Sevart has served on the Washburn University Alumni Association Board of Directors, the Board of Governors of the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association, the City of Wichita Municipal Court Nominating Commission, and the Judicial Selection Panel for the Eighteenth Judicial District. He also served as president of the Wichita Bar Association from 1993-1994.

Gov. Bill Graves appointed Sevart to the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission in 1996 and reappointed him in 1998 and 2000. Sevart served as the KBA's president-elect in 2002-2003, vice president in 2001-2002, and secretary/treasurer in 1998-1999. He was elected to the KBA's Board of Governors to represent its seventh district in 1995 and 2000 and has also served on the KBA Executive Committee. He is the KBA representative to the Board of Directors of the Kansas Lawyer Service Corporation, is a Fellow of the Kansas Bar Foundation, and has served as the liaison to the Media-Bar and Continuing Legal Education committees.

Sevart graduated from Oswego High School in 1962, Parsons Junior College in 1964, Washburn University in 1973, and Washburn University School of Law in December 1975.

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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