Carol Beier
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Carol A. Beier is a justice on the Kansas Supreme Court. A native of Kansas City, Kansas, she attended Benedictine College in Atchison and the University of Kansas, Lawrence, where she obtained a B.S. in Journalism in 1981. Before law school, she worked as an editor at The Kansas City Times. Justice Beier received her law degree from the University of Kansas in 1985, and graduated from the University of Virginia School of law, Graduate Program for Judges in 2004, with an LL.M., Masters of Law in the Judicial Process.[1]Before joining the Court on September 5, 2003, she had served as a judge of the Court of Appeals since February 2000.[1] Her current term on the Supreme Court ends in 2010.
Legal career
Justice Beier spent eleven years before joining the Court of Appeals at Foulston & Siefkin, L.L.P., in Wichita, where her trial and appellate practice focused on commercial disputes. Justice Beier also spent one year teaching and directing two student clinical programs at the University of Kansas School of Law. Prior to joining Foulston & Siefkin, Justice Beier practiced in Washington D.C., first as a staff attorney at the National Women's Law Center through the Women's Rights and Public Policy fellowship program of the Georgetown Law Center, and then at Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn, where her practice focused on white collar criminal defense. Immediately after law school graduation, Justice Beier had served as a clerk to then Judge James K. Logan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.[1]
Civic activities
Justice Beier is a member of the American Judicature Society, the National Association of Women Judges, the Kansas Bar Association, the D.C. Bar, the Kansas Women Attorneys Association, and the Wichita Bar Association. She has been appointed to serve on the Kansas Children's Cabinet. She is a past officer and board member of the statewide and city woman's bars and has chaired and served on numerous bar committees and on the boards of several community organizations. Justice Beier is the author of several legal publications and is a frequent presenter for legal and lay audiences.[1]
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