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New Positions

Glenda L. Cafer joined the Law Offices of Morris Laing and will practice out of the firm’s Topeka office. Her practice focuses on the areas of Energy and Telecommunications Law, Public Utility and Regulatory Law, Commercial Law, and Litigation and Administrative Law.

Amy Cline was appointed by Gov. Laura Kelly to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of the Hon. G. Joseph Pierron, Jr. on the Kansas Court of Appeals. Cline has lived in Wichita and was a partner with Triplett Woolf Garretson, LLC, at the time of her appointment. Cline received her undergraduate degree from Wichita State University and earned her Juris Doctor at the University of Kansas School of Law.

Paul Davis has joined the Topeka-based firm of Frieden & Forbes, LLP. Davis received a B.S. in Political Science from the University of Kansas and earned his Juris Doctor from the Washburn University School of Law. He formerly served as the Legislative and Ethics Counsel for the Kansas Bar Association and had been in private practice. His practice has been focused in the areas of estate planning, probate, real estate, and government relations. Davis is a member of the Douglas County Bar, the KBA and the ABA, and serves as Vice President of Programming for the Douglas County Estate Planning Council. He served 12 years in the Kansas House of Representatives, representing the 46th District which includes east and central Lawrence. He was House Minority Leader for the final eight years of his service. Notables

Foulston Siefkin LLP saw 67 of its attorneys earn recognition in the 2021 Editions of The Best Lawyers in America© and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch. Thirteen were honored as “Lawyer of the Year” in specific practice areas and cities: Wendell F. Cowan—Insurance Law (Kansas City, KS); Jeremy L. Graber—Corporate Law (Topeka, Kansas); Kevin J. Arnel—Nonprofit / Charities Law, Patricia Voth Blankenship—Real Estate Law, Jeff P. DeGraffenreid—Litigation - Labor and Employment, Jay F. Fowler—Bet-the-Company Litigation, Wyatt A. Hoch—Construction Law, Andrew J. Nolan—Tax Law, David E. Rogers—Product Liability Litigation – Defendants, David M. Traster—Environmental Law, Stewart T. Weaver—Elder Law, Craig W. West— Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, William R. Wood II—Banking and Finance Law (Wichita, KS).

Fifty-six Foulston attorneys were recognized in The Best Lawyers in America in these practice areas: • Stanley G. Andeel – Corporate Law, Health Care Law, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates • James M. Armstrong – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants, Litigation - Antitrust, Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation - Labor and Employment, Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy), and Litigation - Securities • Kevin J. Arnel – Nonprofit / Charities Law, Tax Law • Gary L. Ayers – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Health Care Law, Litigation - Health Care, Trade Secrets Law • Brooke Bennett Aziere – Health Care Law • Donald D. Berner – Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment • Matthew W. Bish – Elder Law, Trusts and Estates • Vaughn Burkholder - Employment Law - Manage-

ment, Litigation - Labor and Employment, Workers’ Compensation Law - Employers • Boyd A. Byers – Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment • Wendell F. Cowan – Employment Law – Management, Insurance Law, Litigation - Labor and Employment • Jeff P. DeGraffenreid – Litigation - Labor and Employment • Holly A. Dyer – Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Intellectual Property, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants • Tara Eberline – Employment Law - Management • Charles P. Efflandt - Environmental Law, Litigation - Environmental • Jack M. Epps – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Real Estate Law • Jay F. Fowler – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation - Municipal, Litigation - Trusts and Estates • Cyd Gilman – Criminal Defense: White-Collar • Jeremy L. Graber – Corporate Law, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates • Douglas L. Hanisch – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law • Charles R. Hay – Health Care Law • Wyatt A. Hoch – Arbitration, Construction Law, Litigation - Construction Law • Christopher M. Hurst – Tax Law • Jeffery A. Jordan – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Banking and Finance, Litigation - Bankruptcy, Litigation - Construction • Jason P. Lacey – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Litigation - ERISA • Amy S. Lemley – Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants • William P. Matthews – Copyright Law, Trademark Law • Scott C. Nehrbass – Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Banking and Finance, Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation - Real Estate, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants • Andrew J. Nolan – Tax Law, Corporate Law • Michael J. Norton – Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Litigation - Insurance, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants • James D. Oliver – Appellate Practice, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law, Litigation - Antitrust, Litigation - Banking and Finance, Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy), Litigation - Securities, Mining Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law • Timothy P. O’Sullivan – Elder Law, Trusts and Estates • John C. Peck – Natural Resources Law, Water Law • James P. Rankin – Administrative / Regulatory Law, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Government Relations Practice, Litigation - ERISA • Larry G. Rapp – Corporate Law, Equipment Finance Law members in the news • Forrest T. Rhodes, Jr. – Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment • David E. Rogers – Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants • Anthony F. Rupp – Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Municipal, Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants, Municipal Law, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants • Teresa L. Shulda – Employment Law - Management • Robert Smith – Real Estate Law • Harvey R. Sorensen – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Tax Law, Venture Capital Law • Kyle J. Steadman – Insurance Law, Litigation - Insurance, Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants • Mikel L. Stout – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Construction, Litigation - Environmental, Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation - Labor and Employment, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants • Matthew D. Stromberg – Commercial Litigation • Todd N. Tedesco – Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation - Labor and Employment, Litigation - Patent • Thomas L. Theis – Health Care Law, Mediation, Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants • David M. Traster – Energy Law, Environmental Law, Litigation - Environmental, Water Law • Patricia Voth Blankenship – Real Estate Law • Darrell L. Warta – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants • C. Edward Watson – Employment Law - Management • Shannon D. Wead – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation - Bankruptcy, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants • Stewart T. Weaver – Elder Law, Trusts and Estates • Craig W. West – Insurance Law, Litigation - Insurance, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants • Rachel Wetta – Litigation - Insurance • William R. Wood II – Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Financial Services Regulation Law, Franchise Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Project Finance Law, Real Estate Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law • Charles J. Woodin – Energy Law, Mining Law, Natural Resources Law • Issaku Yamaashi – Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Eleven Foulston attorneys were included in the inaugural edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in these practice areas: Lisa M. Brown—Health Care Law; Trent R. Byquist—Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law; Kelsey N. Frobisher—Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; David R. Green— Construction Law; Clayton J. Kaiser—Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Health Care Law; Robert J. McFadden—Energy Law, Environmental Law; A. Nicole Rose—Commercial Litigation; Alex W. Schulte—

members in the news

Health Care Law; Sarah E. Stula—Appellate Practice; Eric

Turner—Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Labor and Employment Law—Management; Amanda M. Wilwert—Health Care Law

John Gatz of Colby was reappointed by the Kansas Supreme Court to a third four-year term on the Board for Discipline of Attorneys for which he is chair. The board makes up part of the process for addressing ethical complaints against lawyers which begins in the Office of the Disciplinary Administrator. Three other lawyers were reappointed: Stacy Ortega, Wichita; James Rankin, Topeka; and Lee Smithyman, Overland Park.

All six attorneys at Monnat & Spurrier, Chartered have been honored by Best Lawyers in America© 2021:

Dan Monnat. This is Dan’s 33rd consecutive year being honored by the publication. He was named Best in four distinct practice areas: Criminal Defense–General Practice; Criminal–White Collar; Bet-the-Company Litigation; and Appellate Practice. Monnat has practiced in Wichita for more than 40 years. A graduate of California State University, Monnat holds a J.D. from Creighton University School of Law and is a graduate of Gerry Spence’s Trial Lawyer’s College.

Stan Spurrier, a legal scholar who co-founded the firm with Monnat in 1985, was recognized in the areas of: Appellate Practice; Criminal Defense: General Practice; and Criminal Defense: White-Collar. Spurrier earned his bachelor’s degree from Wichita State University and his J.D., magna cum laude, from Washburn University School of Law.

Trevor Riddle, listed for his fourth consecutive time in the area of Criminal Defense–General Practice, is particularly skilled in working with expert witnesses. A graduate of Oklahoma State University, Riddle earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy, with an emphasis in the philosophy of science. He earned his J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law.

Sal Intagliata earned his sixth consecutive listing in Best Lawyers in three individual practice areas: Criminal Defense: General Practice; Criminal Defense: White-Collar; and DUI/DWI Defense. A shareholder in Monnat & Spurrier, Intagliata earned his bachelor’s degree, with distinction, from the University of Kansas. He earned his J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law.

Matthew Gorney is an associate whose practice includes criminal defense, DUI defense and appellate work. He was selected to the Best Lawyers list in the practice area of Criminal Defense: General Practice. Formerly a professional journalist, Gorney graduated from the University of Kansas School of Law. He simultaneously earned a master’s degree in journalism from KU’s William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Kansas State University.

Eli O’Brien is an associate attorney whose primary practice includes defense of serious felony accusations, as well as DUI and DWI cases; he was honored by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Criminal Defense: White-Collar. A graduate of Washburn University School of Law, O’Brien also holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Emporia State University.

Carol M. Park of Hays has been appointed by the Chief Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court to serve as chair of the Kansas Board of Law Examiners. Park is a partner in the law firm of Schwartz & Park, LLP. She has been a member of the Board since 2013 and served as vice chair in 2019. The 10-member board is comprised of judges and lawyers; it oversees and grades the twice-yearly bar exam and presides over hearings on bar applicants’ character and fitness to practice law. Park was born in Dodge City, received her undergraduate degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and obtained her Juris Doctor from Washburn University School of Law.

Alan Rupe, managing partner of Lewis Brisbois’s Kansas City & Wichita offices and vice chair of the firm’s Labor & Employment Practice, was recognized as Best Lawyer in the 2021 list for Civil Rights Law, Employment Law Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment, and Litigation – Municipal.

Sixteen Attorneys from Triplett Woolf Garretson, LLC, have been honored by The Best Lawyers in America 2021©.

Jeffery C. Dahlgren is listed in the field of Real Estate Law; Theron E. Fry–Trusts and Estates; Thomas P. Garretson–Corporate Law; Tyler E. Heffron–Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation, and Personal Injury Litigation–Defendants; J.T. Klaus–Public Finance Law; Lisa McPherson–Health Care Law; Eric B. Metz–Employment Law – Individuals, Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment; Rachael K. Pirner–Litigation – Trusts and Estates, Trust and Estates; Shane A. Rosson–Employment Law – Management; Thomas C. Triplett–Corporate Law, Litigation and Controversy – Tax, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates; James A. Walker–Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation; John P. Woolf–Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation.

Ron H. Hamden was named Best Lawyers 2021© Mergers and Acquisitions Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Wichita in the fields of Mergers and Acquisitions Law and Real Estate Law.

Andrew N. Kovar received a The Best Lawyers in America©: Ones to Watch (2021 Edition) in Wichita for Banking and Finance Law, Municipal Law, and Public Finance Law.

Jeffrey D. Leonard was named Best Lawyers 2021 Litigation–Construction Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Wichita and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2021 in Construction Law and in Litigation – Construction.

Timothy E. McKee was named Best Lawyers 2021 Natural Resources Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Wichita and was listed in the Best Lawyers in America© 2021 in the field of Natural Resources Law.