Areas of Practice: Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Insurance Defense, Oil and Gas Law, Personal Injury/Wrongful Death and Railroad Law
Relationship to the firm: Of Counsel
Basic personal information: admitted to Kansas Bar and the United States District Court, District of Kansas, 1959; U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 1972; U.S. Supreme Court, 1978
Education: University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany and Kansas Wesleyan University (A.B. 1956); Washburn University of Topeka (J.D. 1958);
Professional Associations: Wichita Bar Association, Diversity Committee, Member; Kansas Bar Association; Wesley E. Brown Inn of Court, Attorney, Kansas Securities Commissioner, 1961; Assistant General Counsel, Kansas Corporation Commission, 1961-1963; Acting General Counsel, Kansas Corporation Commission, 1963, Martindale-Hubbell Legal Directory “AV” rating
Notable cases:
- Consolidated Helium Class Action Federal and State Litigation – One of Lead Counsel, 1963-1990;
- Clinton Oil Company Multi-District Litigation, United State District Court, Kansas- One of Lead Counsel, 1971-1976;
- Market Value Litigation, Lead Counsel, 1963-1978;
- Suspended Royalty Kansas Litigation, Lead Counsel
- Deep Rights Kansas Litigation, Lead Counsel, 1985-1988;
- Gillespie v. Seymour, Kansas Litigation, 1987-2008
Civic/Social Involvements:
- President Gerald Ford National Campaign Advisory Committee, 1976;
- Kansas Wesleyan University, Board of Trustees;
- Wichita Art Museum, Board Member;
- Save The Orpheum, Executive Board Member;
- Youth Entrepreneurs of Kansas, Board Member;