Contact:
Deana Mead, manager
Membership Services
Kansas Bar Association
1200 S.W. Harrison St.
P.O. Box 1037
Topeka, KS 66601-1037
E-mail Deana Mead
Telephone: (785) 234-5696
KBA-Sponsored Reception for Newly Sworn-In Kansas Attorneys
September 30, 2004 (Topeka, Kans.)The Kansas Bar Association (KBA) hosted a champagne reception Friday, September 24 to honor 194 new admittees to the Kansas Bar. The reception immediately followed the swearing-in ceremony at the Topeka Performing Arts Center at 214 SE 8th St. in Topeka. KBA President Mike Crow (Crow, Clothier and Bates, Leavenworth) presented the newly admitted attorneys with a complimentary, one-year membership to the Kansas Bar Association.
Carol Green, Clerk of the Kansas Supreme Court, administered the Kansas Oath, and Dennis Smarker, Deputy Clerk of the Federal Court, administered the Federal Oath. Chief Justice Kay McFarland, Kansas Supreme Court, presided.
The following individuals successfully passed the Kansas Bar exam and were sworn in before the Kansas Supreme Court:
- Micah Ray Alexander, Overland Park
- Steven Wade Allton, Lenexa
- Purvi K. Amin, Shawnee
- Christopher Lynn Arellano, Hugoton
- Ryan Christopher Ast, Wichita
- Joseph Cameron Baca, Scott City
- Laura J. Bach, Valparaiso, Ind.
- Timothy Clark Barker, Pratt
- Justin Alan Barrett, Topeka
- Amie Lee Bauer, Lindsborg
- Jacqueline R. Bazy, Marietta, Ga.
- LeAnn Marie Berry, Silver Lake
- Peggy S. Bisping, Overland Park
- Starla Lee Borg, Wichita
- Shannon Michele Braun, Wichita
- Bryant Robert Bremer, Dallas, Texas
- Sylvia Marie Bribiesca, Wichita
- Tracy Lynn Broderick, Lawrence
- David Allen Brose, Lee's Summit, Mo.
- Robert James Bruchman, Prairie Village
- Sarah Byrne, Wamego
- Robin K. Carlson, Topeka
- Melissa Christine Carpani, Olathe
- Robert Leszek Choromanski, Lenexa
- Anne Renee Ying-Huan Chu, Fort Dodge, Iowa
- Lori Marie Church, Lyons
- Melody L. Cockrell, Kansas City, Mo.
- Heather Leigh Cohen, Kansas City, Mo.
- Kerry Christian Connealy, Overland Park
- Benjamin Thomas Cook, Troy
- Brent Alan Correll, Joplin, Mo.
- Andrew Thomas Coulson, Liberty, Mo.
- Ryan R. Cox, Lee's Summit, Mo.
- Dollie LeAnna Cramer, Wichita
- Dan Edward Cranshaw Jr., Kansas City, Mo.
- Paul Matthew Croker, Prairie Village
- Christopher Reyes Cuevas, Lawrence
- Andrew Robert Davidson, Topeka
- Lisa Marie Davis, Colby
- Jason Miguel De Los Santos, Topeka
- David C. DeGreeff, Kansas City, Mo.
- Tina Marie Deiter, Raytown, Mo.
- Michael Kerry DeKruif, Los Angeles, Calif.
- Russell Phillip Dempsey, Springfield, Mo.
- Erica Nicole Dew, Mission
- Aaron R. Disney, Andover
- Jessica Leah Donda, Omaha, Neb.
- Douglas Andrew Dorothy, Lawrence
- Elizabeth Lynne Squires Dudley, Wichita
- Summer A. Duke, Topeka
- Timothy Lewis Dupree, Topeka
- Julie A. Effenbeck, Deshler, Neb.
- Jill Ann Elliott, Hill City
- Christopher T. Etzel, Topeka
- Theresa Anh Fette-Warner, Kansas City, Mo.
- James Robert Fischer, Lawrence
- Geoffrey Lynn Fogus, Topeka
- Jodi Jaye Fox, Parkville, Mo.
- Sharonda Lynette Friday, Topeka
- Kelly J. Fuemmeler, Troy
- Joseph Daniel Gasper, Garden City
- Michael Casey Gibbens, Tonganoxie
- Natalie Faye Gibson, Topeka
- Michael Harrison Githens, Oklahoma City, Okla.
- Jessica Aimee Glendening, Lawrence
- Heber Oscar Gonzalez, Prairie Village
- Clinton Matthew Goos, Wichita
- Stephanie Alana Graham, Kansas City, Mo.
- Ryan Christopher Grant, Wichita
- Stephen Owen Griffin, Kansas City, Mo.
- William Richard Griffin, Wichita
- Tracy M. Gullickson, Overland Park
- Esther Elaine Halley, Leavenworth
- Michelle A. Hamilton, Lawrence
- Kevin Ray Hancock, Topeka
- Megan Leigh Harrington, Overland Park
- Melanie Ann Haynes, Fairway
- Brian R. Hazel, Kansas City, Mo.
- Chasity M. Helm, Wichita
- Judson Luke Herbster, Overland Park
- Amanda Marie Herrman, Sharon, Okla.
- Jack Jeffery Hobbs, Andover
- Cathleen McCormick Hobson, Fort Leavenworth
- Shannon Leigh Holmberg, Hutchinson
- Matthew Lonergan Hood, Kansas City, Mo.
- Sara Nicole Huerter, Lawrence
- Stephen Allen Hunting, DeSoto
- Inho Hwang, Topeka
- Beatriz Eugenia Ibarra, Leawood
- Andrew Todd Jones, Salina
- Kevin Keith Jones, Kansas City, Mo.
- Jamie L. Karasek, Topeka
- Christopher Jon Kellogg, Salina
- Allison Morgan Kenkel, Perry
- Jihyun Kim, Wichita
- James Warren Klobnak, Kansas City, Mo.
- Janis Ileen Knox, Harper
- Matthew G. Koehler, Kansas City, Mo.
- Adam Mathias LaBoda, Lawrence
- Jason Mark Lammli, Stanton, Neb.
- Kyle Lessor, Wichita Falls, Texas
- Steven Jay Levin, Naperville, Ill.
- Courtney Michelle Lieb, Kansas City, Mo.
- Mark Andrew Liter, Joplin, Mo.
- Joe Little, Topeka
- Charles Scott Loftis, Ponca City, Okla.
- Jason Bartlett Long, Lawrence
- Richard Watson Lungstrum, Lawrence
- David Maurice Magariel, Lawrence
- Ryan Peterson Mang, Kansas City, Mo.
- Gregory Andrew Marino, Wichita
- Michelle Lyons Marriott, Dallas, Texas
- Michael Joseph Mayans, Wichita
- Benjamin McDaniel, Lawrence
- Tiana Marie McElroy, Hutchinson
- Bryan Kent McMahon, Nevada, Mo.
- Jill L. McNickle, Ashland
- Susan Frances Meagher, Kansas City, Mo.
- Steven Keith Metzler, Lawrence
- Arlyn Miller, Arlington
- Kari Lee Miller, Maple Hill
- Sarah Ellen Miller, Topeka
- Shawna Rae Miller, Topeka
- Sarah Elizabeth Millin, Leawood
- Timothy John Muir, Lenexa
- Cynthia Munita, Kansas City, Mo.
- Elizabeth Michelle Myers, Salina
- Aaron M. Nance, Kansas City, Mo.
- Charles H. Nitsch, Kansas City, Mo.
- Phyllis Anne Norman, Kansas City, Mo.
- Kathleen Marie Northey, Phoenix, Ariz.
- Kimberley M. O'Hara, Lawrence
- Miranda Kay Owens, Bushton
- Janell Lynn Pallanich, Lenexa
- Joshua Scott Parsons, Kansas City, Mo.
- Jason C Peters, Olathe
- Curtis J. Petersen, Washington, D.C.
- Richard Petersen-Klein, Topeka
- William Edward Peterson, Topeka
- Benda Rae Petersons, Olathe
- Cassie Nichole Pfannenstiel, Lawrence
- Christopher Brian Phelan, Fontana
- Rachel Lillian Pickering, Lawrence
- Thomas Roger Pickert, Kansas City
- Eric James Poggemiller, Kansas City, Mo.
- Creath Louise Moore Pollak, Wichita
- Joshua Aaron Pollak, Wichita
- Aaron Meyer Popelka, Munden
- Allen Justin Poplin, Ottawa
- Linda Irene Priest, Topeka
- R. Chace Ramey, Kansas City, Mo.
- Todd Norris Rasmussen, Overland Park
- Teresa L. Rhodd, Circleville
- Keith Stewart Rhodes, Smithville, Mo.
- Timothy James Riemann, Kansas City, Mo.
- Scot Matthew Ringenberg, Shawnee
- Rachel Anne Riso, Kansas City
- Kristin M. Romalia, Topeka
- Bryan Alan Ross, Olathe
- Melissa Ann Ruggero, Topeka
- Seth Lakeman Rundle, Wichita
- Curtis Michael Sample, Lawrence
- Rachel Erin Schwartz, Mission Hills
- John Michael Shoemaker, Topeka
- Sean Edward Shores, Wichita
- Kyle R. Skillman, Lawrence
- James Curtis Sloan, Lawrence
- Donald Howard Snook, Wichita
- Bradley Jay Sollars, Kansas City, Mo.
- Luke R. Spellmeier, Lawrence
- Emie W. Stehley, Wichita
- Timothy William Stock, Topeka
- Darin David Stowell, Olathe
- Sonya LeAnne Strickland, Topeka
- Shea Elizabeth Sullenberger, Lenexa
- John Bernard Sullivan, Wichita
- Robert Michael Swiss, Lee's Summit, Mo.
- Sarah Catherine Sykes, Topeka
- Jennifer Sue Tatum, Olathe
- Judith Anne Taylor, Overland Park
- Meredyth Anne Thomas-Vick, Merriam
- Jason Wayne Thompson, Lawrence
- Matthew Ryan Tomc, Lawrence
- Michelle Huyen Tran, Overland Park
- Joselyn Rochelle Treadway, Prairie Village
- Jay Philip VanBlaricum, Pratt
- Alastair James Walling, Wichita
- Patrick M. Waters, Lawrence
- Alexander B. Webb, Shawnee
- Adam L. Weitzel, Andover
- L. Anne Wickliffe, Kansas City, Mo.
- Toby Quinn Wilcoxon, Kansas City, Mo.
- Will B. Wohlford, Wichita
- Rebecca Elizabeth Zepick, Wichita
The swearing-in ceremony and KBA-sponsored champagne reception are held the last Friday of April and September each year.
About the Kansas Bar Association
The Kansas Bar Association was founded in 1882 as a voluntary association for dedicated legal professionals and has approximately 6,200 members, including lawyers, judges, law students, and legal assistants. The KBA is dedicated to advancing the professionalism and legal skills of lawyers, promoting the interests of the legal profession, providing services to its members, advocating positions on law-related issues, encouraging public understanding of the law, and promoting the effective administration of our system of justice.
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