IN MEMORIAM Robert M. Bond, L’47, Benton, Kan., January 5, 2010 Mary Beth Debicki, L’88, South Pasadena, Calif./Whitewater, Kan., February 13, 2010 Jerry G. Elliott, L’64, Lawrence, Kan., April 5, 2010 Fred J. Gasser Jr., L’50, Wichita, Kan., October 11, 2009 P. Stephen Harris, L’77, Kansas City, Mo., January 17, 2010 Sally H. Harris, L’78, Village of Loch Lloyd, Mo., January 9, 2010 Jerre F. Hersh Jr., L’53, Leawood, Kan., December 17, 2009 Douglas F. Martin, L’84, Clay Center, Kan., December 27, 2009 Marion Claude Miller, L’41, Hilton Head Island, S.C., March 25, 2010 Kenneth M. Nohe, L’49, Wichita, Kan., November 2, 2009 R. Sam Pestinger, L’71, Cypress, Texas, January 16, 2010 Phillip A. Rein, L’63, Las Vegas, Nev., October 11, 2009 Louis A. Silks Jr., L’50, Shawnee, Kan., February 2, 2010 John J. Ziegelmeyer, L’41, Kansas City, Mo., December 13, 2009
repayment assistance over five years to help them continue their careers in legal aid. Hiebert is a staff attorney for the Senior Citizens’ Legal Services Project at Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation in East St. Louis, Ill. Malissa L. Walden, L’03, and her husband, Don, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Lenora Christine, in February 2010. Lenora joins big sister, Opal Adelle. Malissa practices with Walden & Pfannenstiel LLC in Lenexa. Rick Griffin, L’04, has been voted a partner in the Wichita law firm of Martin Pringle Attorneys at Law. Griffin is one of 22 partners at the firm. His practice focuses primarily on commercial and contract litigation and products liability. Miranda K. Owens, L’04, has been made a partner at Goodell, Stratton, Edmonds & Palmer LLP in Topeka. Owens has been with the firm since 2005 and practices in the areas of tax, estate planning, probate and tax-exempt organizations. Kimberly Wiggans Corum, L’05, is a trial attorney for the district court section of the Office of Immigration Litigation at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. Carl Folsom III, L’05, has become a partner at Bell Folsom PA, which was formerly the Bell Firm PA, in Lawrence. The firm provides representation in criminal defense matters in both state and federal courts throughout Kansas. Folsom was formerly with the state’s Appellate Defender Office, where he earned several honors. Carly E. Farrell, L’06, opened a new firm in Olathe – Law Office of Carly E. Farrell LLC – in January 2010. Her practice focuses on family law, personal injury, traffic and criminal law. Jamie Brooksher, L’07, has been named the new general counsel at Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kan. She previously served as associate general counsel and director of equal opportunity at Pittsburg State.
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Leena Phadke, L’07, has accepted a position as assistant regional counsel at the Office of the General Counsel of the Social Security Administration in Kansas City, Mo. Erik C. Tate, L’07, has been appointed as the new prosecutor of DeKalb County, Mo., by Gov. Jay Nixon. Previously, Tate was a criminal defense attorney with the Missouri Public Defender System, working out of the Chillicothe office. Daniel Belhumeur, L’08, has been promoted to tax director at Cheniere Energy in Houston. Vedrana Balta, L’09, has joined the Kansas City office of Polsinelli Shughart PC. She concentrates her general corporate practice on assisting both public and private clients with business contractual matters, company formation and compliance issues. Ashley M. Epperly, L’09, is with the law firm of Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson PC in Tulsa, Okla., practicing in the area of litigation. Alicia Kirkpatrick and Tim Swanson, both L’09, are pursuing the LL.M. in tax from Northwestern University School of Law. In March, they competed in the European Tax Law Moot Court Competition in Belgium, winning the title of best oral advocates on behalf of the applicant. Jason Romero, L’09, has joined the Kansas City, Mo., office of Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP as an associate in the litigation department.