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

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ALUMNI NEWS
& Events
John D. Jurcyk, ’84 Tom Loftus, ’80 Ward Loyd, ’68
Lynn S. McCreary, ’94 Timothy P. O’Sullivan, ’75
BOARD OF
GOVERNORS
The Alumni Association welcomes
fi ve new members to the Board of
Governors.
John D. Jurcyk, ’84, Fairway, Kan.,
is a shareholder at McAnany, Van
Cleave & Phillips, PA in Roeland
Park, Kan. He represents employers
and their insurance carriers in all
areas of workers’ compensation
and general corporate defense.
He defends owner-controlled and
contractor-controlled insurance
plans. Jurcyk was the lead defense
counsel for many contractors,
including the Union Station
renovation, the Kansas City
International Airport renovations,
and the Federal Reserve and Internal
Revenue complex in Kansas City.
Jurcyk was named one of the “Best
Lawyers in Kansas City” by Ingram’s
Magazine. His undergraduate
political science degree is from
Creighton University.
Tom Loftus, ’80, Houston, Texas,
is senior counsel for Chevron U.S.A.
Inc. His practice focuses on oil and
gas transactional, legislative, and
administrative matters. Loftus was
previously in-house counsel for Koch
Industries and ConocoPhillips, and a
Litigation Partner with Akin, Gump,
Strauss, Hauer & Feld. He graduated
from the U.S. Naval Academy with
a bachelor’s degree, and served as a
fl eet offi cer.
Ward Loyd, ’68, Topeka, serves
as treasurer for the Washburn
University School of Law Alumni
Association. Loyd was appointed to
the Kansas Corporation Commission
by Governor Mark Parkinson in
February 2010. Since 1968, he has
been in general law practice in
Garden City, Kan. Loyd served in the
Kansas House of Representatives
from 1999 to 2007. He received
his undergraduate degree from
Southwestern College in Winfi eld,
Kan. He served six years on the
Kansas Supreme Court Client
Protection Fund Commission.
Lynn S. McCreary, ’94, Brookfi eld,
Wis., is senior vice president and
deputy general counsel of Fiserv Inc.
Prior to joining Fiserv, McCreary was
a partner at Bryan Cave LLP where
she was managing partner of its
San Francisco offi ce after spending
12 years in the fi rm’s Kansas and
Kansas City offi ces. Previously,
McCreary was an associate at the
Topeka fi rm of Frieden, Haynes
& Forbes. She attended Washburn
Law after a career as vice president
of Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company’s mortgage lending
subsidiary, Metmor Financial.
McCreary was a member of the
Moot Court team and was named to
the Order of the Barristers.
Timothy P. O’Sullivan, ’75,
Wichita, Kan., is a partner with
the fi rm of Foulston Siefkin LLP
concentrating his practice in estate
planning, elder law, probate and trust
law, and taxation. He has a bachelor’s
degree from St. Louis University,
and a master of law degree in
taxation from the University of
Missouri-Kansas City School of
Law. O’Sullivan is a member of the
American, Kansas, and Wichita Bar
associations, the National Academy
of Elder Law Attorneys, and the
Wichita Estate Planning Council.
Since 1992 he has been an adjunct
professor in estate planning at
Washburn University School of Law.
Re-elected to the board were Dana
Brewer, ’77, Concordia, Kan.; John
R. Dietrick, ’84, Topeka; Frank C.
Norton, ’56, Salina, Kan.; Cailin M.
Ringelman, ’02, Southlake, Texas;
Keith L. Roberts, ’75, Woodridge,
Va.; James Slattery, ’75, Topeka
and McLean, Va.; M. Kathryn
Webb, ’83, Wichita; and Angel R.
Zimmerman, ’06, Topeka.
Concluding their service on the
Board of Governors were Shoko
Sevart, ’73, Wichita, and Stephen
Torline, ’97, Kansas City, Mo.