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Practice Areas: General Practiice, Civil Litigation, Trial and Appellate Practice, Probate ~ Trusts and Estate Planning, Corporation, Real Estate Law, Employment, Education, Personal Injury, Family Law, Criminal Defense, Insurance, Oil & Gas, Adoptions • Banking, Busines

Additional Information: Bio:

born Chicago, Illinois, March 14, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Kansas. Preparatory education, Baker University (B.A., 1975); legal education, Washburn University School of Law (J.D., 1978). Research Attorney to Hon. John E. Rees, Kansas Court of Appeals, 1978-80. Assistant County Attorney, Montgomery County, Kansas, 1980-81; County Attorney, 1981-85. City Attorney: Independence, Kansas; Elk City, Kansas; Longton, Kansas; Elk Falls, Kansas; Elgin, Kansas. Member: Montgomery County and Kansas (Board of Discipline, 2013-) Bar Associations.

Representative Clients: Equity Bank; Universal Credit Union; Great Plains Federal Credit Union; Welch State Bank; First National Bank of Sedan; Arvest Bank; Independence Community College; First Oak Bank; City of Independence; City of Elk City; City of Longton; City of Elk Falls; City of Cherryvale; City of Elgin; Newkirk, Dennis and Buckles, Inc.; Coldwell Banker-Pasternak Johnson; Midwest Real Estate, Inc.; Spears Manufacturing Company; Lee's Cooling & Heating Company, Inc.; Kelley Electric Company, Inc.; SEKTAM of Independence, Inc.; Cherryvale Schools; Longton Schools; Independence Schools; Tri-County Special Education Cooperative; Four County Mental Health Center, Inc.; AT&T; Cornerstone Surveying; Cornerstone Warehousing; Lavine Enterprises; Jones & Buck Development; John Deere Coffeyville Works, Inc.