Robert L. Gernon Appointed to Kansas Supreme Court
On Wednesday, December 4, 2002, Governor Bill Graves announced Judge Robert L. Gernon's appointment to the Kansas Supreme Court. Gernon is a 1969 graduate of Washburn University School of Law. Gernon will be sworn in on January 13, 2003, along with Judge Marla Luckert '80. With the appointment of both Luckert and Gernon, Washburn University School of Law alumni will occupy five of the seven seats on the Kansas Supreme Court.
Gernon has been a member of the Kansas Court of Appeals since 1988 when he was appointed by Governor Mike Hayden. From 1979-1988 Gernon was a judge in the 22nd Judicial District, which included two terms as the district's administrative judge from 1981 until he was appointed to the Court of Appeals. Gernon was in private practice from 1970-1979 and was Brown County Attorney and County Counselor from 1971-1975.
Gernon received the KBA Outstanding Service Award in 1991 and was awarded the KBA Professionalism Award in 2001. He has served on the KBA Continuing Legal Education Committee and on the Kansas District Judges Executive Committee when he was a trial judge. Gernon was past chair of the KBA Public Information Committee. He currently serves as a liaison from the Court of Appeals to the District Judges' Association. He has been a member of the KBA committee on Professionalism and the KDJA Legislative Committee.
Washburn University School of Law is proud to have Judge Gernon join the other four Washburn alumni already serving on the Kansas Supreme Court. We congratulate Judge Gernon and wish him well in his new appointment.
For further information, see the Wednesday, December 4, 2002 story in the Topeka Capital-Journal.
