Carol A. Beier

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Carol A. Beier
Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court
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September 5, 2003 –September 18, 2020

After earning her bachelor's, Beier spent two years working for the Kansas City Times. Upon obtaining her Juris Doctor she served as a law clerk to then Judge James Kenneth Logan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. [5]

She started her career as a Staff Attorney in Litigation and Legislation Practice at the National Women's Law Center through the Women's Rights and Public Policy fellowship program of the Georgetown University Law Center. [6] After finishing the fellowship she entered private practice focusing on white collar criminal defense for Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn in Washington, D.C., from 1987 to 1988. She came back to Kansas in 1988 and practiced litigation concentrating on commercial disputes and health care law at Foulston & Siefkin L.L.P. in Wichita eventually becoming a partner at the firm.

Judicial career

In 2000 Beier was appointed to the Kansas Court of Appeals where she served until being named to the Kansas Supreme Court to replace retiring Justice Bob Abbott in 2003. In 2004 she retained her seat with 702,423 (76.4%) for her and 215,948 (23.5%) opposed. [7] In June 2020, Beier announced her retirement from the Kansas Supreme Court, effective September 18, 2020. [8]

Memberships

Beier is a member of the American Bar Association, American Judicature Society, American Bar Foundation, National Association of Women Judges, Kansas Bar Association, D.C. Bar, Kansas Women Attorneys Association, the Wichita and Topeka Bar Associations, and the Institute of Judicial Administration at New York University School of Law.[ citation needed ]

Personal life

Beier was born September 27, 1958, in Kansas City, Kansas. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Who's Who in American Law, 2005-2006. Marquis Who's Who. 2005. p. 67.
  2. ↑ "Beier Named New Kansas Supreme Court Justice". Dodge City Daily Globe. Archived from the original (English) on August 20, 2003. Retrieved 2007-03-12.
  3. 1 2 "Summer School Revitalizes Judges' Passion for Law". Archived from the original (English) on 2006-09-02. Retrieved 2007-03-12.
  4. ↑ "Hon. Carol A. Beier". Archived from the original (English) on 2019-10-17. Retrieved 2007-03-12.
  5. ↑ "Back by Popular Demand! The U.S. Supreme Court in Review". Archived from the original (English) on February 5, 2005. Retrieved 2007-03-12.
  6. ↑ "Governor Sebelius Names Judge Carol Beier to Kansas Supreme Court". Archived from the original (English) on 2006-09-25. Retrieved 2007-03-12.
  7. ↑ "2004 Kansas Election". Archived from the original (English) on 2007-05-02. Retrieved 2007-03-12.
  8. ↑ "Justice Beier to retire in September". Wyandotte Daily. June 15, 2020. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
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