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The members of the Kansas Commission on Judicial Performance are appointed by the Judicial Council pursuant to K.S.A. 20-3202. The current members are:
1. Gloria Farha Flentje, Chair The chair of the Kansas Commission on Judicial Performance, Gloria Farha Flentje of Wichita, was appointed December 3, 2010, to a term that ends Dec. 31, 2014. Flentje is Senior Vice President, Corporate Administration and Human Resources, for Spirit AeroSystems, Inc., a role she assumed in 2007. She served as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary from 2005 to 2008. Flentje previously worked for The Boeing Company as Chief Legal Counsel, BCA-Wichita, for five years. Prior to joining Boeing, she was a partner in the Wichita law firm of Foulston & Siefkin, L.L.P. Flentje graduated from the University of Kansas with a B.A. in Mathematics and International Relations. She received a J.D. from Southern Illinois University. Flentje served as president of the Wichita Bar Association and president of the Board of Trustees of the Kansas Bar Foundation. She is a member of the American, Kansas and Wichita Bar Associations and the Kansas and Wichita Women Attorneys Association. Flentje has received a number of recognitions from her profession and the community, including the Kansas Bar Association Distinguished Service Award, Wichita Women Attorneys Louise Mattox Award, the Wichita Bar Association Howard C. Kline Award and the YWCA Woman of Vision Award. Top 2. Sara S. Beezley Kansas Commission on Judicial Performance member Sara S. Beezley of Girard is a lawyer representing the Second Congressional District. She was reappointed December 7, 2012, to a term that ends Dec. 31, 2016. Beezley, an attorney in private practice, is chair of the Kansas Board for Discipline of Attorneys and a member of the Pittsburg State University Board of Trustees. She is a former president of the Kansas Bar Association, having served on the Board of Governors from 1992 to 2002 and then from 2004 to date. She received a bachelor's degree from Southern Methodist University and a law degree from Duke University. Beezley is a member of the House of Delegates to the American Bar Association, the Kansas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association and a former member of the Board of Trustees of the Kansas Bar Foundation. She also is a board member of the Crawford County Mental Health Center, First National Bank of Girard and the Pittsburg Family YMCA and serves on the Family Law Advisory Committee for the Kansas Judicial Center. Top 3. A. Dale Chaffin Kansas Commission on Judicial Performance member A. Dale Chaffin of Mission is a non-lawyer representing the Third Congressional District. He was reappointed December 3, 2010, to a term that ends Dec. 31, 2014. Chaffin is an adjunct professor in the School of Business and Administration at Baker University. He has a bachelor's degree from the University of Kansas, with a double major in marketing and accounting, and a master's degree in business administration from the University of Missouri. From 1987 to 2005, he was chief operating officer of Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., overseeing the company's growth from a single office to an international firm with 500 lawyers and 1,500 employees in 10 offices. Prior to joining that firm, he was president and chief executive officer of Business and Industry Health Group, a joint venture company owned by Hospital Corporation of America and Research Medical Center. Chaffin also is board treasurer of Johnson County Developmental Supports (JCDS), the agency of Johnson County government that facilitates career and personal development for Johnson County residents with developmental disabilities, and is a board member of Friends of JCDS, the private fund-raising arm of the agency. He also is treasurer for Kansas Special Olympics. Top 4. Professor James Concannon Kansas Commission on Judicial Performance member James M. Concannon of Topeka is a lawyer serving in an at-large position. He was reappointed December 3, 2010, to a term that ends Dec. 31, 2014. Concannon is Distinguished Professor of Law at the Washburn University School of Law, at which he was dean from 1988 through 2001. He received a bachelor's and law degrees from the University of Kansas. He has been a Kansas delegate to the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws since 1998. He is a member of the Kansas Judicial Council's committee on pattern jury instructions for both civil and criminal cases and its Civil Code Advisory Committee. He was co-reporter for the Kansas Citizens Justice Initiative from 1997 through 1999 and received the Kansas Supreme Court's Award for Contributions to the Judiciary in 1997. A member of the American, Kansas and Topeka bar associations, he received the Kansas Bar Association President's Outstanding Service Award in 1983 and again in 2003. He has been chairman of the Kansas Bar's Law in Education Committee (1979-1984), Public Information Committee (1987-1988) and Continuing Legal Education Handbook Task Force (1981-1985). Concannon participated in the American Bar Association's State Rules of Evidence Project from 1984 through 1987. Top 5. Honorable Michael Corrigan Kansas Commission on Judicial Performance member Michael Corrigan of Wichita is a retired district judge and lawyer representing the Fourth Congressional District. He was reappointed December 3, 2010, to a term that ends Dec. 31, 2014. Corrigan served as Chief Judge for Kansas' Eighteenth Judicial District. He was a member of the Governor's Advisory Committee on Criminal Justice and chaired the Wichita Mayor's Task Force on Substance Abuse. He received a bachelor's degree from Wichita State University and a law degree from the University of Kansas. Corrigan had been a district judge since 1977 and was a juvenile court judge from 1971-1977. As a juvenile court judge, he instituted Kansas' first juvenile court victim restitution program, court volunteer program and defendant diversion program. He was a board member of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Sedgwick County, Junior Achievement of Wichita, the Wichita Council on Drug Abuse, the Kansas Children's Service League and the Mental Health Association of Kansas. He served as president of the Kansas Special Court Judges Association in 1976-77 and president of the Kansas District Court Judges Association in 1986-87. In 2008 he was presented with the President's Award for Outstanding Service by the Wichita Bar Association and honored for outstanding community service by the Sedgwick County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council. Top 6. Martha Garcia Kansas Commission on Judicial Performance member Martha Garcia of Wichita is a non-lawyer representing the Fourth Congressional District. She was reappointed December 7, 2012, to a term that ends Dec. 31, 2016. Garcia has been a medical technologist at Via Christi Regional Medical Center St. Francis Campus for 35 years. She has a bachelor's degree from Wichita State University. She is a member of the American Society of Clinical Pathologists and was a member of the Wichita State University Center for Women's Studies Community Council Advisory Board from 1997 to 2003. Top 7. Richard F. Hayse Kansas Commission on Judicial Performance member Richard R. Hayse of Topeka is a lawyer serving in an at-large position. He was reappointed December 7, 2012, to a term that ends Dec. 31, 2016. Hayse has been in private law practice in Topeka since 1975. He is of counsel to Morris, Laing, Evans, Brock & Kennedy, Chartered, in the firm's Topeka office. His practice is concentrated in business organizations, banking, real estate and estate planning. He practices in Kansas courts as well as before the Kansas Legislature, state administrative agencies and the U.S. Supreme Court. Hayse is past president of the Kansas Bar Association, a member of the American Bar Association and a member and past director of the Topeka Bar Association. He is the recipient of the Professionalism Award from both the Kansas and Topeka Bar Associations. He is a graduate of Kansas State University and Washburn Law School, where he was editor-in-chief of the Washburn Law Journal. Prior to entering private law practice, he was an assistant Kansas attorney general in the civil division and then served as a foreign service information officer for the U.S. Information Agency in various roles in U.S. embassies overseas. Top 8. Rep. Kasha Kelley Kansas Commission on Judicial Performance member State Rep. Kasha Kelley of Arkansas City is a non-lawyer serving in an at-large position. She was reappointed December 7, 2012, to a term that ends Dec. 31, 2016. Kelley graduated from the University of Kansas with a bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism. She currently serves as the CEO of First Intermark Corporation and is in her second term as representative of the 79th district in the Kansas House of Representatives where she serves on the Appropriations Committee and is vice chair of the General Government Budget Committee. Kelley has been a book editor, on-camera/on-air reporter, cameraman, and producer. She was a publicity manager of a Colorado publishing company where she publicized numerous writers and gained local and national bookings in all mediums of press. Kelley also served as director of a non-profit organization in Virginia. She has won awards in the Kansas Association of Broadcasters story competition, is a published writer, and was a leader in steering major corporations to re-direct their advertising budgets to family-friendly television fare. Top 9. Honorable Larry McClain Retired District Court Judge Larry McClain of Overland Park is an attorney member of the Kansas Commission on Judicial Performance representing the Third Congressional District. He was reappointed December 7, 2012, to a term that ends Dec. 31, 2016. McClain retired in 2004 after 20 years as a judge for the Tenth Judicial District. He served as chief judge of the district from 1996 to 1999. He is a graduate of Wichita State University and Washburn University Law School. He was an assistant district attorney in Shawnee County for two years and in Johnson County for eight years. He now serves as a private mediator and has conducted more than 800 mediations. He is past president of the Kansas District Judges Association and is a former board member of Safe Home and the Johnson County Bar Association. He is active with Johnson County Bar Association Habitat for Humanity projects and serves on the 10th Judicial District Judicial Nominating Committee. Top 10. Dr. Terry Sandlin Kansas Commission on Judicial Performance member Dr. Terry Sandlin of Topeka is a non-lawyer representing the Second Congressional District. He was reappointed December 3, 2010, to a term that ends Dec. 31, 2014. Sandlin recently retired from Topeka Public Schools as Associate Superintendent. Sandlin received a BA degree in general studies with an emphasis in science and an MS degree from Kansas State University with an emphasis in science curriculum. He has a doctorate from the University of Kansas in Educational Administration. Prior to his retirement, Dr. Sandlin served numerous roles during his tenure with Topeka Public Schools. From 1969 to 2009 he served as a teacher for five years, principal, Associate Superintendent, and Interim Superintendent. During the past 27 years Dr. Sandlin has been an adjunct professor at Washburn University, the University of Kansas, and the Yale School Development Program. His teaching courses include research methods and evaluation along with courses in supervision and administration. Top 11. Mary Lou Warren Kansas Commission on Judicial Performance member Mary Lou Warren of Minneola is a non-lawyer representing the First Congressional District. She was reappointed December 7, 2012, to a term that ends Dec. 31, 2016. Warren graduated from Friends University with a bachelor’s degree in Human Resources Management and recently retired from Barton County Community College as director of Retired and Senior Volunteer Program. She is a long-time member of the League of Women Voters of Great Bend, a board member of the Heart of Kansas Health Clinic and board member of the Barton County Emergency Aid Council where she also serves as treasurer. Warren was involved in the development of Meals on Wheels of Barton County and is now chairman of the board. Top 12. Charles E. Worden Kansas Commission on Judicial Performance member Charles E. Worden of Norton is a lawyer representing the First Congressional District. He was appointed October 1, 2010, to a term that ends Dec. 31, 2014. Charles E. Worden is a graduate of Fort Hays University and Washburn Law School. He was a Legal Aid and Public Defender before entering private practice in Topeka, Kansas. He was appointed in 1978 as Judge in the 17th Judicial District where he served as Chief Judge for 22 years until 2001. He has served on the Kansas Bar Association board of governors, received the Outstanding Service award from the KBA, served on Kansas Legal Services Board and as President of the Board several times. He has also served on the Kansas District Judge Association Executive Committee and is a past President of the Kansas District Judges Association. Worden currently practices law in Norton, Kansas at Worden Law Office and serves on the Board of Directors of Western Professional Associates. Top |
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