ALUMNI NEWS
John Wilcox was elected second vice president of the Transportation Lawyers Association at its annual membership meeting in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Wilcox is managing director and shareholder at Dysart Taylor Cotter McMonigle & Montemore PC in Kansas City, Missouri.
1995 Kellie Hogan received the President’s Award at the annual Wichita Bar Association Law Day and Awards Luncheon. The award recognizes practitioners who have gone beyond what might normally be expected in providing service to the Wichita Bar Association. Hogan is an attorney at Kansas Legal Services in Wichita. Sal Intagliata received a Lifetime Achievement Designation from America’s Top 100 Attorneys in the area of Criminal Defense Litigation. Intagliata is a shareholder at Monnat & Spurrier, Chartered, in Wichita.
1997 Peter Mallouk is president and chief investment officer of Creative Planning in Leawood. Barron’s magazine recently ranked Creative Planning the top independent financial adviser in the nation. Mallouk’s firm has 22 offices in 11 states, with 237 advisers, the most of any company in the Barron’s Top 30. Amy Hansen, a shareholder at Polsinelli PC in Denver, became chair of the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group. She represents real estate developers and investors in matters across the United States. 1999 Bo Anderson was elected partner at Shapiro Bieging Barber Otteson LLP in Denver, where he practices business transactional law. Anderson was previously senior counsel at the firm. Julie Carroll and Dennis Keenan opened Keenan and Carroll Attorneys at Law PA in Great Bend. Carroll’s practice
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focuses on family law, criminal law, landlord/tenant issues and collections. Karrie Clinkinbeard was named a NextGen Leader by the Kansas City Business Journal, having demonstrated leadership and involvement in the Kansas City business and civic communities. Clinkinbeard is the managing partner at Armstrong Teasdale LLP in Kansas City, Missouri. Sarah Deer was inducted into the KU Women’s Hall of Fame. Deer is a scholar, activist and educator who centers the selfdetermination and dignity of survivors of violence with a focus on Native American women. She is a professor in KU’s Department of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies and the School of Public Affairs & Administration in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. Hon. David Stras has been nominated by President Trump to a federal judgeship on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit. His nomination must be confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Stras currently holds a seat on the Minnesota Supreme Court.
Association. Bellquist has been a member of the association’s board of directors since 2011 and is an attorney at Joseph, Hollander & Craft LLC in Topeka. Jay Heidrick was named to the “Under 40 Hot List” by Benchmark Litigation. The list honors achievements of the nation’s most accomplished legal partners under the age of 40 through a peer-review and case-examination process. Heidrick is a shareholder at Polsinelli PC in Kansas City, Missouri. Christie Sim Mizer became professional development counselor at Crowell & Moring LLP in Washington, D.C. Mizer previously practiced in the firm’s Insurance and Reinsurance Practice Group. Benjamin Walker and his wife, Hilary, were married Oct. 13 at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Court House in New York. Walker is a partner at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in New York. K.J. Wall joined Forbes Law Group LLC in Overland Park as a partner. He focuses on health care litigation, appeals and regulatory compliance.
2000 Amy Fellows Cline received
2003 Tyler Epp was named an
the Louise Mattox Award during the Wichita Women Attorneys Association’s annual awards luncheon. The award recognizes an attorney who supports women in the profession, contributes to the legal community and exhibits professionalism. Cline is an attorney at Triplett Woolf & Garrettson LLC in Wichita.
inaugural distinguished member of the Sport Management Professional Society in March by KU’s Department of Health, Sport and Exercise Sciences. He is vice president of business development for the Kansas City Chiefs.
2001 Aaron Breitenbach received the Champion of Victims Award from the Kansas DUI Impact Center. Breitenbach is chief attorney at the Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office in Wichita.
2002 Diane Bellquist was elected president-elect of the Topeka Bar
2004 Shannon Braun was named to the Wichita Business Journal’s 2017 40 under 40 list. Braun is an attorney at Morris Laing Evans Brock & Kennedy, Chartered, in Wichita. James Owen was named executive director of Renew Missouri, a statewide group working to promote policies on renewable energy and energy efficiency. He previously served as acting director of Missouri’s Office of Public Counsel.