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The 2006 Legislature passed, and the governor signed, House Substitute for Senate Bill No. 337, which established the Kansas Commission on Judicial Performance. The bill was effective July 1, 2006. 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. Richard F. Hayse, chairman The chairman of the Kansas Commission on Judicial Performance, Rich Hayse of Topeka, was appointed July 1, 2006, for a term ending Dec. 31, 2010. 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, bankruptcy and estate planning. He practices in both state and federal courts in Kansas, as well as before the Kansas Legislature, state administrative agencies and the U.S. Supreme Court. Hayse has lectured on business and commercial law topics for professional and lay groups, is a chapter revision author of the 1998 edition of "Kansas Corporation Law and Practice" and has been the author of several law journal articles and the Business Organizations chapter for the Kansas Bar Association's Annual Survey of Law. He 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 graduated from Washburn Law School in 1969 after serving as 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. He was also a Foreign Service Information officer for the U.S. Information Agency in various roles in U.S. embassies overseas, including press attaché, information officer and cultural officer. He is a 1964 graduate of Kansas State University. 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 January 1, 2009, to a term that ends Dec. 31, 2012. 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. She received a bachelor's degree from Southern Methodist University and a law degree from Duke University. Beezley is a delegate to the American Bar Association, a member of Kansas Criminal Defense Lawyers and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Kansas Bar Foundation. From 1992 to 2002, she was a member of the Board of Governors of the Kansas Bar Association. She also is a board member of the Crawford County Mental Health Center, First National Bank of Girard and the Pittsburg Family YMCA. 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 appointed March 25, 2008, to complete the term of Gary Alexander, which will expire Dec. 31, 2010. 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 appointed July 1, 2006, for a term ending on Dec. 31, 2010. 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 an at-large attorney member. He was appointed January 1, 2009, to a term that ends Dec. 31, 2012. 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. Gloria Farha Flentje Kansas Commission on Judicial Performance member Gloria Farha Flentje of Wichita is a lawyer representing the Fourth Congressional District. She was appointed July 1, 2006, for a term ending on Dec 31, 2010. Flentje is senior vice president, Corporate Administration and Human Resources, for Spirit AeroSystems Inc., a role she assumed in 2007. She was vice president, general counsel and secretary from 2005 to 2008. Flentje previously worked for Boeing 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 is on the board of The United Way of the Plains. Previously, she served on the boards of the Wichita Area Girl Scout Council, WSU Student Athletes Scholarship Organization, Music Theatre of Wichita, Music Theater for Young People, Wichita Children's Museum, Arts Partners, Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, The Regional Prevention Center and the WSU Women's Studies Community Council. She has also been 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 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 7. Martha Garcia Kansas Commission on Judicial Performance member Martha Garcia of Wichita is a non-lawyer representing the Fourth Congressional District. She was reappointed January 1, 2009, to a term that ends Dec. 31, 2012. 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 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 appointed December 11, 2009, to complete the term of Senator Greta Goodwin, which will expire on Dec. 31, 2012. 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 January 1, 2009, to a term that ends Dec. 31, 2012. 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 500 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. Malia Reddick Kansas Commission on Judicial Performance member Malia Reddick of Des Moines, Iowa, is a non-lawyer serving in an at-large position. She was appointed July 1, 2006, for a term ending on Dec. 31, 2010. Reddick is director of Research & Programs at the American Judicature Society (AJS), a national nonpartisan organization that works to maintain the independence and integrity of the courts and increase public understanding of the justice system. One of Reddick's responsibilities at AJS was directing a two-year project to preserve and expand judicial merit selection systems. From 2001 to 2003, she oversaw the development of AJS's Judicial Selection in the States Web site, a comprehensive resource for information about the selection and retention of judges nationwide. In 2005, she was the reporter for the American Bar Association's Judicial Performance Evaluation Committee that was revising the ABA's guidelines for evaluating judges. She received a master's degree and Ph.D. from Michigan State University. She has taught undergraduate courses on constitutional law and the judicial process at the University of New Orleans, Arizona State University and the University of Missouri-Columbia. She has presented her research at numerous professional conferences, and her work has been published in peer-reviewed journals, academic volumes and educational materials for court reform groups and practitioners. Top 11. 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 appointed October 8, 2009 to complete the term of Nancy Kindling, which will expire Dec. 31, 2010. 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 12. Mary Lou Warren Kansas Commission on Judicial Performance member Mary Lou Warren of Great Bend is a non-lawyer representing the First Congressional District. She was appointed December 11, 2009, to complete the term of the late Dr. Richard Heil, which will expire Dec. 31, 2010. 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 |
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