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Kansas Bar Foundation Announces Officers and Trustees for 2007-2008

(September 4, 2007) Topeka, KS—The following individuals have been elected to serve as officers and trustees on the Kansas Bar Foundation (KBF) Board of Trustees.

Officers

Bruce W. Kent, Manhattan, has been elected to serve as the president of the Kansas Bar Foundation for 2007-2008 and will serve a one-year term. Kent is the Counsel for Gift Planning for the Kansas State University Foundation. He has been a member of the Board of Trustees since 2002, serving as the district six trustee, secretary-treasurer, as well as president-elect. Kent received his Bachelor of Science degree in education from Kansas State University, his J.D. from Washburn University School of Law, and a LL.M. in taxation from the University of Miami.

Sarah (Sally) Bootes Shattuck has been elected to serve as president-elect of the Kansas Bar Foundation. Shattuck is a sole practitioner in Ashland and practices in the areas of real estate and probate law. In addition to her practice, Shattuck also is the city attorney for the cities of Ashland and Englewood. She received her J.D. from the Washburn University School of Law and served as an at-large member of the KBF Board of Trustees from 2001-2007 and as secretary-treasurer from 2006-2007.

John David Jurcyk, Roeland Park, practices with the firm of McAnany, Van Cleave and Phillips PA, in the areas of workers compensation and insurance defense law and has been elected to serve as secretary-treasurer of the Kansas Bar Foundation. Jurcyk received his J.D. from the Washburn University School of Law. He has been a member of the Board since 2003 and also serves as the district eleven trustee until 2009.

Trustees

Joni J. Franklin, Wichita, was elected to serve another three-year term as an at-large trustee of the Kansas Bar Foundation, ending in 2010. Franklin is a sole practitioner in Wichita and practices in the area of workers' compensation law. Franklin received her J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law.

Robert M. Collins, Wichita, was elected to the District 7 Representative seat on the KBF Board of Trustees for another three-year term ending in 2010. A member of the Board of Trustees since 2004, Collins is an elder law attorney and a graduate of the University of Kansas School of Law.

Vaughn L. Burkholder, Overland Park, is a partner with the firm of Foulston Siefkin LLP, and was elected to serve a three-year term as the Kansas Association of Defense Counsel Representative on the KBF Board. Burkholder received his J.D. from the Creighton University School of Law and specializes in employment law.

Hon. Ronnie L. Svaty, Ellsworth, was elected to serve as an at-large trustee on the KBF Board of Trustees for a three-year term ending in 2010. Judge Svaty is a District Court Judge for Ellsworth County and a graduate of Kansas State University and the Stanford Law School.

Edward J. Nazar, Wichita, is a partner in the law firm Redmond & Nazar LLP, and has been elected to serve a three-year term as a representative of the Kansas Bar Association (KBA) on the KBF Board. A graduate of the Washburn University School of Law, Nazar specializes in creditor’s rights and bankruptcy law.

Eric G. Kraft, Overland Park, practices with the firm of Duggan, Shadwick, Doerr and Kurlbaum P.C. with a concentration in real estate and general litigation. Kraft was elected to a one-year term as the KBA Young Lawyers Section Representative for 2007-08. He received his J.D. from Washburn University School of Law.

For further information regarding any Board member or for photograph(s), please contact the KBF at (785) 234-5696.

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