(Main Office)

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.

Statement of Practice

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.

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.

Address

Old Town Square
300 N. Mead, Suite 200
Wichita, KS 67202-2745, (Sedgwick Co.)

Phone

Phone: 316-262-2671
Fax: 316-262-6226; 316-262-5991

Website

http://www.morrislaing.com

Firm/Affiliate Offices

ASSOCIATES

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

Joshua J. Hofer (Associate) born Huron, South Dakota, December 12, 1978; admitted to bar, 2007, Missouri; 2008, Kansas. Education: John Brown University (B.A., 2001); University of Arkansas School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 2007). Articles Editor, Arkansas Law Review. Author: "Confronting the Rules: Needed Changes to the Arkansas Rules of Evidence After Crawford v. Washington," 59 Ark. L. Rev, 2007. Member: Wichita and Kansas Bar Associations.Email: Joshua J. Hofer

OF COUNSEL

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