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Name: Gerald T. Elliott
Year of Birth: 1938
Place of Birth: Wichita, Kansas
When Appointed: December 1990
By Whom Appointed: Governor Mike Hayden
Family: Married; two married daughters; three grandchildren
Education:
- B.A., University of Kansas, 1960
- L.L.B., University of Kansas, 1964
- National Judicial College, 1988, 1991, 1993
Career History:
- Law Clerk, Hon. Arthur J. Stanley, Jr., Chief Judge, United States District Court
for the District of Kansas, 1964-1965
- Private practice of law, 1965-1990
- Judge, City of Merriam, 1972-1990
- District Court Judge, Tenth Judicial District (Johnson County), State of Kansas,
1990-present.
Civic and Professional Activities:
- Johnson County, Kansas, and American Bar Associations (Member, Judicial Division)
- American Judicature Society; National Center for State Courts (Member, Research
Advisory Council)
- Kansas District Judges Association
- American Judges Association (Past-president)
Awards:
American Judges Association, William H. Burnett Award (1997).
Publications:
- Editor, Benchmark, American Judges Association
- Kansas Law Review
- New York Law Journal
Other:
Presentations:
- Elementary, Junior High and High School classes
- church, scout and retirement groups; service organizations
- Kansas Police Academy
- Law Schools (University of Kansas, University of Denver, University of Missouri
at Kansas City, University of Kansas Medical School, Avila College)
- Local and state bar associations in Kansas and Missouri
- Roscoe Pound Institute
- National College of Advocacy
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