Name:   Lawrence E. Sheppard

Date of Appointment:  July 1987

Appointed by: Governor Mike Hayden

City of Residence:  Olathe

Family:  Married; one adult son

Education:

• B.A., economics, 1963, University of Kansas
• J.D., 1966, University of Kansas

Career History:

• Private practice of law with firm of Pflumm, Mitchelson & Amrein (1966-1967)
• Executive Assistant to U.S. Rep. (Ret.) Larry Winn, Jr. (1968)
• Assistant City Attorney, City of Overland Park (1969-1971)
• Private practice of law resumed (1972-1987)

Civic and Professional Activities:

• Member, Kansas Bar Association and Johnson County Bar Association (President, 1981)
• Fellow, Johnson County Bar Foundation
• Master, Earl E. O'Connor American Inn of Court
• Member, National College of Probate Judges (2002 - )
• Member, Kansas Board for Discipline of Attorneys (1986-1987)
• Member, Kansas Commission on Judicial Qualifications (2000 - 2008)