Contact:
Deana Mead
Manager of Membership Services
Kansas Bar Association
1200 SW Harrison St.
PO Box 1037
Topeka, KS 66601-1037
E-mail Deana Mead
Phone: 785-234-5696
Twenty KBA Members Sworn-In Before U.S. Supreme Court
(May 19, 2004) Topeka, KS—Twenty members of the Kansas Bar Association (KBA) were recently sworn in before the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. The swearing-in ceremony was held at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 17, before eight Supreme Court Justices. Three KBA members who were sworn in by written motion in March also attended the group swearing-in ceremony. Following the ceremony, the new admittees were honored at a reception hosted by the KBA and attended by Justices O'Connor and Ginsburg and guests of the new admittees. The following individuals participated in a group admission ceremony and were sworn in before the Court:
1. John Edward Angelo, Northrop Grumman Corp, Baltimore, MD
2. John Phillip Barelli, Barelli Law, Phoenix, AZ
3. Sara S. Beezley, Beezley Law, Girard, KS
4. Glenn B. Brown, Baty Holm & Numrich PC, Kansas City, MO
5. Marck Redell Cobb, Cobb Law Offices, Galva, KS
6. Dennis Dale Depew, Depew Law Firm, Neodesha, KS
7. Julie Marie Fifer O'Connor, Julie Fifer O'Connor Attorney at Law, Wichita, KS
8. Frederick Lawrence McAulay Jr., Johnson County Legal Department, Olathe, KS
9. William S. Mills, William S. Mills Law Office, McPherson, KS
10. Nancy Ann Ogle, Woodard Hernandez Roth & Day LLC, Wichita, KS
11. Kathryn Fricke Pietarila, Law Office of Kathryn F. Pietarila, Kansas City, MO
12. Ronald Scott Ryburn Anderson Byrd Richeson Flaherty & Henrichs, Ottawa, KS
13. Gail M. Sciacchetano, University Physician Associates, Lenexa, KS
14. Daniel J. Sevart, KBA president, Sevart & Sevart, Wichita, KS
15. Shoko Kato Sevart, Sevart & Sevart, Wichita, KS
16. Rekha Sharma-Crawford, Sharma-Crawford Attorneys at Law LLC, Overland Park, KS
17. Hon. Thomas M. Tuggle, Cloud Co. Courthouse Div. 1, Concordia, KS
18. Peter John Vanderwarker, Sprint Communications Company LP, Overland Park, KS
19. Larry A. Withers, Withers Gough Pike Pfaff & Peterson LLC, Wichita, KS
20. James R. Yoxall, Yoxall Antrim Yoxall & Hasenbank LLP, Liberal, KS
The following KBA members were sworn in by written motion in March but also attended the group swearing-in ceremony and reception:
1. Gerald R. Kuckelman, Garrity & Kuckelman, Atchison, KS
2. John Francis Kuckelman II, Shook Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO
3. Michael J. Kuckelman, Warden Triplett Grier, Overland Park, KS
Also attending the swearing-in ceremony and reception were Jeffrey Alderman, KBA executive director, and Deana Mead, manager of membership services.
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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