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A number of KU Law alumni were recognized in the 2018 edition of Best Lawyers in America for expertise in the following areas:
1969 James Nordstrom, Fisher Patterson Sayler & Smith LLP, Topeka, personal injury litigation-defendants.
2014 Jean Ménager received the Outstanding Young
1973 Barry Halpern, Snell & Wilmer, Phoenix, commercial
Lawyer Award at the Kansas Bar Association’s Annual Awards Luncheon. Ménager is an attorney at Colantuono Bjerg Guinn LLC in Shawnee Mission. Kyle O’Brien joined Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart PC as an associate in Kansas City, Missouri, after wrapping up three years as a clerk on the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas. Jon Simpson and Kate (Marples) Simpson (above) were married June 3. They met in Professor Bill Westerbeke’s Torts small section their first day of law school in 2011. Kate is a clerk for Judge Carlos Murguia of the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, and Jon serves as an assistant solicitor general at the Kansas Attorney General’s Office. Amanda Stanley was promoted to general counsel for the League of Kansas Municipalities in Topeka, assuming her duties in January. She has served as legal counsel to the League since April 2016 and previously worked as a research attorney for the Kansas Court of Appeals. Thomas Witherspoon is an associate attorney at Stinson, Lasswell & Wilson LC in Wichita.
litigation, medical malpractice law-defendants, and professional malpractice law-defendants.
2015 Jordan Carter was named one of Ingram’s 20 in their
1995 Sal Intagliata, Monnat & Spurrier, Wichita, criminal
Twenties, honoring young entrepreneurs and executives who set standards of excellence. Carter is an associate at Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP in Kansas City, Missouri. Michael Grigsby joined Armstrong Teasdale as an associate in Kansas City, Missouri.
1996 Jeff Brown, Logan Logan & Watson, Prairie Village,
2016 Corey Adams joined Robinson Law in Wichita as an attorney. Malcolm Jackson joined the KU Endowment Association in June as associate director of development for KU Law.
2017 Tyler Lee Childress is an assistant district attorney in the Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office in Wichita. Mason Lent joined Hite Fanning & Honeyman LLP in Wichita as an associate. He will concentrate his practice on personal injury defense and civil litigation defense.
1976 Ross Hollander, Joseph, Hollander & Craft, Wichita, employment law-management, labor law-management, and litigation-labor and employment. Justice King, Fisher Patterson Sayler & Smith LLP, Topeka, banking and finance law, bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights/insolvency and reorganization law, corporate law, and litigation-bankruptcy; 2018 Lawyer of the Year, litigation-bankruptcy.
1983 James Sienicki, Snell & Wilmer, Phoenix, commercial litigation, construction law, and litigation-construction. Rebecca Winterscheidt, Snell & Wilmer, Phoenix, employment law-management, immigration law, and litigation-labor and employment.
1988 Patrick Fowler, Snell & Wilmer, Phoenix, product liability litigation-defendants.
defense-general practice and criminal defense-white collar.
medical malpractice law-defendants, personal injury litigation-defendants, and appellate practice; 2018 Lawyer of the Year, medical malpractice law-defendants. Andrew Halaby, Snell & Wilmer, Phoenix, commercial litigation, copyright law, litigation-intellectual property, and litigation-patent.
1999 John Baird, Snell & Wilmer, Phoenix, real estate law. 2000 Christopher Joseph, Joseph Hollander & Craft, Kansas, criminal defense-general practice.
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