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JUDGE KEVEN M.P. O'GRADY
 

Name:  Keven M. P. O’Grady

Date of Birth:  1962

Place of Birth: Red Oak, Iowa

When Appointed:  August 22, 2012

By Whom Appointed:  Governor Sam Brownback

City of Residence:  Prairie Village, Kansas

 

Judge O'Grady

Forms:
  • Initial Disclosure Order
  • Status Conference / Scheduling Order
  • Pretrial Conference Order with Instructions.docx
  • Preferred Proposed Parenting Plan
  • Preferred Proposed Property Division Worksheet
  • Agreed Shared Expense Plan
  • Informal Trial Procedure Order
  • Informal Trial Procedure Consents and Waivers
  • Entry of Appearance for those without an attorney
  • Temporary Orders Forms – Local Rule 25
  • Withdrawal forms – Local Rule 7
  • Domestic Court Services Forms – Local Rule 22
Information, Policies and Division Rules:
  • Division 1 Policy for Final Hearings - Divorce, Parentage and Modifications
  • Division rules for requesting ex parte orders
  • Instructions for video conferences (BlueJeans)
  • Division 1 Supplemental Rules for Non-Media Use of Electronic Devices in the Courtroom
Links:
  • District Court Help Center
  • Kansas Judicial Council forms
  • Supreme Court Self-Help page
  • Association of Family and Conciliation Courts
  • American Inns of Court
  • Kansas Judicial Branch
  • Ourfamilywizard. An app-based family dispute resolution and co-parenting tool.
  • CoParenter. An app-based family dispute resolution and co-parenting tool.
  • Up to Parents
  • Online Parenting Programs. An online parenting program that can be requested if Parents Forever cannot be attended.
  • Child Support Tools. An online child support calculator for unrepresented parents and lawyers.
  • Sesame Street Workshop Communities. An online resource for children and parents dealing with difficult times such as divorce, incarceration and parental addiction.
  • "Dealing with Divorce - Sesame Street Workshop "
  • Love & Logic online"
  • Johnson County Resource Connection"
  • Constitution Day and National Constitution Center
  • Law Day

Education:

  • B.A. -- Rockhurst College, 1984
  • J.D. -- University of Kansas, 1987

Career History:

  • Ferree & Bunn, Chtd.; Ferree, Bunn & Byrum, Chtd.; Ferree, Bunn, & O’Grady, Chtd.; and Ferree, Bunn, O’Grady & Rundberg, Chtd., 1987 to 2012.

Civic and Professional Activities:

  • Kansas Supreme Court Advisory Council on Dispute Resolution, Chair, August 2017 to present.
  • Kansas Supreme Court Access to Justice Committee (formerly known as the Self Represented Party Committee) member August 2008 to May 2014.
  • Johnson County Family Law American Inn of Court, Master (2013 to present), founding President (2013-2017), national program committee 2015-2016.
  • Convener, Kansas City Metro Family Law Summit, October 27, 2018.
  • Kansas Bar Association (member since 1987) Family Law Section President Elect (1998-1999) and President (1999-2000), Family Law Section editor in 2000-2001, 2005-2006 and member of the Family Law Section executive committee from 1998 to 2001 and 2003 through 2005 and 2018 to present.
  • Johnson County Bar Association (member since 1987), Board of Directors (2009 to 2011). Family Law Bench-Bar Committee since 1988, chair from 1997 through September 2012.
  • Association of Family and Conciliation Courts.
  • American Bar Association
  • Frequent speaker on family law, alternative dispute resolution and legal ethics.

Author:

  • Making the Limited-Scope Relationship Work, Family Advocate, Vol. 35, No.2, Fall 2012
  • Starting a Help Center in Twelve Easy Steps: One Court’s Experience with Trial, Error and Lots of Help, Court Review, vol. 51, Issue 2.

Recognitions:

  • 2005 CASA of Johnson & Wyandotte County, Kansas Attorney of the Year.
  • Named a “Super Lawyer” (the top 5% of lawyers in Kansas and Missouri) by Law & Politics/KC Magazine’s Super Lawyers Magazine in 2005, 2010, 2011 and 2012.
  • Recipient of the Kansas Bar Association Pro Bono Certificate 2010 and 2015 (accepting on behalf of the Johnson County District Court Self Help Center).
  • 2019 Johnson County Bar Association President’s Award
Johnson County District Court
150 W. Santa Fe St,
Olathe, Kansas  66061
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Phone: (913) 715-3300
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