Daily Archives: June 9, 2008

Lemley is first Kansas woman invited into elite trial lawyers group

June 9, 20086:21 p.m.

Wichita’s Amy Lemley will become the first woman in Kansas admitted into the American College of Trial Lawyers.

Lemley is set to be inducted this fall to the elite organization, which still is predominantlylemley.jpg male after 58 years. Lemley has participated in more than 60 trials since 1982. She practices primarily in the area of defending health care providers being sued for malpractice. She is the leader of the general litigation department for Foulston Siefkin, the state’s largest law firm.

Admission to the American College of Trial Lawyers is by invitation only and its rolls can never exceed 1 percent of all lawyers in any state.

Another Wichita lawyer, Mike Stout, is the current president.

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Kansas gets below-average grade for keeping an eye on judges

June 9, 20082:53 p.m.

Kansas earned only a C- grade for the way it keeps track of judicial ethics in a report card issued by a legal watchdog group.

HALT stands for “Help Abolish Legal Tyranny” and describes itself as “a nonprofit, nonpartisan public interest group.” Its report on judicial ethics graded each state in seven areas, including transparency, gift restrictions and meaningful sanctions.

Kansas received a failing grade in gift restrictions. “The state does not place meaningful limitations on the reimbursements and compensation that judges may accept in connection with corporate and special interest funded trips,” the report said.

See the grade card here.

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