Born, Oklahoma City, OK, 1967. Admitted to: Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas, 1998 U.S. District Court, District of Missouri U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska Email: wsmith@stevensbrand.com

Practice Areas:

• Bankruptcy Law
• Litigation-Business and Commercial
• Debtor and Creditors' Rights
• Business Reorganization
• Banking Law
• Agriculture

Recent Publications and Presentations:

• Author of article entitled Courts Give Banks Protection
• Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Kansas School of Law, Secured Transactions 2002-present
• Author of Bankruptcy and Construction Chapter in the Construction Law Handbook, Kansas Bar Association, 2006
• Co-Author of Chapter 12 (Farm Bankruptcy) of the Kansas Bankruptcy Handbook, Kansas Bar Association, 2009
• Speaker at various continuing legal education seminars on topics of bankruptcy, secured lending, and commercial litigation
• Author of article entitled The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention Consumer Protection Act of 2005 - Seventeen Months of Reflection

Education:

• Oklahoma State University (B.S. Agricultural Economics, 1991)
• University of Kansas School of Law (J.D. 1997)
  • Teaching Assistant, Legal Research and Writing
  • Law Journal: Staff Member and Student Articles Editor, Kansas Journal of Law and Public Policy

Listed in:

• The Best Lawyers in America

Member:

• Douglas County Kansas Bar Association
• Kansas Bar Association
  • Bankruptcy and Insolvency Section, President 2007-2008
  • CLE Committee Chairperson 2008-2009
• Topeka Bar Association-Member 1998-present
  • Nominating Committee 2005
  • Vice President, Young Lawyer Division, 2000-2001
  • Membership Chairman, Young Lawyer Division, 1998, 1999
• United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Kansas
  • Bench Bar Committee 2004-2007
• Topeka Area Bankruptcy Council-Member 1998-present
  • President 2002-2003
• American Inns of Court, Topeka Inn, Barrister 1999-2008
  • Program Director 2002-2003
• Topeka Lawyers Club-Member