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David Seely joined Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson
& Kitch, L.L.C. in 1984 after serving for two years (1982-84) as a
law clerk to Hon. Earl E. O’Connor, Chief Judge of the U.S. District
Court for the District of Kansas. Mr. Seely regards this as a unique
learning experience that has been invaluable to his work in
litigation.
Although he has experience in employment and business law, Mr.
Seely’s practice has focused on civil litigation. While much of this
work in recent years has involved complex litigation and
class-actions involving oil and gas, Mr. Seely has handled
litigation in state and federal courts on behalf of a variety of
individual and institutional clients spanning a wide range of
practice areas including RICO, business litigation, civil rights,
insurance defense, personal injury and church issues.
The Kansas Supreme Court appointed Mr. Seely to the Kansas
Continuing Legal Education Commission in 2001, and he now serves as
Chairperson of the Commission. He has recently served on a committee
to review standardization of judicial procedures and forms in the
federal court in Kansas. He has previously served by
appointment as a member of the Bench-Bar Committee of the U.S.
District Court (1999-2002) and of the Civil Justice Reform Act
Advisory Group for the U.S. District Court for the District of
Kansas (1997-99).
Mr. Seely is a co-author of Federal Practice Handbook for the
U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas (1997). He has
also presented at various seminars regarding federal practice and
procedure.
Mr. Seely’s litigation matters have resulted in a variety of
published decisions, including:
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Plains Petroleum Co. v. First Nat. Bank of Lamar,
274 Kan. 74, 49 P.3d 432 (2002)
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Kimes v. Unified School Dist. No. 480,
934 F.Supp. 1275 (D. Kan. 1996)
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Wilson v. Meeks, 52 F.3d 1547 (10th Cir.
1995)
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Schrag v. Dinges, 825 F. Supp. 954 (D. Kan. 1993)
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Greene v. Product Manufacturing Corporation. 842 F.
Supp. 1321 (D. Kan. 1993)
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St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Inc. v. Weiss, 254
Kan. 728, 869 P. 2d 606 (1993)
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Blue v. McBride, 252 Kan. 894, 850 P. 2d 852 (1993)
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Phelps v. Wichita Eagle-Beacon, 886 F. 2d 1262 (10th
Cir. 1989)
Mr. Seely is an active member of the Wichita Bar Association and
has served as an officer, committee member, and committee
chairperson. He is also a member of the Kansas Bar Association and
the American Bar Association, and of the Kansas Association of
Defense Counsel.
Mr. Seely and his family are active members of First United
Methodist Church. He has also been active in his children’s schools
by serving on site councils. He also served on the U.S.D. 259 Bond
Oversight Committee, which oversaw completion of a $284 million
school bond issue for renovation and new construction. Since 1998,
Mr. Seely has served as Chancellor of the Kansas West Annual
Conference of The United Methodist Church. Since 2006, MR.
Seely has served as General Counsel to the Eastern Kansas Royalty
Owners Association.
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