Name:  Daniel W. Vokins

Date of Birth: 1960

Place of Birth: Kansas City

When Appointed: August 2005

By Whom Appointed: Nominating Commission, Tenth Judicial District

City of Residence: Olathe

Family: Married, 1 Daughter

Education:

• Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas
  Juris Doctorate: 1984
• University of Missouri at Kansas City, Missouri
  Bachelor of Business Administration: 1981
• Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kansas
  Associate of Arts: 1980

Career History:

• Magistrate Judge, Tenth Judicial District: August 26, 2005 to present
• Private Practice: August 1984 to August 2005
• Municipal Court Judge for the City of Olathe, Kansas: January 1996 to September 1997
• Johnson County Traffic Court Judge: 1994 to December 1995, and October 1997 to August 1999
• Judge Pro Tem for Tenth Judicial District: 1994 to August 2005
• Municipal Judge Pro Tem for the City of Overland Park, Kansas; City of Olathe, Kansas; City of Shawnee, Kansas; City of Westwood, Kansas; City of Leawood, Kansas; City of Lenexa, Kansas; and City of Gardner, Kansas: 1994 to 2005.
• Longview Community College, Kansas City, Missouri: Instructor, Criminal Law and Business Law classes; 1993 to 1994.

Civic and Professional Activities:

• Speaker at the 2006 & 2007 Disability Mentoring Day
• Silver Fellow - Johnson County Bar Foundation
• American Judges Association
• National Council for Juvenile & Family Court Judges
• Johnson County Bar Association
• Johnson County Criminal Bench/Bar Committee
• Order of Barristers
• Kansas Bar Association
• Habitat For Humanity contributor
• Kansas Special Olympics contributor
• Muscular Dystrophy Association contributor
• Breast Cancer 3-day Run contributor
• Former Member, Optimist Club of Olathe, Kansas
• Former Member, Board of Directors of Family of Christ Lutheran Church of Overland Park, Kansas
• Former City Council Member, City of Garden City, Missouri
• Former Police Commissioner, City of Garden City, Missouri