Libertarian Party

About the Candidate

I was born and raised in Hutchinson, Kansas, a fifth-generation Kansan.  I graduated from Buhler High School and went on to graduate with honors from Wichita State University.  I attended law school at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona and graduated with honors.  I spent time as an appellate judicial clerk at the Arizona Court of Appeals in Phoenix, Arizona, but most of my professional career has been spent as a public defender in Kansas.  I have worked for the State Board of Indigent Defense Services for more than ten years, primarily representing presons before the Kansas Court of Appeals and the Kansas Supreme Court.

I have been married to my wife, Marlana, for thirteen years and we have two boys, Daniel and Andrew.  Marlana is a bookmobile associate at the Topeka-Shawnee County Public Library.  We are active members of First United Methodist Church in Topeka.  I currently serve on the local church Board of Trustees and on the Kansas East Conference Board of Ordained Ministry.  And I serve as treasurer of my boys' Cub Scout pack.