Richard A. Olmstead is a lawyer practicing alternative and renewable energy, litigation, energy and environmental litigation and 8 other areas of law. Richard received a B.A. degree from Baker University in 1996, and has been licensed for 25 years. Richard practices at Kutak Rock LLP in Wichita, KS.
Memberships and Affiliations
•Kansas and Wichita Bar Associations
•fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America Fellow: of the Litigation Counsel of America Fellow: of the Litigation Counsel of America
• Securing through favorable settlement specific performance of a natural gas pipeline facilities purchase and sale agreement which resulted in client receiving in excess of $8 million while retaining the property designated for sale
• Representing a natural gas public utility in a federal eminent domain proceeding involving more than 9000 acres 89 separate tracts of land over 150 affected ownership interests and various surface and subsurface interests
• Successfully defending to conclusion at trial claims of slander fraud and false imprisonment asserted against a national client by two former employees
• Securing summary judgment or dismissal of claims asserted against national clients for race and gender discrimination sexual harassment statutory retaliation and common-law wrongful discharge disability discrimination workers' compensation retaliation and other claims
• Providing pro bono legal services to United Way of America and United Way of the Plains
• Successfully representing clients in defense of class action and collective action claims arising under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 FLSA and state wage and hour laws
Publication:
Richard A. Olmstead, In Defense of the Indefensible: Title VII Hostile Environment Claims Unconstitutionally Restrict Free Speech, 28 ONU L REV 691 (2001)
Memberships and Affiliations
Kansas and Wichita Bar Associations
Other Distinctions
Super Lawyers®, 2008-2013
Government Service
Assistant District Attorney Appellate Division 18th Judicial District Sedgwick County Kansas 2000-2002
Highlights
Best Lawyers -- Richard Olmstead
Super Lawyers Rising Star -- Rich Olmstead
1605 North Waterfront Parkway, Suite 50Wichita, KS 67206-2935U.S.A.
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