Smith County Lawyers

My passion for the law started out of college, where I worked at Metmor Financial as a paralegal. During my time at Metmor, I was able to gain an insight into the legal field. I moved in 1997 to Topeka, KS, where I accepted a position as a paralegal for the Kansas State Appellate Defender Office. While there, I was able to implement my love of research and writing. I graduated from Washburn University in 2000 with a degree in History and Political Science. In 2004 I met Mr. Ney and was hired as a paralegal for Ney and Adams...

Gary E. Hinck is an experienced Bankruptcy Attorney who has helped thousands of clients through the Bankruptcy process. Gary and his staff understand you may be at a low point in your life, and they work hard to ease the stress and guide you through the process so you can move on and get your fresh start. Gary only represents Debtors and never represents Creditors.

Gary is a Graduate of Washburn University with a Bachelors degree in Communications and Political Science. Gary Graduated Washburn University School of Law in 1997. Prior to, and during college Gary worked...

an Lawrence is a native small-town Kansan who grew up in Berryton, Kansas. He attended the University of Kansas and earned his undergraduate degree in May, 2003. While at KU and following graduation, he worked for six years as a technical writer, programmer, and project manager for Kansas City-area software companies, developing and deploying e-commerce web applications. Mr. Lawrence received his Juris Doctor from Washburn University School of Law in May, 2008, graduating first in his class after earning the Shamberg Johnson Scholarship, the Flloyd "Nick" Cossman Scholarship, and the JL Weigand Notre Dame Legal Education Trust scholarship. He also...

Filing chapter 7 bankruptcies for all Kansas residents. Forty years experience helping clients with wills, trusts and filing probate estates.

Adoptions, child custody, divorce, appeals

Tom Pyle was admitted to the Supreme Court of the State of Kansas and the United States District Court of Kansas in 1996. Tom is a magna cum laude graduate of Texas Tech University School of Law and received numerous awards and commendations while in law school, including the American Jurisprudence Awards for Excellence in Torts, Business Entities, Legal Malpractice, Interviewing and Counseling, and Banking Law, as well as the Wright and Greenhill Award for Torts from the Texas Supreme Court. Tom was a Board of Regents Scholar at Texas Tech University School of Law.

Daniel is the owner of Wernert Law LLC. His firm serves Butler County and the surrounding areas. He handles Estate Planning, Probate cases, and Civil Litigation, as well as other types of law on a case-by-case basis.

Daniel graduated from Kapaun Mt. Carmel in 2007 and received his undergraduate degree from Wichita State University in 2011. He received his Juris Doctorate from Washburn University School of Law in 2015, where he graduated with Certificates of Excellence in Tax and Estate Planning. While at Washburn Law Daniel volunteered at the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program, helping obtain tax credits and deductions...

Licensed attorney and former registered nurse with a nationwide consumer law practice which focuses on people injured from defective pharmaceuticals, devices and professional negligence. Other areas include whistleblower cases and billing fraud cases. Vast experience in mass tort litigation, common benefit work, evaluating clinical studies, FDA submissions, edocument review; developing procedures for efficient evaluation of mass tort cases. Offers strategic consultation services regarding mass tort litigation and common benefit work involving complex medical-scientific issues. Prior appointments to various mass tort plaintiffs committees, including breast implants, Vioxx, fen-phen, Bextra-Celebrex, Yaz,Yasmin,Ocella and transvaginal mesh devices. Ms. Dudley also focuses...

Baumgartner Law Office provides quality immigration services to those in the Wichita-area and beyond. After practicing immigration law in New York City for several years, attorney Ben Baumgartner relocated his practice closer to home just north of Wichita. Practice areas include asylum cases, Immigration Court removal defense, family based green cards, consular processing, citizenship, waivers, and much more. Services are provided in both English and Spanish.

I utilize my longtime business management skills to guide clients toward efficiency and security, whether starting a new business, planning the future of their estate, or dealing with a unique problem.

DOUGLAS D. DEPEW is the owner of the Depew Law Firm in Neodesha, Kansas. He graduated from Washburn University in 1977 (B.B.A.) and Washburn Law School in 1980. He has served as President of the Southeast Kansas Bar Association, the Thirty First Judicial District Bar Association and the Wilson County Bar Association. Mr. Depew has served as Neodesha City Attorney since 1983 and Buffalo City Attorney since 2015. He has also served as Acting Wilson County Attorney, Special Assistant Wilson County Attorney, Special Prosecutor for Wilson County and Municipal Judge pro tem for the City of Fredonia. The majority of...

I am a third-generation Kansas lawyer, with a BA in Philosophy from Washburn University and a JD from Washburn University School of Law. My family's law firm, Miller & Miller, Chtd., has served Emporia and Northeast Kansas for decades, and I am proud to join the tradition of legal excellence as Junior Partner of the firm. We practice in most areas of law, and focus on delivering quality, courteous legal services with integrity and efficiency. Our firm also utilizes the latest technology, with an online client portal and mobile phone application to ensure unparalleled access for our...

We help people recover from accidents. We try to level the playing field so the little guy has a fair chance.

Attorney Philip Depew is an associate with Depew Law Firm in Neodesha, Kansas and a Neodesha native. He graduated with departmental honors from the University of Kansas in 2015 with a B.G.S. degree majoring in Psychology with minors in Business and Classical Antiquity. In 2020, Philip graduated with a Juris Doctor degree from Washburn University School of Law. While in law school, Philip was accepted into the Dane G. Hansen Foundation Summer Externship program and spent the summer of 2018 working with attorney Chris Rohr in Colby, Kansas on a variety of civil and criminal legal matters. Philip was awarded...

DENNIS DEPEW is the Administrative Partner in the Depew Law Firm in Neodesha, Kansas. He graduated from the University of Kansas in 1980 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Degree and the University of Kansas School of Law in 1983. He has served on the Kansas Bar Association's Board of Governors since being elected in 2005 and served as President of the Kansas Bar Association 2013-14. He has over 31 years of experience in handling family law matters such as adoptions, child custody litigation, child support disputes as well as both straightforward and complex divorce cases. His clients have...