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| | Address | | Old Town Square, 300 N. Mead, Suite 200 | | Wichita, Kansas 67202-2745 | | (Sedgwick Co.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Morris, Laing, Evans, Brock & Kennedy,
Chartered practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil and Trial Practice. Corporate Law, Real Estate, Oil and Gas, Litigation, Antitrust, Securities, Taxation, Banking, Bankruptcy, Product Liability, Mergers and Acquisitions, Probate and Estate Planning, Labor and Employment Law, Administrative Law, Utility and Energy Law, Construction Law, Family Law and Trucking Accident Litigation. | | Year Established: 1945 | Firm Profile:
Over the past six decades, Morris, Laing, Evans, Brock & Kennedy, Chartered, has become one of the largest and most respected law firms in Kansas. Remaining true to its founders' commitment to deliver superior and innovative legal services in a timely, conscientious and ethical manner and to be zealous advocates and devoted counselors, Morris, Laing today serves a diverse group of individual and corporate clients with a broad range of services encompassing most areas of the law. | | Firm Size: 34 | Representative Clients:
Emprise Bank; USBank, Topeka; Southwest National Bank; Union State Bank; Community National Bank; Heritage Bank; Cabot Corp.; Chesapeake Operating, Inc.; Graham-Michaelis Corporation; Koch Industries; Osage Resources; XTO Energy, Inc.; Osage Resources; American Energies Company; Presco Western, LLC; TGT Petroleum Corporation; Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc.; Shawmar Oli & Gas Company; Anadarko Petroleum Corporation; Butler County Community College; Cargill Meat Solutions; Dillon Stores Division of Dillon Companies, Inc.; Hutchinson Community College; KSN; Midwest Drywall Co., Inc.; American Express Financial Advisors, Inc.; Regency of Kansas, Inc.; Verizon; P.B. Hoidale Co., Inc.; Southcentral Pathology, P.A.; University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita Medical Practice Association. |
Other Office Locations of Morris, Laing, Evans, Brock & Kennedy,
Chartered
Topeka, Kansas, U.S.A.
| | Ralph R. Brock (Member) born Pawnee Rock, Kansas, June 5, 1926; admitted to bar, 1952, Kansas. Education: University of Kansas (A.B., 1950; LL.B., 1952). Phi Beta Kappa. Practice Areas: Oil and Gas Law. Email: Ralph R. Brock | | Robert I. Guenthner (Member) born Wichita, Kansas, June 21, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, Kansas. Education: University of Kansas (A.B., 1964; J.D., 1967). Order of the Coif; Phi Beta Kappa. Associate Editor, University of Kansas Law Review, 1966-1967. Fellow: American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Practice Areas: Probate; Trusts and Estates; Taxation; Business Law; Banks and Banking. Email: Robert I. Guenthner | | Ken M. Peterson (Member) born Mitchell, South Dakota, May 3, 1946; admitted to bar, 1971, Kansas. Education: University of South Dakota (B.A., 1968; J.D., 1971). Associate Editor, South Dakota Law Review, 1970-1971. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Ken M. Peterson | | Robert D. Overman (Member) born December 21, 1947; admitted to bar, 1973, Kansas. Education: Kansas State University (B.A., 1970); University of Kansas (J.D., 1973). Member, Board of Editors, Kansas Law Review, 1972-1973. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Community College Law; Civil Employment Litigation; Education Law; Employment Civil Rights. Email: Robert D. Overman | | A. J. Schwartz, Jr. (Member) born Salina, Kansas, February 23, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Kansas. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1974); University of Kansas (J.D., 1977). Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Business Law; Oil and Gas Law; Banks and Banking. Email: A. J. Schwartz, Jr. | | Donald E. Schrag (Member) born Pretty Prairie, Kansas, June 8, 1949; admitted to bar, 1978, Kansas. Education: Bethel College (B.A., 1971); University of Kansas (J.D., 1977). Order of the Coif. Member, University of Kansas Law Review, 1976-1977. Practice Areas: Oil and Gas Law; Banks and Banking; Real Estate; Business Acquisitions; Corporate Commercial Law. Email: Donald E. Schrag | | William B. Sorensen, Jr. (Member) born Great Bend, Kansas, February 8, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Kansas. Education: Kansas State University (B.S., 1975); University of Kansas (J.D., 1978). Member, University of Kansas Law Review, 1977-1978. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Business Law; Banks and Banking. Email: William B. Sorensen, Jr. | | Jeffery L. Carmichael (Member) born Cedar Falls, Iowa. September 23. 1953; admitted to bar, 1981, Kansas. Education: University of Northern Iowa (B.A., 1976); Wichita State University (M.A., 1978); University of Kansas (J.D., 1981). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Jeffery L. Carmichael | | Robert W. Coykendall (Member) born Wichita, Kansas, March 11, 1955; admitted to bar, 1979, Kansas. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., 1976; M.A., 1979; J.D., 1979). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Associate Editor, University of Kansas Law Review, 1978-1979. Law Clerk, Hon. Frank G. Theis, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas, 1979-1981. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Robert W. Coykendall | | Robert K. Anderson (Member) born Salina, Kansas, April 4, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Kansas. Education: Kansas State University (B.S., 1981); University of Kansas (J.D., 1984). Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; Kansas Society of Certified Public Accountants. Practice Areas: Probate; Taxation; Corporate Law; Trusts and Estates; Business Law. Email: Robert K. Anderson | | Susan R. Schrag (Member) born Moundridge, Kansas, May 31, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, Kansas. Education: Friends University (B.A., 1977); Baylor University (J.D., 1981). Member, Baylor Law Review, 1980-1981. Member: National Order of Barristers (1980-1981). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Susan R. Schrag | | Karl R. Swartz (Member) born Falfurrias, Texas, October 24, 1956; admitted to bar, 1985, Kansas. Education: Wichita State University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1980); University of Kansas (J.D., 1985). Order of the Coif. Note and Comment Editor, University of Kansas Law Review, 1984-1985. Practice Areas: Banking Law; Oil and Gas; Real Estate. Email: Karl R. Swartz | | Roger L. Theis (Member) born Kingman, Kansas, August 16, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, Kansas. Education: Wichita State University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1982); Georgetown University (J.D., cum laude, 1986). Practice Areas: Probate; Real Estate; Corporate Law; Banks and Banking; Business Law. Email: Roger L. Theis | | Richard F. Hayse (Member) born Kansas City, Missouri, September 6, 1943; admitted to bar, 1969, Kansas; 1990, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Kansas State University (A.B., 1964); Washburn University of Topeka (J.D., 1969). Editor-in-Chief, Washburn Law Journal, 1968-1969. Assistant Attorney General, Kansas, 1969-1970. Foreign Service Information Officer, 1971-1975. Member: Kansas Bar Association (President, 2005-2006). (Resident, Topeka Office). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Real Estate; Business Law; Banks and Banking; Trusts and Estates. Email: Richard F. Hayse | | Thomas R. Docking (Member) born Lawrence, Kansas, August 10, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, Kansas. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., 1976; M.B.A., 1980; J.D., 1980). Lieutenant Governor, State of Kansas, 1983-1986. Practice Areas: Taxation; Estate Planning; Corporate Law; Business Planning. Email: Thomas R. Docking | | Diane S. Worth (Member) born Ness City, Kansas, February 23, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Kansas. Education: Kansas State University (B.S., 1981); University of Kansas (J.D., 1984). Law Clerk to: Honorable Alfred G. Schroeder, Chief Justice, Kansas Supreme Court, 1984-1986; Honorable Patrick F. Kelly, Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas, 1986-1988. Practice Areas: Litigation; Employment Law. Email: Diane S. Worth | | Tim J. Moore (Member) born Wichita, Kansas, June 1, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Kansas. Education: Brown University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1986); Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1989). Senior Editor, Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy. Member: Kansas Bar Association; Member, Kansas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Tim J. Moore | | Janet Huck Ward (Member) born Wichita, Kansas, February 11, 1958; admitted to bar, 1992, Kansas. Education: Wichita State University (B.B.A., cum laude, 1980); University of Kansas (J.D., 1992). Member: American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, 1983-1989; Kansas Society of Certified Public Accountants, 1983-1989. Practice Areas: Tax and Estate Planning; Probate; Corporate Law; Taxation. Email: Janet Huck Ward | | Roger N. Walter (Member) born Hays, Kansas, October 15, 1947; admitted to bar, 1975, Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Kansas State University (B.S., cum laude, 1969); University of Kansas (J.D., 1975). Author: Overview, "Model Rules of Professional Conduct," Washburn Law Journal 24, 1985. Adjunct Professor, Securities Regulation, Washburn University School of Law, 1993—. General Counsel, Kansas Securities Commission, 1986-1999. Assistant Attorney General, Kansas, 1977-1979. [U.S. Army, 1970-1972]. (Resident, Topeka Office). Practice Areas: Securities; Litigation; White Collar Crime; Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility. Email: Roger N. Walter | | James D. Young (Member) born Washington, D.C., October 9, 1969; admitted to bar, 1996, Kansas. Education: Pomona College (B.A., 1991); University of Kansas (M.B.A., 1996; J.D., 1996). Practice Areas: Labor Law; Commercial Law; Corporate Law; Litigation. Email: James D. Young | | Luke A. Sobba (Member) born Ellinwood, Kansas, June 9, 1968; admitted to bar, 2002, Kansas. Education: Kansas State University (B.A., cum laude, 1991); Washburn University of Topeka (J.D., 2002). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Dean's Honors. Comment Author: "The Only Votes That Count," Washburn Law Journal, vol. 40, 2001. (Resident, Topeka Office). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Law; Education Law. Email: Luke A. Sobba | | Kimberly K. Bonifas (Member) born Le Mars, Iowa, May 22, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, Kansas. Education: University of Iowa (B.A., 1998); University of Kansas (J.D., 2002). Practice Areas: Family Law; Civil Litigation. Email: Kimberly K. Bonifas | | Richard A. Kear (Member) born Mesa, Arizona, January 30, 1978; admitted to bar, 2002, Kansas. Education: Wichita State University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1999); University of Texas at Austin (J.D., 2002). Member, Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Appellate Practice. Email: Richard A. Kear | | Cameron V. Michaud (Member) born Dodge City, Kansas, 1978; admitted to bar, 2002, Kansas. Education: Wichita State University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1999) Dean's List; Washburn University of Topeka (J.D., 2002). College of Law Dean's Honor. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Products Liability; Personal Injury. Email: Cameron V. Michaud | | ASSOCIATES | | Ryan M. Peck (Associate) born Longview, Washington, September 21, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Kansas. Education: Washington State University (B.A., 2000); University of Kansas (J.D., 2003). Recipient, ABA- BNA Award for Excellence in the Study of Labor & Employment Law. Member, Moot Court Council. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Civil Litigation; Family Law. Email: Ryan M. Peck | | Shannon M. Braun (Associate) born Frankfurt, Germany, September 7, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, Kansas. Education: York College (B.B.A/B.A., 2001); University of Kansas School of Law (J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Business Law; Trusts and Estates; Probate; Taxation. Email: Shannon M. Braun | | Will B. Wohlford (Associate) born Wichita, Kansas, January 22, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, Kansas. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., 2001; J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Labor and Employment. Email: Will B. Wohlford | | Edward L. Robinson (Associate) born Newton, Kansas; admitted to bar, 2005, Kansas. Education: Wichita State Universit (B.A., magna cum laude, 2001); Washburn University School of Law (J.D., Dean's Honors, 2005). Washburn University School of Law, Natural Resources Law Certificate, 2005 Comments Editor, Washburn Law Journal (Vol. 44). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Real Estate. Email: Edward L. Robinson | | Kristen W. Maloney (Associate) born Emporia, Kansas; admitted to bar, 2006, Kansas. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., with honors, 2003); Washburn University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2006). Email: Kristen W. Maloney | | Emily C. Docking (Associate) born Indianapolis, Indiana; admitted to bar, 2005, Kansas; 2006, Missouri. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., 2001; J.D., 2005) Order of the Coif. Rice Scholar. Author: "Applying the Business Judgment Rule Fairly: A Clarification for Kansas Courts," 52 University of Kansas Law Review, 1119, 2004. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Estate Planning. Email: Emily C. Docking | | Kathryn L. Harpstrite (Associate) born Wichita, Kansas; admitted to bar, 2007, Kansas. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., 2003); University of Kansas (J.D., 2007). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Business Law. Email: Kathryn L. Harpstrite | | OF COUNSEL | | Kelly S. Herzik (Of Counsel) born Manhattan, Kansas, November 1, 1965; admitted to bar, 1993, Texas; 2000, Kansas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.B.A., 1988); University of Houston (J.D., 1993). Executive Editor, Houston Law Center Journal of International Law, 1992-1993. Member: Wichita, Kansas and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; National Association of Women in Construction. [Captain, JAG Corps, USAF, 1993-1999]. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Construction Law; Banking Law. Email: Kelly S. Herzik | | John W. Johnson (Of Counsel) born Coco Solo, Panama, October 30, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Kansas. Education: University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Washburn University of Topeka (B.B.A., 1970; J.D., with honors, 1973). Phi Alpha Delta. Comments Editor, Washburn Law Journal, 1972-1973. Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 2003—. Member: Wichita, Kansas and American Bar Associations; Lawyer Pilots Bar Association; Kansas Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Governors; Executive Committee; President, 1989-1990); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Board of Governors); American Board of Trial Advocates (Past President, Kansas Chapter). Fellow, International Society of Barristers. [Capt., Judge Advocate, Air Force, 1973-1979]. (Certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy). Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice; Commercial Torts; Professional Liability; Products Liability; Aviation Accidents. Email: John W. Johnson | | Clinton M. Goos (Of Counsel) born Lawrence, Kansas; admitted to bar, 2004, Kansas. Education: Pittsburg State University (B.A., 2000); Washburn University of Topeka School of Law (J.D., 2004; Natural Resources Law Certificate, 2004). Practice Areas: Oil and Gas Acquisitions; Energy; Environmental Law; Land Use; Civil Litigation. Email: Clinton M. Goos | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Topeka, Kansas Office: 800 S.W. Jackson, Suite 1310, 66612-1216. Telephone: 785-232-2662. Fax: 785-232-9983.
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