Brad Burke, L’2001, and his wife, Robin, are pleased to announce the birth of their first child, John Bradley Burke, in October 2007. Jaime Dachelet, L’2001, has been named chief legal officer for Eco-Energy Inc., a renewable fuel marketing company in Franklin, Tenn. Christie Hudson, L’2002, has joined the Washington, D.C., law firm of Crowell & Moring, where she is an associate in the insurance coverage and reinsurance group. Jill K.B. Kenney and Corey F. Kenney, both L’2002, announce the birth of their daughter, Amelia Kay Kenney, in December 2007. She joins older brother Asher Francis Kenney. Jill is an assistant district attorney for Johnson County, Kan. Corey is a city prosecutor for Lenexa. Jason H. Klein, L’2002, has accepted an associate position at Shutts & Bowen LLP in Orlando, Fla. Robert J. Wonnell, L’2002, has been named a shareholder at McAnany, Van Cleave & Phillips. Wonnell represents employers and insurance carriers’ workers’ compensation claims in Kansas and Missouri. A member of the firm’s workers’ compensation defense practice group in Kansas City, Wonnell often speaks at seminars concerning Kansas and Missouri workers’ compensation laws. Dan Cranshaw, L’2003, has been selected as a top performer by Stakeholders 100, honoring the top 100 law associates of color in the United States. Cranshaw is with Lathrop & Gage LC in Kansas City, Mo. Daniel J. Dye, L’2003, has been selected for a tenure-track assistant professorship with the Phoenix School of Law’s lawyering process program, commencing August 2008. Jeremy Fotheringham, L’2003, has taken a position at the University of Utah Hospital as administrator of critical care services and will begin working on his Ph.D. He is also teaching health care administration courses at the University of Phoenix. He and his wife welcomed their third child, Audrey Emilia, in May.
Carey Goetz, L’2003, has joined Vogel Law Firm’s Bismark, N.D., office, where she is practicing primarily in the areas of domestic law, criminal defense and class action litigation.
Governors president, and Lilian Six, who served as admissions director and placement director for KU Law. Stephen Six’s wife, Betsy Brand Six, is a Lawyering instructor at the law school.
Jason C. Parks, L’2003, has joined the Kansas City, Mo., office of Lathrop & Gage LC as an associate in the intellectual property practice area.
His family expressed pride in his appointment.
Robert J. Bruchman, L’2004, has joined the Kansas City, Mo., office of Shughart Thomson & Kilroy PC, practicing in the area of general business and focusing on corporate law, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and national franchise offerings Jack D. McInnes V, L’2004, has joined the Kansas City, Mo., office of Shughart Thomson & Kilroy PC, where he practices as an associate in business litigation. Jason C. Parks, L’2004, has joined the Kansas City, Mo., office of Lathrop & Gage LC as an associate in the intellectual property practice area. Chris Steadham, L’2004, and wife Shanna were married in September 2007 in Wichita. Chris is faculty services & research librarian for the KU School of Law Wheat Law Library. Anne C. Emert, L’2005, has joined the Kansas City, Mo., office of Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP as a business litigation associate. Jehan Kamil, L’2005, has joined the Overland Park office of Lathrop & Gage LC as an associate in the business disputes law group. Travis Lenkner, L’2005, has accepted a clerkship at the U.S. Supreme Court with Justice Anthony M. Kennedy for the 2008-2009 term. Michael D. Smith, L’2005, and his wife, Kim Smith, are pleased to announce the birth of their first child, Emma Marie Smith, in October 2007. Mike is practicing with Sanders Conkright & Warren LLP in Overland Park.
“We are confident that he will succeed in the important task before him,” Fred Six said. As a student, Stephen Six was a member of The Kansas Law Review. He then clerked for U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Deanell Tacha. He worked as an attorney at Shamberg, Johnson & Bergman in Kansas City, Mo., until 2005, when Sebelius appointed him to the bench. He is a former member of the law school’s Board of Governors. Six and his wife live in Lawrence with their four young children. Kansas residents are fortunate, Sebelius said, to have such a fair and objective leader for the state’s legal system. “I’m confident that, in Judge Six, the people of Kansas have an attorney general dedicated to ensuring that the people’s law firm is led both effectively and responsibly with character and integrity,” she said.
Seeking western Kansas alumni A future issue of KU Law Magazine will include an article about alumni who are practicing at law firms in western Kansas. If this describes you or someone you know, please send contact information to Mindie Paget at mpaget@ku.edu.
Jillian Hekmati, L’2006, accepted a position in the financial services department of
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