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JOHNSON HONORED AS
2010 ALUMNI FELLOW
Lynn R. Johnson, ’70,
Mission Hills, Kan., was
honored as the recipient of
the 2010 law school’s Alumni
Fellow on Oct. 22. Johnson
is principal shareholder and
president of Shamberg,
Johnson & Bergman Chtd.,
Kansas City, Mo. He joined the
Kansas City, Kan., law fi rm of Schnider, Shamberg
& May immediately after graduation. The focus of
his practice is representing plaintiffs’ signifi cant and
complicated personal injury and wrongful death
litigation. Johnson represents plaintiffs in many states,
but primarily practices in Kansas and Missouri.
As a student at Washburn, Johnson was a Law Journal
editor, served on the executive council of Washburn
Student Bar Association, was a delegate to the
American Bar Association, and treasurer and marshal
of Phi Alpha Delta legal fraternity.
Johnson is a life member of the Washburn University
School of Law Alumni Association. He has served
as president, president-elect, and vice president of
the board of governors, and was honored with the
Washburn Law Distinguished Service Award in
2001. He served from 1991 to 1999 as a trustee of
the Washburn University Foundation. With his wife,
Jacqueline Lovelace Johnson, he is a member of
the Lincoln Society. Since 2006, Johnson has been a
member of the board of advisors for the Center for
Excellence in Advocacy. He established the Lynn R.
Johnson Endowment Fund at Washburn Law in 1995.
Johnson is serving as chairman of the Kansas
Association for Justice Foundation. For the past 25
years, he has been named to Best Lawyers in America
and is listed in Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers.
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Kansas Court of Appeals Judge Thomas E. Malone, ’79, and
Tim Belsan, ’09, attended the Mentor-Mentee reception.
The Honorable Thomas E. Malone, ’79, Topeka, and
Tim M. Belsan, ’09, Lawrence, Kan., joined more
than 90 alumni and students at the 8th annual Mentor-
Mentee reception on Sept. 30 at the Bradbury Thompson
Alumni Center. Judge Malone was Belsan’s mentor while
Belsan was in law school. Malone serves as a judge for
the Kansas Court of Appeals. Belsan, who is a law clerk
for the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, returned to
this event as a mentor to a fi rst-year law student.
Overall this year, 97 area lawyers volunteered to be paired
with fi rst-year law students. For more information about
this program, please contact the Director of Professional
Development and Pro Bono Margann Bennett (margann.
bennett@washburn.edu) or Director of Alumni Services
Carolyn Barnes (carolyn.barnes@washburn.edu).
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