Members Elected to Serve as District Representatives
on the
Board of Governors of the Kansas Bar Association
(August 10, 2005) Topeka, KS—The following individuals have been elected to serve as District Representatives of the Kansas Bar Association (KBA) Board of Governors by the association’s membership. Each will serve a full three-year term until June 2008, with the exception of Kip A. Kubin who was elected to fill a partial term ending June 2007.
DISTRICT 1 (Johnson County)
Kip A. Kubin, Kansas City, Mo., is a senior managing member in the law firm of Bottaro, Morefield and Kubin L.C. He earned his J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law in 1983 and concentrates in the areas of workers’ compensation, employment, Native American, administrative, and person injury law.
Lee M. Smithyman, Overland Park, practices corporate and insurance litigation with Smithyman and Zakoura, Chtd. He earned his J.D. from Washburn University School of Law in 1976.
DISTRICT 3 (The counties of Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette,
Linn, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson, and Woodson)
Dennis D. Depew, Neodesha, has been in private practice with Depew Law Firm since 1983. His primary practice includes family law, estate planning, real estate, corporate, municipal, and alternative dispute resolution. He received his J.D. in 1983 from the University of Kansas.
DISTRICT 5 (Shawnee County)
Teresa L. Sittenauer, Topeka, is an attorney with Fisher, Patterson, Sayler and Smith, where she specializes in civil rights and employment litigation, government liability, and appellate practice. She graduated magna cum laude from Washburn University School of Law with her juris doctorate in 1994.
DISTRICT 7 (Sedgwick County)
Mary Kathryn Webb, Wichita, was elected to a second term as district seven representative on the KBA Board of Governors. She is a director and shareholder with McDonald, Tinker, Skaer, Quinn and Herrington, P.A. Webb received her J.D. (with honors) from Washburn University School of Law.
DISTRICT 8 (The counties of Barber, Barton, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Pratt, Reno,
Rice, and Stafford)
Gerald L. Green, Hutchinson, is a shareholder with the firm of Gilliland and Hayes P.A. and practices personal injury defense, general commercial and business litigation, employment law, and health care law. Green graduated summa cum laude from Washburn University School of Law, where he earned his J.D. in 1976.
DISTRICT 12 (Out-of-State)
Michael A. Williams, Kansas City, Mo., is an attorney with Lathrop and Gage L.C. and represents employers in investigating, responding to, and handling charges of discrimination. Williams earned his J.D. from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law in 1998.
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