Members in the News
| Publication year | 2019 |
| Pages | 55 |
| Citation | Vol. 88 No. 1 Pg. 55 |
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New Position
Mike Leyba has accepted a position as a staff attorney with Ryley, Carlock and Applewhite in Lakewood, CO assisting with discovery and document review in a multi-claimant securities and investor fraud action before FINRA in Puerto Rico.
New Location
The Cottonwood Law Group, LC, has opened in Abilene, with its office in the former Astra building. Joe Aker, formerly of Abilene, returned to the community to undertake this endeavor.
Notables
Justin Barrett, a Colby lawyer, has been named by the Kansas Supreme Court to serve on a task force to improve the pre-trial detention process. Barrett is one of three attorneys designated to represent defense attorneys on the panel. The committee is charged with making recommendations to the Supreme Court on the fairest and most efficient way to modernize the pretrial process that will be best for defendants and adequate for the system.
Clark, Mize & Linville, Chartered has been named a Tier 1 law firm (the highest ranking possible) for the Salina/ Wichita metropolitan regions in the 2019 Edition of the U.S. News-Best Lawyers” "Best Law Firms."
Christopher M. Joseph (Topeka/Lawrence), Ross A Hollander (Wichita), M. Kristine Lawless (Topeka), Dionne M. Scherff (Overland Park/Kansas City) and Roger L. Falk (Wichita) were honored by Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers 2018. All five are with Joseph, Hollander & Craft LLC. Additionally, Casey Y. Meek and Carrie E. Parker, both of the JH&C Lawrence office, were selected by Super Lawyers as Rising Stars. Fewer than five percent of all attorneys in Missouri and Kansas are selected as Super Lawyers in their respective states.
Joslyn M. Kusiak of Kelly & Kusiak Law Office LLC has been appointed by the Kansas Supreme Court to serve on the Kansas Continuing Legal Education Commission. This panel oversees continuing legal education requirements for lawyers licensed to practice in Kansas. Kusiak is active in a number of professional organizations, including serving on the Kansas Bar Foundation Board of Trustees and as the Young Lawyer Delegate to the American Bar...
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