Washburn Lawyer, V. 47, No. 2 (Fall 2009)

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VOLUME 47, ISSUE 2 Lawyer FALL 2009

DONOR HONOR ROLL

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AWARDS

Pro Bono Embracing a Professional Obligation to Give Back

WASHBURN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW ALUMNI MAGAZINE DEAN Thomas J. Romig Dear Alumni and Friends, In our feature story in this issue of the Washburn Lawyer, we share with you our redesigned pro bono program. The program encourages students to understand and embrace their future professional obligations by providing legal services to those with limited means. Whenever a Washburn Law graduate succeeds or helps others succeed, as in our pro bono work, it refl ects on the value of what we do here each and every day. I hope you will read more about the celebration and some of the pro bono projects involving alumni, beginning on page 30. Also in this issue is our annual Donor Honor Roll, highlighting those who provided fi nancial support during this past fi scal year to improve the law school in countless ways. Our sincere thank you goes out to these donors for their support. Washburn Law welcomed an impressive class of 151 students this fall. Applications rose 25% over the previous year. With the benefi t of scholarships, we were able to increase the published LSAT scores of the incoming class by two points from a year ago. Speaking of scholarships, we are facing an immense challenge — recruiting the best and brightest students while also ensuring that their debt load does not hinder them from pursuing their desired professional opportunities. As the competition among law schools continues to heighten, the need for additional funding remains a constant challenge. To address this need, we have launched the “Students First” Scholarship Campaign, a strategy to improve the academic credentials of incoming classes. During 2009-10, Washburn Law awarded scholarships in excess of $1.8 million. It is projected that another $200,000 to $300,000 is needed for next year to remain competitive with our scholarships. The time is right for us to take this step forward. We know this can be possible with your assistance. Alumni support comes in a variety of ways. Each time you mentor a law student, attend a program, provide a lecture in your area of expertise, join us for an alumni reception in your community, or make a fi nancial contribution — you are contributing to our law school. Another area where your help can be invaluable is in assisting our students and recent graduates in fi nding jobs. Our professional development staff works tirelessly on their behalf, but particularly in these challenging times, it would be helpful if you would please keep them in mind whenever opportunities are available within your organization. This fall featured yet another slate of impressive events at the law school. Our four Centers for Excellence continue to enrich our students’ law school experience. The Business and Transactional Law Center and the Washburn Law Journal sponsored “The Future Course of Oil and Gas Jurisprudence II” in October. The Center for Law and Government and the Center for Excellence in Advocacy hosted the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in late September. Read more about these and many other events at the law school in this issue of the Washburn Lawyer. As you can see, the life of the law school continues to be busy and exciting. Your support and commitment to our law school is, as it always has been, indispensable to our success. By working together, we will share the pride, shape our future, and shine the light on Washburn Law. Sincerely,

Thomas J. Romig Dean and Professor of Law [email protected] LWASHBURNawyer CONTENTS Fall 2009

VOLUME 47, ISSUE 2 FALL 2009 FEATURES DEAN Thomas J. Romig 4-8 28-29 Commencement: Advancement: EDITORS 4 Class of 2009 Planned Giving Carolyn Barnes Legacies Recent Endowments Director, Alumni Services Honorary Degrees Marsha Boswell Director, Marketing Communications 9-15 34-55 Alumni Association Awards: Donor Honor Roll: PHOTOGRAPHERS Carolyn Barnes Distinguished Service Award Contributors Julie Matchett Honorary Life Membership Honor/Memorial Contributions Bruce Mathews, Mathews Communications 9 Lifetime Achievement Awards Martin Wisneski DESIGNER 30-33 61 Pam Besler Kaufman, Create, Inc. Pro Bono: U.S. Supreme Court Embracing a Professional Swearing-In Ceremony Obligation to Give Back 30 UPDATE YOUR ADDRESS: E-mail: [email protected] ON THE COVER: Phone: (785) 670-1011 Pro Bono Cover illustration by Amanda Warren. Read more about the illustration on page 32. CONTACT US: We welcome your comments to this publication. Please write, telephone, e-mail, 44 or visit our website. Letters to the editor and news of jobs, honors, weddings, anniversaries, and births are always welcome. Please include SIGNATURE PROGRAMS IN EVERY ISSUE your name, class year, address, and daytime telephone number. Letters to the editor may be 16 Washburn Law Library 2 President’s Letter edited for length and clarity. 18 Centers for Excellence 23 Class Actions 20 Washburn Law Clinic 27 In Memoriam 22 56 WRITE TO: Institute for Law Teaching and Learning Alumni News and Events Editor: Washburn Lawyer 59 Faculty News Washburn University School of Law 62 Upcoming Events Calendar Alumni Services LEGAL BRIEFS 1700 SW College Ave. 3 Topeka, KS 66621 Admissions - Fall 2009 Entering Class Telephone: (785) 670-2013 60 Best Bang for Your Buck Fax: (785) 670-3249 60 “Students First” Campaign Launched E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.washburnlaw.edu/alumni/

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he June 18 Washburn University School of Law Alumni Association Awards Luncheon was a proud day. Nearly 200 PRESIDENT T alumni, family, and friends fi lled the Sheraton Overland Park, Stephen W. Cavanaugh, ’80 Kan., ballroom to celebrate the annual awards ceremony. The spotlight was shining brightly on our law school as the Alumni Washburn University School of Law Association honored Professor Sheila Reynolds with an Honorary Alumni Association Board of Governors Life Membership and Bill Bunten, ’56, with the Distinguished Stephen W. Cavanaugh, ’80, President Service Award. Eleven alumni, whose careers have been highly Topeka, Kan. distinguished, and whose achievements and contributions are Winton M. Hinkle, ’68, President-Elect widely recognized as signifi cant and outstanding in their fi eld of Wichita, Kan. Paul R. Hoferer, ’75, Vice President endeavor, were honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards. Read Topeka, Kan. more about these recipients starting on page 9 of this issue. J. Lyn Goering, ’87, Treasurer Topeka, Kan. Jeffrey D. Jackson, ’92, Executive Secretary Presenting the Lifetime Achievement Awards was a particularly Topeka, Kan. humbling and emotional experience for me and for Paul Hoferer, Steven G. Cooper, ’73, Past President ’75, chairman of the awards committee. Among those accepting Manhattan, Kan. D. Duke Dupre, ’73, Foundation President awards bestowed posthumously were family members who Plano, Texas traveled from as far as Seattle, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. We

Christina I. Apperson, ‘97, Chapel Hill, N.C. were pleased to have Andrew “Jack” Focht, ’60; Gerald “Jerry” Saul Arceo, ’94, Richardson, Texas Goodell, ’58; and Dr. Bill Roy Sr., ’70, present to receive their Dana E. Brewer, ’77, Concordia, Kan. awards. The recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Awards have Marck R. Cobb, ’89, Galva, Kan. John R. Dietrick, ’84, Topeka, Kan. distinguished themselves in civil rights, business, government, Richmond M. Enochs, ’63, Shawnee Mission, Kan. education, politics, private practice, and the judiciary. The far- Eric S. Heath, ’96, San Francisco, Calif. reaching impact that Washburn Law alumni have made across Kelly K. Mahoney, ’02, Boone, Iowa Terry L. Mann, ’86, Wichita, Kan. the United States and in numerous diverse ﬁ elds of endeavor is Stephen L. Martino, ’02, Topeka, Kan. impressive indeed. Carol Duffy McDowell, ’75, Topeka, Kan. Manuel B. Mendoza, ’58, Bloomington, Ill. Frank C. Norton, ’56, Salina, Kan. The contributions made by Washburn lawyers in the Brown v. Board Linda S. Parks, ’83, Wichita, Kan. of Education of Topeka case have long been recognized. Through Philip C. Pennington, ’84, Weatherby Lake, Mo. the research and selection process for the Lifetime Achievement Cailin M. Ringelman, ’02, Southlake, Texas Awards, we learned that our graduates played a highly prominent Keith L. Roberts, ’80, Woodbridge, Va. Shoko Sevart, ’73, Wichita, Kan. role in the civil rights movement, perhaps much earlier than James C. Slattery, ’75, Topeka, Kan. previously thought. The impact of Washburn-educated lawyers in and McLean, Va. fair housing and school desegregation has been dramatic. Those Sabrina Standifer, ’99, Wichita, Kan. Stephen Torline, ’97, Kansas City, Mo. attending the awards luncheon left with the knowledge that they M. Kathryn Webb, ’83, Wichita, Kan. were a part of a proud, distinguished legacy of Washburn lawyers. Calvin K. Williams, ’78, Colby, Kan. Not just lawyers, but “Washburn lawyers.” Angel R. Zimmerman, ’06, Topeka, Kan. Advisory Board Bernie Bianchino, ’74, Overland Park, Kan. William D. Bunten, ’56, Topeka, Kan. David A. Fenley, ’79, Kansas City, Mo. Ward E. Loyd, ’68, Garden City, Kan.

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Fall 2009 Entering Class AUGUST 21, 2009

151 students from 22 different states • 65% are from Kansas • Two are from Russia and two are from China • 57 different undergraduate schools, with the top three being University of Kansas (33), Kansas State University (17), and Washburn University (15) • Other undergraduate schools include Brigham Young, Emory, Fordham, Notre Dame, Southern Virginia, South Florida, Southwest Baptist, University of Washington, and Xavier • 8% have post-graduate degrees • Average age is 25 years old • Various backgrounds and experiences: college debater, two college newspaper editors, forensic nurse, homecoming king, mock trial competitors, national champion livestock judging team member, Peace Corps volunteer, real estate management group president, sports radio talk show host, stockbroker, student body president, New law students and their families teacher, and volunteer who trained missionaries in Argentina • are welcomed by Washburn Law “Sporty” class is full of collegiate athletes, including enough college faculty and staff at a picnic at soccer players to form a small co-ed team, college tennis player, Lake Shawnee on August 21. golfer, football player, baseball and softball athletes, and Big 12 regional champion in women’s equestrian competition.

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Jennifer Ann Amyx Advocacy Adam David Andersen Business and Transactional Law Stacey M. Anderson Business and Transactional Law David Michael Batchelder Joseph Scott Behzadi Timothy Michael Belsan Lucy Ann Betteridge International and Comparative Law Louis King Biegeleisèn Matthew William Bish David P. Bolda Business and Transactional Law Desirée L. Bos Jeremy P. Boyce Keith A. Brock Kelli Marie Broers Business and Transactional Law International and Comparative Law Erin Michel Bruce Kari Roxanna Burks Adam Reid Burrus Business and Transactional Law Angela Yvonne Carlon Business and Transactional Law Jonathan Clayton Matthew Hanten Conley Paul William Cope Business and Transactional Law Mark Reed Coulter International and Comparative Law Richard Burt Courson Larry Don Crow Jr. Business and Transactional Law Alejandro C. Cuellar Advocacy Joel Edward Dake

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Milfred Douglas Dale Carol Ann Krstulic Nicolas Miller Restituto Advocacy, Family Law Business and Transactional Law Johnathan Aaron Rhodes Seyed Masood Dehnavifar Lori Louise Lalouette Vincent James Rivera Advocacy Christine Marie Larson Advocacy Business and Transactional Law Troy Alan Larson George Travis Rodmon Kenneth Wayne DeLaughder Business and Transactional Law Advocacy Advocacy Joseph Robert Ledbetter Brendon Randall Rogers Tracey Theo Denton Audrey Marie Lee Rebecca Rose Rookstool Jessica Lynn Dorsey Natural Resources Law Aaron Ray Sauerwein International and Comparative Law Clayton Lee William Kenneth Schmidt Lauren Suzanne Douglass Mark A. Lippelmann Jeremy Keith Schrag Family Law Douglas L. Longhofer Business and Transactional Law Regan Richards Duckworth Business and Transactional Law International and Comparative Law Alexandria Susanne Dunn Tax Law David Harlan Schreiber Elizabeth Jane Edwards Lay Kimberly M. J. Lynch Business and Transactional Law Carrie Jewelene Ellison Business and Transactional Law Danielle K. Schulte Eric Paul Fournier Brie Anna Madden Business and Transactional Law Gregory Andrew Franken Daniel Magill Justan Ray Shinkle Aaron C. Freestone International and Comparative Law Business and Transactional Law Erica Marie Gage Moshe Yoel Malashock Michael Andrew Sloan Cory James Gallagher Business and Transactional Law Brandy Chantille Smidt Jessica Lynn Garner Aaron O. Martin Sheri L. Smiley Business and Transactional Law Racheal Hannah Mastel Charles Kwalonue Sunwabe Jr. Jason Richard Gianvecchio Family Law Business and Transactional Law Advocacy Mason Thomas McBride Jennifer Dawn Tabuas Daniel David Gilligan Megan L. McCann Shirin Tarsa Dustin Lynn Grant Justin Louis McFarland Jennifer Thoms Samuel Adam Green Nicholas James Means Karin Nicole Tollefson Jessica Anne Gregory Kevin William Mechtley Michael Dominic Toscano Danielle Marie Wherrell Hall Business and Transactional Law Business and Transactional Law Jennifer Denise Hall Rafael Mendez Jr. Raye Ann Tucker Natural Resources Law Ellen Christine Montgomery Amy Lynn Turner Jeffrey A. Harris Jr. Natural Resources Law Travis Mark Turner Ryan Patrick Hellmer Ernest Hunter Moore IV Jeffery Bennett Waddell Business and Transactional Law Joseph Patrick Moore Jayson Andrew Watkins Paul Hendrix Blake M. Murray Elizabeth N. Webb Business and Transactional Law Business and Transactional Law David Joseph Welder Angela Dawn Chesney Herrington Joshua Adam Ney Jonathan Michael Whitaker Elizabeth Jordan Hickert Fike Elizabeth Lee Oliver Amber Renae Whitlock Tiffany Diane Hogan Advocacy Business and Transactional Law Nicholas Craig Horvath Ashley Sara Oppenheim Katie Michele Whitsitt Business and Transactional Law Keith Darwin Pangburn Sean Gregory Whittmore Paul Jerome Huffman Business and Transactional Law Jordan Wills Ashley Susanne Hutton Joseph Mark Parsons Timothy Robert Woods Nicholas Osborn Johnson Business and Transactional Law Family Law Brent Johnston James Pavisian Emily Anne Yessen Clayton Ison Kerbs Rebecca Jean Payo Business and Transactional Law John Andrew Kitchens Maureen Danielle Pecinovsky Heather Rachelle Klaassen Michael Shawn Penrod Carl Mathias Koupal III Todd D. Pingel Certiﬁ cates earned are indicated by italics. Business and Transactional Law Callie Rae Pippin List includes December 2008 graduates. Anna Marie Krstulic Garett Christopher Relph

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Ryan Hellmer and his father, Jerome Hellmer, ’74

Chief Justice Kay E. McFarland, Ret., ’64, was the speaker at the 104th commencement. 104th Commencement

he 104th Washburn University School of Law Commencement Edward Kainen, ’88, Ceremony was held on the evening of Saturday, May 16, in Lee Arena, T and his stepdaughter, Racheal Mastel on the Washburn campus. Kansas City St. Andrews Pipe and Drums led the processional with Professor Myrl L. Duncan, J.S.D., as grand marshal. Speakers at commencement were: Dean Thomas J. Romig; Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Sheila Reynolds; Moshe Malashock, ’09, president of the Washburn Student Bar Association; and Stephen W. Cavanaugh, ’80, president of the Washburn University School of Law Alumni Association. Presentation of the Honorary Doctor of Law Degree was made by Washburn University Board of Regents Chair, Bob W. Storey, ’63. The Honorable Kay E. McFarland, ’64, was the 2009 recipient of the Honorary Degree. McFarland also gave the commencement address to the Class of 2009. Conferring of degrees was led by Jerry B. Farley, Ph.D., president of Washburn University. A champagne reception to congratulate the graduates was held at the Curtis McBride, ’72, and his son Mason McBride Memorial Union.

Each year, the graduating class votes to honor a member of the faculty as the William O. Douglas Outstanding Professor of the Year. John J. Francis received this award. The Adjunct Professor of the Year was given to C. William “Bill” Ossmann, ’77.

During the May commencement, 137 students graduated, with 49 receiv- ing Certiﬁ cates of Concentration in one or more of the following areas: advocacy, business and transactional law, estate planning, family law, international and comparative law, natural resources law, and tax law.

6 | FALL 2009 | WWW.WASHBURNLAW.EDU Clayton Kerbs and his father, Glenn Kerbs, ’78 commencement

Aaron Martin and his father, Thomas Martin, ’77

Alan Rupe, ’75, and his stepdaughter, Jordan Wills 2009

CLASS OF

Sisters Carol and Anna Krstulic

WASHBURN LAWYER | FALL 2009 | 7 Jessica Gregory and her father-in-law, Lewis Gregory,’83 MCFARLAND AND SLOAN RECEIVE Honorary Degrees MAY 16, 2009

The honorary doctorate is the highest academic recognition Washburn University bestows. Candidates for this degree generally have signiﬁ cant ties to the state of Kansas or to Washburn University through birth, residence, education, service, or notable achievement. This past May, the law school was pleased to have two of its graduates receive this esteemed award.

CHIEF JUSTICE KAY E. MCFARLAND, JAMES W. SLOAN, BA ’50, AND JD ’52, RET., BA ’57, AND JD ’64, RECEIVES RECEIVES THE 2009 HONORARY THE 2009 HONORARY DOCTOR OF LAW DOCTOR OF HUMANE LETTERS PRESENTED AT THE PRESENTED AT THE COLLEGE OF SCHOOL OF LAW CEREMONY ARTS AND SCIENCES CEREMONY

ollowing law school, McFarland was in private loan retired last year after 56 years with Fpractice in Topeka until 1971. She was the fi rst Sthe Topeka law fi rm of Sloan, Eisenbarth, female elected to a judgeship in Shawnee County Glassman, McEntire, and Jarboe LLC. He is when she became the judge of the Shawnee County currently serving as a trustee for the Washburn probate and juvenile courts. Two years later, Endowment Association. In addition to being a McFarland became judge of the newly-created Fifth founding member of the Friends of Mabee Library, Division of the District Court of Kansas. In 1977, Sloan has given extensive service to numerous she was appointed to the Kansas Supreme Court, groups in Topeka and on the Washburn campus. having the distinction of being the fi rst woman He established the James W. Sloan Law Scholarship, justice. She was Chief Justice from 1995 until her Floyd A. Sloan Endowed Law Professorship, James retirement in January of this year. W. Sloan Scholarship Fund for Golf, James W. Sloan Men’s Tennis Scholarship, and the Jeanne Bosman- Wohlberg Drama Scholarship.

8 | FALL 2009 | WWW.WASHBURNLAW.EDU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Awards The Washburn University School of Law Alumni Association Board of Governors presented its annual awards during the Washburn Law luncheon at the Kansas Bar Association’s annual meeting in Overland Park on June 18, 2009. Distinguished Service Award Honorary Life Membe rs hip

The Distinguished Service Award is bestowed on The Honorary Life Membership is awarded annually graduates of the School of Law who have particularly to a non-graduate. The recipient of this honor is distinguished themselves and brought recognition someone who has provided exemplary service to the school through their service to to their profession, community, and to Washburn University School of Law, the legal Washburn University School of Law. profession, their community, or public service.

William D. “Bill ” Bunten, ’56, was majored in President of INTRUST Bank, N.A (formerly The First OrientalProfess Languages or Sheila and East AsianReynolds Studies in college and was National Bank) of Wichita from 1982 until his retirement a Woodrow Wilson Fellow at Harvard University from 1966- in 1996. His previous 67, studying Chinese banking positions literature. She returned were as executive vice- to Kansas for her president of United J.D., was admitted to Central Bank, Des practice law in Kansas Moines (1979-82); and Missouri in 1971, Merchants National and worked as a legal Bank as president from services staff lawyer in (1967-79); and vice both states. president of National Bank of Detroit Reynolds has been on (1957-67). Bunten has the Washburn Law provided his leadership faculty for 30 years. to several boards: vice During 2008-09, she chairman, 1st Financial was Associate Dean Corporation in Wichita (1982-96); vice chairman, 1st Bancorp for Academic Affairs, in addition to having this responsibility Kansas; and Topeka’s American Home Life Insurance from 1985-91. She has supervised students in family law Company (1974-99). He is licensed in Kansas and Michigan. cases in the Law Clinic for 28 years, and taught Professional Responsibility, Legal Malpractice, Research and Writing, and His service to Washburn has been extensive, including family law courses. Washburn Law School Foundation’s Board of Directors, currently serving as treasurer; Washburn University School In 2008, Professor Reynolds received the Robert Gernon of Law Alumni Association Board of Governors (2002-08); Award for Outstanding Service to Continuing Legal Washburn Endowment Association trustee (1990-present) Education in Kansas. In 2007, the Kansas Bar Association and director (2006); Washburn University Alumni Association (KBA) presented her with a Pro Bono Certiﬁ cate for legal (1989-92), president (1991-92); Board of Advisors, Business representation of indigent persons without charge, and in and Transactional Law Center (2004-present); chairman of the 1999 she received the KBA’s Outstanding Service Award. steering committee for the Washburn University School of Law Centennial Celebration (2003-06). William D. “Bill ” Bunten, ’56 Profess or Sheila Reynolds AB, Baker University, 1953 BA, University of Kansas, 1966 LLB, Washburn University, 1956 JD, University of Kansas, 1971 MBA, Wharton School of Finance, 1958

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The Lifetime Achievement Award is bestowed upon graduates whose careers have been highly distinguished, and whose achievements and contributions are widely recognized as signiﬁ cant and outstanding in their ﬁ eld of endeavor, whether it be in the practice of law, the judiciary, business, public service, education, or otherwise. While all graduates of the law school will be eligible for consideration, in general those nominated should be persons whose professional careers have been substantially completed, and who clearly will represent the very best and most accomplished of the law school’s many outstanding graduates.

was was a renowned Seattle, bestTh known e Hon. in Shawnee James P. Buchele, ’66, Philip L. Burton, ’48, Washington, civil rights County as a district and equal employment court judge for 18 opportunity lawyer. After years. For fi ve years, law school, he maintained he was in charge of a law practice with the county’s domestic Charles M. Stokes (later case docket and was Judge), a University of instrumental in forming Kansas School of Law the fi rst Child Support graduate. Burton and Guidelines Commission, Stokes were two of only which revamped the a few African American county’s child support lawyers practicing in enforcement policies. Seattle in the late 1940s Buchele also co-authored and early 1950s. Kansas Family Law with Linda Elrod, ba ’69, and jd ’71, Washburn University Richard Burton was instrumental in the desegregation of Seattle’s S. Righter Distinguished Professor of Law. He often lectured schools, pressing the lawsuit in 1963 that led to the Seattle and wrote on family law issues. Judge Buchele also handled a school district’s fi rst program for voluntary transfers to number of noteworthy civil and criminal cases during his time achieve racial parity. Another lawsuit was fi led in 1966 on on the bench. behalf of 30 African American students, which was followed by a successful school boycott. Still another lawsuit was fi led Buchele was one of the youngest candidates in history to win in 1977, which ultimately resulted in a consent decree in the a seat in the Kansas House of Representatives. He served United States District Court in 1979, under which the school in the legislature from 1965-72. For four years, Buchele was board adopted a citywide mandatory desegregation plan – the Topeka city attorney, and then became administrative assistant fi rst and largest metropolitan school district in the nation to to Congresswoman Martha Keys in 1975. President Carter abolish public school segregation without a direct order by the appointed Buchele to be the United States Attorney for federal courts. In 1967, Burton worked for the enactment of Kansas in 1977, a position that he held throughout the Carter the state’s Fair Housing Act. Administration. Kansas Governor John Carlin then appointed Buchele to the district court. When he died in 1995, Burton was praised by Seattle’s mayor as “fi rst and foremost a champion of civil rights and the Judge Buchele served in leadership roles for a number of rights of human beings.” He was one of the most articulate civic and professional organizations, including the Kansas spokespersons for all disadvantaged individuals. Although District Judges Association, the Kansas Bar Association, an extremely modest man, Burton was the recipient of and the American Judicature Society. As a senior judge, he many honors and awards. Burton was the second Washburn frequently sat with panels on the Kansas Court of Appeals. graduate selected for the National Bar Association Hall of After his retirement from the bench, Judge Buchele worked as Fame. a mediator and arbitrator for business and family disputes.

Th e Hon. James P. Buchele, ’66 Philip L. Burton, ’48 Born: Sept. 25, 1941 - Cedar Vale, Kan. Born: Oct. 15, 1915 - Topeka, Kan. Died: May 29, 2003 - Topeka, Kan., at the age of 61 Died: July 30, 1995 - Seattle, Wash., at the age of 79

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“most popular professor.” His vision and leadership were William A. Buzick , ’50, known to everyone instrumental in the modernization of the business school, and as “Bill,” was born in the quaint township of Sylvan Grove, his legacy and impact there continues to be recognized to this Kan., a small community that was actually named by Bill’s day. Over the years, Bill served on the boards of various banks grandfather A. R. Buzick, a cattle rancher and founder of and corporations, while consulting for numerous businesses the Sylvan State Bank. Bill was an only child, and his parents and professionals. In 1970, he was Washburn University’s dedicated themselves to continuing the family ranching and Honorary Doctor of Law recipient. banking business while encouraging their son to do the same. As a young boy, his fi rst job was horseback riding and mending fences on the cattle ranch. During his teenage was a lawyer, civil rights years, Bill began working in the bank. These experiences, advocate,Samuel and C.spokesman Jackson, for higher ’54, education. He graduated among others, led Bill to earn an undergraduate degree in from Topeka High School and received his bachelor’s degree history from the University of Kansas in 1942. During World from Washburn in 1951. After graduation from Washburn War II, Buzick served in the U.S. Navy as a lieutenant and University School of Law, he served in the United States Air gunnery offi cer on the U.S.S. Destroyer Dewey, in the third Force as a Judge Advocate General’s Corps Offi cer until 1957, fl eet under Admiral when he joined the Halsey, a ship on Kansas law fi rm of which Bill survived the Scott, Scott, Scott, and infamous Philippines Jackson. He was also Sea Typhoon on the attorney for the December 18, 1944. Kansas State Welfare After the close of the Department. In 1965, war, Bill enrolled at at the request of Washburn University President Lyndon B. School of Law. Johnson, he served His education and as one of the original experience prepared members of the him to become Equal Employment president of The Opportunity Shasta Beverages Commission. Three Company, a company he inherited from his maternal years later, he was appointed vice president of the American grandfather E.P. Hickman. It was during the 1950s that Bill Arbitration Association’s Center for Dispute Settlement. transformed The Shasta Beverages Company from its then President Richard M. Nixon appointed Jackson as assistant state of near bankruptcy to a nationally recognized fi nancial secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban success. Bill guided Shasta to become the fi rst company Development in 1969. He contributed an article to the in history to offer soft drinks in a can. Additionally, Bill Washburn Law Journal that year. pioneered a then entirely new market, “diet soda.” Jackson became a partner in the New York law fi rm of In the mid-1960s, Bill sold the successful Shasta Company Stroock, Stroock & Lavan in 1973. Eight years later, Jackson to the Chicago-based conglomerate, Consolidated Foods, was appointed to the Presidential Housing Commission by which later became the international corporation Sara Lee. Bill President Ronald Reagan. He served on the boards of several quickly rose within the company to the position of chairman banks, corporations, and universities. His memberships of the board and chief executive offi cer. He remained there included the National Association for the Advancement of until 1976. Colored People, National Urban League, Operation PUSH, Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, and the National Bar Association, Bill became dean and professor at Fresno State (Calif.) in addition to numerous other organizations. University’s business school, where the students voted him William A. “Bill ” Buzick , ’50 Samuel C. Jackson, ’54 Born: Nov. 4, 1920 - Sylvan Grove, Kan. Born: May 8, 1929 - Kansas City, Kan. Died: Dec. 28, 2000 - Fresno, Calif., at the age of 80 Died: Sept. 27, 1982 - Washington, D.C., at the age of 53

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has almost 50 years Gerald “Jerry” Goo de ll, ’58, is the recipient of ofAndre experience w as “Jack” an attorney, Focht, and is a’60, Fellow of the American three Washburn University degrees: a Bachelor of Business College of Trial Lawyers. Administration, a Juris Doctor, and the 2002 Honorary Doctor of Law. Since 2003, he has served as of counsel to the He graduated from Southwestern College (Winfi eld, Kan.) Topeka fi rm of Goodell, Stratton, Edmonds & Palmer. He with a B.A. degree in 1957. At Southwestern, Focht was is currently listed as a leader in the fi eld of real estate law in president of his sophomore and senior class, and president of The Best Lawyers in America and represents real estate brokers, the student body during his junior year. Focht then attended developers, and lenders. Washburn University School of Law, where he Goodell’s leadership was on the Moot Court has touched numerous team and the Board of organizations, including Editors for the Washburn roles as president of the Law Journal, president of Washburn University the law school student School of Law Alumni body, and justice of the Association, president Phi Alpha Delta legal of the Washburn Law fraternity. He received School Foundation, his law degree, with chairperson of honors, in 1960. Washburn Endowment Association, president Focht’s practice has of the Kansas Bar ranged from high- Association, president profi le criminal cases of the Topeka Bar to complex civil litigation. He has directed the defense of Association, and chairperson of the Kansas Board of Bar numerous individuals and companies targeted for investigation Examiners. Goodell currently serves as a member of the by agencies of the state and federal government. In 1974, as Kansas Judicial Council, chairperson of the Kansas Judicial a special prosecutor, he gained national prominence for the Council Probate Committee, and a member of the Kansas fi rst successful prosecution in the United States of a murder Governmental Ethics Commission. case without a body. Two years later, Focht was presented with an Outstanding Citizen Award from the Wichita Police Washburn University School of Law honored him with the Department for risking his life to aid in the capture of the 1982 Alumni Distinguished Service Award. Goodell was Holiday Inn Sniper. the recipient of the Kansas Bar Association’s Distinguished Service Award in 1993, and the Topeka Bar Association’s Focht currently practices as special counsel to Wichita’s Warren Shaw Award in 1998. In June 2007, Goodell Foulston Siefkin LLP’s health care and litigation practice received the Justice Award from the Kansas Supreme Court. groups in the areas of health care law, fraud and abuse, Goodell has taught classes on trial techniques and real white collar crime, civil rights, employment law, professional estate mortgages, in addition to participating on numerous responsibility, government investigations, and business professional panels. litigation. He holds Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory’s highest “AV” rating for lawyers and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers, and Chambers USA as a leading general commercial litigation attorney. He has been involved on a number of boards and commissions, such as the Kansas Board of Law Examiners and president of the Kansas Appleseed, Inc. Andre w “Jack” Focht, ’60 Gerald “Jerry” Goo de ll, ’58 Born: June 20, 1934 - Omaha, Neb. Born: July 31, 1932 - Topeka, Kan.

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graduated Margare t McGurnaghan, ’27, was born fromRichard Topeka High Brooke School, WashburnMcEntire University, , ’34, and in India. As a young child, she and her family fi rst lived in Washburn University School of Law. After law school Florence, Kan., before making Topeka her home. At the graduation, he became a partner in the fi rm of Claussen and age of 49, she received an LL.B. cum laude from Washburn McEntire in Topeka, specializing in motor carrier work before University School of Law. She had spent the previous 25 the Kansas Corporation Commission. McEntire was named years with a Topeka law fi rm (then known as Wheeler, Hunt, a United States Commissioner for the District of Kansas in & Brewster) as a stenographer and being trained in title 1935. Four years later, he was appointed a special attorney standards before entering law school. Later, she became a by the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC), and the managing partner of the fi rm. In addition to becoming the following year was named secretary of the agency. In 1943, fi rst female partner in a large law fi rm in Topeka, she became McEntire became the KCC’s general counsel, and during 1944 one of the fi rst women admitted to practice law in Kansas he was named chairman of the Commission. While at KCC, and also one of the fi rst women to join the Kansas Bar he presided over the proration of the vast Hugoton, Kan., gas Association. McGurnaghan was prominent in legal aid work fi elds. for members of the armed forces. She practiced for 33 years before retiring at the age of 84. McEntire also served on the executive committee She was the chair and on the special of the fi rst Title gas committee of the Standards Committee National Association of of the Kansas Bar Railroad and Utilities Association, and Commissioners. He was published a number secretary to the Kansas of articles in the Day Club from 1939-45. Judicial Council Bulletin on title, real estate, In March 1946, a and probate issues. predecessor at the McGurnaghan was Commission returned also an active member from war service. of the American Bar McEntire felt so strongly Association. From that returning veterans 1945-49, McGurnaghan should be reinstated to their old jobs that he resigned from the was secretary-treasurer of the Topeka Bar Association, in KCC and returned to private practice. Within a few months, addition to serving on the standards for title examination however, President Harry Truman appointed him to the committee. McGurnaghan was national treasurer of Phi Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which was in Delta Delta women’s legal fraternity for 16 years and served Philadelphia. He was reappointed in 1948. Two years later, he as president of the Kansas Women Lawyers Association. At served as an adviser to United States Treasury Secretary John the time of her death, she was honorary vice president of the Snyder at the World Bank and Monetary Fund Conference in Association. Paris. His work was instrumental in the implementation of a Canadian extradition treaty, which ended fraudulent securities She began teaching at Washburn as a lecturer on Abstracts offers by promoters of Canadian mining ventures. He became of Title and Conveyancing in 1936, continuing to teach most vice chairman of the SEC in 1950 and also served as acting years through 1959. Never having married, McGurnaghan chairman. He resigned from the SEC in 1953 to pursue the considered her students to be like her children and spent private practice of law. considerable time with them.

Richard Brooke McEntire , ’34 Margare t McGurnaghan, ’27, Born: Feb. 19, 1911 - Topeka, Kan. Born: May 3, 1876 - India Died: Feb. 17, 1958 - Bethesda, Md., at the age of 46 Died: Jan. 5, 1963 - Topeka, Kan., at the age of 86

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v. Jackson. He joined as counsel on the briefs in Brown v. Board Th e Hon. Lore n R. Mill er, ’28, was one of Education and on amicus curiae briefs in civil rights and First of the most prominent fi gures in the history of the civil rights Amendment cases on behalf of the NAACP, the ACLU, and movement in California. Born the son of a former slave in the National Lawyers Guild. Pender, Neb., he moved to Kansas as a boy, and graduated from Highland (Kan.) High School. After graduating from Miller’s book, The Petitioners: The Story of the Supreme Court of Washburn University School of Law, he was admitted to the the United States and the Negro, was written in 1966. He was vice- Kansas Bar and worked as a lawyer in Topeka before moving president of the NAACP, a member of the NAACP’s legal to California to pursue his interest in journalism. committee, and a member of the Civil Rights Committee of the State Bar Association. It is believed that Miller explored After Miller’s cousin from Kansas City, Kan., started a weekly the possibility of running as a Democrat for Congress, a black newspaper, the Los Angeles Sentinel, he worked there prospect that excited many in the black community. for a time in the early 1930s. Later, writer Langston Hughes and Miller traveled to the Soviet Union. Miller served as legal In 1964, three years before his death, former governor counsel for Hughes several times. Miller returned to the legal Edmund G. Brown of California appointed Miller to profession in 1933, after passing the California Bar. the Superior Court of California. The Loren Miller Bar Association was founded in August 1968 in Seattle, Wash. Much of Miller’s practice was dedicated to representing The prestigious Loren Miller Legal Services Award, created clients who were fi ghting discrimination in housing, especially in 1977 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the State after World War II, when many blacks sought economic Bar of California, is given annually to a lawyer who has done opportunities in California. Miller was named co-chair of signifi cant legal work to assist the poor. the West Coast legal committee of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). In that With her judicial appointment in 2003 to the Superior capacity, he became the fi rst attorney to win an unqualifi ed Court of Los Angeles County, Robin Miller Sloan (Miller’s verdict outlawing residential restrictive covenants in real estate granddaughter) became the fi rst third-generation judge in the sales that involved Federal Housing Administration (FHA) or history of the California court system. Judge Sloan’s father, Veterans Administration (VA) fi nancing. Loren Miller Jr., served on the bench from 1975-97.

In 1951, he bought the California Eagle, the oldest newspaper in Los Angeles for the black community. This newspaper was elected as continued to press for the complete integration of African aMary representative M. to “Billie” the student councilParr, while ’47, at Washburn Americans in every sector of society, and to protest all forms Law. Parr’s husband was career military with frequent of Jim Crow laws. He also contributed numerous articles to moves overseas until his retirement in 1968 when they made such journals as The Crisis, Lawrence, Kan., their The Nation, and Law in home. Transition. After a long career as Two of three cases a litigator working at he argued before the the Topeka Legal Aid United States Supreme ofﬁ ce, Parr joined the Court involved racially Washburn University restrictive covenants, School of Law faculty including the landmark in the summer of 1971 case, Shelley v. Kraemer, to teach courses in the in which both Miller Law Clinic as assistant and Thurgood Marshall director. Parr was the presented arguments, second member of the and the case of Barrows Th e Hon. Lore n R. Mill er, ’28 Mary M. “Billie” Parr, ’47, Born: Jan. 20, 1903 - Pender, Neb. Born: Jan. 24, 1920 - Topeka, Kan. Died: July 14, 1967 - Los Angeles, Calif., at the age of 64 Died: Nov. 13, 1986 - Lawrence, Kan., at the age of 66

14 | FALL 2009 | WWW.WASHBURNLAW.EDU Clinic’s faculty. She was known for her ability as a litigator He has received two honorary doctorates and has served and was extraordinary in helping her students improve their on the Washburn Board of Regents, the Kansas Board of courtroom skills. In 1978, Parr was appointed as the fi rst Regents, and the Board of Regents of the Uniformed Services woman assistant dean for the law school, working with a University of Health Sciences, the military’s medical school. As student body of 625 and a faculty of 28 members. Parr’s honorary visiting professor, he enjoys conferring with political knowledge of the Kansas legal community, and the respect science students. that she had from the community were valuable assets to the law school. Her true passion was teaching third-year students how to practice law and how to take care of clients. Even after LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT retiring from the law school in 1983, she returned as acting associate dean when her successor in that position, Professor RECOGNITION AWARD Bill Rich, was granted a sabbatical in 1984. • NOMINATION FORM• Please submit by January 15, 2010 received a Bachelor of ScienceDr. Bill degree fromRoy Illinois Sr., Wesleyan ’70, University in 1946, and an M.D. from Northwestern University Medical School he Lifetime Achievement Awards are bestowed upon in 1950. Shortly after law school graduation in 1970, Roy, Tgraduates whose careers have been highly distinguished, and opposed to the Vietnam War and concerned about civil whose achievements and contributions are widely recognized as rights and establishing universal health care, changed parties signifi cant and outstanding in their fi elds of endeavor, whether and challenged a three- they be in the practice of law, the judiciary, business, public service, term incumbent in the education, or otherwise. Up to 12 awards will be given annually. historically Republican Deceased Washburn Law graduates may also be considered for this Second Congressional award. District of Kansas. Dr. Roy won in the fall and These awards are presented at the annual Alumni Association was reelected in 1972. meeting/Kansas Bar Association (June 11, 2010). Additional announcements will be made in the Washburn Lawyer, press In 1974, he received more releases, and on the television monitor in the law school building. than 49 percent of the votes running against I wish to nominate the following Washburn Law graduate: fellow Washburn Law alumnus Bob Dole, ’52, Name of Nominee: ______for the United States Senate. From 1975-78, Graduation Year: ______Roy served as a medical educator at Topeka’s St. Francis Health Nominee Contact Information, if known: Center. He practiced medicine for the next 10 years until his retirement. (or next of kin if nominee is deceased)

Dr. Roy wrote and passed legislation that increased the number Address: ______of nurses and primary care physicians, promoted emergency City, State, Zip: ______care and health planning, and established the National Cancer Institute. In 1973, he was elected to the Institute of Medicine Nomination Submitted By: ______of the National Academies of Sciences. In 1976, he gave the Shattuck Lecture of the Massachusetts Medical Society, later Phone: ______published in the New England Journal of Medicine. E-mail: ______

Dr. Bill Roy Sr., ’70 Nomination forms may be requested by calling the Alumni Ofﬁ ce, (785) 670-2013, or online at Born: Feb. 23, 1926 - Bloomington, Ill. www.washburnlaw.edu/alumni/

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RESEARCH PORTAL REDESIGNED WashLaw, one of the ﬁ rst portals for legal research on the web, unveiled a redesign earlier this year. The new look incorporates maps to provide an alternative method of navigation. In addition, links to resources for another 68 foreign jurisdictions were added to WashLaw’s foreign law coverage. The internet is one of the best places to ﬁ nd foreign law resources and sometimes the only place. Links on WashLaw are reviewed and selected by law librarians, making them more relevant than results from a traditional search engine. WashLaw currently has links to more than 20,000 resources.

Also this year the Washburn Law Library www.washlaw.edu began partnering with the New England Law Library PRINT AND DIGITAL COLLECTIONS Consortium (NELLCO), a group of academic law Beyond the usual growth of the library’s print libraries, in a grant-funded project to develop Universal collections, major additions to Washburn Law Library’s Search Solution. This solution will enable users to digital collections include the following HeinOnline access library bibliographic records, vendor databases, libraries: NELLCO’s cooperative institutional repository, and selected free web legal research resources, all within • United Nations Law Collection a single search. These signiﬁ cant improvements • National Conference of Commissioners on contributed to WashLaw’s being sought to partner as the Uniform State Laws base of the free web resource component. • National Moot Court Competition Briefs • Subject Compilations of State Laws Database Bibliographic records for the 21,810 titles in the Making COURT DECISIONS ON THE WEB of Modern Law digital collection were added to the Washburn Law Library staff members continue to ATLAS (Associated Topeka Libraries Automation oversee web publication of Kansas appellate court System) online library catalog, with direct links to the decisions and the Kansas Attorney General’s opinions, corresponding pdf images. The Making of Modern Law and also make available daily opinions of the U.S. Court is also available campus-wide, and as with most of our of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. other electronic resources, from off-campus.

As part of the ATLAS consortium, the law library introduced the Encore search platform as an additional option to its library catalog users. Encore uses a single search box and displays results in a style similar to those found on Amazon or Google.

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BLOGGING Blogging software is now available and enables students, student organizations, law school departments, and alumni to enhance their web presence. The Professional Development Ofﬁ ce has created “Come Here, Career!” which provides tips for interviewing, clerkships, travel, references, and many other topics. Student groups are also using the blogging software to promote their organizations’ goals, make announcements, and share Washburn Law Blogs are available to members of the Washburn Law family. information. Alumni are encouraged to create their own blogs.

Visit http://blogs.washburnlaw.edu to get started.

See the Washburn Law Blogs homepage for some of the blogs available.

LIFETIME E-MAIL ADDRESSES AND WASHBURN LAW BLOGS Lifetime e-mail addresses for alumni have been created to help strengthen ties between our alumni and the law school.@ Your e-mail address is provided free of charge. Contact the alumni ofﬁ ce at (785) 670-1011 or [email protected] to obtain your username and initial password.

“YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE: THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LIFE LAW SCHOOL STAFF RETIREMENTS OF BOB DOLE” The law school community wishes the best to the Last fall, the Washburn Law Library displayed, “You’ll following staff members on their retirements: Mary Beth Never Walk Alone: The Public and Private Life of Bob Bero, Pat Dodds, Vicki Doze, Rachel Olson, and Tonya Dole,” a 15-panel traveling exhibit about the life of one Worley. of Washburn’s most distinguished law alumni, Bob Dole, ’52. On loan from the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas, this display included aspects of his 35 years in Congress and his vice presidential and presidential bids.

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BUSINESS AND TRANSACTIONAL CENTER HOSTS “THE FUTURE COURSE OF OIL AND GAS JURISPRUDENCE II: A SYMPOSIUM” The Business and Transactional Law Center and the Washburn Law Journal sponsored “The Future Course of Oil and Gas Jurisprudence II” on Oct. 2-3. The symposium was modeled after a 1994 symposium of the same name, which was also held at Washburn Law. Much has changed in the fi eld of oil and gas law in the last 15 years; much has stayed the same. Professor David Pierce, ’77, presents on the topic of “Royalty Jurisprudence: Ten active oil and gas law professors teaching at U.S. law A Tale of Two States” during the oil and gas symposium. Approximately schools assembled to explore the various aspects of oil 100 participants attended the two-day symposium. and gas jurisprudence. Responders included: Presenters included: • George A. Barton, ’77, Law Offi ces of George A. • Owen L. Anderson, University of Oklahoma College Barton, P.C. of Law • David E. Bengtson, Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP • Robert E. Beck, Southern Illinois University Law • John W. Broomes, ’03, Hinkle Elkouri Law Firm LLC School • Howard Bunch, U.S. Environmental Protection • Keith B. Hall, Loyola University College of Law in Agency, Region 7 New Orleans • Mark D. Christiansen, Crowe & Dunlevy • Bill Jeffery, University of the Pacifi c McGeorge • Dale E. Cottingham, GableGotwals School of Law • Gregory R. Danielson, Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP • Kendor P. Jones, University of Denver Sturm • Diana G. Edmiston, ’91, Hinkle Elkouri Law Firm LLC College of Law • Steven D. Gough, Withers, Gough, Pike, Pfaff & • Bruce M. Kramer, Texas Tech University School of Peterson LLC Law and McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, L.L.P. • James C.T. Hardwick, Hall Estill • John S. Lowe, Southern Methodist University • Teresa J. James, Martin, Pringle, Oliver, Wallace & Dedman School of Law Bauer, L.L.P. • Thomas A. Mitchell, S.J. Quinney College of Law, • Thomas C. Jepperson, Questar Corporation University of Utah • Jeff Kennedy, ’84, Martin, Pringle, Oliver, Wallace & • Phillip E. Norvell, University of Arkansas School of Bauer, L.L.P. Law (Fayetteville) • Ann E. Lane, Williams Production RMT Co. • David E. Pierce, ’77, Washburn University School • Timothy E. McKee, ’70, Triplett, Woolf & Garretson, LLC of Law • John C. Peck, University of Kansas School of Law and Foulston Siefkin, LLP Twenty renowned oil and gas practitioners, including • Milam Randolph Pharo, St. Mary Land & Exploration several Washburn Law alumni, served as responders and Company shared their views, along with an audience that deals with • Keith D. Tooley, Welborn Sullivan Meck & Tooley, P.C. • Mary A. Viviano, EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. oil and gas issues on a daily basis. • Sue Jean White, ’80, Shell Oil Company

The attendees once again met in an environment where www.washburnlaw.edu/oilandgas/ they could focus on oil and gas legal issues throughout the two-day event. Symposium articles will be published in the Washburn Law Journal, volume 49, issue 2.

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U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS HEARS ORAL ARGUMENTS

The United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims heard oral arguments on Sept. 29, in the case of Arthur Hickson, Appellant v. Eric K. Shinseki, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Appellee. Counsel for the appellant was Kenneth M. Carpenter, ’73.

The question before the Court was whether the Board of Veterans’ Appeals, after determining that new and material evidence has been presented and reopening a claim, can review the merits of the claim without sending the matter back to the Veterans Affairs regional ofﬁ ce for an initial adjudication. The argument was hosted by the Center for Law and Government and the Center for Excellence in Advocacy. The panel of three judges — standing left to right, Judge Robert N. Davis, Judge Bruce E. Kasold, and Chief Judge William P. Greene Jr. — heard oral arguments in the case of Hickson v. Shinseki. Students were able to listen to the arguments and ask questions of the judges afterward.

Fall 2009 Center Events

SEPTEMBER OCTOBER, continued 15 CEA Lunch & Learn: Pedro Irigonegaray, ’73 ~ “Ethical 15 BTLC Classroom Presentation: John Wood, ’78 ~ Advocacy in High Proﬁ le Cases” “International Business Transactions” 21-23 CFLC Distinguished Practitioner in Residence: Carlton 19 CLG Lunch & Learn: “Attorneys in Combat” Stansbury ~ “The Perils of Oral and Written Agreements: 21 CEA Noon Presentation: “Street Law” ~ Panelists included Property Related Challenges for Non-married Couples” Jason Belveal, ’07, Captain Peggy Fox, Professor Mary Kreiner 22-23 CEA Afﬁ rmative Action: Requiem or Renaissance Conference. Ramirez, and Kyle Smith Keynote Speaker: Gerald Torres, Bryant Smith Professor of Law 22 BTLC Lunch & Learn: Burke Griggs, staff attorney for the at the University of Texas and co-author of The Miner’s Canary: Kansas Department of Agriculture ~ “Business Transactions Enlisting Race, Resisting Power, Transforming Democracy and Water” 29 CEA Lunch & Learn: Kyle Smith, legal advisor to the 26 BTLC Lunch & Learn: Rick LeJuerrne, Small Business Topeka Police Department ~ “Advocating and Advising Law Development Center ~ “Advising the Entrepreneur and Small Enforcement Agencies” Business Client” 29 U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. The Court heard 28 CFLC Lunch & Learn: Alan Alderson, ’74 ~ “Running a arguments in Arthur Hickson v. Eric K. Shinseki, secretary of General Practice” Veterans Affairs. Counsel for the appellant was Kenneth M. Carpenter, ’73. CLG and CEA 30 Lunch & Learn: Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert NOVEMBER E. Davis ~ “Lawyer, Counselor, and Advocate: Cultivating Professional Excellence through Service” 5-6 CEA Practitioner in Residence: Patrik Neustrom, ’77 ~ CLG and J. Reuben Clark Law Society “Taking the Case, Settlement, or Going to Trial?” CLE: “Winning Damages in the Era of Tort Reform” 9 CLG Lunch & Learn: Jim Slattery, ’75 ~ “Health Care Reform: OCTOBER The View from the Hill” 12 BTLC Practitioner in Residence: Efrain Soto, ’04 ~ “A 2-3 “The Future Course of Oil and Gas Jurisprudence II: A Successful Profession: Transitioning from Law School to a Legal Symposium” ~ BTLC Career” 6 CEA Lunch & Learn: Rebecca Woodman, ’87, and Jared 18 CFLC Lunch & Learn: “Mediation in the Family Law Context” Maag, ’95 ~ “First Tuesday – Advocating Before the Supreme Court” 13 CEA Lunch & Learn: Scott Logan, ’80 ~ “Demonstrative Aids BTLC - Business and Transactional Law Center – Cutting Edge v. Tried and True Displays” CEA - Center for Excellence in Advocacy 14 CFLC Noon Presentation: Court Appointed Special Advocates CFLC - Children and Family Law Center CLG - Center for Law and Government

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ERIN BRUCE AND LARRY CROW EARN he has had — “a real go-getter” in his words. While she THE SPRING 2009 IRVINE E. UNGERMAN continued her work on the tax matters, with Professor AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN McKinney’s invaluable guidance, Crow worked under the CLINICAL PRACTICE supervision of Professor Janet Thompson Jackson during the spring 2009 semester and did a superb job of getting up to speed on this project and taking it to the ﬁ nish line. But they couldn’t have accomplished this without working as a team.

The Irvine E. Ungerman Award for Excellence in Clinical Practice is sponsored by the law ofﬁ ce of Ellis, Zolotor & Peters of Spring Hill, Kan., and Mark Iola and Randall Iola, grandsons of Irvine E. Ungerman, ’30.

Erin Bruce Larry Crow The Irvine E. Ungerman Award for Excellence in Clinical SWEARING-IN CEREMONY Practice is awarded twice yearly to legal interns who have FOR SUMMER INTERNS distinguished themselves by providing highly competent The Swearing-In Ceremony for the summer 2009 interns representation to clients in a manner exemplifying the was held in the Shawnee County District Courthouse. ideals of our profession: “pursuit of the learned art in The Honorable Cheryl Rios Kingfi sher, ’93, presided the spirit of a public service.” over the ceremony and administered the oath. Judge Kingfi sher, in her address to the interns, underscored Two students in the Small Business and Transactional the need for attorneys and legal interns to conduct Clinic shed an unusual amount of blood, sweat, and themselves in a professional, ethical manner. She also tears in order to prepare and fi le a federal tax-exempt discussed the importance of providing legal services to application for a client. On the positive side, the client, people with limited means so that all will have access a civil war reenactment group, was made up of a great to justice. Judge Kingfi sher is a Law Clinic alumna and group of men who love to portray Union soldiers from expressed to the interns what a great decision they made the civil war period. On the not-so-positive side, they had to enroll in Clinic. been operating for almost 5 years before coming to us to seek a federal tax exemption (the target window for applying for the exemption is about 2.5 years). In normal CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERT E. DAVIS circumstances this can be a prolonged and very exacting PRESIDES OVER FALL process. In this case, it took all of the fall 2008 semester SWEARING-IN CEREMONY for one lead student, Erin Bruce, to start untangling On August 27, the Law Clinic held its Swearing-In a web of facts. A second lead student, Larry Crow, Ceremony for interns. Presiding over the ceremony and continued the untangling process during the spring 2009 administering the oath to the interns was Chief Justice semester, while Bruce (a directed intern) reviewed and Robert E. Davis of the Kansas Supreme Court. Davis, deciphered mounds of tax information that had to be who has been on the Supreme Court since 1993, became resolved before the application could be submitted. Chief Justice earlier this year.

During the fall 2008 semester Bruce worked under the Chief Justice Davis called the Swearing-In Ceremony a supervision of Professor Joe McKinney, ’75, who has momentous event for the interns, second only to being described her as one of the most enthusiastic students sworn into practice after passing the bar. Davis also

20 | FALL 2009 | WWW.WASHBURNLAW.EDU WASHBURN LAW CLINIC reminded the interns that representing clients through decided Arizona v. Gant, which substantially limited law the Law Clinic is an invaluable service not only to their enforcement offi cers from making searches incident clients but to themselves as well. Washburn University to arrest and fi shing for evidence that was unrelated School of Law has always focused on practical learning, to the arrest. Suddenly, Oppenheim’s case looked like not just theory, and Chief Justice Davis congratulated the a clear winner. The facts of her case and Gant were interns on their decision to obtain their student practice almost exactly on point. In fact, when the state fi led its license. The Law Clinic is very fortunate to have had such response, it admitted that the search violated the Fourth a prominent member of the Kansas legal community Amendment. preside over the ceremony. But the state did not concede that the conviction should be reversed. Citing a post-Gant Tenth Circuit case, the HAVING IT ALL IN A SMALL TOWN state argued that the exclusionary rule should not apply in Ashley’s case. Because of the importance of the issue, the case has been transferred to the Kansas Supreme Court and will be argued by Professor Randall Hodgkinson this December. Other courts, notably the Ninth Circuit, have disagreed with the Tenth Circuit’s rationale and the issue seems likely to be taken up by the United States Supreme Court to resolve the confl ict. This is a prime example of a real case with a real client being decided based on United States Supreme Court case law developing even as the student worked on the brief. Steven Ellis, ’06, Marlea James, ’06, Erin Riffey, ’03, and Paul Kitzke, ’05 A PRACTITIONER’S PERSPECTIVE During the fall 2009 semester, the Law Clinic, in connection with the Professional Development Offi ce, hosted a luncheon entitled “Having It All In A Small Town.”

Panelists from Kansas communities included Steven Ellis, Spring Hill; Marlea James, Belleville; Paul Kitzke, Hugoton; and Erin Riffey, Concordia. After brief introductions and an explanation of their practice areas and locations, the panelists fi elded questions from students. Many students were interested in learning what the social life is like in a small community and if there Cody Robertson, ’07, Mike Heptig, ’07, is enough work to make a living. The panelists agreed it Martha Ortiz, ’98, and Scott Taddiken, ’03 is possible to “have it all” in a smaller community, but networking and getting involved in the community is a The Law Clinic welcomed alumni Mike Heptig, Martha must. Ortiz, Cody Robertson, and Scott Taddiken as panelists during a large group class. The alumni discussed their practice areas, how they balance personal and CUTTING EDGE CRIMINAL professional life, and how they handle certain diffi cult APPELLATE ADVOCACY circumstances when working with opposing counsel and clients. Interns learned that their reputation as attorneys Last spring, Ashley Oppenheim, ’09, a student in the begins on their fi rst day of practice. advanced topic section of Criminal Appeal Advocacy, was assigned an appeal involving a drug conviction stemming from a car stop and subsequent search incident to arrest. On April 21, after Ashley had been working on the brief a few weeks, the United States Supreme Court

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ashburn Law and Gonzaga University School of Washburn Law Professor Aïda M. Alaka presented WLaw co-sponsor the Institute for Law Teaching “Phenomenological Practitioner Research: How to Study and Learning. The Institute was established to assist Your Students’ Problems to Improve Your Teaching.” law teachers in providing a learning environment that Phenomenological research explores the lived reality of helps students achieve the highest academic standards subjective experience and helps investigators identify and prepares students to assume their responsibilities as problems encountered by research subjects in achieving effective, moral attorneys. The Institute is co-directed their goals. This type of research can provide insight to by Washburn’s Michael Hunter Schwartz and Gonzaga’s instructors who are interested in discovering problems Gerry Hess. students are experiencing in their courses so that they may improve their teaching practices. After an introduction to The Institute publishes The Law Teacher newsletter, and phenomenological inquiry, workshop participants designed provides teaching ideas and full-text resources through a plan of phenomenological inquiry, focusing on problems its website, www.lawteaching.org. The Institute also they believe are important in their own classrooms or hosts an annual conference on law teaching. The 2009 institutions. Workshop participants considered how to draft conference, “Implementing Best Practices and Educating pertinent questions, select appropriate subjects, collect and Lawyers: Teaching Skills and Professionalism Across the analyze data, and draw practical conclusions. Curriculum,” was held June 23-24 at Gonzaga University School of Law in Spokane, Wash. Washburn Law Professor Rory Bahadur presented “Everything We Need to Know About Teaching We BENEFITS TO PARTICIPANTS: Learned in Pre-school: Active Learning and How to Not IMPROVING TEACHING AND LEARNING Teach to Engage Students.” This workshop was designed During the conference, participants explored various for professors who wish their upper-division students concepts relating to teaching skills and professionalism were as excited and enthusiastic in class as those new, in law school. The ultimate goal of the conference was incoming, bright-eyed and eager 1Ls. The workshop tangibly to help the participants improve their teaching and their explored an active learning-based, alternative pedagogy that students’ learning, and to further their schools’ efforts to maximizes law student engagement in the classroom. Session better prepare students for practicing law. participants were exposed to the pedagogy as it is currently utilized both in an upper-division and in a fi rst-year course. CONFERENCE STRUCTURE: Participants precisely articulated any learning strategies TAILORED TO SUIT INTERESTS identifi ed, hopefully rethinking the relationship between teaching and learning. Participants left the workshop The conference included eight workshop sessions. prepared to implement the techniques in their own classes. During each session, fi ve workshops ran simultaneously. Participants were able to tailor the conference to fi t their individual interests by choosing which workshop to attend during each session. The workshops dealt with:

• Innovative teaching materials • Alternative teaching methods Summer Conference of the Institute • New educational technology for Law Teaching and Learning • Ways to enhance student learning “Teaching Law Practice Across the Curriculum” in all types of courses June 16-18, 2010 • Topeka, Kan. • Ideas and tools for restructuring legal education to foster healthy, productive lawyers www.lawteaching.org 22 | FALL 2009 | WWW.WASHBURNLAW.EDU CLASS 2009 Alumni Fellows On October 16, Paul Hoferer, ’75, and John Wood, ’78, were honored as Actions 2009 Alumni Fellows at a luncheon on the Washburn campus.

47 The Hon. Joseph W. Morris, ’47, was named to The Best Lawyers in America (2010). Judge Morris began his career at Shell Oil Company, where he later returned to serve as vice president and general counsel from 1978-83. He worked as the associate general Paul Hoferer John B. Wood University of Southern California, Washburn University School of Law, J.D. 1978 counsel and general counsel of Amerada Institute of Business Economics and Management, 1979 University of Kansas, M.B.A., Petroleum Corporation from 1960-72. Washburn University School of Law, J.D., 1975 Accounting and Finance, 1975 In 1972-74, he served as the dean of University of Central Missouri, B.S., Washburn University, B.B.A., the University of Tulsa College of Law Business Administration, 1972 Business Administration, 1973 before his appointment as chief judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. He aul Hoferer, ’75, Topeka, ohn B. Wood, ’78, Bronxville, has been with the Tulsa, Okla., offi ce of PKan., was honored as the JN.Y., was honored as the 2009 Gable Gotwals since 1984. recipient of the 2009 law school’s business school’s Alumni Fellow. Alumni Fellow. He joined the law Wood is an attorney and partner 49 Alfred O. “Al” Holl, ’49, fi rm of Lathrop & Gage, L.C. after in the law fi rm of Thompson & Oklahoma City, Okla., was honored retiring last year as vice president Knight, where he leads the New for his 60 years of membership in the and general counsel for Burlington York City commercial real estate Kansas Bar Association. Northern Santa Fe Railway group. For more than 30 years, Company, Fort Worth, Texas. In Wood has represented owners addition to supervising in-house in the design and negotiation of William H. “Bill” Kurtis, ’66, 66 counsel and the general claims commercial leases covering in Chicago, Ill., received the Spirit of Erikson Institute Award from Erikson department, he was responsible excess of 50 million square feet of Institute, a graduate school in child for nearly 3,000 lawsuits handled retail, offi ce, and mixed use space development located in downtown by more than 100 law fi rms projects. Chicago. throughout the United States and Canada. He is a fellow of the American Bar Foundation, an American The Honorable Thomas F. 68 Hoferer currently is vice president Association National Neutral Richardson, ’68, retired after serving 14 arbitrator, and was named to Who’s years as district court judge for the 25th of the Washburn University School Judicial District in Kansas. Richardson of Law Alumni Association Board Who in American Law and Who’s Who plans to travel to Boston, New York of Governors and chair of the in Real Estate. John met his wife, City, and other areas of the United awards committee. He and his Teri, ’78, during law school. She is States. He’s also thinking about getting wife, Jeanne, established a law the associate general counsel at the a part-time job, just to keep busy in scholarship for non-traditional international headquarters of IBM between playing a few rounds of golf. students. in Armonk, New York.

72 Joseph W. Zima, ’72, has retired 76 J. Michael Kennalley, ’76, Midwestern Regional Building Trial after 21 years as attorney for the Topeka Wichita, is president of the Wichita Bar Skills Program earlier this year at public schools. Association. Loyola University Chicago School of Law. • Patricia E. Riley, ’77, Topeka, has been inducted into the Litigation 73 Jan M. Hamilton, ’73, Topeka, 77 Carl W. “Bill” Ossmann, ’77, Counsel of America. was inducted as a Fellow of the of Topeka, served on the faculty of the American College of Bankruptcy. National Institute for Trial Advocacy

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83 Bryce D. Benedict, ’83, Topeka, Actions is the author of Jayhawkers: The Civil War Brigade of James Henry Lane, published by the University of Oklahoma Press. • Nancy Goodall, ’83, published a book, Demystifying Living Trusts, and has donated 78 Thomas D. Arnhold, ’78, a copy to the Washburn Law Library. Hutchinson, Kan., completed the Boston Marathon in April with a time of 3 hours, 41 minutes, which qualifi es him to 84 Laura Ice, ’84, Wichita, received the 2009 Jennie Mitchell Kellogg compete in the 2010 Boston Marathon. Attorney of Achievement Award • Kevin Carver, ’78, is a senior attorney for the Federal Deposit Insurance from the Kansas Women Attorneys Corporation (FDIC) in Dallas, Texas. Association. This award is given annually His primary responsibilities are with to a lawyer who has achieved professional closed failed banks. Previously, Carver excellence and advanced opportunities WHO ARE THEY? was with the FDIC/Resolution Trust for women in the legal fi eld. Jennie Corporation in Kansas City, Chicago, Mitchell Kellogg was the fi rst woman The fi rst fi ve alumni to correctly and Dallas, along with employment at the licensed to practice law in Kansas. name anyone in this photo will U.S. Department of Housing and Urban win a Washburn Law t-shirt. Development in Fort Worth, Texas. 85 Jerry H. Schemmel, ’85, Littleton, The fi rst person to identify all Colo., is Colorado State University’s four men, including graduation 80 Board of Directors for the Kansas play-by-play announcer for football years, will win a Washburn City, Kan., law fi rm of McAnany, Van and men’s baseball broadcasts. He is Law sweatshirt. Cleave & Phillips includes president, probably best known for his work with the NBA’s Denver Nuggets. • Steve Frederick J. Greenbaum, ’80, of Prairie Submit your answers to Carolyn Village, Kan., and Secretary Carl A. Sanford, ’85, was recently announced as Gallagher, ’81, of Lawrence, Kan. president and chief operating offi cer for Barnes, alumni director, at Preferred Physicians Medical. Based in • Bradley E. Haddock, ’80, formerly [email protected] the executive vice president, general Shawnee Mission, Kan., the company is or (785) 670-2013. counsel, and secretary of Koch Chemical national in scope and insures anesthesia Technology Group, LLC, has formed practices in over 30 states with premiums his own fi rm and teamed with Biggs approaching $38 million. • Trisha A. Law Group, LC of Wichita. While at Thelen, ’85, of the Wichita offi ce of Koch, Haddock served as lead counsel Foulston Siefkin LLP, is this year’s chair for several key businesses, including of the executive committee of Urban Joseph S. Spence, ’89, Shorewood, Koch’s refi ning, chemicals, and asphalt League of Kansas. 89 Wis., won the 2009 Best Christian Poetry businesses. • Bradley G. Rigor, ’80, Award by Christian Story Tellers for his a partner in the law fi rm of Quarles & 86 Randy Brinegar, ’86, of Danville, second book, Trilogy Moments for the Mind Brady LLP’s Naples, Fla. offi ce, was Ill., was elected state attorney of Body and Soul. named a 2009 Florida Super Lawyer Vermillion County, Ill. He worked in by Law & Politics Media. His practice private practice for eight years and as an specializes in estate planning and estate assistant prosecutor for 14 years. 90 Christopher D. Sanders, ’90, and trust settlement. • Shannon S. Crane, ’86, has opened the a district magistrate judge in Garden Hutchinson (Kan.) Legal Clinic. City, Kan., was up for consideration by the Governor for the position vacated Todd Richard Harmon, ’82, 82 due to the retirement of Thomas F. Topeka, was selected as a member of 87 Lanny D. Welch, ’87, Wichita, Richardson, ’68. the Kansas Chamber of Commerce’s has been appointed as the interim Leadership Kansas program. He has a United States attorney in the district solo law practice and is on the Topeka of Kansas. He was appointed by the 91 Diana G. Edmiston, ’91, is with City Council. U.S. Department of Justice, and will be Hinkle Elkouri Law Firm L.L.C., in responsible for the offi ces in Topeka, Wichita. Kansas City, and Wichita. Since 1989, he has worked for the U.S. Attorney’s offi ce.

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Des Moines Leadership Institute class of 2008-09, presented the Institute with 40 Under 40 Honors a $2,500 donation for a beautifi cation project benefi ting a local medical center’s mental health services. Stone is The Wichita Business Journal recently honored fi ve a shareholder of the Davis Brown Law Washburn Law graduates in their “40 Under 40” publication. Firm in the business law division. Selected by their peers as business leaders in the community were:

Amy J. Liebau, ’97 01 Heath M. Anderson, ’01, Prairie Hinkle Elkouri Law Firm L.L.C. Village, Kan., has been promoted from associate to shareholder at the Kansas City, Mo., ﬁ rm of Polsinelli Shughart, PC. Scott E. Sanders, ’98 His trial practice is focused on business McDonald, Tinker, Skaer, & Herington, P.A. and construction litigation. • Kitra R. Schartz, ’01, is a partner in the law ﬁ rm Richard W. James, ’00 of Morrison, Frost, Olsen & Irvine LLP McDonald, Tinker, Skaer, & Herington, P.A. in Manhattan, Kan.

Michelle M. Carter-Gouge, ’99 Preferred Health Systems 02 Sean Harlow, ’02, of Houston, Texas, is the associate director of alumni affairs at Rice University. • Anthony Paula D. Langworthy, ’06 L. Springfi eld, ’02, Shawnee, Kan., Triplett, Woolf, & Garretson, LLC of Polsinelli Shughart, PC offi ce in Kansas City, Mo., has been promoted to shareholder. Springfi eld’s specialization is 92 William R. “Bill” Thornton, 95 Margaret “Peggy” Meiering in toxic tort matters. • Jamie Trueblood, ’92, Atchison, Kan., was named acting Graham, ’95, joined the law offi ces ’02, and her husband, Nate, of Ankeny, secretary of commerce by Gov. Mark of Bannerman & Williams, PA, in Iowa, celebrated the birth of Maggie Parkinson in late October. Thornton had Albuquerque, N.M. She practices health Jay on Sept. 30. She joins her big sister, previously40 served in leadership roles at care law, employment law, professional Tatum Savannah, who is 2. MGP Ingredients, Hallmark Cards, and licensing, and general litigation. as an attorney with Duncan-Senecal Law Offi ces in Atchison. He is a member 03 Eric R. Bidwell, ’03, will serve of the Kansas Board of Regents, and a 96 Patrick Hurley, ’96, Overland, as the 2009-10 president-elect of the former chairman of the Kansas Chamber Park, Kan., was named chief counsel to Iowa Bar Association’s Young Lawyers of Commerce. Kansas Governor Mark Parkinson. • Kari Division. Bidwell is a partner with L. Milliken-Gilliland, ’96, Saint Francis, the law fi rm of Boliver & Bidwell in Kan., is a Cheyenne County attorney. Marshalltown, Iowa. • Gabriela A. Vega, 93 Bertrand C. Harry, ’93, was ’03, Manhattan, Kan., has opened a law elected as district counselor for the 2nd practice concentrating on immigration District of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, 97 Joseph Passanise, ’97, Springfi eld, and family law areas. Inc. Harry lives in Sicklerville, N.J. Mo., received the “President’s Award” at the Missouri Bar Association in St. Louis. He was one of six attorneys to be 04 Laura H. Lewis, ’04, Dodge City, 94 Chambers and Partners 2009 recognized for this honor. Passanise’s Kan., is a Meade County attorney. • edition of Chambers USA: America’s name was also included in this year’s Peter C. Robertson, ’04, Leavenworth, Leading Lawyers of Business, included Super Lawyers by Law & Politics magazine. Kan., is with the law fi rm of Crow and the names of S. Doug Mackay, ’94, His practice focuses on criminal defense Associates. and Alan Rupe, ’75, from the Wichita at the federal, state, and municipal levels. fi rm of Kutak Rock LLP. The fi rm has offi ces in Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, Des 05 Brian C. Perkins, ’05, a Wichita Moines, Fayetteville, Irvine, Kansas City, 00 Scott W. Hildebrand, ’00, of native, joined Congressman Jerry Moran’s Little Rock, Los Angeles, Oklahoma Rochester, Minn., is a professional Washington, D.C., staff as a legislative City, Omaha, Philadelphia, Richmond, standards manager for the City of assistant. • Edward L. Robinson, ’05, Scottsdale, Washington, D.C., and Rochester Police Department. • Jason Wichita, has joined Joseph & Hollander, Wichita. M. Stone, ’00, a member of the Greater PA. Robinson’s primary practice areas

WASHBURN LAWYER | FALL 2009 | 25 e-mail:[email protected] WASHBURN LAWYER | FALL 2009 | 25 CLASS Actions Kansas City’s Best of the Bar Honorees The Kansas City Business Journal announced their 8th annual recipients are environmental, consumer protection, for the “Best of the Bar.” This honor is given to Kansas City’s real estate, and construction law. • best lawyers as chosen by a jury of their peers. Anthony E. Valenti, ’05, Kansas City, Mo., has been the assistant prosecuting Timothy Aylward, ’82 attorney with the Jackson County Horn Aylward & Bandy, LLC Prosecutor’s Ofﬁ ce for the past three

years. Henry Cox, ’81 Henry R. Cox Law Ofﬁ ce 06 Travis B. Harrod, ’06, Lawrence, Kan., serves as an assistant attorney in Elizabeth Reid Dotson, ’01 the Kansas Attorney General’s Ofﬁ ce. McAnany, Van Cleave & Phillips, P.A.

07 Molly McMurray, ’07, of Peter Goss, ’05 Tucson, Ariz., accepted a position with Wendt Goss, P.C. the Department of Justice’s Honors Program. McMurray will be an assistant Lynn Johnson, ’70 United States attorney doing federal Shamberg, Johnson & Bergman, Chtd criminal prosecutions. Christopher Korth, ’85 08 Stephen R. Allred, ’08, of Lehi, Law Offi ces of Christopher S. Korth Utah, is an associate at the Zabriskie Law Firm in Provo, Utah. • Paige J. Sheryl Nelson, ’90 Eichert-Zolotor, ’08, joined the law Corporate Counsel Group, L.L.P. fi rm of Scott, Quinlan, Willard, Barnes & Keeshan in Topeka. She previously had Kevin Regan, ’81 an internship at the offi ce of the guardian The Regan Law Firm, LLC ad litem at the Jackson County Family Court, Kansas City, Mo. • Therese M. Patricia Sexton, ’94 Hartnett, ’08, Garden City, Kan., is a Polsinelli Shughart, P.C. public defender at the Western Kansas Public Defender’s Offi ce. Samuel Wendt, ’01 Wendt Goss, P.C. 09 Alexandria S. Dunn Morrissey, ’09, Holton, Kan., is a partner in the Dunn & Morrissey Law Offi ce. • Eric Fournier, ’09, Garden City, Kan., is the assistant county attorney for Finney Send us your news! County. • Nicholas Means, ’09, Wichita, has been hired by Maughan & TELL US THE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN YOUR LIFE! Maughan LC as an associate. WE WELCOME SUBMISSIONS FOR INCLUSION IN CLASS ACTIONS FOR THE WASHBURN LAWYER. Faculty E-MAIL: [email protected] James R. Ahrens, longtime Washburn Law faculty ONLINE: www.washburnlaw.edu/alumni/ member, celebrated his 90th MAIL: 1700 SW College Ave., Topeka, KS 66621 birthday this summer at his PHONE : (785) 670-1011 FAX: (785) 670-3249 home in Topeka.

26 | FALL 2009 | WWW.WASHBURNLAW.EDU 26 | FALL 2009 | WWW.WASHBURNLAW.EDU www.washburnlaw.edu/alumni/ ALUMNI In Memoriam Washburn Law mourns the passing of the following alumni, whose deaths were reported to the school since the date of our last publication.

37John Elliott Shamberg, ’37, of 67 Terry T. Messick, ’67, of 76 Sondra Juanita Hammons Prairie Village, Kan., on June 9, 2009 Anthony, Kan., on July 27, 2009 Newsom, ’76, of Topeka on May 16, 2009

48 John Edward Weeks, ’48, of 68 Robert D. Ochs, ’68, of Topeka 79 Ronald R. “Ron” Gooding, ’79, of Pocatello, Idaho, on Sept. 9, 2009 on Aug. 15, 2009 Topeka on July 4, 2009

50 Charles Donald Anderson, ’50, 73 Georgann Rausch Mefferd, ’73, 81 John O. “Jack” Mingle, ’81, of of Cheney, Kan., on May 3, 2009 of Des Moines, Iowa, on Jan. 8, 2009 • Laramie, Wyo., on Oct. 10, 2009 C. Perry Murray, ’73, of Gold Canyon, Ariz., on June 15, 2009 51 Lieutenant Duane Alvin Bush, 85 Duke Nguyen Browning, ’85, of ’51, of Bonita Springs, Fla., on Jan. 2, Katy, Texas, on September 23, 2009 2009 • Norton Clay Frickey Sr., ’51, 74 Philip A. “Phil” Harley, ’74, of of Golden, Colo., on June 14, 2009 • Piedmont, Calif., on July 2, 2009 • David Sidney C. Hunt, ’51, of Overland Park, M. Jancich, ’74, of Lenexa, Kan., on 86 David J. Dunlap, ’86, of Topeka on Kan., on Dec. 5, 2008 • Edwyn Reuben July 5, 2009 September 27, 2009 Sherwood, ’51, of Bellevue, Wash., on May 28, 2009 75 Jerome K. “Jerry” Osburn, ’75, of 88 Eric Lee Whitner, ’88, of Omaha, Las Vegas, Nev., on July 27, 2009 Neb., on Aug. 29, 2009 52 The Honorable Robert Aaron “Bob” Thiessen, ’52, of Wichita, on March 16, 2009 A Tribute to Duke Nguyen Browning (Duc Ngoc Nguyen), ’85 by Professor Myrl Duncan 55 Floyd Dale Sorrick Jr., ’55, of Washington, Kan., on May 31, 2009 ore than any other student I have taught in 32 years at Washburn University School Mof Law, Duke personifi ed the infi nite resiliency of the human spirit. As a teenager in Vietnam during the war, he worked as a military photographer and in 1975 faced certain 56 Hugh D. Mauch, ’56, of Great death at the hands of the victorious North Vietnamese. With ingenuity and luck, and Bend, Kan., on August 5, 2009 dodging mortar shells, he managed to escape on one of the last helicopters to leave Saigon. Eighteen years old, with only a few years of formal education and knowing only a few 58 George Dean Wagstaff, ’58, of English words, he made his way to the United States. Tecumseh, Kan., on May 11, 2009 With the help of those who recognized his native intelligence, he received equivalency education and graduated from college. By way of the Council on Legal Education 61 David Donelle Gaumer, ’61, of Opportunity he arrived at Washburn, where his unshakeable optimism, hard work, Lawrence, Kan., on March 27, 2009 • determination and pure grit won him the love and affection of the law school community. Richard Paul Senecal, ’61, of Atchison, When he became a naturalized U.S. citizen during his fi rst year, his classmates carried him Kan., on April 23, 2009 from the courthouse on their shoulders — and then presented him with an apple pie. He dreamed of being able to use his law degree to help tend to the legal needs of the Vietnamese community in Houston, Texas, and he simply refused to let the obstacle of 62 Franklin Kenneth Crews Jr., ’62, a bar exam in his second language stand in his way. He went on to become a successful of Hutchinson, Kan., on March 11, 2009 attorney and businessman in Houston. Duke enriched — even changed — the lives of those who knew him, and he brought great credit to Washburn Law.

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JOHN ELLIOTT SHAMBERG 1913 - 2009 Giving Back ohn Elliott Shamberg, ba community, service to the legal J’34, and jd ’37, was born July profession, and professional 15, 1913, in Fremont, Neb., and qualities of warmth, friendliness, was raised in Hutchinson, Kan. and camaraderie. John earned both his bachelor’s degree in political science and John Shamberg was, throughout his juris doctor from Washburn. his distinguished life, an He joined the Kansas City, enthusiastic and generous Kan., fi rm of Cohen, Schnider supporter of our law school. & Weinstein in 1949, and was He spearheaded the entire soon named as a partner. The fundraising campaign to rebuild fi rm today is known as Shamberg, Johnson the School of Law after the 1966 tornado. & Bergman, Chartered. John was one of the John served as President of the Law School premier civil trial attorneys in the nation. Alumni Association from 1965-69. He was During the period 1983-2000, he was named on the Board of Advisors for the Center for in every edition of The Best Lawyers in America Excellence in Advocacy from 2006 until his (Civil Litigation). death. John received the Distinguished Service Award from the Washburn Law School In 1989, he received the highest honor Association in 1970. In 1984, he was awarded conferred by the Kansas Bar Association, the Honorary Doctor of Law from Washburn the Distinguished Service Award. Also in University. 1989, he was the fi rst recipient of the Kansas Trial Lawyer Association’s Art Hodgson “John Shamberg was a tremendous supporter Award. In 1997, the Kansas Bar Association and advocate of Washburn University School awarded him the KBA 60-year pin for 60 of Law,” said Dean Thomas J. Romig. “His years of practice. Also in 1997, the Kansas legacy at Washburn Law will continue to City Metropolitan Bar Association conferred benefi t the law school and our students for on him the “Dean of the Trial Bar Award.” many years to come. We mourn the loss of To be considered for this award, an attorney such a great friend.” must have been in practice for 30 years and be distinguished by his accomplishments and his Shamberg passed away July 9, 2009, in Prairie reputation in the profession. John Shamberg Village, Kansas. He will be missed by all of us was the fi rst Kansas attorney to receive this at the law school and by the many Washburn award. Law alumni and friends across the country.

In 2000, he received the Justinian Award Alumni and friends who are interested in joining Shamberg for Professional Excellence, the highest in shining the light on Washburn Law through trusts, honor granted by the Johnson County Bar estates, and other planned gifts are encouraged to contact Association. The award is given to an attorney Martin Ahrens, advancement and planned giving ofﬁ cer, who has exempliﬁ ed integrity, service to the Washburn University School of Law, at (785) 670-2781 or [email protected].

28 | FALL 2009 | WWW.WASHBURNLAW.EDU Leading by Example: Recent Endowments John D. and Sameta B. Kemp Law Scholarship

ohn D. Kemp, ’74, recipient appointment in his electric powered chair. John was born Jof the 2003 Washburn with no arms below the elbows and no legs below the University Honorary Doctor of knees. Law degree, is the epitome of a person with an energetic, positive With the establishment of the John D. and Sameta B. upbeat personality. His career is Kemp Law Scholarship, law students with disabilities will one of remarkable successes. John be assisted. Kemp said, “Each of us is an advocate. Each has served as Chief Executive of us has many different ways we can serve. Commit to Ofﬁ cer of the United Cerebral Palsy Association, making something good and productive and meaningful Very Special Arts, and Half the Planet Foundation. happen every day.” John and Sameta’s scholarship will He has served as general counsel and vice president assure that young Washburn attorneys will continue to of development for the National Easter Seal Society. do just that. Currently John is a principal in the Washington, D.C., ﬁ rm of Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC. “John Kemp is an inspiration to us all,” said Dean Thomas J. Romig. “Because of the scholarship he and You might not know that John has a challenging physical Sameta created, law students with disabilities will have disability unless you saw him motoring to his next opportunities they might not otherwise have had.” Elwood Slover Law Emergency Fund

hilip M. Knighton, ’71, is currently After graduation and passing the bar, Knighton set up a law Pan “inactive” lawyer after 38 years practice in Wichita, specializing in oil and gas regulatory of practice. He and his wife, Chris Dilts law. When he returned to campus in the fall to attend a Knighton, now devote their time to seminar, Knighton was pleased that he could repay the geological prospecting. Knighton’s fi nal loan. When asked to whom the check should be made year of law school was a stressful time. He payable, Slover simply replied, “Oh, just make it out to worked weekends at the State Highway Elwood Slover.” At that moment, Knighton realized it was Department Research Lab, late afternoon a one-person committee who provided this critical source hours inspecting pier borings for new of funds. Knighton thanked him enthusiastically; he never buildings, making coffee at 5:00 a.m. in forgot the kindness shown to him when he really needed it. the student lounge, teaching evening geology courses at Washburn, and managing the Washburn Law Clinic Knighton believes having this emergency fi nancial support during the day. is essential for third-year law students. In gratitude, the fund is named after Assistant Dean Elwood Slover. Knighton Among all these other responsibilities, Knighton was is making the appeal to other graduates, who may also enrolled as a full-time student. Around the middle of his have experienced this unique generosity, in the hope of fi nal year of law school, Knighton realized he would be increasing its contributions. Repayment and the continuity lacking about $700 to $900 to fi nish the last semester. of this fund rest solely on the sense of honor of the With a bit of trepidation, he approached Dean John E. recipients. Howe, inquiring if an emergency fund was available for special circumstances. Knighton was advised there was “The Elwood Slover Law Emergency Fund will enable an ad hoc “slush fund” for this purpose, so he made his third-year law students who encounter fi nancial hardship request to Assistant Dean Elwood Slover, who assured to fi nish law school,” said Dean Thomas J. Romig. “Philip him that the committee would review it. The following Knighton’s generosity in starting this fund has created a day, Slover presented Knighton with a certifi ed check, lasting legacy to the kindness and charitableness of Dean with the explanation that it was a non-interest bearing Slover.” loan. No papers were signed; it was verbally agreed that If you would like to provide fi nancial assistance, he would pay the money back at his earliest opportunity. please contact Joel Lauer, director of advancement, at (785) 670-1702 or [email protected].

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he Washburn Law Pro Bono Program, ﬁ rst developed in 2006, Trecently underwent a substantial redesign. Margann Bennett, director of professional development and pro bono, was appointed to Bono develop and direct a new program to engage students in this important professional obligation. She worked with a faculty committee appropriately chaired by Associate Professor Lynette Petty, ’87, a recipient of numerous awards for her own pro bono work.

The new program encourages students to understand and embrace their future professional obligation to provide legal services to individuals of limited means. The Pro Bono Program, through the Director of Pro Bono and a Pro Bono Advisory Council, promotes the importance of law-related public service through the administration of several pro bono initiatives within the law school. These initiatives include the Pro Bono Honors Pledge and Recognition, a speaker series, and efforts to recognize and support pro bono activities in the law school and greater legal communities.

Defi nition of Pro Bono The defi nition of “pro bono” is modeled on the defi nition in the Model Rules of Professional Conduct and includes work which is law related and benefi ts individuals of limited means; work which is law related and benefi ts organizations seeking to secure or protect civil rights, civil liberties or public rights, or charitable, religious, civic, community, governmental and educational organizations in furtherance of their organizational purposes; work on projects which improve the law, the legal system, or the legal profession; and up to six hours spent in training for pro bono service projects. Students may not receive academic credit or compensation for pro bono service.

Pro Bono Opportunities Pro bono opportunities will be posted through the Professional Development Ofﬁ ce or students may identify and propose projects that meet the deﬁ nition of pro bono. Existing approved projects include work with Kansas Legal Services, private attorneys who are appointed through KLS or by the courts, Court Appointed Special Advocates, Topeka/Shawnee County Youth Court, and other organizations.

Voluntary Recognition Program The centerpiece of the Pro Bono Program is a Pro Bono Honors Pledge and Recognition program. All students are encouraged, but not required, to participate in a pro bono initiative that rewards pro bono work with recognition at graduation. Students are rewarded at two levels, after completing 50 or 100 hours of pro bono service.

Alumni Involvement If you have an idea for a project that may be appropriate for inclusion in this program, please contact Margann Bennett at (785) 670-1703 or [email protected].

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ALICE FITZGERALD, ’79 Fitzgerald reviews cases that have been dismissed by Senior Counsel, The Western and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Southern Life Insurance Company (EEOC), the agency that enforces federal employment discrimination laws, to see if they should obtain a lawyer. In most cases, she concurs with the EEOC that discrimination did not occur, but there have been some cases where she recommended pursuing the case in court.

One part of her job is to explain to clients that, even though they may have been treated badly (or think they were), it wasn’t discrimination. That’s where her involvement ends. If the client pursues the case in court, they will work with a new attorney. Fitzgerald feels fortunate that her employer has allowed her to take on these cases.

“My company generously allows me take regular work lice Fitzgerald, ’79, has been involved with the time to meet with clients and review fi les. It allows AVolunteer Lawyers for the Poor (VLP) project in my secretary to assist me with correspondence and Cincinnati, Ohio, for the past 26 years. keeping my fi les,” she said. “My company has been very supportive.” She has worked in house for The Western and Southern Life Insurance Company since 1981. She There are 680 attorneys currently participating in the handles discrimination complaints, including conduct, Volunteer Lawyers for the Poor project. discrimination, and sexual harassment. The company has 181 district offi ces operating in 22 states and the District of Columbia. LYNETTE PETTY, ’87 Assistant Dean for Accommodation The Volunteer Lawyers for the Poor project began in and Associate Professor of Law, 1982, and she became a volunteer the following year. In Washburn University all but a few of the past 26 years, Fitzgerald has handled two cases per year.

“Initially I handled divorce cases,” she said. “In those early days, divorce issues were not often complicated and cases went very well. As the years went by, the divorce cases entailed more difﬁ cult issues, including custody and support orders and even safety issues for the spouse and children. Although I received assistance from other attorneys and Legal Aid, I decided it would be better for me to handle cases closer to my corporate legal position, which at that time and still is, employment law.

“In October 1993 I changed my involvement to ynette Petty, ’87, is past-president of the Board of investigating whether discrimination cases warranted an LKansas Legal Services (KLS) and has worked for 17 effort by VLP to seek a volunteer attorney to represent years in the Washburn Law Clinic. Pro bono work is the client in ﬁ ling a lawsuit. I do not personally represent important to her. any clients in court. Over the last few years, I have been getting cases to investigate for representation after they “I try to impress upon students the importance of taking have been ﬁ led pro se by the clients.” pro bono cases as part of our professional obligation

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for the privilege of practicing law,” Petty said. “I believe and were living in a vehicle. She and her husband Dale strongly we should give back.” now mentor the youngest of the three sons during the summer, giving him a chance to discover opportunities Petty takes on one case at a time through KLS and tries available to him. He serves as a runner in Lynn’s law to always have an open pro bono case, which usually ofﬁ ce. results in about three or four cases per year. The cases are mostly divorces, and almost all involve abuse. Since Over the past ﬁ ve years, her pro bono work has consisted the Law Clinic’s malpractice insurance does not cover mostly of uncontested divorces, with one big exception. pro bono work, these KLS cases are covered by its own insurance. In 2006, she took on a case of a mother who wasn’t able to see her daughter. Maryclare McAdams, who is friends Nationwide, the American Bar Association is with members of the same church as Lynn, didn’t have encouraging law schools to provide opportunities for money to hire a private attorney, but turned to Kansas pro bono work. Petty says the expanded opportunities Legal Services for assistance. Eventually, the mutual Washburn Law will provide through its structured friends asked Lynn to take the case. It went to trial in program will be exciting, and that students will want to the summer of 2006, and Maryclare was awarded shared be involved. The program also recognizes the students residency of her daughter. The case has continued since for their work. Professor Petty is chair of the Washburn 2006 and litigation is likely to continue, on and off, for Law faculty pro bono committee. the next decade, until the minor child is 18.

T. LYNN WARD, ’90 Ward admits that she gets personally involved in her Ward Law Ofﬁ ce, LLC cases. “One of the things I like about family law is that I get to know my clients personally. I’m helping them through huge transitions in their lives.”

T. Lynn Ward, ’90, (far right) is pictured with client Maryclare McAdams and her daughter who decorated a “thank you” cake for Lynn. ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATION

ynn Ward, ’90, Wichita, went to law school because THE TERM PRO BONO is a phrase derived Lshe wanted to help people. from the Latin meaning ‘for the public good.’ The cover illustration captures the idea of lawyers “I went to law school because I love to work with people, contributing not only their time, but also passion and I love to help people,” she said. “Serving others is an for their work, an openhanded approach, and obligation I feel as a Christian. Doing volunteer work is a goodwill toward their own communities. big part of my heart and my life.” AMANDA WARREN is a Lawrence, Kan., based illustrator and designer. Her work is She has volunteered in the “Protection from Abuse” symbolic, textural, and inspired by the forms and docket, representing plaintiffs. In 2005, she helped her colors of nature. Ideas and concepts that words nephew get custody of his three sons. They were living alone cannot communicate are brought to life with their mother, had been evicted from their house, through this unique mixed-media/assemblage technique. More of her work can be viewed at 32 | FALL 2009 | WWW.WASHBURNLAW.EDU www.amandawarren.com. pro bono

he annual National Pro Pro Bono Program at Washburn Law, through which the TBono Celebration was law school promotes law-related community service and October 25-31. Sponsored by students can receive recognition upon graduation. the ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service, www.washburnlaw.edu/students/probono/ the celebration is a coordinated national effort to showcase the great OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC SERVICE difference that pro bono lawyers make WITH KANSAS LEGAL SERVICES to the nation, its system of justice, its communities and, Oct. 30 most of all, to the clients they serve. The week was also dedicated to the quest for more pro bono volunteers to Attorneys from Kansas Legal Services (KLS) discussed meet the ever-growing legal needs of this country’s most the benefi ts of serving the public through their statewide, vulnerable citizens. non-profi t, legal services fi rm. Opportunities exist within KLS for students to gain practical experience and for NATIONAL PRO BONO CELEBRATION practicing attorneys to give back to their community. WEEK EVENTS AT WASHBURN LAW The panel (at right) Washburn Law launched the Pro Bono Program and included Ty Wheeler, celebrated law-related community service during National managing attorney, Pro Bono Celebration Week. Emporia offi ce; Lynette Petty, ’87, PRO BONO PROGRAM LAUNCH past-president of Oct. 27 the Board of KLS and professor in The Honorable David Bruns, ’84, of the the Washburn Law Third Judicial District (Shawnee County) Clinic; and Marilyn Harp, KLS executive director. discussed the benefi ts of law-related public service for law students. His comments Kansas Legal Services, a statewide non-profi t included an overview of opportunities organization, helps low income Kansans meet their basic available with the Topeka/Shawnee County needs through the provision of essential legal, mediation, Youth Court Program, which needs and employment training services. KLS tries to eliminate volunteers to assist with the program. the causes of poverty and mitigate its effects by helping individuals achieve and maintain self-suffi ciency and The Topeka/Shawnee County Youth Court Program is a family supporting employment. diversion program led by teenagers. First time offenders with misdemeanor traffi c or vandalism charges agree to KLS needs volunteers who can deal directly with clients stipulate to the facts and have their cases heard by Youth and others to do research. Wheeler encouraged students Court. The judge, prosecutor, defense attorney, jurors, to get involved, stating that not only is working with KLS bailiff, court clerk, and defendants are all teenagers. The enjoyable, but volunteers have the opportunity to spend jurors decide the sanctions to be imposed, which can time in the courtroom, gaining valuable experience. In include community service, a written or oral apology to addition, the cases involve individuals under the poverty the victim or others, an essay related to the offense, or level who have the need for assistance. grade improvement. “These are the people that need our help the most,” said To learn more about the Topeka/Shawnee County Youth Wheeler. Court, visit www.topekayouthproject.org/youthcourt.html. To learn more about Kansas Legal Services, visit Margann Bennett, director of professional development www.kansaslegalservices.org. and pro bono, gave an overview of the newly-redesigned

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Marck R. Cobb, ’89 Th ank you for your supp ort John M. Collins, ’91 Committee to Elect Allison Herr The Hon. Sam A. Crow, ’52 DEAN’S CABINET Philip A. Harley, ’74 * M. Wayne, ’60, and Carolyn J. Davidson ($10,000+) Cynthia G. Heath The Hon. David B. Debenham, ’80, and Gerald T. Aaron, ’66 Danton C., ’76, and Julie Hejtmanek Glenda L. Cafer Keith B. Berkholtz, ’69 Winton M. Hinkle, ’68 S. Lucky, ’78, and Pamela A. DeFries John J. Bryan, ’68 Richard C. Hite, ’53 John R., ’84, and Kristina D. Dietrick The Hon. Robert J. Dole, ’52 Paul R., ’75, and Jeanne M. Hoferer Prof. Linda D. Elrod, ’72 D. Duke, ’73, and Helen, ’76, Dupre Edward, ’88, and Carole Kainen Jack D. Flesher, ’72 David A., ’79, and Hannah L. Fenley J. Richard Lake, ’68 The Hon. William H. Helsper, ’73 Foulston Siefkin LLP C. Michael Lennen, ’74 Allison L. Herr, ’90 Eltrude Elliott Hall Scott K. Logan, ’80 Hite, Fanning and Honeyman, L.L.P. Mark H. Iola Kathleen S. McGhehey, ’89 Prof. Michael Kaye and Susana Randall Iola Timothy P. O’Sullivan, ’75 Valdovinos, ’88 The Hon. Joseph W. Morris, ’47 Richard G. Rossman, ’57 The Hon. Philip T., ’78, and Karen S., Polsinelli Shughart PC Michael L. Snider, ’85 ’79, Kyle Norman R. Pozez, ’80 United States District Court Attorney Luanne C. Leeds, ’06 J.B. Reynolds Foundation Registration Robert L. Locke, ’66 Stanley, Mandel and Iola, L.L.P. Waters and Kraus, L.L.P. James F. Long, ’74 Westar Energy Foundation DEAN’S ADVISORS Terry, ’86, and Jay Mann The Williams Companies, Inc. ($5,000 - $9,999) Manuel B. Mendoza, ’58 Woodmen of the World AT&T Corp. Paul G. Perez, ’74 Bever Dye Foundation DELMAS HILL FELLOWS Prof. David E., ’77, and Martha A. Pierce William D., ’56, and Charlene S. Bunten ($2,500 - $4,999) William H. Pitsenberger Jr., ’78 Burlington Northern Santa Fe Bank of America W. Bradley, ’54, and Carolyn L. Post Foundation Bill D. Berkley, ’75 Prof. Sheila Reynolds Prof. James M. Concannon III Dana E. Brewer, ’77 Dean Thomas J. and Pam Romig Emerson Electric Co. Wm. David Byassee, ’75 James C. Slattery, ’75 Richmond M. Enochs Jr., ’63 Cafer Law Ofﬁ ce, L.L.C. Westboro Investment Corporation Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson and Kitch, Clifton Square Foundation L.L.C. 34 | FALL 2009 | WWW.WASHBURNLAW.EDU Th Gifts JULY 1,Received 2008 - JUNE 30, 2009

PRESIDENT’S CLUB Dr. Max M. Halley, ’66 Sidney A. Reitz, ’76 ($1,000 - $2,499) John R. Hamilton, ’65 The Reynolds Law Firm, P.A. Hodges Law Firm, Chtd. Zackery E. Reynolds, ’82 Martin R. Ahrens Michael L. Hodges, ’78 Prof. William and Kathleen F. Rich Paul E. Ailslieger, ’92, and Suzanne R. Gwen S. Holmes Denise D. Riemann, ’01 Dwyer-Ailslieger, ’92 Leigh C. Hudson, ’75 Keith L. Roberts, ’80 American Express Foundation Laura L. Ice, ’84 Joyce R. Simmons Rubenstein, ’76 Terry J. Anderson, ’64 Prof. Jeffrey D. Jackson, ’92 Alan L. Rupe, ’75 Paul E. Artzer, ’68 Kansas Women Attorneys Association Lawrence R., ’73, and Kay Y., ’80, Rute Paul D., ’56, and JoAnn Berkley Craig H. Kaufman, ’82 Kathy M. Sachen-Gute, ’76 Dennis L. Bieker, ’66 Lt. Col. Gaylon K. Kintner, ’56 Rosemary Saldan-Pawson, ’83 The Hon. Thomas L. Boeding, ’74 Kurt F. Kluin, ’82 Donald P. Schnacke, ’57 Law Ofﬁ ce of Joseph W. Booth Eric J. Larson, ’76 Prof. Michael H. Schwartz Joseph W. Booth, ’95 Joel and Becky Lauer Carolyn R. Simpson, ’97 Bradley A. Buckles, ’74, and Monique D. Robert R. Lee II, ’84 Edward H., ’73, and Jill R. Sondker Korn Rex K. Linder, ’74 Don B. Stahr, ’53 Mert F. Buckley, ’77 Gordon K., ’46, and Margaret H. Lowry Sabrina K. Standifer, ’99 Stephen W. Cavanaugh, ’80 Michael J. Manning, ’69 State Farm Insurance Companies Prof. John E. and Carol W. Christensen The Hon. Christel E. Marquardt, ’74 Foundation Jeffrey K. Cooper, ’85 Gary R. Mathews, ’77 S. Philip Stover, ’76 Joseph E. Cosgrove Jr., ’80 Prof. Nancy G. Maxwell and Terry C. Textron Wendell F. Cowan Jr., ’74 Curry Thomson Reuters Terry C. Cupps, ’82 McAnany, Van Cleave and Phillips, P.A. Topeka Bar Association Young Lawyers Whitney B. Damron, ’87 David L. McComb, ’59 William L. Townsley III, ’89 Whitney B. Damron, P.A. Carol D. McDowell, ’75 Paul M. Ueoka, ’74 Ronald D. DeMoss, ’80 Daniel D. Metz, ’66 The Hon. Gregory L. Waller, ’73 Lawrence A. Dimmitt, ’68 Michael C. Moline, ’73 Norris D. Walter, ’59 David K. Duckers, ’74 Terry, ’72, and Robin, ’80, Moore The Hon. John L. Weingart, ’77 Prof. Myrl L. Duncan David H. Moses, ’79 Edward F. Wiegers, ’57 Prof. J. Lyn Entrikin Goering, ’87 Edward J. Nazar, ’78 Wiley Rein, LLP Lori A. Fink, ’85 Ronald W. Nelson, ’81 Calvin K., ’78, and Diane Williams Richard L. Finn, ’67 Bruce A. Ney, ’92 Paul S. Wise, ’47 William J. Fitzpatrick, ’67 Brian J., ’85, and Dana S., ’85, Jill A. Wolters, ’86 Jack Focht, ’60, and Gloria Farha Flentje Niceswanger James C. Wright, ’63, and The Rev. Carol L. Foreman, ’80 Frank C. Norton, ’56 Patricia A. Slider Foundation of the American Board of Gene M., ’63, and Judith L., ’82, Olander Richard C., ’80, and Nina R., ’79, Trial Advocates Kelly and Tyann Orton Wuestling Daniel S. Garrity II, ’72 C. William Ossmann, ’77 The Robert E. and Polly A. Zimmerman Arthur A. Glassman, ’65 Stephen R. Page, ’77 Foundation S. Jack Glaves, ’50 Linda S. Parks, ’83 Larry N., ’00, and Angel R., ’06, Gerald, ’58, and Sue Goodell Joseph S. Passanise, ’97 Zimmerman Greater Salina Community Foundation Prof. Joyce A. McCray Pearson, ’89 David N. Zimmerman, ’79 Sid and Susy Reitz Fund John C., ’74, and Michelle A. Peterson Lewis D. Gregory, ’83 William D. Powell, ’69 Bradley E., ’80, and Terri S. Haddock George W. Probasco, ’51 Lowell F. Hahn, ’61 Carl W. Quarnstrom, ’57 Th ank you DONOR HONOR ROLL | 35 Contributors

GOLD CLUB G. Verne Goodsell, ’74 Michael W. Ryan, ’74 Every graduate of the last decade is Karen L. Griffi ths, ’78 Savin and Bursk granted access to join the Dean’s Circle John F. Hayes, ’46 George J. Savin Jr., ’73 for a gift of $100 times the number of LeeAnne Hays, ’79 The Hon. Edward P. Schneeberger, ’73 years since graduation. Sandra W. Hazlett, ’78 Gregory A. Schwartz, ’00 Mark V., ’77, and Lisa A. Hefner Heitz Mark A. Shaiken, ’81 Lauren M. Bristow, ’07 Ronald E. Henke, ’83 Roger M. Sherwood, ’64 Steven M. Ellis, ’06 Rex W. Henoch, LLC S. David Simpson, ’75 Lisa K. Garza, ’08 Rex W. Henoch, ’83 Duston J. Slinkard, ’03 Jodi M. Hoss, ’02 Chad L. Hooker, ’93 Pamela H. Stabler, ’81 Judy Y. Jewsome, ’07 Clifford R. Hope Jr., ’51 Law Offi ce of John R. Stanley, LLC. Kevin J. Zolotor, ’06 Mary Lee Huff John R. Stanley, ’80 Robert M. Hughes, ’82 Gertrude E. Ueoka CUM LAUDE Kurt P., ’91, and Aronda S., ’92, Kerns Daniel C. Walter, ’77 ($500 - $999) Alfred B. Knight Prof. Curtis J. Waugh, ’87 Kevan D. Acord, ’84 Steven W. Kruse, ’87 Karla E. Whitaker Kevan D. Acord, P.A. Anthony D. Link, ’81 T. Michael Wilson, ’72 Assoc. Dean Kelly Lynn Anders Jenifer L. Lucas, ’75 Warren B. Wood, ’74 The Hon. John Anderson III, ’75 Dan, ’72, and Judy Lykins Ronald E. Wurtz, ’73 Berkley and Henke The Mack Law Offi ces John T. Bird, ’74 The Hon. L. Barry Mack, ’76 DEAN’S HONORS Russell E. Bishop, ’76 John R. McNee, ’74 ($250 - $499) Glenn R. Braun, ’81 Larry K. Meeker, ’67 Prof. Aïda Alaka The Hon. Wesley E. Brown Darrell E. Miller, ’72 Alderson, Alderson, Weiler, Conklin, Bryan, Lykins, Hejtmanek and Fincher, P.A. Clyde E. Milligan, ’49 Burghart and Crow, L.L.C. George E. Burket III, ’72 Daniel L. Muchow, ’81 Apt Law Offi ces, LLC Timothy J. Carkhuff, ’79 William E. Muret, ’84 Charles H. Apt III, ’80 J. Randall, ’80, and Barbara, ’80, Clinkscales Jason C. Neal, ’98 Bruce L. Bachman, ’77 William M. Cobb, ’65 William T. Nichols, ’73 David M. Baer, ’78 Daryl V. Craft, ’77 Prof. Jerry E. Norton, ’62 Anne L. Baker, ’79 Rep. Paul T. Davis, ’98 Oakleaf Property Management, Inc. John T. Banta, ’85 Wade A. Dorothy, ’78 Paul D. Oakleaf, ’76 Gregory K. Barker, ’77 Keith E. Drill, ’87 Arthur E. Palmer, ’63 Berger Company Ellis and Zolotor Law Offi ce, L.L.C. Teague H. Pasco, ’01 Lloyd C. Bloomer, ’41 Fannie Mae Foundation Robert J. Perry, ’79 Paul R. Boeding, ’72 Gunther and Betty Fischer Frederick C. Perz, ’66 Bruce E. Borders, ’69 Prof. John J. Francis Gary M. Peterson, ’76 Wade H. Bowie Jr., ’99 John R. Frazier, ’57 Prof. Lynette Petty, ’87 The Hon. Paul L. Brady, ’56 Janet L. Frickey, ’80 Larry J. Pitts, ’86 The Hon. J. Patrick Brazil, ’62 The Frickey Law Firm Bryan L. Query, ’70 Kathleen H. Brown, ’88 Law Offi ces of Edward C. Gillette, PA Sen. Richard R. Rock, ’50 George C. Bruce, ’80 Edward C. Gillette, ’84 Dennis D. Rogers, ’75 The Hon. Benjamin L. Burgess Jr., ’72 Glassman, Bird, Braun and Schwartz, L.L.P. Rokusek Law Offi ce Law Offi ce of Matt Busch Godderz Law Firm LLC Jacquelyn E. Rokusek, ’93 W. Matthew Busch Jr., ’76 Frederick W. Godderz, ’69 Anthony J. Romano, ’87 Harriet E. Caplan, ’76 Ronald J. Goodeyon, ’88 Dr. William R. Sr., ’70, and Jane T., ’70, Roy James M. Caplinger Sr., ’53 36 | FALL 2009 | WWW.WASHBURNLAW.EDU Th Frank A. Carrano, ’82 erving as a student The Hon. Timothy J. Chambers, ’77 Soffi cer for Equal James W. Chipman, ’94 Justice Works has proven Law Offi ce of Robert W. Christensen to be one of my most Robert W. Christensen, ’80 memorable and rewarding Michael L. Clutter, ’71 Colgan Law Firm, L.L.C. experiences here at James P., ’83, and Ann K., ’84, Colgan Washburn Law. Thanks to ConocoPhillips Co. the support of Washburn The Hon. John E. Conway, ’63 Law’s students, faculty Dale H. Cooper, ’54 and staff, each winter Steven G. Cooper, ’73 the law school’s student Costello Law Offi ce organization - Equal Christopher G. Costello, ’82 Richard C. Cottle, ’53 Justice Works - has been James B., ’78, and Lydia Craig “able to send law students Steven C. Day, ’78 on public service trips K. Alan Deines, ’77 to New Orleans, La., in TERESA MATA The Hon. J. Charles Droege, ’84 order to help rebuild legal Class of 2010 John M. Duma, ’81 services for the poor, after Thomas H. Duncan, ’76 the havoc created by Hurricane Katrina. Paige J. Eichert-Zolotor, ’08 Susan K. Ellis, ’79 Michael S. Ertz, ’94 I originally applied to Washburn Law with the intention The Hon. Jesse D. Euler, ’65 of helping to foster change within our legal system and The Hon. Robert J. Fleming, ’68 to be able to represent the interests of under-privileged G. Steven Fleschner, ’74 groups. Two years later, thanks in large part to my Matthew D. Flesher, ’90 experiences in Professor Michael Kaye’s Trial Advocacy The Hon. Bruce T. Gatterman, ’78 class, my volunteer experiences in New Orleans, and my John H. Gibson, ’72 Glaves, Irby and Rhoads work in the Washburn Law Clinic this fall, my conviction Global Impact to be an advocate for the poor has only gotten stronger. Goering and Slinkard Alan C. Goering, ’76 Washburn Law has a way of bringing out the best in Jacob S. Graybill, ’67 its students. The law school is progressive in the sense E. Jay Greeno, ’83 that it encourages student activism regarding a broad Thomas Gress, ’91 spectrum of issues. Washburn Law’s faculty skillfully Scot L. Gulick, ’84 Scott J. Gunderson, ’79 uses its students to provide additional perspectives and Lawrence M., ’84, and Annette, ’83, Gurney insight into the law. It is particularly refreshing to be Charles F. Harris, ’78 surrounded by professors, as well as many law students, Dr. M. Rene Hausheer, ’74 whose experiences in the real world add to the sense of Eric S. Heath, ’96 excitement and commitment as we study and learn the Ronald R. Hein, ’74 philosophical and intellectual underpinnings of the law. 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Arne T. Henricks, ’68 Dr. Stephen D. Minnis, ’85 Kent P. Smith, ’66 Larry K. Hercules, ’65 Brenton B. Moore, ’76 Stephen J. Smith, ’74 Paul C. Herr, ’87 David D. Moshier, ’77 Alexander J. Solorio, ’99 Frederick J. Hess, ’71 William E. Muret, L.L.C. Douglas C. Spencer, ’69 Todd Hiatt, ’05 William E. Muret, ’84 William M. Spieler, ’81 The Hon. Stephen D. Hill, ’75 John C. Nodgaard, ’77 Stanley Spurrier III, ’83 Law Offi ce of Paula D. Hofaker, P.A. The Hon. Donald R. Noland III, ’76 Hayden B. St. John, ’70 Paula D. Hofaker, ’93 Northwestern Mutual Foundation J. Harlan Stamper, ’60 Kurt A. Holmes, ’82 The Hon. J. Stephen Nyswonger, ’73 Robert D. Steiger, ’75 Edward J. Hund Jr. ’71 J. Larry Odom, ’77 A. Mark Stremel Law Offi ce, P.A. Mary C. Hutton, ’78 James D. Oliver, ’75 A. Mark Stremel, ’91 Curtis M. Irby, ’71 Michael P. Oliver, ’80 The Hon. Fredrick B. Strothman, ’61 The Hon. Lee A. Johnson, ’80 Ruben Ortiz, ’97 Roger D. Struble, ’82 Charles S. Joss Jr., ’75 Fred F. Paoli Jr., ’79 Daniel L. Swagerty, ’68 Stanley R. Juhnke, ’74 Peoples Wealth Management, LLC Gerald V., ’82, and Kathleen A., ’83, Tanner Richard J. Kastner, ’85 The Law Offi ce of Daniel Perez Jr., P.A. Susan E. Tucker, ’92 Gailen L. Keeling, ’55 Daniel Perez Jr., ’97 C. Geraldine Umphenour, ’86 William J. Kelly, ’75 Elvin D. Perkins, ’48 Jay W. Vander Velde, ’74 J. Michael Kennalley, ’76 Howard I. Perry, ’51 Gabriela A. Vega, ’03 Janet K. Kerr, ’87 Clarice J. Peters, ’82 Vermillion Law Offi ce, LLC The Hon. Cheryl A. Rios Kingfi sher, ’93 Phillips, Weiner, Quinn, Artura and Cox Debra A. Vermillion, ’86 Bruce W. Kinzie, ’77 Tony A. Potter, ’95 Law Offi ces of H. Reed Walker, P.A. Kyler G. Knobbe, ’74 Robert A. Prentice, ’75 H. Reed Walker, ’77 Michael D. Kracht, ’79 The Hon. James F. Quinn, ’83 Walters, Bender, Strohbehn and Vaughn P.C. Mark W. Krusor, ’76 Dwight E. Rahmeyer, ’76 Dr. Howard N., ’79, and Marilyn S. Ward Greer M. Lang, ’89 David M. Rapp, ’76 Warner Law Offi ces, P.A. John W. Lann, ’74 James N. Reardon, ’73 Thomas M. Warner Jr., ’84 Richard J. Lind, ’83 Elizabeth J. Shannahan Redmond, ’81 Charles B. Wesonig, ’72 Myron L. Listrom, ’51 Karen D. Wedel Renwick, ’84 Larry H. Whitt, ’73 The Hon. Tyler C. Lockett, ’62 Darci L. Rock, ’75 Kenneth M. Wilke, ’68 David J. Lund, ’83 John J. Rosacker, ’80 Dennis J. Wing, ’71 Barry D. Martin and Associates, P.A. Theodore D. Roth, ’76 Ronald P. Wood, ’79 Barry D. Martin, ’77 The Samson Law Firm, P.C. The Hon. John B. Wooley, ’56 David K. Martin, ’84 Richard E. Samson, ’74 Melvyn T. Yoshii, ’71 Charles M. Masner, ’82 The Hon. Rebecca A. Sanders, ’78 Anne P. Zellhoefer, ’85 Fernando E. Mata, ’72 Steven R. Sanford, ’85 Nicole M. Zomberg, ’99 Robert S. Maxwell, ’78 Michael K. Schmitt, ’74 Zuspann and Zuspann, P.A. The Hon. Joseph L. McCarville III, ’77 Debra L. Schrock Eugene P. Zuspann II, ’74 Todd M. McCauley LLC The Hon. Kim R. Schroeder, ’82 Todd M. McCauley, ’93 Sebelius and Griffi ths, L.L.P. CONTRIBUTORS Leo H. McCormick Jr., ’68 * Leslee R. Sharp, ’85 ($1 - $249) Mary I. Browne McCuskey, ’75 Gloria E. Shaw, ’67 Todd A. Aanenson, ’06 Thomas J. Meek, ’83 Shelton Law Firm, P.A. James J. Abbs, ’85 Frederick L. Meier II, ’87 Allen L. Shelton, ’68 Carolyn A. Adams, ’81 Karl A. Menninger II, ’75 J. Craig, ’78, and Rita Shultz Robert M. Adrian, ’79 Sunee N. Mickle, ’06 John M. Simpson, ’65 Sarah McLean Acosta, ’02 38 | FALL 2009 | WWW.WASHBURNLAW.EDU Th Alan M. Agee, ’89 ashburn has Prof. James R. Ahrens Wgiven me the Shari M. Albrecht, ’84 John R. Alden, ’42 opportunity to attend law W. Robert, ’67, and Ruth Alderson school without incurring William Trey A. Alford III, ’99 excessive debt. This has Evelyn L. Allen, ’85 M. Lou Allen, ’85 been possible because Sonya L. Allen, ’94 Washburn’s costs are very Mitzi J. Alspaugh, ’90 competitive nationwide. Latina M. Alston, ’07 The Hon. Donald L. Alvord, ’75 I am married with three David S. Ament, ’77 children, so managing our American Home Life Insurance Co. family’s debt is extremely Charles C. Amos, ’82 Marian Amrein, ’84 “important, especially with ALAN DUNAWAY Anton C. Andersen, ’86 the additional expenses a The Hon. D. Keith Anderson, ’67 Class of 2010 traditional student does Anheuser Busch Foundation Linden G. Appel, ’77 not accrue. Our ability to keep student debt in check will Christina I. Apperson, ’97 pay dividends for years to come. Arehart and Ernzen P.A. Timothy J. Arehart, ’82, and Yvonne M. Ernzen, ’83 I have taken advantage of several programs Washburn Dianne Armstrong offers. In addition to regular coursework, Washburn hosts Thomas D., ’78, and Joleen M. Arnhold Narra S. Asher-Phillips, ’53 lunch hour speakers several times a week. These speakers Stephen W. Atha, ’74 range from local practitioners to large fi rm attorneys William J., ’73, and Judy D. Badger to government offi cials. Their real world perspectives Larry R. Baer, ’77 Daniel B. Bailey, ’87 provide insight to problems we may encounter after Joe T. Bailey, ’69 graduation and advice on navigating through a complex Patricia E. Baker, ’79 legal system. I have gained valuable knowledge from these Wayne W. Baldock, ’59 The Hon. Richard T. Ballinger, ’77 experiences and will be better prepared to practice law. I Bank of America plan to return to Washburn regularly to offer insight to Diane F. Barger, P.A. future students. J. Diane Barger, ’84 Edward L. Barker, ’79 Carolyn A. Barnes Tom R. Barnes II, ’88 Charles D. Baskins, ’99 Harry M. Bass, ’86 Christopher C. Bates, ’05 Bauer, Pike, Pike and Johnson, Chtd. Cherie K. Bauer Th ank you ”DONOR HONOR ROLL | 39 Contributors

Gregory L. Bauer, ’79 Dennis Bosley, ’90 James C. Cavanaugh, ’87 Charles D. Baxter, ’53 Marsha L. Boswell Chevron Humankind David A. Bayles, ’96 Bartholomew M. Botta, ’93 Jeffrey A. Chubb, ’78 Douglas C. Beach, ’80 Boulton Law Firm Daniel F. Church, ’84 The Hon. James G. Beasley, ’66 Jonathan T., ’00, and India N., ’99, Boulton Lori M. Church, ’04 Beck Law Offi ce LLC Brenda L. Braden, ’80 Jeremy L. Claridge, ’08 Terry E. Beck, ’75 Paul E. Braden, ’80 Dean E. Eugene Clark, ’78 Kevin T. Beckwith, ’92 Dale A. and Susanne A. Bradley Brenda J. Clary, ’98 Harold S. Beims, ’68 Clark C. Bradshaw, ’69 Kurt F. Clausing, ’85 Col. Jack S. Bender III, ’69 The Hon. Mark S. Braun, ’86 Richard B. Clausing, ’42 Bennett and Bennett Lillian A. Brauner, ’86 June Ellen Claydon, ’79 Kevin L. Bennett, ’86 The Hon. Timothy E. Brazil, ’75 Alan E. Cobb, ’92 Leigh P. Bennett, ’86 Kevin J., ’99, and Kelli N., ’95, Breer Bernard D. Cohen, ’37 Margann M. Bennett and Jeffrey L. White The Hon. John E. Bremer, ’74 B. Robertson Cohen, ’74 Peter W. Bennett, ’84 Jeffery R. Brewer, ’82 Marc W. Colby, ’77 Fred Bentley, ’73 Michael B. Brewer, ’82 C. Mark Cole, ’68 Jennifer M. Berard, ’96 William E. Brewer, ’82 Coletta Law Offi ces Jennifer M. Berger, ’93 The Hon. Daniel L. Brewster, ’72 Joseph M. Coletta, ’83 Richard N. Berger, ’80 The Hon. David F. Brewster, ’68 Edward M. Collazo-Vega, ’97 Brandon J. Berkley, ’03 The Hon. Joseph Bribiesca, ’77 Howard L. Collett, ’84 Mary Beth Bero Bernard J. and Linda L. Bristow Clinton D. Collier, ’94 Jeanette S. Bertelson, ’77 Vicki K. Brittain, ’77 Robert K. Collins, ’06 John and Rita Beverlin J. Robert Brookens, ’78 Eric A. Commer, P.A. Bruce W. Beye, ’82 The Hon. Alison K. Brookins, ’86 The Hon. Eric A. Commer, ’80 Bideau Law Offi ces, LLC Brooks and Olson Michael L. Condon, ’64 David J. Bideau, ’82 Don E. Brown, ’53 Martin E. S. Conrey, ’84 Eric R. Bidwell, ’03 Col. David H. Brunjes, ’80 Cooley Zagar-Brown, P.C. Dr. Peter V. and Margaret J. Bieri The Hon. David E. Bruns, ’84 Coombs, Hull and Smith, L.L.C. Galen E. Biery, ’75 Grover L. Bryan, ’54 Donald J., ’90, and Martha L., ’89, Cooper The Hon. W. Dan Biles, ’78 The Hon. Kyle A. Bryson, ’88 Malcolm L. Copeland, ’80 Ted Bills, ’03 John M. Buchanan, ’88 Maurice D. Copp, ’77 Amy J. Bipes, ’98 Brice E. Buehler P.C. Steve L. Cornetta, ’02 Gary E. Bishop, ’86 Brice E., ’69, and Marilyn Buehler Richard F. Corson, ’85 John B., ’76, and Karen A., ’76, Black Forrest A. Buhler, ’77 Andrew Couch, ’07, and Karen M. Thomas V. Black, ’89 Stephanie E. Bunten, ’03 Quintelier, ’07 Blackburn and Stoll, L.C. The Hon. James L Burgess, ’76 Jeffrey L. Cowger, ’90 Jeffrey O. Blackwell, ’82 Sarah E. Byrne, ’04 Craig D. Cox, ’77 Gary L. Blanton, ’77 The Hon. Daniel, ’95, and Christine A., Vincent M. Cox, ’05 Capt. Mark P. Blenden, ’74 ’96, Cahill William P., ’81, and Debra K., ’81, Eric R. Blevins, ’06 David P. Calvert, ’67 Crawford Stuart P. Boehning, ’95 Eric V. Calvert, ’05 The Hon. Daniel D. Creitz, ’85 The Boeing Company The Hon. Larry L. Campbell, ’75 Terry D. Criss, ’87 Brett C. Bogan, ’92 Michael A. Card, ’95 Crotty Law Offi ces, P.A. Vincent L. Bogart, ’55 John F. Carpinelli, ’96 Douglas M. Crotty, ’75 Adam D. Boklage, ’94 Elizabeth A. Carson, ’82 Michael P., ’73, and Rep. Martha E., ’93, Cline I. Boone, ’96 Michelle M. Carter-Gouge, ’99 Crow 40 | FALL 2009 | WWW.WASHBURNLAW.EDU Th Wright W. Crummett, ’57 ashburn has The Hon. Kim W. Cudney, ’89 Whelped me develop Robert R. Cunningham, ’59 Mark E., ’00, and Trista C., ’00, Curzydlo the necessary skills to David L Dahl, ’78 succeed professionally John J. Dale, ’97 and personally. Through Krystle M. Dalke, ’08 David P. Calvert, P.A. organizations like the John M. Davies, ’76 Washburn Student Bar Clark H. Davis, ’80 Association, Women’s Kevin R. Davis, ’84 Law Offi ces of Marc C. Davis Legal Forum, and Phi Marc C. Davis, ’01 Alpha Delta, I have been Reginald K. Davis, ’00 able to strengthen my W. Russell Davis Jr., ’57 Stephanie K. Dawkins, ’96 “leadership, organizational, James M. Day, ’83, and Joanne Sorrentino, ’82 and interpersonal skills. DBR Solutions, LLC ALICE WALKER As a fi rst-year mentor and DCP Midstream Class of 2010 Marianne Deagle, ’95, and Prof. Rogelio A. an ambassador, I am able Lasso to share my experiences and encourage others to take Christina Dean, ’00 Lara L. Delka, ’96 advantage of everything Washburn has to offer. Through Danielle D. Dempsey-Swopes, ’92 scholarships made possible by our generous alumni, I Douglas D. Depew, ’80 have been able to take the skills and knowledge obtained Sue E. DeVoe, ’87 The Hon. David W. Dewey, ’59 through classes, to pursue internships and externships The Hon. M. Joe Dickinson, ’82 in my preferred fi eld, without having to worry about LuAnn C. Dixon fi nancial burdens. The Dorothy Law Firm LLC Kenneth J., ’99, and Elizabeth M., ’01, Dotson My favorite part about Washburn is how much its faculty Debra S. Duncan, ’86 and staff care about each and every student and how Shannon R. Dunham, ’98 Robert D. Eggleston, ’75 they encourage, motivate, and help all students to excel Bart E. Eisfelder, ’71 as students and as future lawyers. I am so lucky to go Eland Law Offi ce to school in an environment that wants me to succeed. Kenneth J. Eland, ’84 Junior F. Elder, ’51 Washburn not only enables students to achieve, but gives Robert H. and Judith C. Elliott them the necessary tools to graduate from law school H. Philip Elwood, ’71 Jack R. Euler, ’53 and pass the bar. Ultimately, Washburn has provided me The Hon. John R. Eyer, ’77 with the opportunity to gain valuable experience while in The Hon. Jerry D. Fairbanks, ’76 school, network with a variety of professionals, and the Dana L. Fanoele, ’93 Joseph M. Fast, ’80 ability to fi nd the ideal job upon graduation. Th ank you ”DONOR HONOR ROLL | 41 Contributors

Keith R. Fevurly, ’76 Carlene J. Griffi th, ’93 Janelle M. Zappala Herres, ’86 Richard W. Files, ’97 William R. Griffi th, ’74 Gary S. Hess, ’87 Bart A. Fisher, ’04 Daniel J. Gronniger, ’87 John J. Hesse Jr., ’69 Alice M. Fitzgerald, ’79 Arnold J. Grundeman, ’69 Richard A. Hickey, ’07 Linda J. Fleeker, ’89 Richard G. Guinn, ’80 Kristy L. Hiebert, ’90 The Hon. James R. Fleetwood, ’89 Cynthia K. Hale, ’84 David W. Hildreth, ’81 Kyle M., ’00, and Lori A., ’01, Fleming Leonard A. Hall, ’79 Donald E. Hill, ’75 Michael N. Flesher, ’85 Col. Robert D. Hamel, ’61 Max M. Hinkle, ’65 Floyd Law Offi ce, LLC Connie S. Hamilton, ’87 Robert D. Hoehn, ’80 Clint W. Floyd, ’04 Patricia E. Hamilton, ’87 Hoffman and Hoffman John P. Foley, ’05 Tracey J. Hannah, ’01 Donald R. Hoffman, ’71 Mark Folmsbee Sean C. Harlow, ’02 Keith D. Hoffman, ’76 Richard A. Forster, ’86 The Hon. Muriel E. Harris, ’76 Terry L. and Sharon D. Hogan James A. Foster, ’77 Thomas D. Harris, ’80 Law Offi ce of Mark T. Honda Michael V. Foust, ’72 Travis B. Harrod, ’06 Mark T. Honda, ’76 Mark R. Frame, ’91 Brette S. Hart, ’05 Marshall S. Honeyman, ’91 Karen L France, ’84 The Hon. Gerald W. Hart, ’76 The Hon. E. Leigh Hood, ’82 Christopher J. Frank, ’07 The Hon. Amy L. Harth, ’94 Marilyn J. Horsch, ’90 Curtis A. Frasier, ’76 Jamie M. Harwood, ’05 Sara N. Huerter, ’04 The Hon. Robert J. Frederick, ’75 The Hassler Law Firm Michael R. Hull, ’87 Robert G. Frey, ’70 Alan N. Hassler, ’81 Clayton Hunter, ’68 John C. Frieden, ’67 Allan and Donna Haverkamp Patrick J. Hurley, ’67 Gary L. Fuller, ’85 Bryce E., ’92, and Janette G., ’89, Deborah A. Huth, ’91 Norman J. Furse, ’67 Haverkamp Prudence Hutton Fitzpatrick, ’79 Kenneth G. Gale, ’80 Law Offi ces of David A. Hawley, P.A. Ami S. Hyten, ’98 Carl A. Gallagher, ’81 David A. Hawley, ’90 The Hon. Fred S. Jackson, ’60 L. Stephen Garlow, ’79 Robert Hawley Joel B. Jackson, ’80 Gordon T. Garrett, ’77 Katherine L. Hays, ’98 Shirley A. Jacobson Michael C. Germann, ’76 Michael E. Hazel, ’81 Katherine A. James, ’06 Gernon Law Offi ce Stanton A. Hazlett, ’77 Kurt L. James, ’96 John F. Gernon, ’61 Randy M. Hearrell, ’70 Marlea J. James, ’03 Mary Ann Gerrard, ’82 Robert L. Heath, ’70 James R. Jarrow, ’88 Cydni K. Gilman, ’78 Heathman Law Offi ce Rebecca S. Jelinek, ’01 Firman G. Gladow, ’63 James C. Heathman, ’90 Lora M. Jennings, ’05 Assoc. Dean Alex Glashausser David J. Heinemann, ’73 Kevin B. Johnson, ’81 The Hon. Stephen E. Good, ’83 Kenneth L. Helmuth, ’83 Robyn C. Euler Johnson, ’88 Roarke R. Gordon, ’06 The Hon. Craig P. Henderson ’94 Tracey D. Johnson, ’08 Kevin A., ’95, and Peggy, ’95, Graham Thomas D. Henderson, ’76 Johnston and Eisenhauer Ruth E. Graham, ’80 The Hon. Larry D. Hendricks, ’82 Michael K. Johnston, ’79 Kevin J. Grauberger, ’98 Randall C. Henry, ’75 The Hon. Jon S. Jones, ’62 Jason T. Gray, ’06 Tracy L. Henry, ’96 Michael G. Jones, ’88 Frederick J. Greenbaum, ’80 Elizabeth R. Herbert, ’77 Michael W. Jones, ’86 Gregory and Gregory Larry K. Hercules, P.C. The Hon. Cynthia A. Josserand, ’78 Paul S. Gregory, ’85 James H. Herd, ’89 Peter A. Jouras Jr., ’87 Al Grieshaber, ’76 Michael D. Herd, ’82 Joy Law Offi ce, P.A. Prof. Ronald C. Griffi n John E. Herman, ’58 Bryan K. Joy, ’78 42 | FALL 2009 | WWW.WASHBURNLAW.EDU Th Ronald D. Jung, ’87 ashburn has John D. Jurcyk, ’84 Wprovided me Lawrence G. Karns, ’75 with a great education. A Karstetter and Klenda, L.L.C. Melissa E. Kasprzyk, ’99 Washburn degree is highly Russell F. Kaufman, ’81 regarded within the Kansas The Hon. J. Michael Keeley, ’82 Douglas J. Keeling, ’84 City legal community. The Robert E. Keeshan, ’75 scholarships I have been Robert B. Keim, ’74 awarded have allowed me Brenda R. Kelley, ’92 Herbert A. Kelley, ’53 to focus on my studies and John W. Kelley, ’83 makes Washburn a great The Hon. Patricia M. Kelly, ’95 value. Jeffrey L. Kennedy, ’84 and Patricia A. Gorham, ’77 Bruce W. Kent, ’70 “ The Hon. James R. Kepple, ’85 The student organizations Kenneth L. Kerns, ’68 ASHLEY BARTON have opened up oppor- Cheryl A. Kessler, ’05 Class of 2010 Ronald J. Kibbe, ’83 tunities for me to be more Amanda J. Kiefer, ’03, and Curtis D. Von Lintel involved in my community, and have provided a support K. Mike Kimball, ’70 system. The faculty and staff are generous and full of Dennis D. Kirk, ’75 John B. Klenda, ’80 support. The professors know me by name and will Jeffrey C. Knapp, ’97 work with me on any diffi culties I am having in class. Knappenberger Law Offi ce Don J. Knappenberger, ’75 They genuinely want students to succeed. Without the Sandra M. Knipp opportunities that Washburn provides, I would not have Joseph A. Knopp, ’77 been able to be an associate for the past two summers. I The Hon. David S. Knudson, ’66 Thomas J. Koehler, ’79 am confi dent that my Washburn education will allow me Daniel P. Kolditz, ’84 to do great things in the legal world. All of this added The Hon. Gary M. Korte, ’81 together defi nitely made Washburn the best choice for Christopher S. Korth, ’85 Albert P. Kovac, ’51 me. Prof. Tonya Kowalski Kramer, Nordling and Nordling, L.L.C. John L. Kratzer Jr., ’65 Steven A. Kraushaar, ’85 Phillip G. Krueger, ’87 Jeffrey S. Kruske, ’01 Kenneth P., ’94, and Kayla D., ’94, Kula The Rev. Victoria M. Kumorowski, ’75 Brian J. LaRue, ’87 Michael J. Laden, ’85 The Laiderman Law Firm, P.C. Th ank you ”DONOR HONOR ROLL | 43 Contributors

Steven M. Laiderman, ’82 Larry and Carrie Magill Jan Leslie Meese, ’95 Erick E. Nordling, ’85 Robert R. Laing Jr., ’83 Keith C. Magnusson, ’74 J. Mark Meinhardt, ’01 Carol North, ’93 Donna L. Lance, ’95 Malcolm Law, P.C. Eric F. Melgren, ’85 William T. North, ’76 Gary L. Lane, ’74 Terrence J. Malone, ’75 Willard M. Mellott, ’76 Gary A. Norton, ’84 Joe A. Lang, ’77 Steven D. Mank, ’86 The Hon. Jerry L. Mershon, ’61 R. Austin Nothern, ’64 John E. Lang, ’62 Mark A. Manna, ’93 Nina M Miley, ’90 Larry D. Nuss, ’67 Paula D. Langworthy, ’06 Norbert C. Marek Jr., ’95 Kenneth B. Miller, ’06 Nye and Nye Mark B. Laroche, ’91 Law Offi ces of James E. Sara K. Miller, ’75 Gregory C. Nye, ’78 The Hon. Jeffry J. Larson, ’87 Martin, Chtd. Law Offi ces of Michael K. Kirk Nystrom, ’79 Ralph L. Larson, ’54 James E. Martin, ’73 Millett, PA. Donald, C. Oakley, ’99 Gerald R. Lau, ’82 Ronnie D. Martinek, ’86 Michael A. Millett, ’97 Louis K. Obdyke, IV, ’75 Lyle and Jo Ann Laughlin J. Steven Massoni, ’74 William G. Mills II, ’73 Steven J. Obermeier, ’85 Mark O., ’00, and Amy O., ’01, Mark D. Masters, ’82 Charles E. Millsap, ’78 Harold D. Oelschlaeger, ’49 Lawlor William H. Matarazzi, ’78 Edgar M. Miner, ’51 Nancy A. Ogle, ’91 Nathan D. Leadstrom, ’01 F. Gregory Mathias, ’76 Whitney Y. Miranda, ’08 Steven K. O’Hern, ’88 Alison N. Lee, ’05 Joan M. Mattingly, ’05 Mitchell and Associates, L.C. William C. O’Keefe, ’67 Jae M. Lee, ’95 Rodney J. Matukewicz, ’98 David R. Mitchell, ’86 Kent E. ’76, and Sen. Lana Oleen Pamela S. Leinwetter, ’95 Hugh D. Mauch Law Offi ce Allen P. Mitchem, ’47 Allen E. Olson, ’92 Amy L. Leisinger, ’06 Hugh D. Mauch, ’56 * Alan P. Morel, P.A. Gerald W. Olson, ’53 F. Stannard Lentz, ’67 Julius P. IV, ’83, and Molly J., Alan P. Morel, ’89 Julie A. Olson The Hon. Jan W. Leuenberger, ’61 ’83, Maurin G. Daniel Morgan, ’80 Peter G. Olson, ’88 D. Kathleen Lewis, ’85 Marvin W. Maydew, ’69 Susan M. Morrison, ’84 Rachel Olson Lincoln Properties Glen C. McBeth, ’03 Otis W. Morrow, ’73 Mary K. O’Malley, ’95 Shawn M. Lindsay, ’02 J. Patrick McCahill, ’80 Christina D. Moss, ’91 Jennifer L. Osborn, ’96 Steven S. Lobell, ’78 Shane T. McCall, ’91 Moel Mpofu OXY USA, Inc. Law Offi ce of Kevin Loeffl er Charles C. McCarter, ’53 Cleo A. Murphy, ’79 Ryan H. Pace, ’98 Kevin W. Loeffl er, ’89 Timothy P. McCarthy, ’82 Law Offi ce of Willis K. Gregory J. Pappas, ’84 Hollis B. Logan, ’51 Glenn P. McCarty, ’72 Musick Patel and Associates, PLLC Cynthia J. Long, ’94 Roger E. McClellan, ’93 Willis K. Musick, ’80 Mahesh I. Patel, ’90 Sarah J. Loquist, ’97 Malcolm E. McCollam, ’82 Elizabeth M. Myers, ’04 Lindsey D. Patmon, ’07 The Hon. C. Frederick Garry J. McCubbin, ’81 Jennifer L. Myers, ’03 Matthew P. Patterson, ’96 Lorentz II, ’69 James R., ’77, and Joann E., Francis A. Natchez, ’74 The Hon. James A. Patton, ’75 Wm. Rex Lorson, ’75 ’88, McEntire Mark W. Neis, ’77, and Jill A. William J. Pauzauskie, ’76 Curtis A. Loub, ’91 Mark E. McFarland, ’89 Michaux, ’82 Travis A. Pearson, ’93 Byron C. Loudon, ’68 Lynn S. McGivern, ’00 Clark R. Nelson, ’73 Helen J. Pedigo, ’92 The Hon. Daniel L. Love, ’76 W. John McGuire, ’86 Patrik W. Neustrom, ’77 Joe W. Peel, ’55 Amory K. Lovin, ’00 Judith A. McKee, ’76 Gale S. Newton Jr., ’60 Law Offi ces of Richard F. Jeffrey N. Lowe, ’05 Major Shawn D. McKelvy, ’99 Lauri A. Newton, ’87 Pellegrino, Ltd. The Hon. Harold and Wanda Craig R. McKinney, ’84 Gudrun Maria Nickel, P.A. Richard F. Pellegrino, ’79, and Lowenstein Matthew R. McLane, ’96 Gudrun M. Nickel, ’78 Margaret M. Higgins, ’79 Kirk W., ’87, and Prof. Jalen Steve and Karen McMaster Diane D. Noe, ’94 Kerri A. Pelton O’Neil, ’87, Lowry Calvin L. McMillan, ’58 Camille A. Nohe, ’78 The Hon. Gene B. Penland, ’61 Nathan J. Lucero, ’02 Donna L. McMurry Lois Nohe Jennifer L. Perkins, ’97, and Jared S. Maag, ’95 Thomas W. McNish, ’80 Timothy W. Nohr, ’96 Andrew N. Massieon J. Scott MacBeth, ’92 Larry T. McRell, ’82 The Hon. James J. Noone, ’47 Lynn L. Perkins, ’67 Richard Madril, ’91 J. Byron Meeks, ’68 Mahmud Noormohamed, ’90 44 | FALL 2009 | WWW.WASHBURNLAW.EDU Th Deborah A. Peterson, ’80 Timothy G. Riling, ’88 Mark A. Sevart, ’85 Solbach Law Offi ce Keith A., ’99, and Amanda C., Ryan A. Rimando, ’03 Ronald L. Shackle, ’76 John M. Solbach III, ’77 ’99, Peterson Lori A. Rinaldi, ’97 John H. Shaffer, ’54 Floyd D. Sorrick Jr., ’55* Roger K. Peterson, ’76 RMI Legal Services LLC Patricia A. Shalhoob, ’91 Julia S. Spainhour, ’96 Stephanie L. Petrie, ’96 Steven A. and Marie, ’94, Robb Ronald S. Shalz, ’75 J. Barlow Spear, ’83 Kimberly D. Phillips, ’96 Michael L. Roberts, ’00 Sharma-Crawford Attorneys Kerwin L. Spencer, ’81 Harold T. Pickler, ’77 Richard L. Roberts, ’60 at Law, LLC Nathan C. Sprague, ’01 Thomas J. Pinnick, ’76 Robert L. Roberts, ’61 Michael Sharma-Crawford, ’02 Lois S. Spring Jeremiah L. Platt, ’06 Edward L. Robinson, ’05 Zillman P. Sheldon, ’53 The Hon. Nicholas M., ’85, David D. Plinsky, ’77 Terry L. Rogers, ’79 Kevin P. Shepherd, ’00 and Julie L., ’92, St. Peter Sandra E. Plunkett, ’84 David M. Ronald, ’96 Sherman, Hoffman and Hipp, Mark W. Stafford, ’87 The Hon. Sally D. Pokorny, ’78 William P. Ronan III, ’80 L.C. Bryan P. Stanley, ’99 Kristine A. Polansky, ’88 Evan A. Rosell, ’08 John C. Sherman, ’76 Mary E. Stanley, ’02 Keenan M. Post, P.A. Howard L. Rosenthal, ’74 John D. Sherwood, ’65 Laura L. Steel, ’07 Keenan M. Post, ’94 Richard D. Ross, ’75 James R. Shetlar Law Offi ces, Patricia L. Steele, ’95 Charisse M. Powell, ’99 Lt. Col. Walter H. Ross, ’77 P.A. Law Offi ce of Lyndon B. H. Wayne Powers Jr., ’74 Jenell H. Rud, ’01 James R. Shetlar, ’74 Steimel Michael A. Preston, ’80 Ryan, Rapp and Underwood, Douglas T., ’94, and Michelle Lyndon B. Steimel, ’87 Scott M. Price, ’76 P.L.C. Shima Charles C. Steincamp, ’93 The Hon. James T. Pringle Jr., ’80 Prof. David L., ’65, and Dr. Charles R. Shirley, ’89 Martha R. Steincamp, ’71 Thomas O. Prochazka, ’76 Rita Kay Ryan John R. Shirley, ’73 Deborah F. Stern, ’98 The Progressive Insurance Sabre Development Donald H. Shoop, ’76 William T. Stetzer, ’96 Foundation Patrick M. Salsbury, ’74 The Hon. Scott I. Showalter, ’84 The Hon. James B. Stewart, ’78 The Hon. Terry L. Pullman, ’78 The Hon. Keith Sanborn, ’50 Andrew U. Shull, ’02 Donald J. Stoeckel, ’82 Larry J. Putnam, ’76 The Hon. Christopher D. The Hon. Edward A. Simons, ’65 Stanley K. Stoll, ’80 Keats A. Quinalty, ’96 Sanders, ’90 Karen A. Sims, ’94 Stone Law Offi ce Nora M. Quitno, ’89 Gary B. Sanders, ’81 John H., ’01, and Erin E. M., Gary D. Stone, ’95 Jack S. Ramirez, ’64 Robert J. Sandilos, ’77 ’01, Sizemore Jason M., ’00, and JoAnn M., John M. Rasmussen, ’99 Walter A. Sawhill, ’50 Barbara J. Sjoberg ’00, Stone Gary H. Ratzlaff, ’70 Patricia A. Scalia, ’78 Ralph E. Skoog, ’59 Delberta D. Storz, ’85 Fred W. Rausch Jr., ’49 Kenneth and Alecia Scally Kevin J. Small, ’83 D. Douglas Stratton, ’73 Charles R. Rayl, ’75 Steve Schwarm, ’87, and Lena Bryan W. Smith, ’92 Ken W. Strobel, ’65 James M. Redeker, ’98 Dreiling Christine M. Smith, ’00 Matthew D. Stromberg, ’08 Cathleen M. Reeder, ’82 William T. Schemmel, ’95 The Hon. Dean J. Smith, ’59 David B. Summers, ’78 Robert H. Reeder, ’60 Kristine K. Schlaman, ’83 Eric B. Smith, ’94 Sundwall Law Offi ce PLLC Sarah E. Reichart, ’04 Michael A. Schlueter, ’86 Leon E. Smith Jr., ’66 Catherine Sundwall, ’08 Dr. C. Patrick and Miriam D. Stephen S. Schmelzle, ’80 Richard D. Smith, ’89 John S. Sutherland, ’75 Reid Lawrence E. Schneider, ’77 Richard E. Smith, ’68 John W. Sutherland, ’64 Reynolds Law Offi ce, P.A. Ronald L. Schneider, ’92 R. Brandon Smith, ’92 Eric C. Svoboda, ’80 John A. Reynolds, ’88 Sherri L. Schuck, ’02 Venita A. Smith, ’95 Janet S. Svoboda, ’76 Mindy B. Reynolds, ’92 Richard L. Schultz, ’60 Laura J. Smithson-Corl, ’95 Elizabeth H. Sweeney-Reeder, ’01 Carol S. Rhodes Gerald W. Scott, ’64 Ardith R. Smith-Woertz, ’87 Robert N. Symmonds, ’74 Kim K. Richards, ’91 Randall B. Scott Donald H. Snook, ’04 Rodney H. Symmonds, ’78 Calvin D., ’85, and Ann T., ’85, R. Douglas Sebelius, ’76 Brock R. Snyder, ’64 James D. Tack Jr., ’77 Rider R. Scott Seifert, ’92, and Lori Frederick R. Snyder, ’79 Tate Law Offi ce LLC. Brian J. Riemenschneider, ’07 E. Reyes-Seifert, ’92 Luke A. Sobba, ’02 Wayne R. Tate, ’80 Th ank you DONOR HONOR ROLL | 45 Contributors

The Hon. Stephen R. Tatum, ’74 Robert M. Wasko Jr., ’76 The Hon. Frank J. Yeoman Jr., ’73 CLASS OF 1950 Donald T. Taylor, ’87 Michelle M. Watson, ’97 Lori L. Yockers, ’91 S. Jack Glaves Anita M. Tebbe, ’86 Teresa L. Watson, ’94 Julia L. Young, ’78 Sen. Richard R. Rock Telthorst and Associates, LLC Dawn S. Wavle Reed, ’00 Youngman and Carpenter, Chtd. The Hon. Keith Sanborn Robert M. Telthorst, ’86 Wesley A. Weathers, ’69, and Sharon L. Youngman, ’95 Walter A. Sawhill Terrill and Westblade Law Patricia E. Riley, ’77 Yum! Brands Foundation, Inc. Offi ce Claudia J. Weaver, ’07 Trina K. Zagar-Brown, ’99 CLASS OF 1951 Richard D. Terrill, ’79 Robert B. Webber, ’56 Michael W. Zehner, ’79 Junior F. Elder Terri D. Thomas, ’88 Stephanie A.L. Weeast, ’95 Clifford R. Hope Jr. Robert A. Thompson Law Mary F. Weir, ’95 *Deceased Albert P. Kovac Offi ce Douglas E. Wells, ’79 Myron L. Listrom Frederick T. Thompson, ’66 William A. Wells, ’68 Hollis B. Logan Robert A. Thompson, ’83 Julian F. Weltsch, ’59 Edgar M. Miner Jon E., ’95, and Kristen, ’96, Rebecca J. Wempe, ’95 DONOR Howard I. Perry Thornbrugh Karl L. Wenger, ’08 HONOR ROLL George W. Probasco Linus A. Thuston, ’95 R. Clark Wesley, ’59 BY CLASS YEAR Wendell D. Winkler Cynthia L. Tinsley, ’96 Ruth C. West, ’76 Tittel Law Offi ce Wayne K. Westblade, ’79 CLASS OF 1952 Larry D. Tittel, ’77 Western-Southern Foundation CLASS OF 1937 The Hon. Sam A. Crow The Hon. Robert J. Dole John D. Tongier, ’82 Fund Bernard D. Cohen Phillip M. Tongier, ’04 Mark J. Wetta, ’76 The Hon. Harold R. Towslee, ’71 Bryon S. Wharton, ’07 CLASS OF 1941 CLASS OF 1953 Narra S. Asher-Phillips Timothy E. Troll, ’78 John P. Wheeler Jr., ’76 Lloyd C. Bloomer Tucker and Boklage PLLC White Law Offi ce Charles D. Baxter D. Suzan Tucker, ’91 Margaret F. White, ’92 CLASS OF 1942 Don E. Brown James M. Caplinger Sr. Richard G. Tucker, ’73 Sally S. J. White, ’75 John R. Alden Richard C. Cottle Jenette Turner, ’04 Donald R. Whitney, ’87 Richard B. Clausing Deborah L. Valentino, ’93 Theodore M. Wilch, ’73 Jack R. Euler Richard C. Hite The Hon. James W. Bradford L. Williams, ’79 CLASS OF 1946 Herbert A. Kelley Van Amburg, ’82 Tom A. Williamson, ’73 John F. Hayes Charles C. McCarter The Hon. James R. Van Orsdol, ’73 Wilson and Frame, LLC Gordon K. Lowry Gerald W. Olson Randall D. VanVleck, ’82 Jon R. Wilson, ’82 Zillman P. Sheldon Kim R. Verhoeff, ’87 The Hon. Meryl D. Wilson, ’74 CLASS OF 1947 Don B. Stahr Vincent Law Offi ces Michael T. Wilson, ’88 Allen P. Mitchem Rodney K. Vincent, ’67 The Hon. Joseph W. Morris Wendell D. Winkler, ’51 CLASS OF 1954 Adele Ross Vine, ’79 Kathryn J. Winters, ’78 The Hon. James J. Noone Grover L. Bryan Spencer W. Viner, ’74 Martin E. Wisneski Paul S. Wise Dale H. Cooper Rolf J. and Shelley Von Merveldt Colin D. Wood, ’00 Ralph L. Larson Meghan K. Voracek, ’02 Rebecca E. Woodman, ’87 CLASS OF 1948 W. Bradley Post Shelly R. Wakeman, ’91 Bruce D. Woolpert, ’84 Elvin D. Perkins John H. Shaffer James A. Walker, ’76 Gerald W. Woolwine, ’83 CLASS OF 1949 Martin W. Walter, ’96 Roy H. Worthington III, ’74 CLASS OF 1955 The Hon. Mark A. Ward, ’81 Bryan L. Wright, ’66 Clyde E. Milligan Vincent L. Bogart Rodney D. Warhank, ’87 Harold D. Oelschlaeger Keron D. Wright, ’07 Gailen L. Keeling Roger W. Warren, ’88 Fred W. Rausch Jr. Deryl W. Wynn, ’86 Joe W. Peel Bruce E. Wasinger, ’77 Phylemon C. M. Yau, ’93 Floyd D. Sorrick Jr.* 46 | FALL 2009 | WWW.WASHBURNLAW.EDU Th CLASS OF 1956 CLASS OF 1961 CLASS OF 1966 J. Byron Meeks Paul D. Berkley John F. Gernon Gerald T. Aaron Allen L. Shelton The Hon. Paul L. Brady Lowell F. Hahn The Hon. James G. Beasley Richard E. Smith William D. Bunten Col. Robert D. Hamel Dennis L. Bieker Daniel L. Swagerty Lt. Col. Gaylon K. Kintner The Hon. Jan W. Leuenberger Dr. Max M. Halley William A. Wells Hugh D. Mauch* The Hon. Jerry L. Mershon The Hon. David S. Knudson Kenneth M. Wilke Frank C. Norton The Hon. Gene B. Penland Robert L. Locke Robert B. Webber Robert L. Roberts Daniel D. Metz CLASS OF 1969 The Hon. John B. Wooley The Hon. Fredrick B. Strothman Frederick C. Perz Joe T. Bailey Kent P. Smith Col. Jack S. Bender III CLASS OF 1957 CLASS OF 1962 Leon E. Smith Jr. Keith B. Berkholtz Wright W. Crummett The Hon. J. Patrick Brazil Frederick T. Thompson Bruce E. Borders W. Russell Davis Jr. The Hon. Jon S. Jones Bryan L. Wright Clark C. Bradshaw John R. Frazier John E. Lang Brice E. Buehler Carl W. Quarnstrom The Hon. Tyler C. Lockett CLASS OF 1967 Frederick W. Godderz Richard G. Rossman Prof. Jerry E. Norton W. Robert Alderson Arnold J. Grundeman Donald P. Schnacke The Hon. D. Keith Anderson John J. Hesse Jr. Edward F. Wiegers CLASS OF 1963 David P. Calvert The Hon. C. Frederick Lorentz II The Hon. John E. Conway Richard L. Finn Michael J. Manning CLASS OF 1958 Richmond M. Enochs Jr. William J. Fitzpatrick Marvin W. Maydew Gerald L. Goodell Firman G. Gladow John C. Frieden William D. Powell John E. Herman Gene M. Olander Norman J. Furse Douglas C. Spencer Calvin L. McMillan Arthur E. Palmer Jacob S. Graybill Wesley A. Weathers Manuel B. Mendoza James C. Wright Patrick J. Hurley F. Stannard Lentz CLASS OF 1970 CLASS OF 1959 CLASS OF 1964 Larry K. Meeker Robert G. Frey Wayne W. Baldock Terry J. Anderson Larry D. Nuss Randy M. Hearrell Robert R. Cunningham Michael L. Condon William C. O’Keefe Robert L. Heath The Hon. David W. Dewey R. Austin Nothern Lynn L. Perkins Bruce W. Kent David L. McComb Jack S. Ramirez Gloria E. Shaw K. Mike Kimball Ralph E. Skoog Gerald W. Scott Rodney K. Vincent Bryan L. Query The Hon. Dean J. Smith Roger M. Sherwood Gary H. Ratzlaff Norris D. Walter Brock R. Snyder CLASS OF 1968 Jane T. Roy Julian F. Weltsch John W. Sutherland Paul E. Artzer Dr. William Roy Sr. R. Clark Wesley Harold S. Beims Hayden B. St. John CLASS OF 1965 The Hon. David F. Brewster CLASS OF 1960 William M. Cobb John J. Bryan CLASS OF 1971 M. Wayne Davidson The Hon. Jesse D. Euler C. Mark Cole Michael L. Clutter Jack Focht Arthur A. Glassman Lawrence A. Dimmitt Bart E. Eisfelder The Hon. Fred S. Jackson John R. Hamilton The Hon. Robert J. Fleming H. Philip Elwood Gale S. Newton Jr. Larry K. Hercules Arne T. Henricks Frederick J. Hess Robert H. Reeder Max M. Hinkle Winton M. Hinkle Donald R. Hoffman Richard L. Roberts John L. Kratzer Jr. Clayton Hunter Edward J. Hund Jr. Richard L. Schultz Prof. David L. Ryan Kenneth L. Kerns Curtis M. Irby J. Harlan Stamper John D. Sherwood J. Richard Lake Martha R. Steincamp The Hon. Edward A. Simons Byron C. Loudon The Hon. Harold R. Towslee John M. Simpson Leo H. McCormick Jr.* Dennis J. Wing Ken W. Strobel Melvyn T. Yoshii Th ank you DONOR HONOR ROLL | 47 Contributors

CLASS OF 1972 Tom A. Williamson Paul M. Ueoka Dennis D. Rogers Paul R. Boeding Ronald E. Wurtz Jay W. Vander Velde Richard D. Ross The Hon. Daniel L. Brewster The Hon. Frank J. Yeoman Jr. Spencer W. Viner Alan L. Rupe The Hon. Benjamin L. The Hon. Meryl D. Wilson Ronald S. Shalz Burgess Jr. CLASS OF 1974 Warren B. Wood S. David Simpson George E. Burket III Stephen W. Atha Roy H. Worthington III James C. Slattery Prof. Linda D. Elrod John T. Bird Eugene P. Zuspann II Robert D. Steiger Jack D. Flesher Capt. Mark P. Blenden John S. Sutherland Michael V. Foust The Hon. Thomas L. Boeding CLASS OF 1975 Sally S. J. White Daniel S. Garrity II The Hon. John E. Bremer The Hon. Donald L. Alvord John H. Gibson Bradley A. Buckles The Hon. John Anderson III CLASS OF 1976 Dan Lykins B. Robertson Cohen Terry E. Beck Russell E. Bishop Fernando E. Mata Wendell F. Cowan Jr. Bill D. Berkley John B. Black Glenn P. McCarty David K. Duckers Galen E. Biery Karen A. Black Darrell E. Miller G. Steven Fleschner The Hon. Timothy E. Brazil The Hon. James L Burgess Terry Moore G. Verne Goodsell Mary I. Browne McCuskey W. Matthew Busch Jr. Charles B. Wesonig William R. Grifﬁ th Wm. David Byassee Harriet E. Caplan T. Michael Wilson Philip A. Harley* The Hon. Larry L. Campbell John M. Davies Dr. M. Rene Hausheer Douglas M. Crotty Thomas H. Duncan CLASS OF 1973 Ronald R. Hein Robert D. Eggleston Helen Dupre William J. Badger The Hon. Jerome P. Hellmer The Hon. Robert J. Frederick The Hon. Jerry D. Fairbanks Fred Bentley Stanley R. Juhnke Thomas C. Henderson Keith R. Fevurly Steven G. Cooper Robert B. Keim Randall C. Henry Curtis A. Frasier Michael P. Crow Kyler G. Knobbe Donald E. Hill Michael C. Germann D. Duke Dupre Gary L. Lane The Hon. Stephen D. Hill Alan C. Goering David J. Heinemann John W. Lann Paul R. Hoferer Al Grieshaber The Hon. William H. Helsper C. Michael Lennen Leigh C. Hudson The Hon. Muriel E. Harris James E. Martin Rex K. Linder Charles S. Joss Jr. The Hon. Gerald W. Hart William G. Mills II James F. Long Lawrence G. Karns Danton C. Hejtmanek Michael C. Moline Keith C. Magnusson Robert E. Keeshan Thomas D. Henderson Otis W. Morrow The Hon. Christel E. William J. Kelly Keith D. Hoffman Clark R. Nelson Marquardt Dennis D. Kirk Mark T. Honda William T. Nichols J. Steven Massoni Don J. Knappenberger J. Michael Kennalley The Hon. J. Stephen Nyswonger John R. McNee The Rev. Victoria M. Kumorowski Mark W. Krusor James N. Reardon Francis A. Natchez Wm. Rex Lorson Eric J. Larson Lawrence R. Rute Paul G. Perez Jenifer L. Lucas The Hon. Daniel L. Love George J. Savin Jr. John C. Peterson Terrence J. Malone The Hon. L. Barry Mack The Hon. Edward P. H. Wayne Powers Jr. Carol D. McDowell F. Gregory Mathias Schneeberger Howard L. Rosenthal Karl A. Menninger II Judith A. McKee John R. Shirley Michael W. Ryan Sara K. Miller Willard M. Mellott Edward H. Sondker Patrick M. Salsbury Louis K. Obdyke Brenton B. Moore D. Douglas Stratton Richard E. Samson James D. Oliver The Hon. Donald R. Noland III Richard G. Tucker Michael K. Schmitt Timothy P. O’Sullivan William T. North The Hon. James R. Van Orsdol James R. Shetlar The Hon. James A. Patton Paul D. Oakleaf The Hon. Gregory L. Waller Stephen J. Smith Robert A. Prentice Kent E. Oleen Larry H. Whitt Robert N. Symmonds Charles R. Rayl William J. Pauzauskie Theodore M. Wilch The Hon. Stephen R. Tatum Darci L. Rock Gary M. Peterson 48 | FALL 2009 | WWW.WASHBURNLAW.EDU Th Roger K. Peterson Stanton A. Hazlett Karen L. Grifﬁ ths Thomas J. Koehler Thomas J. Pinnick Mark V. Heitz Charles F. Harris Michael D. Kracht Scott M. Price Elizabeth R. Herbert Sandra W. Hazlett Karen S. Kyle Thomas O. Prochazka Bruce W. Kinzie Michael L. Hodges David H. Moses Larry J. Putnam Joseph A. Knopp Mary C. Hutton Cleo A. Murphy Dwight E. Rahmeyer Joe A. Lang The Hon. Cynthia A. Josserand K. Kirk Nystrom David M. Rapp Barry D. Martin The Hon. Philip T. Kyle Fred F. Paoli Jr. Sidney A. Reitz Gary R. Mathews Steven S. Lobell Richard F. Pellegrino Theodore D. Roth The Hon. Joseph L. William H. Matarazzi Robert J. Perry Joyce R. Simmons Rubenstein McCarville III Robert S. Maxwell Terry L. Rogers Kathy M. Sachen-Gute James R. McEntire Charles E. Millsap Frederick R. Snyder R. Douglas Sebelius David D. Moshier Edward J. Nazar Richard D. Terrill Ronald L. Shackle Mark W. Neis Gudrun M. Nickel Adele Ross Vine John C. Sherman Patrik W. Neustrom Camille A. Nohe Dr. Howard N. Ward Donald H. Shoop John C. Nodgaard Gregory C. Nye Douglas E. Wells S. Philip Stover J. Larry Odom William H. Pitsenberger Jr. Wayne K. Westblade Janet S. Svoboda C. William Ossmann The Hon. Sally D. Pokorny Bradford L. Williams James A. Walker Stephen R. Page The Hon. Terry L. Pullman Ronald P. Wood Robert M. Wasko Jr. Harold T. Pickler The Hon. Rebecca A. Sanders Nina R. Wuestling Ruth C. West Prof. David E. Pierce Patricia A. Scalia Michael W. Zehner Mark J. Wetta David D. Plinsky J. Craig Shultz David N. Zimmerman John P. Wheeler Jr. Patricia E. Riley The Hon. James B. Stewart Lt. Col. Walter H. Ross David B. Summers CLASS OF 1980 CLASS OF 1977 Robert J. Sandilos Rodney H. Symmonds Charles H. Apt III David S. Ament Lawrence E. Schneider Timothy E. Troll Douglas C. Beach Linden G. Appel John M. Solbach III Calvin K. Williams Richard N. Berger Bruce L. Bachman James D. Tack Jr. Kathryn J. Winters Brenda L. Braden Larry R. Baer Larry D. Tittel Julia L. Young Paul E. Braden The Hon. Richard T. Ballinger H. Reed Walker George C. Bruce Gregory K. Barker Daniel C. Walter CLASS OF 1979 Col. David H. Brunjes Jeanette S. Bertelson Bruce E. Wasinger Robert M. Adrian Stephen W. Cavanaugh Gary L. Blanton The Hon. John L. Weingart Anne L. Baker Robert W. Christensen Dana E. Brewer Patricia E. Baker Barbara J. Clinkscales The Hon. Joseph Bribiesca CLASS OF 1978 Edward L. Barker J. Randall Clinkscales Vicki K. Brittain Thomas D. Arnhold Gregory L. Bauer The Hon. Eric A. Commer Mert F. Buckley David M. Baer Timothy J. Carkhuff Malcolm L. Copeland Forrest A. Buhler The Hon. W. Dan Biles June Ellen Claydon Joseph E. Cosgrove Jr. The Hon. Timothy J. Chambers J. Robert Brookens Susan K. Ellis Clark H. Davis Marc W. Colby Jeffrey A. Chubb David A. Fenley The Hon. David B. Debenham Maurice D. Copp Dean E. Eugene Clark Alice M. Fitzgerald Ronald D. DeMoss Craig D. Cox James B. Craig L. Stephen Garlow Douglas D. Depew Daryl V. Craft David L Dahl Scott J. Gunderson Joseph M. Fast K. Alan Deines Steven C. Day Leonard A. Hall Carol L. Foreman The Hon. John R. Eyer S. Lucky DeFries LeeAnne Hays Janet L. Frickey James A. Foster Wade A. Dorothy Margaret M. Higgins Kenneth G. Gale Gordon T. Garrett The Hon. Bruce T. Gatterman Prudence Hutton Fitzpatrick Ruth E. Graham Jeffrey L. Kennedy Cydni K. Gilman Michael K. Johnston Frederick J. Greenbaum Th ank you DONOR HONOR ROLL | 49 Contributors

Richard G. Guinn Lou Probasco Roger D. Struble Kevin R. Davis Bradley E. Haddock Elizabeth J. Shannahan Redmond Gerald V. Tanner John R. Dietrick Thomas D. Harris Gary B. Sanders John D. Tongier The Hon. J. Charles Droege Robert D. Hoehn Mark A. Shaiken The Hon. James W. Van Amburg Kenneth J. Eland Joel B. Jackson Kerwin L. Spencer Randall D. VanVleck Karen L France The Hon. Lee A. Johnson William M. Spieler Jon R. Wilson Edward C. Gillette John B. Klenda Pamela H. Stabler Scot L. Gulick Scott K. Logan The Hon. Mark A. Ward CLASS OF 1983 Lawrence M. Gurney J. Patrick McCahill Glenda L. Cafer Cynthia K. Hale Thomas W. McNish CLASS OF 1982 Joseph M. Coletta Laura L. Ice Robin Moore Charles C. Amos James P. Colgan John D. Jurcyk G. Daniel Morgan Timothy J. Arehart James M. Day Douglas J. Keeling Willis K. Musick Bruce W. Beye The Hon. Stephen E. Good Jeffrey L. Kennedy Michael P. Oliver David J. Bideau E. Jay Greeno Daniel P. Kolditz Deborah A. Peterson Jeffrey O. Blackwell Lewis D. Gregory Robert R. Lee II Norman R. Pozez Jeffery R. Brewer Annette Gurney David K. Martin Michael A. Preston Michael B. Brewer Kenneth L. Helmuth Craig R. McKinney The Hon. James T. Pringle Jr. William E. Brewer Ronald E. Henke Susan M. Morrison Keith L. Roberts Frank A. Carrano Rex W. Henoch William E. Muret William P. Ronan III Elizabeth A. Carson John W. Kelley Gary A. Norton John J. Rosacker Christopher G. Costello Ronald J. Kibbe Gregory J. Pappas Kay Y. Rute Terry C. Cupps Robert R. Laing Jr. Sandra E. Plunkett Stephen S. Schmelzle The Hon. M. Joe Dickinson Richard J. Lind Karen D. Wedel Renwick John R. Stanley Mary Ann Gerrard David J. Lund The Hon. Scott I. Showalter Stanley K. Stoll The Hon. Larry D. Hendricks Thomas J. Meek Thomas M. Warner Jr. Eric C. Svoboda Michael D. Herd Linda S. Parks Bruce D. Woolpert Wayne R. Tate Kurt A. Holmes The Hon. James F. Quinn Richard C. Wuestling The Hon. E. Leigh Hood Rosemary Saldan-Pawson CLASS OF 1985 Robert M. Hughes Kristine K. Schlaman James J. Abbs CLASS OF 1981 Craig H. Kaufman Kevin J. Small Evelyn L. Allen Carolyn A. Adams The Hon. J. Michael Keeley J. Barlow Spear M. Lou Allen Glenn R. Braun Kurt F. Kluin Stanley Spurrier III John T. Banta Debra K. Crawford Steven M. Laiderman Kathleen A. Tanner Kurt F. Clausing William P. Crawford Gerald R. Lau Robert A. Thompson Jeffrey K. Cooper John M. Duma Charles M. Masner Gerald W. Woolwine Richard F. Corson Carl A. Gallagher Mark D. Masters The Hon. Daniel D. Creitz Alan N. Hassler Timothy P. McCarthy CLASS OF 1984 Lori A. Fink Michael E. Hazel Malcolm E. McCollam Kevan D. Acord Michael N. Flesher David W. Hildreth Larry T. McRell Shari M. Albrecht Gary L. Fuller Kevin B. Johnson Jill A. Michaux Marian Amrein Paul S. Gregory Bryan K. Joy Judith L. Olander J. Diane Barger Richard J. Kastner Russell F. Kaufman Clarice J. Peters Peter W. Bennett The Hon. James R. Kepple The Hon. Gary M. Korte Cathleen M. Reeder The Hon. David E. Bruns Christopher S. Korth Anthony D. Link Zackery E. Reynolds Daniel F. Church Steven A. Kraushaar Garry J. McCubbin The Hon. Kim R. Schroeder Ann K. Colgan Michael J. Laden Daniel L. Muchow Joanne Sorrentino Howard L. Collett D. Kathleen Lewis Ronald W. Nelson Donald J. Stoeckel Martin E. S. Conrey Eric F. Melgren 50 | FALL 2009 | WWW.WASHBURNLAW.EDU Th Dr. Stephen D. Minnis Sue E. DeVoe John A. Reynolds CLASS OF 1991 Brian J. Niceswanger Keith E. Drill Timothy G. Riling John M. Collins Dana S. Niceswanger Prof. J. Lyn Entrikin Goering Terri D. Thomas Mark R. Frame Erick E. Nordling Daniel J. Gronniger Susana Valdovinos Thomas Gress Steven J. Obermeier Connie S. Hamilton Roger W. Warren Marshall S. Honeyman Ann T. Rider Patricia E. Hamilton Michael T. Wilson Deborah A. Huth Calvin D. Rider Paul C. Herr Kurt P. Kerns Steven R. Sanford Gary S. Hess CLASS OF 1989 Mark B. Laroche Mark A. Sevart Michael R. Hull Alan M. Agee Curtis A. Loub Leslee R. Sharp Peter A. Jouras Jr. Thomas V. Black Richard Madril Michael L. Snider Ronald D. Jung Marck R. Cobb Shane T. McCall The Hon. Nicholas M. St. Peter Janet K. Kerr Martha L. Cooper Christina D. Moss Delberta D. Storz Phillip G. Krueger The Hon. Kim W. Cudney Nancy A. Ogle Anne P. Zellhoefer Steven W. Kruse Linda J. Fleeker Kim K. Richards Brian J. LaRue The Hon. James R. Fleetwood Patricia A. Shalhoob CLASS OF 1986 The Hon. Jeffry J. Larson Janette G. Haverkamp A. Mark Stremel Anton C. Andersen Prof. Jalen O’Neil Lowry James H. Herd D. Suzan Tucker Harry M. Bass Kirk W. Lowry Greer M. Lang Shelly R. Wakeman Kevin L. Bennett Frederick L. Meier II Kevin W. Loefﬂ er Lori L. Yockers Leigh P. Bennett Lauri A. Newton Mark E. McFarland Gary E. Bishop Prof. Lynette Petty Kathleen S. McGhehey CLASS OF 1992 The Hon. Mark S. Braun Anthony J. Romano Alan P. Morel Paul E. Ailslieger Lillian A. Brauner Steve A. Schwarm Prof. Joyce A. McCray Kevin T. Beckwith The Hon. Alison K. Brookins Ardith R. Smith-Woertz Pearson Brett C. Bogan Debra S. Duncan Mark W. Stafford Nora M. Quitno Alan E. Cobb Richard A. Forster Lyndon B. Steimel Charles R. Shirley Danielle D. Dempsey-Swopes Janelle M. Zappala Herres Donald T. Taylor Richard D. Smith Suzanne R. Dwyer-Ailslieger Michael W. Jones Kim R. Verhoeff William L. Townsley III Bryce F. Haverkamp Steven D. Mank Rodney D. Warhank Prof. Jeffrey D. Jackson Terry L. Mann Prof. Curtis J. Waugh CLASS OF 1990 Brenda R. Kelley Ronnie D. Martinek Donald R. Whitney Mitzi J. Alspaugh Aronda S. Kerns W. John McGuire Rebecca E. Woodman Dennis Bosley J. Scott MacBeth David R. Mitchell Donald J. Cooper Bruce A. Ney Larry J. Pitts CLASS OF 1988 Jeffrey L. Cowger Allen E. Olson Michael A. Schlueter Tom R. Barnes II Matthew D. Flesher Helen J. Pedigo Anita M. Tebbe Kathleen H. Brown David A. Hawley Lori E. Reyes-Seifert Robert M. Telthorst The Hon. Kyle A. Bryson James C. Heathman Mindy B. Reynolds C. Geraldine Umphenour John M. Buchanan Allison L. Herr Ronald L. Schneider Debra A. Vermillion Ronald J. Goodeyon Kristy L. Hiebert R. Scott Seifert Jill A. Wolters James R. Jarrow Marilyn J. Horsch Bryan W. Smith Deryl W. Wynn Robyn C. Euler Johnson Nina M Miley R. Brandon Smith Michael G. Jones Mahmud Noormohamed Julie L. St. Peter CLASS OF 1987 Edward Kainen Mahesh I. Patel Susan E. Tucker Daniel B. Bailey Joann E. McEntire The Hon. Christopher D. Margaret F. White James C. Cavanaugh Steven K. O’Hern Sanders Terry D. Criss Peter G. Olson Whitney B. Damron Kristine A. Polansky Th ank you DONOR HONOR ROLL | 51 Contributors

CLASS OF 1993 Margaret A. Graham CLASS OF 1997 Bryan P. Stanley Jennifer M. Berger The Hon. Patricia M. Kelly Christina I. Apperson Trina K. Zagar-Brown Bartholomew M. Botta Donna L. Lance Edward M. Collazo-Vega Nicole M. Zomberg Martha E. Crow Jae M. Lee John J. Dale Dana L. Fanoele Pamela S. Leinwetter Richard W. Files CLASS OF 2000 Carlene J. Griffi th Jared S. Maag Jeffrey C. Knapp Jonathan T. Boulton Paula D. Hofaker Norbert C. Marek Jr. Sarah J. Loquist Mark E. Curzydlo Chad L. Hooker Jan Leslie Meese Michael A. Millett Trista C. Curzydlo The Hon. Cheryl A. Rios Mary K. O’Malley Ruben Ortiz Reginald K. Davis Kingfi sher Tony A. Potter Joseph S. Passanise Christina Dean Mark A. Manna William T. Schemmel Daniel Perez Jr. Mark O. Lawlor Todd M. McCauley Venita A. Smith Jennifer L. Perkins Amory K. Lovin Roger E. McClellan Laura J. Smithson-Corl Lori A. Rinaldi Lynn S. McGivern Carol North Patricia L. Steele Carolyn R. Simpson Michael L. Roberts Travis A. Pearson Gary D. Stone Michelle M. Watson Gregory A. Schwartz Jacquelyn E. Rokusek Jon E. Thornbrugh Kevin P. Shepherd Charles C. Steincamp Linus A. Thuston CLASS OF 1998 Christine M. Smith Deborah L. Valentino Stephanie A.L. Weeast Amy J. Bipes Jason M. Stone Phylemon C. M. Yau Mary F. Weir Brenda J. Clary JoAnn M. Stone Rebecca J. Wempe Rep. Paul T. Davis Dawn S. Wavle Reed CLASS OF 1994 Sharon L. Youngman Shannon R. Dunham Colin D. Wood Sonya L. Allen Kevin J. Grauberger Larry N. Zimmerman Adam D. Boklage CLASS OF 1996 Katherine L. Hays James W. Chipman David A. Bayles Ami S. Hyten CLASS OF 2001 Clinton D. Collier Jennifer M. Berard Rodney J. Matukewicz Marc C. Davis Michael S. Ertz Cline I. Boone Jason C. Neal Elizabeth M. Dotson The Hon. Amy L. Harth Christina A. Cahill Ryan H. Pace Kyle M. Fleming The Hon. Craig P. Henderson John F. Carpinelli James M. Redeker Tracey J. Hannah Kayla D. Kula Stephanie K. Dawkins Deborah F. Stern Rebecca S. Jelinek Kenneth P. Kula Lara L. Delka Jeffrey S. Kruske Cynthia J. Long Eric S. Heath CLASS OF 1999 Amy O. Lawlor Diane D. Noe Tracy L. Henry William “Trey” A. Alford III Nathan D. Leadstrom Keenan M. Post Kurt L. James Charles D. Baskins J. Mark Meinhardt Marie Robb Matthew R. McLane India N. Boulton Teague H. Pasco Douglas T. Shima Timothy W. Nohr Wade H. Bowie Jr. Denise D. Riemann Karen A. Sims Jennifer L. Osborn Kevin J. Breer Jenell H. Rud Eric B. Smith Matthew P. Patterson Michelle M. Carter-Gouge Erin E. Sizemore Teresa L. Watson Stephanie L. Petrie Kenneth J. Dotson John H. Sizemore Kimberly D. Phillips Melissa E. Kasprzyk Nathan C. Sprague CLASS OF 1995 Keats A. Quinalty Major Shawn D. McKelvy Elizabeth H. Sweeney-Reeder Stuart P. Boehning David M. Ronald Donald C. Oakley Joseph W. Booth Julia S. Spainhour Amanda C. Peterson CLASS OF 2002 Kelli N. Breer William T. Stetzer Keith A. Peterson Sarah McLean Acosta The Hon. Daniel Cahill Jane K. Thornbrugh Charisse M. Powell Steve L. Cornetta Michael A. Card Cynthia L. Tinsley John M. Rasmussen Sean C. Harlow Marianne Deagle Martin W. Walter Alexander J. Solorio Jodi M. Hoss Kevin A. Graham Sabrina K. Standifer Shawn M. Lindsay 52 | FALL 2009 | WWW.WASHBURNLAW.EDU Th Nathan J. Lucero Jeffrey N. Lowe Jeremiah L. Platt Claudia J. Weaver Sherri L. Schuck Joan M. Mattingly Angel R. Zimmerman Bryon S. Wharton Michael Sharma-Crawford Edward L. Robinson Kevin J. Zolotor Keron D. Wright Andrew U. Shull Luke A. Sobba CLASS OF 2006 CLASS OF 2007 CLASS OF 2008 Mary E. Stanley Todd A. Aanenson Latina M. Alston Jeremy L. Claridge Meghan K. Voracek Eric R. Blevins Lauren M. Bristow Krystle M. Dalke Robert K. Collins Andrew Couch Paige J. Eichert-Zolotor CLASS OF 2003 Steven M. Ellis Christopher J. Frank Lisa K. Garza Brandon J. Berkley Roarke R. Gordon Richard A. Hickey Tracey D. Johnson Eric R. Bidwell Jason T. Gray Judy Y. Jewsome Whitney Y. Miranda Ted Bills Travis B. Harrod Lindsey D. Patmon Evan A. Rosell Stephanie E. Bunten Katherine A. James Karen M. Quintelier Matthew D. Stromberg Marlea J. James Paula D. Langworthy Brian J. Riemenschneider Catherine Sundwall Amanda J. Kiefer Luanne C. Leeds Laura L. Steel Karl L. Wenger Julius P. Maurin IV Amy L. Leisinger Molly J. Maurin Sunee N. Mickle Glen C. McBeth Kenneth B. Miller Jennifer L. Myers Ryan A. Rimando Duston J. Slinkard Gabriela A. Vega In-Kind Gifts CLASS OF 2004 Sarah E. Byrne Absolute Design by Brenda Family Video One With Earth Salon & Spa Lori M. Church Appearance Plus Salon Hillsdale Fantastic Sam’s Fairlawn Plaza Pizza Hut Applebee’s Grill & Bar Glory Days Pizza 29th & Topeka Rendezvous Grille Bart A. Fisher Autosound, Inc. Grover’s Smokehouse Reuter’s “Your Foot Comfort Store” Clint W. Floyd Avenue Hair Styling & Day Spa Hair Productions Savvi Formal Wear Sara N. Huerter Big O Tires Hair Secrets Simply Hers Fitness Blind Tiger Brewery & Restaurant Henry T’s Bar & Grill Skinny’s Sports Bar & Grill Elizabeth M. Myers Blockbuster Video Hillmer’s Luggage Leather & Gifts Kathleen Sparks Sarah E. Reichart Bullfrogs Live Hillsdale Barbers Sports Clips Haricuts Donald H. Snook Wm. David Byassee, ’75 Hogan Muffl er & Brake Steak ‘n Shake Phillip M. Tongier Candlelight Inn Hollywood Video Topeka Blvd Sun Resorts Tanning Salon Capitol Plaza Hotel Hume Music Co. Sun-Tana Mega Salon Jenette Turner Casa Ramos Mexican Restaurant Hunam Chinese Restaurant Sunfl ower School Supplies CD Tradepost Inland Business Systems Supersonic Music CLASS OF 2005 Celtic Fox Island Tan Taco Bell Christopher C. Bates Charm Nails Jason’s Deli Taco John’s Cici’s Pizza JC Electronics Textbook Team Eric V. Calvert Hansel J. Cordeiro, ’07 Kentucky Fried Chicken TNT Tans Vincent M. Cox Crown Beauty Salon Kitchen Gallery Tony’s Jewelry John P. Foley Marianne Deagle, ’95, and Las Fuentes The Toy Store Rogelio A. Lasso McFarland’s Inc. Wolfe’s Camera & Video Brette S. Hart Einstein’s Outdoor Outfi tters Midas Muffl er Wrap City Grill Jamie M. Harwood Expert Tire Nib’s Sandwich & Coffee Shop Yingling’s Auto Service Todd Hiatt Express Wireless On The Border Lora M. Jennings Mexican Grill & Cantina Cheryl A. Kessler Alison N. Lee Th ank you DONOR HONOR ROLL | 53 Honor/Memorial Contributions JULY 1, 2008 - JUNE 30, 2009

Gifts received in memory of Gifts received in memory of Gifts received in memory of Donald Caywood David Heath, ’76 Bessie Mae McIntosh, ’40 W. Bradley, ’54, and Carolyn L. Post Emerson Electric Co. Jenifer L. Lucas, ’75 Cynthia G. Heath Gifts received in memory of Gifts received in memory of Byron Cerrillo, ’84 Gifts received in honor of Brian Moline, ’66 Anheuser Busch Foundation Paul R. Hoferer, ’75 Gerald T. Aaron, ’66 Lauren M. Bristow, ’07 Burlington Northern Santa Fe Foundation Martin R. Ahrens Todd Hiatt, ’05 Richard Lifto Alderson, Alderson, Weiler, Conklin, Prof. Michael Kaye and Susana Burghart & Crow, L.L.C. Valdovinos, ’88 Gifts received in memory of AT&T Corp. C. William Ossmann, ’77 Dean John and Margaret Howe The Hon. Mark S. Braun, ’86 Patricia A. Scalia, ’78 Adele Ross Vine, ’79 Cafer Law Ofﬁ ce, L.L.C. Duston J. Slinkard, ’03 David P. Calvert, P.A. Gifts received in honor of Dr. Bert and Rep. Rochelle R. Chronister Gifts received in honor of Mary V. Johnson, ’96 Professor James M. Concannon III Prof. James M. Concannon III Leona Moore Kevin R. Davis, ’84 Richard C., ’80, and Nina R., ’79, LuAnn C. Dixon Wuestling Gifts received in memory of Susan K. Ellis, ’79 Nanette Kemmerly-Weber, ’79 Prof. J. Lyn Entrikin Goering, ’87 LeeAnne Hays, ’79 Gifts received in honor of Ernst & Young Foundation The Hon. Rebecca A. Sanders, ’78 The Hon. Sam A. Crow, ’52 Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Mark R. and Yvette M. Barnett Lori A. Fink, ’85 Gifts received in honor of Jane A. Finn Jeremy B. Kohn, ’94 Gifts received in honor of Richard L. Finn, ’67 The Hon. Robert J. Dole, ’52 Joan Grant John C. Frieden, ’67 Mark R. and Yvette M. Barnett Gifts received in memory of Alan Foster and Mary Galligan S. Jack Glaves, ’50 Gifts received in honor of Prof. John F. Kuether Jacob S. Graybill, ’67 Traci L. Doering, ’05 Jeffrey C. Knapp, ’97 Robert C. and Dorothy L. Harder David and Rhonda Doering Gifts received in honor of Ronald R. Hein, ’74 Gifts received in memory of Kerrie L. Lonard, ’07 Winton M. Hinkle, ’68 Edgar Dwire, ’63 Terry L. and Susan E. Young Jayhawker Club Dr. Mike J. and Mae Baba Jeffrey L. Kennedy, ’84, and Patricia A. Clifton Square Foundation Gifts received in honor of Gorham, ’77 Rick and Karen Fortner Robert O’Loughlin, ’07 The Hon. David S. Knudson, ’66 Lora A. Jones Drs. Kenneth and Ruth Ohm C. Michael Lennen, ’74 Len Marotte Kirk W., ’87, and Jalen O’Neil, ’87, Gifts received in memory of Lowry Gifts received in memory of Todd Lowe J. Byron Meeks, ’68 E. Merton Elliott, ’35 Cessna Foundation, Inc. Michael C. Moline, ’73 Eltrude E. Hall Kelly and Tyann Orton Prof. David E., ’77, and Martha A. Pierce J.B. Reynolds Foundation Prof. William and Kathleen F. Rich John J. Rosacker, ’80 Th

54 | FALL 2009 | WWW.WASHBURNLAW.EDU Gift Opp ort unities Dr. William R. Sr., ’70, and Jane T., ’70, Roy James C. Slattery, ’75 Make a gift today. Your participation matters! Kathleen Sparks Mark W. Stafford, ’87 ashburn University School of Law depends on gifts Steve M. Tallen and Mary Ann Torrence Wfrom alumni, parents, and friends to the Washburn Westar Energy Foundation Law Annual Fund. Gifts to the Annual Fund are unrestricted, John R. and Ellen S. Wine which provides support for scholarships, student organizations, Michael J. and Judith A. Wojcicki Warren B. Wood, ’74 faculty development and research, among other things. A robust Annual Fund provides the dean the fl exibility to address needs Gifts received in honor of Richard B. Pugh, ’05 immediately, and it refl ects alumni confi dence in the continuing Horace and Stephanie Pugh success of the law school.

Gifts received in honor of Cailin M. Ringleman, ’02 All Washburn Law students beneﬁ t from gifts to the Washburn James and Kathleen Farrell Law Annual Fund. These contributions make it possible to Gifts received in honor of serve students through scholarships, teaching innovations, and Julia S. Spainhour, ’96 extracurricular activities, such as Washburn Law Journal or Moot Con and Barbara Spainhour Court. Students today beneﬁ t from the support of alumni who Gifts received in honor of came before them. An investment in their future helps to ensure Nathan S. Terry, ’02 Fred and Marcia Terry their success and strengthens the law school’s ability to provide a high-quality legal education. Gifts received in honor of Bryn A. Vera, ’07 Brian and Tammy Poland Almost 90 percent of our students depend on some form of

Gifts received in honor of ﬁ nancial assistance. To achieve long-term stability, we must count Timothy R. Woods, ’09 on an increasing number of loyal donors who give to the Annual James J. and Susan D. Woods Fund each year. Your support is crucial to our continued success. Gifts received in memory of JiYoung Yang, ’03 It’s easy to support the annual fund. Visit www.washburnlaw.edu Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Prof. William and Kathleen F. Rich and click on “Give Online,” or use the gift envelope enclosed with this magazine. Gifts received in honor of Jonathan A. Zadina, ’11 For additional information, please contact: Larry L. and Vicki A. Zadina Joel Lauer, director of advancement Washburn University School of Law 1700 SW College Ave., Topeka, KS 66621 Donor contributions are based on June 30, 2009. (785) 670-1702 ThankIf any errors or omissions you appear, we offer our sincere [email protected] regret, and ask that you notify Joel Lauer, at (785) 670-1702 or [email protected]. Contributions received after June 30 will appear DONOR HONOR ROLL | 55 in the 2009-10 donor honor roll. ALUMNI NEWS & Events

Christina Collins Saul Eric S. Kelly Elliott Apperson, ’97 Arceo, ’94 Heath, ’96 Mahoney, ’02

BOARD OF Aerospace, the third largest civil the University of Notre Dame. GOVERNORS aircraft manufacturer in the world. Heath is a member of the Kansas The Alumni Association welcomes Saul has worked with Bombardier and California Bars, the Federal four new members to the Board of for over 13 years holding different Communications Bar Association, Governors leadership. levels of responsibility, from legal and the Association of Corporate counsel to U.S. sales to director of Counsel. Christina Collins Apperson, ’97, international contracts in Montreal, Chapel Hill, N.C., is counsel for the Canada. He graduated from law Kelly Elliott Mahoney, ’02, Boone, North Carolina Medical Board. She school with honors. In addition to Iowa, is an assistant United States was previously with the American Kansas, he is licensed to practice attorney for the Southern District Medical Association in Washington, in California and Texas. His of Iowa in Des Moines. She was D.C., where she focused on legislative undergraduate degree in Finance is previously with the Jordan & and administrative advocacy. While also from Washburn University. Mahoney Law Firm, PC in Boone, at the AMA, she served on the Iowa, and the District Attorney’s HHS Subcommittee on Privacy, Eric S. Heath, ’96, San Francisco, Offi ce for the 18th Judicial District Confi dentiality, and Security for Calif., is the director of legal, in Wichita, Kan. Kelly received Health Information Technology and product at LinkedIn Corporation, her Bachelor of Arts degree from the Policy Advisory Board to the an interconnected network of Kansas State University. She is a National Practitioner Data Bank. experienced professionals from member of the Iowa, Boone County, Christina was also previously with around the world, representing over and Kansas Bar Associations. the Kansas Medical Society and the 50 million users in 170 industries Re-elected to the board were Topeka fi rm of Frieden, Haynes & and 200 countries. Eric’s in-house Marck R. Cobb, ’89, Galva, Kan.; Forbes. She served on the Washburn practice focuses on domestic and Richmond M. Enochs, ’63, Student Bar Association, Washburn international legal compliance, Shawnee Mission, Kan.; Terry L. Law Journal, and the Moot Court including transactional counseling Mann, ’86, Wichita, Kan.; Stephen team in addition to being a member with particular emphasis on privacy, L. Martino, ’02, Topeka; Carol of the Order of the Barristers. She communications, and copyright. Duffy McDowell, ba ’70, and jd earned her Bachelor of Arts (with Previously, he worked as a senior ’75, Topeka; Manuel B. Mendoza, honors) and Masters from Wichita legal director at Yahoo! Inc. Prior ’58, Bloomington, Ill.; Linda S. State University. She is licensed in to Yahoo!, Eric served as senior Parks, ba ’79, and jd ’83, Wichita, Kansas and North Carolina. attorney and director and attorney Kan.; and Calvin K. Williams, ’78, for Sprint Nextel in Las Vegas Colby, Kan. Concluding their service Saul Arceo, ba ’91, and jd ’94, and San Francisco. He received on the board were Rita J. Bicknell, Dallas, Texas, is the director of sales his Bachelor of Arts (history bba ’83, and jd ’95, Pittsburg, Kan., for Latin America for Bombardier and German) cum laude from and Gary McCallister, ’75, Chicago, Ill.

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Chicago Alumni and Admissions Reception April 28, 2009

Hosted by Marianne Deagle, ’95 (front row – far right), and her husband, Professor Rogelio Lasso (back row wearing a Washburn Law shirt), along with The Hon. Stacy Cooper, ’84 (front row – far left).

Where Washburn Law Alumni Reside in the United States

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21 Alumni in 14 Other Countries — Just a few of  the exciting locations where our alumni live include South Africa, Japan, South Korea, Canada, New South Wales, and the United Kingdom.

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Class of ’84 Celebrates 25-Year Reunion June 20, 2009

Held at the home of John, ’84, and Kristina Frank, ’83, and Melanie, ’85, Caro Dietrick in Topeka. David Holmes, ’84, Dan Church, ’84, and John Dietrick, ’84 Co-hosted by and Ken Eland, ’84 John, ’84, and Cynthia Hale, ’84 Sarah Jurcyk.

John Jurcyk, ’84 The Hon. Eric Rosen, ’84, and Seth Valerius, ’84, and The Hon. Kate Foster Baird, ’84 Rita Noll, ’84, Dale Kelso, ’84, Kansas Governor Mark and Professor Bill Rich Parkinson (who came as a surprise guest)

Where Washburn Law Alumni Reside in Kansas

58 | FALL 2009 | WWW.WASHBURNLAW.EDU FACULTY News

Carl C. Monk Amy Deen Westbrook David A. Westbrook B.A., Oklahoma State University, 1965 A.B., Harvard College, 1987 B.A., Emory University, 1988 J.D., Howard University School of Law, 1971 J.D., Harvard Law School, 1992 J.D., Harvard Law School, 1992

Carl C. Monk returns to Washburn Amy Deen Westbrook is the co- David A. Westbrook is visiting University School of Law from his director of Washburn’s Business Washburn University School of position as Executive Director of and Transactional Law Center. Law from the University at Buffalo the Association of American Law Her teaching and research focus Law School, the State University of Schools. In this capacity, he spoke on fi nancial, international, and New York, where he is the Floyd H. throughout the world on the role of transactional subjects. Her current and Hilda L. Hurst Faculty Scholar voluntary associations in improving work focuses on whether U.S. and Professor of Law. Professor the quality of legal education and the securities laws require disclosure of Westbrook is widely recognized as a legal profession. He is licensed to companies’ operations in countries writer and thinker on globalization practice in the District of Columbia that sponsor terrorism. She also and has spoken worldwide to and the State of New York. continues her long-standing work government and business leaders, and on legal education for transactional across academic disciplines. His most He has written in the fi eld of practice. recent publication is Out of Crisis: Constitutional Law, with an emphasis Rethinking Our Financial Market. Other on the First Amendment. Professor In her previous position at the books include Between Citizen and Monk has lectured on Constitutional University at Buffalo Law School, State: An Introduction to the Corporation Law in Europe, South America, and Professor Westbrook was the and City of Gold: An Apology for Global Asia. He has chaired the American Director of the University at Capitalism in a Time of Discontent. Bar Association Affi rmative Action Buffalo New York City Program Committee. He was Dean of in International Finance and Law. Before entering academia, Westbrook Washburn University School of She taught courses in international practiced law with Wilmer, Cutler Law from 1978 to 1988, and then fi nance, securities regulation, & Pickering (now WilmerHale), served as Deputy Director of the international trade, the North and clerked for Judge Plager on Association of American Law Schools American Free Trade Agreement, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the in Washington, D.C., from 1988 to acquisition transactions, and Federal Circuit. At Washburn Law, 1990. transactional practice. Her teaching he is teaching the fi rst-year contracts responsibilities include International courses. This fall he is teaching Constitutional Business Transactions, Securities Law II and Comparative Constitu- Regulation, Business Associations, tional Law. In the spring 2010 and Financial Institution Regulation. semester, Monk will teach Civil Procedure I and Comparative Media Law.

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WASHBURN LAW RANKED AS BEST VALUE, NAMED OUTSTANDINGDING

Washburn University School of Law is ranked 31st of and admissions, plus ratings for their all 200 law schools in the United States in “The National academics, selectivity and career Jurist’s Best Value Law Schools,” September 2009. placement services.

The schools on the list “carry a low price tag and are “We are honored to be included with able to prepare their students incredibly well for today’s the top law schools in the nation,” saidd competitive job market,” according to The National Jurist. Dean Thomas J. Romig. “Washburn Schools ranked had low tuition, high employment after University School of Law provides graduation, and bar passage rates above the state average. our students with a high-quality legal education found in many of the best Washburn Law was also named an outstanding law school private law schools, but at a public law school price. by The Princeton Review in the 2010 edition of its book Because of the continued generosity of our alumni, we The Best 172 Law Schools. The Princeton Review surveys are able to keep costs low.” students to create two-page proﬁ les of the chosen schools with write-ups on their academics, student life

“STUDENTS FIRST” SCHOLARSHIP CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED

Washburn Law recently initiated a new scholarship Premier Academic Scholarships – Washburn Law campaign to enhance its strategy to target highly-qualiﬁ ed has created scholarships to recruit premier academic students with larger scholarships. The new scholarship students. These scholarships are renewable for three years program implemented for students entering in the fall of if academic standards are met; the majority of other law 2009 resulted in a higher percentage of students choosing schools offer one-year scholarships. Washburn. In addition, the median LSATs of incoming students were two points higher than the class of 2008. Homestead Scholarships – Each year a signiﬁ cant number of students come to Washburn from seven “We are continually working to recruit the best and nearby undergraduate schools, including Emporia State, brightest students while also ensuring the debt load Fort Hays State, Kansas State, Pittsburg State, University does not keep them from pursuing the professional of Kansas, Washburn, and Wichita State. These opportunities they seek upon graduation,” said Thomas J. scholarships are awarded to student scholars from these Romig, dean of the School of Law. “These scholarships universities. help students immediately and build a stronger law school long-term.” Competition Team Scholarships – To maintain the national caliber of these teams, scholarships are awarded More than $1.8 million in scholarships was awarded for to upper-class students to attract their participation in the 2009-10 school year, and we seek to increase this by these valuable programs. $200,000 to $300,000 for the 2010-11 academic year. Four scholarship funds are emphasized in the Students Bar Preparation Scholarships – When the funds First Campaign: become available, we plan to offer a limited number of Bar Preparation Scholarships to help defray the costs of bar examination application fees and preparation courses for third-year law students, helping to improve bar exam results.

60 | FALL 2009 | WWW.WASHBURNLAW.EDU Alumni News & Events You’re Invited ADMISSION TO THE BAR Swearing-In 2010

Washburn University School of Law United States Supreme Court Swearing-In Ceremony

All law school alumni are invited to join Dean Thomas J. Romig and the Washburn University School of Law Alumni Association for a very special occasion.

Sunday, May 23, 2010 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. • Welcome Reception Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill 400 New Jersey Ave., NW, Washington, D.C.

Alumni living in the Washington, D.C. area will also be invited

Monday, May 24, 2010 8:30 a.m. • Arrive at Supreme Court • Continental Breakfast 10:00 a.m. • Supreme Court Swearing-In Ceremony • Reception with Supreme Court Justices • Group photographs Noon • Lunch (location to be determined)

More details will be posted at www.washburnlaw.edu/alumni/events/swearingin E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (785) 670-2013

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WASHBURN LAW Upcoming Events Calendar

DECEMBER 2009 11 Commencement for Class of 2010 December Graduates Lee Arena, Petro Allied Health Center, 6:30 p.m.

FEBRUARY 2010 9 Tampa Area Alumni and Admissions Reception – Shook, Hardy, & Bacon, L.L.P., 100 N. Tampa St., Tampa, Fl., 5:30-7:30 p.m. Hosted by Curtis Perry, ’91 23 Phoenix Area Alumni and Admissions Reception – at the home of Jeri and Jay Vanier, ’87, 6522 E. Via Los Caballos, Paradise Valley, Ariz., 5:30-7:30 p.m.

MARCH 2010 2 3rd Annual Government Careers CLE, Robinson Courtroom 6 Board of Governors Breakfast and Board Meeting – 8:30 a.m., Washburn B Room, Memorial Union 12 Children and Family Law Center/Kansas Association of Counsel for Children CLE Bradbury Thompson Alumni Center 26 Foulston Siefkin Lecture presented by Professor William Eskridge Jr., Yale Law School

MAY 2010 15 Law School Commencement for the Class of 2010 – Lee Arena, Petro Allied Health Center, 6:30 p.m. followed by Champagne Reception – Washburn A & B, Memorial Union 23 U.S. Supreme Court Welcome Reception – 6:00-8:00 p.m., Washington, D.C. 24 U.S. Supreme Court Swearing-In Ceremony and Luncheon – 10:00 a.m., Washington, D.C.

The United States Supreme Court Swearing-In Ceremony is one of the premier law school alumni events. Washburn Law graduates are strongly encouraged to watch for a mailing about this unforgettable experience in our nation’s capital.

All events on Washburn University campus unless noted otherwise. www.washburnlaw.edu