(June 10, 2003) Topeka, KS—The Kansas Bar Association (KBA) recently recognized Robert "Bob" J. Roth, Wichita, as the 2003 recipient of the Professionalism Award. Roth was honored at an awards luncheon on June 9 in Wichita.
Roth began his legal career as a research attorney with the Kansas Supreme Court after completing his J.D. at the Washburn University School of Law in 1955. In 1956, he took the position of Assistant Attorney General for the state of Kansas. He later went into private practice before being appointed U.S. Attorney for the District of Kansas by President Nixon in 1969. He returned to private practice in 1975.
The Professionalism Award recognizes an individual who has practiced law for 10 or more years, and who-by his or her conduct, honesty, integrity, and courtesy-best exemplifies, represents, and encourages other lawyers to follow the highest standards of the legal profession as identified by the KBA Hallmarks of the Profession.
About the Kansas Bar Association
The Kansas Bar Association was founded in 1882 as a voluntary association for dedicated legal professionals
and has approximately 6,200 members, including lawyers,
judges, law students, and legal assistants. The KBA is dedicated
to advancing the professionalism and legal skills of lawyers,
promoting the interests of the legal profession, providing
services to its members, advocating positions on law-related
issues, encouraging public understanding of the law, and
promoting the effective administration of our system of
justice.
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