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Steve Leben | |
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| Kansas Court of Appeals Judge | |
| In office June 15, 2007 –June 26, 2020 | |
| Appointed by | Kathleen Sebelius |
| Succeeded by | Lesley A. Isherwood [1] |
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| Born | June 23,1956 Eureka,Kansas |
| Spouse | Ann Warner |
Steve Leben (born June 23,1956) is an American attorney. He served as a judge on the Kansas Court of Appeals from 2007 to 2020. [2]
Judge Leben was born on June 23,1956,in Eureka,Kansas. He graduated from the University of Kansas with a B.S. in journalism in 1978. After a brief engagement as press secretary for a Kansas congressman,he returned to the University of Kansas and received his J.D. degree in 1982. [2]
Judge Leben practiced law in the Kansas City area before becoming a judge. He practiced with the law firm Stinson,Mag &Fizzell for 6 years and then practiced on his own for five years. After this,he became a District Judge. He has served on various law associations and has written and edited numerous articles. He has also taught law classes at both the University of Kansas and University of Missouri-Kansas City law schools and was the president of the American Judges Association for a time. [2]
On February 12,2020,Leben announced he would be leaving the court on June 26,2020,to return to academia. [3]
Charles Evans Whittaker was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1957 to 1962. After working in private practice in Kansas City,Missouri,he was nominated for the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. In 1956,President Dwight D. Eisenhower nominated Whittaker to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. In 1957,he won confirmation to the Supreme Court of the United States,thus becoming the first individual to serve as a judge on a federal district court,a federal court of appeals,and the United States Supreme Court. During his brief tenure on the Warren Court,Whittaker emerged as a swing vote. In 1962,he had a nervous breakdown and resigned from the Court. After leaving the Supreme Court,he served as chief counsel to General Motors and frequently criticized the Civil Rights Movement and the Warren Court.
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