Fellows of the Bar and Sustaining Members

KCMBA recognizes the 2021 Fellows of the Bar and the Sustaining Members for their generous contributions to the Association.

Fellows of the Bar

Fellowship is the highest level of membership at KCMBA. Any member who has been in practice for a minimum of eight years and has demonstrated a sustained commitment to the mission and goals of the Association is welcome to become a Fellow of the Bar for an additional annual contribution of $500.00. Fellows are recognized on the website home page, with a special color section in the Bar Directory containing headshot and bio, in the KC Counselor, on a special plaque in the Executive Board Room at KCMBA headquarters and with special stickers on your meeting name plates and all event name tags.

If you are interested in becoming a Fellow, please contact  (816) 474-4322 or membership@kcmba.org

2021 Fellows of the Bar



Terry J. Brady




Jane Pansing Brown




Shirley E. Goza




Mark Allen Jess



Hon. Ann Mesle




Sandra L. Schermerhorn


Sustaining Members

Sustaining membership is an important part of KCMBA. By becoming a sustaining member you help KCMBA fund programs that improve the administration of justice in Kansas City. As a sustaining member you are recognized with your photo in the KCMBA Bar Directory, a tribute in the KC Counselor and special stickers on your meeting name plates and all event name tags.  All KCMBA members are invited to become sustaining members.

If you are interested in becoming a Sustaining Member, please contact (816) 474-4322 or membership@kcmba.org

2021 KCMBA Sustaining Members

Scott M. Adam
Hon. Alok Ahuja
Lauren Perkins Allen
Kathryn T. Alsobrook
Timothy M. Alvarez
Timothy M. Aylward
Joseph Backer
Jack T. Bangert
Marcos A. Barbosa
Kenneth E. Barnes
Theodore D. Barnes
Lee M. Baty
Joshua D. Becker
Joseph P. Bednar, Jr.
William D. Beil
David S. Bell
Victor A. Bergman
Gail Berkowitz
Sheldon Bernstein
J. Zachary Bickel
Matthew E. Birch
P. John Brady
Tyson Steven Bramley
Bert S. Braud
Gerald W. Brenneman
David Allen Brose
Robert S. Bruer
Hon. John J. Bukaty, Jr.
Hon. S. Margene Burnett
John Harl Campbell
Kelly A. Campbell
Nikki E. Cannezzaro
Randal O. Carlson
Seema Chawla
Sara H. Christensen
John Adams Christiansen
Andrew T. Christie
Daniel F. Church
James T. Cook
Errol Copilevitz
Steven F. Coronado
Gerald Lee Cross, Jr.
Samuel K. Cullan, M.D., J.D.
Matthew Lee Dameron
William J. DeBauche
G. Dominic DeFeo
David C. DeGreeff
Jay D. DeHardt
Andrew M. DeMarea
Leland F. Dempsey
Timothy Denker
Robert D. DeWitt
Eric L. Dirks
Denise K. Drake
Keith E. Drill
Erica A. Driskell
Preston A. Drobeck
Hon. Christina Dunn Gyllenborg
John M. Edgar
Blake M. Edwards
Truman K. Eldridge, Jr.
Oscar P. Espinoza
Hon. Arthur B. Federman
Joseph M. Feierabend
Floyd R. Finch, Jr.
Christopher C. Fink, Principal
Mark H. Forest
David R. Frensley
Jared T. Frick
Kelly C. Frickleton
Paul H. Gardner
Andrew J. Gelbach
Charles W. German
Mark A. Gilmore
Ryan S. Ginie
Sarah H. Ginther
Lois A. Gladstone
Marie L. Gockel
Christina E. Gondring
Andrew J. Goodwin
Paul F. Gordon
Stephen M. Gorny
Adam W. Graves
Hon. Jon R. Gray
LaRea Annette Griggs
Barry R. Grissom
Geoffrey L. Gross
Michael T. Halloran
Allan V. Hallquist
Brenda G. Hamilton
Gerald M. Handley



Hon. Lisa White Hardwick
Hon. Larry D. Harman
Clayton Samuel Harper
Kristi C. Hartmann
Chandler P. Hass-Buente
Daniel J. Haus
Toby C. Hausner
Michael P. Healy
Blake Heath
Christopher L. Heigele
W. Christopher Hillman
William A. Hirsch
Crista Hogan
Amy Dickinson Holewinski
Charnissa Holliday-Scott
Hon. Ronald R. Hollinger
Ronald L. Holt
Rick D. Holtsclaw
Lynn C. Hoover
Hon. Victor C. Howard
Patrick M. Hunt
Amy R. Jackson
Sandy A. Jadric (f.k.a. Norris)
Michelle E. Jakobe
Randy W. James
Sylvester 'Sly' James, Jr.
James R. Jarrow
Todd M. Johnson
Michael S. Jones
Lynn Weddle Judkins
Jill M. Katz
Mark D. Katz
Hon. David Gregory Kays
William C. Kenney
Mark C. M. Kettlewell
Michael S. Kilgore
C. Carl Kimbrell, III
J. Scott King
Robert D. Kingsland
Elaine Drodge Koch
Christopher Stewart Korth
Hon. C. William Kramer
Abraham D. Kuhl
Bryant T. Lamer
Marsha Duncan Laner
Greer S. Lang
Lauri J. Laughland
Lance W. LeFevre
Meghan A. Litecky
Hon. Susan E. Long
Hon. John W. Lungstrum
Matthew W. Lytle
Scott W. Mach
Hon. Michael W. Manners
Hon. Cynthia L. Martin
Hon. Gene R. Martin
James E. Martin
Leah M. Mason
Patrick J. McAndrews
Brian F. McCallister
Vincent R. McCarthy
Michael E. McCausland
Andrew H. McCue
Ted J. McDonald
Charles M. McKeon
Jeffery T. McPherson
Comm. Molly M. Merrigan
Matthew M. Merrill
Brian Timothy Meyers
Stephen B. Millin, Jr.
Stephen G. Mirakian
James C. Morrow
M. Todd Moulder
Elizabeth A. Murray
Dean Nash
Brian J. Niceswanger
Stephen K. Nordyke
Phyllis A. Norman
John H. Norton
Scott E. Nutter
P.J. O’Connor
Peter M. Ossorio
Hon. Jalilah Otto
Theresa A. Otto
Jerry R. Palmer
John M. Parisi
Mark E. Parrish
Richard M. Paul, III
Eryn M. Peddicord
Hon. Beth Phillips
John R. Phillips


Robert M. Pitkin
Jason Pottenger
Hon. W. Brent Powell
Vance C. Preman
Timothy P. Price
Jennifer R. Reagan
Kevin E. J. Regan
William 'Bud' H. Reynolds
Rod L. Richardson
Ashley L. Ricket
Andrew C. Robb
Anita Porte Robb
Brittany Sanders Robb
Gary C. Robb
Hon. Janette K. Rodecap
Hon. Jacquelyn E. Rokusek
John S. Rollins
William P. Ronan, III
Jared A. Rose
Comm. Sherrill L. Rosen
Steven L. Rowe
Hon. Gerald L. Rushfelt
Andy Russell
Larry R. Rute
John P. Ryan, Jr.
Hon. Steven G. Sakoulas
Janet L. Sanders
Stephen G. Sanders
Andrew Schermerhorn
Kimberly Scheuerman
Hon. Robert M. Schieber
Christopher L. Schnieders
Randall W. Schroer
Lisa M. Schultes
Rachel Schwartz
Ashlea G. Schwarz
Hon. Vernon E. Scoville, III
Scott A. Shachtman
James W. Shaffer
Cathleen A. Shine
Jill Kelton Shipman-DeHardt
Wes Shumate
Norman E. Siegel
Hon. Christine Sill-Rogers
Rik N. Siro
Peter B. Sloan
E. Dudley Smith
Eric W. Smith
Alan E. South
Kathryn A. Spencer
Tracy L. Spradlin, Esq.
Anthony L. Springfield
Courtney Stout
Patrick J. Stueve
Ellen Y. Suni
E. Wayne Taff
Tommy W. Taylor
Stephen C. Thornberry
Chris C. Tillery
Anthony M. Totta
Brandi Totta
Greg N. Tourigny
Michael D. Townsend
Thomas W. Van Dyke
Donald W. Vasos
John A. Vering, III
Gene E. Voigts
Brett Votava
Tom Wagstaff, Jr.
Michael R. Wallace
Danne W. Webb
Matthew J. Westering
Molly B. Westering
Hon. Dean Whipple
David W. White
F.A. Al White, Jr.
Jonathan R. Whitehead
Paul L. Wickens
Stuart D. Wieland
Edward A. Williams
Michael A. Williams
Hon. R. Travis Willingham
Gary J. Willnauer
Marc S. Wilson, Esq.
Christopher B. Wirken
Hon. Gary Dean Witt
Mark A. Wortman
Louie A. Wright
James H. Young
Stanford A. Zeldin