Washburn Lawyer, v. 48, no. 1 - Washburn University School of Law

WHO ARE THEY?
In the last issue, we asked you to identify the
people in this photograph. Congratulations
to Topeka resident Patrick Salsbury, ’74,
for being the fi rst to correctly identify the
people in this photo. From left to right
they are William J. Birch, ’64 (Topeka),
Arthur E. Palmer, ’63 (Topeka), the late
Judge E. Newton Vickers, ’50, and Daniel
J. High, ’63 (Branson, Mo.).
Garner and was named the 2010 Chief Justice
Kay McFarland Attorney of Achievement
by the Women Attorneys Association of
Topeka. • Kenneth G. Gale, ’80, Wichita, was
appointed U.S. magistrate judge in Wichita.
• Bradley E. Haddock, ’80, Wichita,
is a qualifi ed arbitrator of the American
Arbitration Association, where he serves on
the board of directors.
81 Thomas L. Bell, ’81, Topeka, is
president and chief executive offi cer of
the Kansas Hospital Association. • Glenn
R. Braun, ’81, Hays, Kan., was elected
president of the Kansas Bar Association. He
is a partner at the fi rm of Glassman, Bird,
Braun & Schwartz LLP. • Paul W. Brown,
’81, Hutchinson, Kan., was appointed city
attorney. • Kim R. Cocklin, ’81, Dallas,
Texas, was elected to the Atmos Energy Corp.
Board of Directors, where he also serves
as president and chief operating offi cer. •
Kevin E. J. Regan, ’81, Kansas City, Mo., has
become a Fellow of the American College of
Trial Lawyers.
82 Douglas K. Manion, ’82, Vernon,
Conn., joined Kahan, Kerensky & Capossela
LLP as a partner. • Zackery E. Reynolds,
’82, Fort Scott, Kan., was recently inducted
as a Fellow of the American College of Trial
Lawyers.
e-mail: alumni@washburnlaw.edu
84 John R. Dietrick, ’84, Topeka, is
chief executive offi cer and general counsel
of Creative Business Solutions. Dietrick is a
member of the Washburn University School
of Law Alumni Association. • C. Bickley
Foster, ’84, Wichita, was inducted into the
American Institute of Certifi ed Planners
College of Fellows. • Cyd Gilman, ’78,
Wichita, received the Louise Mattox Attorney
of Achievement Award by the Wichita
Women Attorneys Association. • Dennis C.
Jones, ’84, Lakin, Kan., received a Lifetime
Achievement Award from the Kansas County
and District Attorneys Association.
85 James Abbs, ’85, Wawaka, Ind., was
inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame of
the University of Wisconsin-River Falls,
where he was a four-year football letter
winner. • Timothy Givan, ’85, Hutchinson,
Kan., received the certifi ed corporate trust
specialist designation from the American
Bankers Association Institute of Certifi ed
Bankers. • Christopher Korth, ’85, Kansas
City, Mo, was voted Best of the Bar for the
Kansas City Area for 2010. He has his own
practice, Law Offi ces of Christopher Korth.
• The Honorable Nancy E. Parrish, ’85,
Topeka, was the recipient of the Topeka
Bar Association Honorable E. Newton
Vickers Professionalism Award. • Jerry H.
Schemmel, ’85, Littleton, Colo., joined
the team that broadcasts Colorado Rockies
games on KOA (AM 850) radio. • Andrew L.
Warren, ’85, Silver City, N.M., was promoted
to associate professor of Criminal Justice at
Western New Mexico University.
86 Tim S. Haverty, ’86, Overland Park,
Kan., has opened a practice, Haverty &
McElhinney LLC. • Steven D. Scheiwe, ’86,
Encinitas, Calif., was appointed to the Primus
Telecommunications Group Inc. Board of
Directors, where he serves as chairman of
the audit committee. • Deryl W. Wynn, ’86,
Kansas City, Kan., was appointed to the
University of Kansas Hospital Authority by
Governor Mark Parkinson.
87 David Black, ’87, Johnson, Kan., was
appointed as Grant County attorney. He also
serves as Stanton County attorney and has a
private law practice in Ulysses, Kan. • Martha
Jenkins, ’87, Washington, D.C., was elected
to a fi ve-year term on the Ecclesiastical
Trial Court for the Episcopal Diocese of
Washington, D.C.
Class Actions
88 The Honorable Kyle A. Bryson, ’88,
Tucson, Ariz., was appointed to the Pima
County Superior Court bench by Governor
Jan Brewer. • Susana L. Valdovinos, ’88,
Topeka, was appointed to the Governor’s
Task Force on Racial Profi ling by Governor
Mark Parkinson.
89 Troy H. Gott, ’89, Wichita, has started
Gott Law LLC. • Marcos A. Mendoza,
’89, Austin, Texas, was admitted to the
master of laws program for insurance at the
University of Connecticut School of Law. He
will continue in his current position as the
assistant director for the Texas Association
of School Boards Risk Management Fund
overseeing litigation. • Natalie Camacho
Mendoza, ’89, Boise, Idaho, received the
Latino Hero Award from Regence BlueShield
of Idaho for professional accomplishments
and giving back to the community.
90 Bradley Ambrosier, ’90, Elkhart,
Kan., was appointed by Governor Mark
Parkinson to serve as a district judge of the
26th Judicial District of Kansas. • Marjorie
D. Petty, ’90, Dallas, Texas, was named
Region VI director by Department of Health
and Humans Services Secretary Kathleen
Sebelius.
91 Kathleen A. Anderson, ’91, Livingston,
N.J., was elected president of Women Lawyers
in Bergen, the second oldest women’s bar
association in New Jersey. She is with Morgan
Melhuish Abrutyn. • Randy Gordon, ’91,
Dallas, Texas, was named to the 2010 Texas
Super Lawyers list, a distinction limited to only
5 percent of Texas lawyers. Gordon practices
antitrust litigation for Gardere Wynn Sewell
LLP. • Kurt P. Kerns, ’91, Wichita, received
the Kansas Bar Association Courageous
Attorney Award.
92 William R. Thornton, ’92, Topeka,
was appointed secretary of commerce by
Governor Mark Parkinson. • Tracy Rockney
Ward, ’92, Abbott Park, Ill., is divisional vice
president, Global Pharmaceutical Regulatory
Affairs, for Abbott Laboratories.
93 Daniel W. Crow, ’93, Topeka, was
elected to the Topeka Community Foundation
Board of Directors. • Samantha M. Musso,
’93, Burke, Va., has opened the Law Offi ce of
Samantha M. Musso, PLC, in Fairfax, Va. The
solo practice will focus on estate planning,
probate, and business formations. • William
“Bill” White, ’93, Joplin, Mo., was elected to
the Missouri House of Representatives.
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