1991 David Pickle joined The Wagner Law Group as a partner in the Boston office, where he specializes in all aspects of ERISA Title 1 provisions. He previously operated a solo practice.
1993 Stephen Bahr joined Polsinelli as a shareholder in Kansas City, Missouri, where he focuses his practice on wealth planning and estate administration. Bahr was previously a shareholder/ director at the Law Offices of Dysart Taylor Cotter McGonigle & Montemore.
1993 Kimberly K. Hays was elected to the Oklahoma Bar Association Board of Governors, serving as the 2017 president-elect. Hays operates her own practice in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
1995 Nathan Muyskens joined Greenberg Traurig LLP in Washington, D.C., as a shareholder. His practice focuses on white collar defense, government investigations, antitrust and cybersecurity matters.
1997 Kristie Remster Orme (above) was elected the first woman president in the history of McDowell Rice Smith & Buchanan in Kansas City, Missouri. Orme has worked at the firm for 19 years and is a member of both the Litigation & Dispute Resolution and Banking & Financial Services groups. Hale Sheppard was recognized in the 2016 Super Lawyers' Business Edition in the area of business and transactions. Sheppard is a shareholder at Chamberlain Hrdlicka White Williams & Autry in Atlanta.
1998 Brandee Caswell, partner at Faegre Baker Daniels LLP in Denver, was named a 2017 “Top Litigator” by Law
Kristie Remster Orme, L'97, is the first woman president of KC firm McDowell Rice Smith & Buchanan.
Week Colorado. The award is given to lawyers who excel inside and outside of the courtroom in plaintiff and defense work, and in trials and appeals. Caswell leads the firm’s real estate litigation practice.
1999 Sarah Deer will join the Department of Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies and the School of Public Affairs & Administration in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of Kansas as a professor in the fall of 2017. She will also hold a courtesy appointment at KU Law. Deer is known nationally for her scholarship and advocacy regarding sexual violence targeting Native women.
2000 Hon. Renee S. Henry was sworn in as a judge for the 29th Judicial District of Kansas in January. She won a contested primary election in August, and ran unopposed in
November. Henry served as a prosecutor in Wyandotte County and practiced law privately before taking the bench. She presides over Division 13 in Wyandotte County District Court. Damon D. Mitchell was appointed chief deputy attorney for Wyandotte County. Mitchell is a criminal trial attorney with more than 15 years of experience and a U.S. Air Force veteran.
2002 Christopher W. Sook joined Jeter Law Firm LLP in Hays as a partner. Sook was previously a partner at the Sloan Law Firm in Topeka.
2005 Curtis Summers joined Littler Mendelson PC as a shareholder in the Kansas City, Missouri, office. Summers was previously a partner at Husch Blackwell.
2006 Samuel MacRoberts and his wife, Polly, welcomed baby Eleanor Florence on Oct. 24. She joins a proud big brother, Ralph Birnam, 2.
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