James P. Wolf, L’03, has been named a shareholder in the Kansas City, Mo., office of McAnany,Van Cleave & Phillips PA. Wolf is a member of the firm’s workers’ compensation defense practice group. Betsy Blake, L’05, received a Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association’s YLS President’s Award in December at the KCBMA Annual Meeting in Kansas City, Mo. The award recognizes outstanding contributions to the KCMBA Young Lawyers Section during the bar year. Blake is an associate at Williams & Campo PC. Mark Dodd, L’06, accepted a position as general counsel/tribal attorney for the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation in Mayetta, Kan. Dodd and his wife, Nicole, had their fourth child, Jack Austin Dodd, in February 2009. He joins Caraline, 4, Logan, 3, and Luke, 18 months. Carly Farrell, L’06, is practicing with Edward C. Gillette in Mission, Kan., in the area of domestic relations. Ben Reed, L’06, has joined the Wichita office of Joseph & Hollander PA. His practice will focus primarily on domestic law. Ambriel Renn-Scanlan, L’06, recently concluded her two-year clerkship with U.S. Magistrate Judge K. Gary Sebelius and is now an attorney in the Honors Program for the U.S. Department of Labor’s Kansas City Regional Solicitor’s Office. Leita Walker, L’06, and her husband, Jason Walker, are pleased to announce the birth of their son, Henry Schultes Walker, in July 2008. Walker is an associate at Faegre & Benson in Minneapolis.
Rusty Glenn, L’07, joined the Shuman Law Firm, a boutique securities litigation firm in Boulder, Colo. Glenn was also elected to the board of directors of Hep-C Connection, one of the largest hepatitis C-focused advocacy organizations in the country and the only one of its kind in Colorado. Hep-C provides community education and testing, patient support and disease prevention strategies.
Tyler Hibler, L’08, has joined the Overland Park office of Wallace Saunders Austin Brown & Enochs Chartered. His practice focuses on insurance defense litigation.
Michael Payne, L’07, has joined the Greeley, Colo., law firm of Otis, Coan & Peters LLC. His practice emphasizes all areas of real estate, business and commercial law, both litigation and transactional matters.
Wakil Oyedemi, L’08, is an assistant district attorney in the Reno County District Attorney’s Office in Sandra Milburn/ Hutchinson News Hutchinson, Kan. As the newest assistant DA in the office, Oyedemi is charged with handling traffic infractions, misdemeanor cases and felony traffic cases.
Bobby Pineda, L’07, has opened his own practice, The Law Office of Bobby W. Pineda, in Rock Springs, Wyo. Christi Pribula, L’07, is a trust officer at The Commerce Trust Company in Leawood, Kan. Ashley K. (Schellpeper) Adrianse, L’08, is an associate at Cramer, Alissi & Fontaine PC in Hartford, Conn., specializing in insurance and business litigation defense. Dustin Bradley, L’08, Lawrence, Kan., is a staff attorney with the Kansas Department of Transportation. Katie Cheney, L’08, joined the firm of Frasier & Johnson LLP in Beloit, Kan., in January 2009. Adam S. Davis, L’08, and wife, Carrie, are pleased to announce the birth of their son, Brendan Thomas Davis, in October 2008. Abigail Grantstein, L’08, Indianapolis, accepted a position as assistant director of enforcement at the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
Lisa (Brown) Nieman, L’08, has been working as counsel for the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs in Washington, D.C., since May 2008.
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Aimee Richardson, L’08, and Ryan Walkiewicz, L’07, were married in September 2008 at Danforth Chapel on the University of Kansas campus. Aimee is an associate attorney with the law firm of Riling, Burkhead & Nitcher Chartered in Lawrence. Ryan is an assistant district attorney for Wyandotte County. They reside in Kansas City, Kan. Carol J. Toland, L’08, began working as a legislative attorney for the American Law Division of the Congressional Research Service in Washington, D.C., in September 2008. Cheri Whiteside, L’08, joined Thompson & Knight LLP in the firm’s tax practice group in Dallas.
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