D.C., firm of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck and practices in the areas of government relations, financial services, telecommunications and media, and mergers and acquisitions. JoAnna L. Derfelt has been promoted to associate professor and director of the Center for Law & Politics at Missouri Southern State University. The Center connects students, practitioners and the community “at the intersection of theory and practice.” Amy Kiefer Hansen, shareholder in the Denver office of Otten Johnson Robinson Neff & Ragonetti PC, has been honored as Volunteer of the Year by the Downtown Denver Partnership. The award is presented to members who have made significant contributions to programs and initiatives during the previous year. In her practice, Hansen assists real estate owners and developers with their acquisition, development, leasing and sale activities in the Rocky Mountain region. 2000 Jason P. Lacey, partner in the Wichita office of Foulston Siefkin LLP, authored a new three-volume Kansas Corporate Practice and Forms: The Foulston Siefkin Manual, featuring more than 2,162 pages of content and over 314 customizable e-forms. Lacey practices primarily in the areas of income taxation, ERISA, employee benefits, and executive compensation, and assists both taxable and tax-exempt employers with a wide variety of employee benefit and executive compensation issues. Christopher M. Joseph, attorney in the Topeka office of Joseph, Hollander & Craft is listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2015 and was awarded special distinction as the 2015 Topeka Criminal Defense: Non-White-Collar Lawyer of the Year. Joseph manages the firm’s Topeka and Lawrence offices, and his practice includes criminal defense and complex civil litigation. The Hon. Caleb Stegall was sworn in as the newest Kansas Supreme Court justice on Dec. 5, 2014. Stegall has been a Kansas Court of Appeals judge since January 2014. Before becoming a judge, he was chief counsel to Gov. Sam Brownback from 2011 to 2014, Jefferson County attorney from 2009 to 2011, and in private practice with Stegall & Associates PA from 2005 to 2011. 2001 Kristen L. Chowning Martin accepted a position as assistant legal counsel for the auditor of the state of Ohio. The Hon. Ryan P. Loewer, of Boulder, Colorado, has been appointed district court magistrate judge for Colorado’s First Judicial District. For the past 12 years, Loewer has been a deputy state public defender in Colorado and has litigated some of the state’s most publicized criminal cases. 2002 Diane L. Bellquist has joined the Topeka office of Joseph, Hollander & Craft, practicing in the areas of professional licensure and civil litigation. She was formerly assistant general counsel for the Kansas Board of Healing Arts and general counsel to the Office of the State Bank Commissioner.
Lt. Comm. Rich Federico (center), of the U.S. Navy serves at the Defense Service Office Southeast, Jacksonville, Florida, with two fellow KU Law officers, Lt. Tadd Blair, L’08 (left), and Lt. Robert Bombard, L’12 (right). The three alumni serve together in an office of 10 judge advocates. Their mission is to represent sailors, marines, and coastguardsmen who are charged with criminal offenses in the military justice system or are being involuntarily separated from the service. They also provide defense counsel services to a larger area that includes Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and several islands. U.S. Rep. Kevin W. Yoder played in the annual Congressional Baseball Game for Charity on June 25, 2014. Since 1909, Senate and House members from each party team up to play as a fundraiser for The Washington Literacy Council and The Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington. 2003 Doug M. Tschauder was named managing attorney of Legal Aid of Western Missouri’s St. Joseph office. He started with Legal Aid in 2006 and practices in consumer and family law and federal benefits. Matthew K. Corbin is a vice president at Aon Professional Services, where he consults with Aon’s law firm clients on professional responsibility and liability issues. Corbin was previously a partner at Lathrop & Gage LLP in Overland Park. 2004 Molly C. Brown joined the law firm of Dillon & Findley in Anchorage, Alaska. Brown previously clerked for retired Superior Court Judge Larry Weeks in Juneau and worked for eight years as an attorney on a broad range of cases in the areas of employment law, administrative law, oil and gas, and general civil litigation. She has represented clients in arbitrations, in court and before administrative agencies. 2005 Katrina G. Hull became a partner in the Milwaukee firm of Michael Best & Friedrich LLP. Hull’s practice focuses on trademark and copyright law, including enforcement, international and domestic trademark prosecution, trademark clearance searching and licensing, unfair competition and Internet issues. Joel A. Bannister joined a group of attorneys to form the Dallas office of McGuireWoods LLP. Bannister’s practice areas include
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