Legal Services & Lawyers

Richard C. Stevens’ practice emphasizes business and transactional law for a variety of industries, including computer software and hardware, commercial real estate, and health care. Richard attended Wichita State University, graduating in 2000 with a major in management information systems and a minor in accounting. For more than five years, he worked in the information technology field. In law school, Richard earned a Certificate in Business and Transactional Law, which focused on linking a client's financial and business needs to effective legal planning. Richard’s education and experience in business and technology provide him with a distinctly valuable perspective on advising business people. Understanding and speaking the language of technology also helps Richard clarify complex transactions for his clients.

Terry Mann focuses her practice on employment law and appellate practice matters. She defends employers, both large and small, in court and before various regulatory and administrative bodies.

Employment Law
Most of Terry's professional time is devoted to litigation on behalf of the employers she represents. She defends employers charged with discriminating on the basis of age, race, disability, religion, and/or gender under Title VII and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). She is also well versed in the requirements of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

Terry is a formidable opponent in the courtroom, with a pleasant but penetrating style that serves her clients well. Terry also excels as an appellate advocate. She has authored numerous appellate briefs and successfully argued before the Tenth Circuit many times.

Likewise, Terry has a proven track record of successfully defending employers before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Kansas Human Rights Commission (KHRC), the Department of Labor (DOL), and the Kansas Department of Labor (KDOL).

Appellate Practice
Terry's appellate practice focuses mainly on the employment arena, although she has enjoyed a great deal of success in other aspects of civil appellate work as well. Terry is well versed in the rules of appellate procedure, including the briefing and oral argument requirements of the federal and Kansas appellate courts.

Justin received his J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law in 2008. While in law school, Justin won the CALI Award for Excellence in Advanced International Trade Law, participated in Moot Court, and earned a Certificate of International Trade and Finance. He has authored three research papers that won national legal writing competitions and have been published. Justin speaks Spanish and received a minor in the subject as an undergraduate student. He concentrates his practice in the areas of bankruptcy law, criminal law, and DUI and other traffic matters.

Licensed attorney and former registered nurse focusing on representing injured clients from all over the United States, injured from defective pharmaceuticals, devices and medical negligence. Vast experience in mass tort litigation, common benefit work, evaluating clinical studies, FDA submissions, edocument review; developing procedures for efficient evaluation of mass tort cases. Offers strategic consultation services regarding mass tort litigation and common benefit work involving complex medical-scientific issues. Prior appointments to various mass tort plaintiffs committees, including breast implants, Vioxx, fen-phen, Bextra-Celebrex, Yaz,Yasmin,Ocella.

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If you are like the majority of solo and small-firm lawyers practicing today, you have more than enough work to do and not enough time to do it. Your days are filled with court appearances, appointments and phone calls, so complex research and writing tasks (and not everyone likes to do them) get pushed to evenings and weekends, taking time away from family and other activities. I help other attorneys represent their own clients better by working as an independent contractor and taking some of these time-consuming tasks off their hands.

Research and writing is all I do because it is what I enjoy most about the practice of law - I'm not a natural trial lawyer. I decided to seek new challenges and redirect my career after eight years of handling a variety of matters in small towns in Kansas (over 400 new files opened in 1999!). During my third year in law school, I interned for the Hon. James A. Pusateri of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Kansas in Topeka, then transitioned to a paid clerkship after graduation. I also spent a couple of years in private practice in Kansas City, handling mostly bankruptcy and probate matters.

I have argued cases before the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Kansas Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, and the Missouri Court of Appeals, and I authored the winning briefs leading to the following published decisions: State v. Horn, ___ Kan. ___, 206 P.3d 526 (No. 100,373, 5/8/2009); State v. Fitzgerald, 286 Kan. 1124, 192 P.3d 171 (2008); State v. Anderson, 281 Kan. 896, 136 P.3d 406 (2006); U.S. Postal Serv. v. Dewey Freight System, Inc., 31 F.3d 620 (8th Cir. 1994); and Boatmen's First Nat. Bank v. Hawkeye-Security Ins. Co., 861 S.W.2d 600 (Mo.App.W.D. 1993). While clerking for Judge Pusateri, I drafted his decision in In re Carter, 125 B.R. 832 (Bankr.D.Kan. 1991).

You get predictable and dependable assistance from an experienced attorney when you need it, without the overhead expenses when you don't. You maintain control of your case and keep the client you've worked hard to cultivate. I have the same duties under the Model Rules regarding confidentiality and avoiding conflicts of interest. If you "closely supervise" my work or adopt it as your own and pay me a flat or hourly fee, you may not need to disclose to your client that I am working on the case - or that I may not be admitted to practice in your jurisdiction. An ABA Ethics Opinion (No. 00-420) instructs that if the total fee charged to your client is reasonable, you may add a surcharge (i.e., profit) to any of my fees billed as legal services.

Of late, my practice mostly involves criminal defense, with some civil and domestic work. I work with attorneys at every litigation phase, from trial through appeal. Regarding most of the documents I've posted, the problem with being a legal ghostwriter - just like being a law clerk for a bankruptcy judge or an associate at a law firm - is that some of my best work does not appear under my own name. I have written for each of these attorneys on more than one occasion, and I expect that each would tell you that he or she makes minimal, if any, editing to my work.

"Ghostwriting" is my "dream job." My laptop, cell phone and wireless broadband service mean that I am rarely "out of the office," even when I'm on the road to Kansas Jayhawk basketball games! Call me and let's talk about what I can do for you.

Linda K. Howerton, formerly known as Hyndman, practices in Sumner County, Kansas and Cowley County, Kansas as well as surrounding areas. This includes the cities of Wellington, Arkansas City and Winfield. Her focus is family law including divorce, child support, parenting time, adoption and criminal law.

In 2004, Linda K. Howerton opened her private practice in Wellington, Kansas.

Previously, Linda K. Howerton, then Hyndman, worked for Child Support Enforcement at the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services from 1999 until 2004.

Linda K. Howerton graduated from law school at the University of Missouri, Columbia, in 1991.

We help people recover from accidents. We try to level the playing field so the little guy has a fair chance.

I have been in the practice of law for over 30 years. I specialize in Workers Compensation. I am a strong advocate for the injured worker.