas, Federal and American (Member, Forum Committee on Franchising) Bar Associations; Kansas Association for Justice; American Association for Justice. Practice Areas: Litigation; Franchise Law; Antitrust Law; Commercial Law.Email: Christopher A. McElgunn
Todd E. Shadid (Member) born Wichita, Kansas, August 30, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, Kansas. Education: Oxford College of Emory University (A.A., 1988); Emory University, Atlanta (B.A., 1990); Kansas University (J.D., 1994). Legal Authorship: "Indian Criminal Justice System Clarified," University Kansas Law Review Criminal Procedure Ed., 1994. Member: Wichita, Kansas and American Bar Associations; Kansas Association for Justice; American Association for Justice. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Consumer Law; Uniform Commercial Code; Business Torts; Litigation.Email: Todd E. Shadid
Paul C. Herr (Member) born Emporia, Kansas, March 29, 1950; admitted to bar, 1987, Kansas. Education: Wichita State University (B.B.A., 1975; M.B.A., 1984); Washburn University of Topeka (J.D., cum laude, 1987). Certified Public Accountant, Kansas, 1977. Member: Wichita, Kansas and American Bar Associations. Special Agencies: Presbyterian Manors, Inc. v. Douglas County, Kansas, No. 81, 779 (Kan., filed Feb. 4, 2000); King v. Estate of King, 25 Kan. App. 2d 335, 962 P.2d 1118 (Kan. Ct. App., 1998). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate; Business Law; Real Estate; Corporate Law.Email: Paul C. Herr
Chad S. Nelson (Member) born Salina, Kansas, January 2, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas. Education: Fort Hays State University (B.A., 1997); University of Kansas (J.D., 2000). Member: Wichita, Kansas and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Aircraft Finance and Leasing; Corporate Law; Securities; Real Estate; Mergers and Acquisitions; International Law.Email: Chad S. Nelson
Christopher James Vinduska (Member) born Wichita, Kansas, May 23, 1970; admitted to bar, 1998, Kansas; 2000, Missouri and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri. Education: Emporia State University (B.A., 1992); Washburn University of Topeka (J.D., 1998). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Wichita, Kansas and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Domestic Relations; Litigation.Email: Christopher James Vinduska
David W. Steed (Member) born Corydon, Indiana, March 5, 1955; admitted to bar, 1986, Kansas. Education: University of Indianapolis (B.A., magna cum laude; 1977); Indiana University (J.D., 1982). Phi Alpha Delta. Editor, Indiana Law Review, 1981-1982. Deputy Attorney General, Indiana, 1980. Law Clerk, Marion County Superior Court, 1981-1982. Member: Wichita, Kansas and American Bar Associations.Email: David W. Steed
Michelle L. Brenwald (Member) born Ashtabula, Ohio, May 13, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Kansas. Education: Capital University (B.A., 1996); Washburn University (J.D., 1999). Member: Wichita, Kansas and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Tort Defense; Insurance Defense; Complex Litigation.Email: Michelle L. Brenwald
Sarah L. Newell (Member) born Wichita, Kansas, April 21, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Kansas; 2000, Missouri. Education: University of Kansas (B.G.S., 1996; J.D., 1998). Law Clerk to the Honorable John K. Pearson, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, 1999-2000 and the Honorable Robert E. Nugent, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, 2000-2002. Member: Wichita, Kansas and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Reorganization; Corporate Reorganization; Bankruptcy Chapter 7; Bankruptcy Chapter 13.Email: Sarah L. Newell
——————————Todd M. Allison (Associate) born Pawnee City, Nebraska, May 1, 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, Kansas. Education: Kansas State University (B.S.E.D., 1991); Washburn University School of Law (J.D., 1995). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Honor Code Committee, Washburn University, 1994. Member: Wichita, Kansas and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Chapter 7; Bankruptcy Chapter 13; Commercial Collections; Domestic Relations; Commercial Law; Civil Litigation.Email: Todd M. Allison
Ethan B. Domke (Associate) born McPherson, Kansas, May 7, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Massachusetts, 2007, Kansas. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., honors program graduate, 2001); University of Iowa College of Law (J.D., 2005). Member: Wichita, Kansas and Boston Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Aircraft Finance; Business and Corporate; Business Entity Formation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Securities Regulations and Finance and Venture Capital.Email: Ethan B. Domke
Chasity M. Helm (Associate) born Kingman, Kansas, March 23, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas. Education: Wichita State University (B.A., magna cum laude, 2001); Washburn University (J.D., 2004). Phi Alpha Delta (Alumni Liaison, 2002-2003). Member: Wichita, Kansas and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation.Email: Chasity M. Helm
Linda L. Small (Associate) born San Diego, California, 1963; admitted to bar, 2005, Kansas. Education: Wichita State University (B.S., magna cum laude, 2000); Washburn Law School (J.D., 2004). Member: Wichita (Member, Sections on: Summer Internship, Business, Family Law), Kansas and American Bar Associations; Kansas Association for Justice; American Association for Justice; Wichita Woman Attorney Association (Board Member). Practice Areas: Social Security Disability; Family Law; Criminal Law; Civil Litigation.Email: Linda L. Small
Michael J. Wyatt (Associate) born Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas. Education: Washburn University of Topeka (B.A., Philosophy, Economics, summa cum laude, 2004; J.D., with honors, 2007). Member: Wichita, Kansas and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation.Email: Michael J. Wyatt
OF COUNSELVincent L. Bogart (Of Counsel) born Kirwin, Kansas, June 8, 1922; admitted to bar, 1955, Kansas. Education: Kansas State University (B.S., 1953); Washburn University of Topeka (J. D., 1955). Delta Theta Phi. Member, State Legislature, 1957-1959. Commissioner, Wichita, Kansas, 1963-1967. Mayor, Wichita, Kansas, 1964-1965. Member: Wichita, Kansas and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation Law; Personal Injury Law; Probate Law; Estate Planning.
Carlos J. Nolla-Corretjer (Of Counsel) born Glendale, Arizona, June 2, 1962; admitted to bar, 1993, Kansas; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: Wichita State University (B.A., Psychology, 1989); University of Kansas (J.D., 1993). Congressional Aide, U.S. Representative Dan Glickman, 4th District Kansas, 1988-1990. Commissioner, Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission, 1999. Member: Wichita, Kansas and American Bar Associations; American Immigration Lawyers Association. (Also practicing individually). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Immigration and Naturalization; Citizenship; Deportation; Investor Visas; Permanent Visas.
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