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

• 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

• Division 1 Policy for Final Hearings - Divorce, Parentage and Modifications
• Division rules for requesting ex parte orders
• Division 1 Supplemental Rules for Non-Media Use of Electronic Devices in the Courtroom

• 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