Adjunct Faculty

The Washburn curriculum is enhanced by area practitioners with expert knowledge and experience in specialized areas. These practitioners teach one or more courses per year either in a specialized substantive area or to small groups of students in trial advocacy.

* indicates teaching Fall 2011
** indicates teaching Spring 2012

* Dennis Baranski, President, D.A. Baranski & Co., Art and Antiquities
Art Law

** Cyndy Boler, Special Counsel, Foulston Siefkin LLP
Food and Drug Law

** Joseph W. Booth, Law Offices of Joseph W. Booth
Financial Issues in Divorce

** Michelene L. Brassel, Assistant District Attorney, Shawnee County, Kansas
Juvenile Offender

** The Honorable David E. Bruns, Kansas Court of Appeals
Complex Litigation

* Jeffrey K. Cooper, Jeffrey K. Cooper Law Office
Workers' Compensation

* Allie Devine, Vice President and General Counsel, Kansas Livestock Association
Agricultural Law

** William F. Ebert, III, William F. Ebert, III, P.A.
Mediation

** Andrew Evans, Washburn Law Library
Specialized Legal Research: Business Law

* Jan L. Fisher, McCullough, Wareheim & LaBunker
Workers' Compensation

** Kathryn Gardner, Career Law Clerk to The Honorable Sam A. Crow, U.S. District Senior Judge for the District of Kansas
Writing for Law Practice

* Amy Glaser, Associates in Dispute Resolution, LLC
Negotiation

* Joyce Grover, Legal Advocacy Coordinator, Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence
Domestic Violence

* Danielle Hall, Cooper & Lee LLC
Trial Advocacy Competition

* Jay Hall, KRGC Counsel, Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission
Trial Advocacy Competition

* Patricia E. Hamilton, Stevens & Brand, LLP
Debtor/Creditor Relations

** Richard Harmon, The Law Office of Richard Harmon (Topeka, Kansas)
Transactional Drafting

* Allan Hazlett, Private Practice (Topeka, Kansas)
Adoption

* Michael R. Heim, Assistant, Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes
Local Government Law

* BJ Hickert, Newbery, Ungerer & Hickert, LLP
Taxation of Gratuitous Transfers, Estates and Trusts

* Gregory Lee, Cooper & Lee, LLC
Pretrial Advocacy: Civil

* and ** Shawn Leisinger, Executive Director of the Centers for Excellence & Externship Director, Washburn University School of Law
Externship I & II; Interviewing & Counseling;Client Counseling Competition; Negotiation Competition

* and ** Glen McBeth, Washburn Law Library
Law Practice Technologies

** Sue McKenna, Assistant Director of Children and Family Services, Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Children in the Law

** Creighton Miller, Washburn Law Library
Specialized Legal Research: Statutory and Regulatory Law

* Don Moler, League of Kansas Municipalities, Legal Department
Local Government Law

** Timothy O'Sullivan, Foulston Siefkin
Estate Planning

* and ** Carl William "Bill" Ossmann, Legal Division, Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Trial Advocacy; Trial Advocacy Competition

* William Pitsenberger, Senior Vice-President, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas
Health Care Law and Policy

* and ** Ronald Pope, Ralston, Pope & Diehl
Litigation Strategies

** Susan Richards, Private Practice (Topeka, Kansas)
Juvenile Offender

** Leland Rolfs, Private Consulting; formerly Kansas Department of Agriculture
Water Rights

** Lawrence R. Rute, Associates in Dispute Resolution, LLC
Alternative Dispute Resolution

** Gordon L. Self, First Assistant, Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes
Legislative Workshop

* Sarah Shipman, Vice President and Counsel, Silver Lake Bank
Real Estate Transactions

* Terri D. Thomas, Kansas Bankers Association
Payment Systems

** John Wine, Attorney, Kansas Insurance Department
Insurance Law

* and ** Rebecca E. Woodman, Capital Appellate Defender Office
Capital Punishment Seminar; Wrongful Convictions

* Larry Zimmerman, Valentine & Zimmerman
Law Practice Technologies

Pretrial Advocacy Workshop

Trial Advocacy Workshop