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 2009
** indicates teaching Spring 2010

** D. Todd Arney, Norton, Hubbard, Ruzicka & Kreamer, L.C.
Law Practice Management

Mark A. Burghart, Alderson, Alderson, Weiler, Conklin, Burghart & Crow LLC
Taxation by State and Local Governments

** John Campbell, General Counsel, Kansas Insurance Department
Insurance

Lou Clothier, Crow, Clothier & Associates, Leavenworth, Kansas
Military Family Law

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

** Karl Cozad, Retired, Deputy Chief Counsel, U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Immigration Law

S. Lucky DeFries, Coffman, DeFries & Nothern, A.P.A.
Taxation by State and Local Governments

** Woodie Dixon, General Counsel, Kansas City Chiefs
Sports and the Law

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

Jan Fisher, McCullough, Wareheim & Labunker
Workers' Compensation

Michael E. Francis, Private Practice
Advanced Trial Advocacy

** Amy Glaser, Associates in Dispute Resolution
Negotiation

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

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

Allan Hazlett, Private Practice (Topeka, Kansas)
Adoption

* Michael R. Heim, Kansas Legislative Research Department
Local Government Law

* B.J. Hickert, Newbery, Ungerer & Hickert, LLP
Taxation of Gratuitous Transfers, Estates and Trusts

* Katherine Kirk, Law Offices of Jerry K. Levy
Negotiation

* Shawn Leisinger, Assistant County Counselor, Shawnee County
Interviewing & Counseling, Client Counseling Competition

* The Honorable Daniel L. Mitchell, District Judge, Third Judicial District
Children in the Law

* Donald Moler, Executive Director, League of Kansas Municipalities
Local Government Law

* Patrick Nichols, Associates in Dispute Resolution, LLC
Alternative Dispute Resolution

** Timothy O'Sullivan, Foulston Siefkin
Estate Planning

* and ** Carl William "Bill" Ossmann, Chief Litigation Attorney, Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Trial Advocacy

* Bill Pitsenberger, Of Counsel, Newbery, Ungerer & Hickert LLP
Health Care Law

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

Robert T. Reader, Director, Acquired Technologies, National Institute for Strategic Technology Acquisition and Commercialization (NISTAC)
Patent Law

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

** Martha Snyder, Assistant Attorney General, Kansas Attorney General's Office
Professional Responsibility

* Terri D. Thomas, Kansas Bankers Association
Payment Systems

** Marilyn Trubey, Assistant Federal Public Defender
Pretrial Advocacy - Criminal

* Sarah E. Warner, Judicial Clerk for Chief Justice Davis, Kansas Supreme Court
Conflict of Laws

Deborah Williams, Adjunct Professor of Biology, Johnson County Community College; Lecturer, Washburn University Biology Department
Bioethics & the Law

* and ** John R. Wine, Jr., Kansas Insurance Department
Administrative Law

* Rebecca E. Woodman, Capital Appellate Defender Office
Wrongful Convictions

Larry Zimmerman, Valentine & Zimmerman
Law Practice Technologies

Pretrial Advocacy and Trial Advocacy Workshops