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Dan Biles
Partner
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Commercial Litigation; Education Law; Administrative Law; Appellate Practice; Real Estate Transaction; Employment Law; Transportation; Municipal Financing; Civil Rights; First Amendment; Media Law.
Email:
Phone: 913-661-0222
Fax: 913-491-6398
Law School: Washburn University, 1978
Undergraduate: Kansas State University, BS in Journalism, 1974
Bar Admissions: Kansas, 1978; United States District Court for the District of Kansas, 1978; United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, 1978; United States Supreme Court, 1982; United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1995.
National Council of State Education Attorneys; Kansas Bar Association; Kansas Trial Lawyers Association; Johnson County Bar Association; Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; board of directors, Community Living Opportunities, Inc.
- “The Impact of Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, 400 F. Supp. 2d 707 (M.D. Pa. 2005) on State Board of Education Science Curriculum Standards.” Presentation Paper prepared for the National Association of State Boards of Education, 2006 Annual Conference, Louisville, KY. Addresses the decision’s impact, if any, on state curriculum standards dealing with the teaching of evolution.
- “Kansas School Finance Milestones.” Presentation Paper prepared for the Kansas Association of School Boards, September 2006 School Finance Seminar, Topeka, KS. Details significant developments in the financing of Kansas public schools since the 1966 amendments to the Education Article of the Kansas Constitution, and updates previous papers with developments in Montoy v. State of Kansas, which is the most recently concluded lawsuit involving public school finance in Kansas.
- “Where Does School Finance Go From Here?” Presentation Paper prepared for the Kansas Association of School Boards, September 2006 School Finance Seminar, Topeka, KS. Addresses the likely focus of future school finance issues following the Kansas Supreme Court’s decision to dismiss Montoy on July 28, 2006.
- “Kansas School Finance Milestones.” Presentation Paper prepared for the National Association of State Boards of Education, 2005 Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ. Details significant developments in Kansas public school financing since the 1966 amendments to the Education Article of the Kansas Constitution.
- “Lessons from School Funding Court Cases.” Presentation Paper prepared for the 2005 National Forum on Education Policy Conference, sponsored by the Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. Addresses developments in Kansas school finance litigation and contrasts that experience with those in other states.
- “Legislative Power and Responsibility in Financing Public Schools: The Aftermath of U.S.D. 229 v. State.” Presentation Paper prepared for Lorman Education Services, Hot Topics In School Law, February 1998. Overland Park, KS. Addresses the 1994 Kansas Supreme Court decision in U.S.D. 229 v. State, as well as providing a 24-year case summary of all school finance cases in the United States.
- “Kansas Law: Defamation, Invasion of Privacy, Infliction of Emotional Distress.” Presentation Paper prepared for the Kansas Bar Association and the Elliott School of Communications, Wichita State University, 1997 Media Law Seminar, Wichita, KS.
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