Name:  Sara Welch

Date of Birth:  1955

Place of Birth:  Kansas City, Kansas

When Appointed:  September 2007

By Whom Appointed:  Governor Kathleen Sebelius                     

City of Residence:  Leawood

Family:  Married, no children

Education:

• B.A., Washburn University
• J.D., University of Colorado
• Member of the Colorado Law Review

Career History:

• 1977 - 1985 Police Officer
• 1988 - 1989 Deputy District Attorney, Colorado
• 1989 - 2006 Assistant District Attorney, Johnson County, Kansas
• 2006 - 2007 Private Practice of Law

Awards:

• American Jurisprudence Books Awards for Torts II and Labor Law
• Order of the Coif

 Civic and Professional Activities:

• Johnson County Bar Association
• Fellow, Johnson County Bar Foundation
• Kansas Bar Association
• American Judges Association
• Master, Earl E. O'Connor Inn of Court
• National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
• Former member, Board of Directors, Wayside Waifs Humane Society
• Former member, Community Violence Action Council, Elder Abuse Committee