"Evidence." Kansas
Bar Association 2011 Kansas Annual Survey.
Publications
"Celebrating Volume 50: The
Early history of the Washburn Law Journal," 50 Washburn Law Journal
433 (2011)
Presentations
"Revised Kansas Code of
Civil Procedure" continuing legal education presentation, Crawford
County Bar Association, December 2010; Leavenworth County Bar Association,
December 2010; Sam Crow Inn of Court, September 2010; Topeka Women
Attorneys Association, August 2010.
"The Judicial Process of
Revising Jury Instructions for Comprehensibility" (panelist),Writing
to Win: Plain Language Jury Instructions, Washburn University School of
Law, April 2008
Testimony
House Judicary Committee in
support of SB 35, which would adopt the state courts Federal Rule of
Evidence 502 on waiver of attorney-client privilege, March 2011
House Judiciary Committee in
opposition to bill changing method of selecting court of appeals judges
from nonpartisan merit selection to gubernatorial appointment with senate
confirmation, February 2011
Senate Judiciary Committee,
January 2011
Testified on behalf of the Kansas
Judicial Council Civil Code Advisory Committee before the Kansas House
Judiciary Committee about HB 2656, Feb. 11, 2010
Testified opposing HCR 5005 and
HB 2123, Kansas House Judiciary Committee, Feb. 12, 2009
Awards
and honors
2011 Distinguished Alumni Award,
University of Kansas School of Law
Office/appointments
Chairman, ABA/AALS Accreditation
Site Evaluation Team
Kansas Commission on Judicial
Performance
Style committee liaison, National
Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, Uniform Recordation of
Custodial Interrogations Act and the Uniform Regulation of Charities Act
drafting committees, 2009-
