Ali Marchant was born in Watonga,
Oklahoma in 1975. She attended the University of Kansas and
graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Journalism with an emphasis
in Business Communications. She received her Juris Doctor from
Washburn University School of Law, cum laude, in December, 2006. While at
Washburn, Ms. Marchant was a member of the Washburn Law Journal
and authored Bargaining for Freedom: Kansas Allows Criminal
Defendants to Avoid Plea Agreement Sentences but Binds the State to
Its Deals [State v. Boley, 113 P.3d 248 (Kan. 2005)], 45
Washburn L.J. 467 (2006).
Ms. Marchant joined Fleeson, Gooing,
Coulson & Kitch, LLC in 2007 and practices primarily in the area of
litigation and workers compensation. She is a member of the Wichita Bar Association, Kansas Bar Association
and Kansas Association of Defense Counsel. She is also
involved in the Wichita Bar Association Young Lawyers Association
and the Wichita Women Attorneys Association.