Law Offices of Eldon Boisseau returns to the O.W. Garvey building downtown

WICHITA — Eldon Boisseau has moved his Law Offices of Eldon Boisseau back to the O.W. Garvey building downtown at 200 W. Douglas.

“I actually started my legal practice in the top floor of this building more years ago than I want to talk about,” Boisseau says.

For the record, it was 1973.

Over the weekend, Boisseau moved into 2,546 square feet on the first floor, which brings the building to 100 percent occupancy.

The law office has been in about 2,000 square feet at River Park Place at 727 N. Waco along the Arkansas River.

“I’ve looked at that river for 30 years,” Boisseau says. “I don’t think it’s made me any money. … I just don’t need to look at that river anymore.”

Instead, he says he’s going to enjoy the high ceilings, open space and glass at his new office.

Larry Weber of Builders Inc. and Tony Utter of Utter Commercial Real Estate handled the deal.

St. Louis-based Reeg Lawyers, which recently expanded to Wichita by sharing space with Boisseau, also is moving to the new space.

The Law Offices of Eldon Boisseau today is a two-lawyer firm, as it was when it began.

At one point, the firm had more than 150 employees in four cities before it split into other firms.

Boisseau says he doesn’t want to be that big again, but he is looking to expand.

“My plan is to grow, absolutely.”

Reeg Lawyers opens Wichita office

WICHITA — St. Louis-based Reeg Lawyers has expanded to Wichita.

“It just seemed to us that there’s a lot of opportunity out there,” Kurt Reeg says.

“I do a lot of work with farm and ag groups and trade associations,” he says. “I was just getting feedback from some of our clients that they thought there was a need for some more experienced legal talent out there that knew the ag industry.”

Reeg has practiced law for 32 years. His firm, which includes seven lawyers, is not quite nine years old.

Initially there will be two lawyers in the firm’s 2,900-square-foot Wichita office at River Park Place, which is at 727 N. Waco.

The practice will include agriculture and farm law, environmental law and alternative dispute resolution among other things.

Reeg, who opened the office Monday, also opened a third one in Center, Mo. He’s been looking to expand for a while.

“I only want to do that when it makes sense.”

He decided that offering his services to Wichitans makes sense because “they wanted more help, and we had help to offer.”