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Kent Meyerhoff
grew up on a farm near Palmer, Kansas.
He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Wichita State
University, graduating magna cum laude, in 1991, and his Juris
Doctor, with distinction, from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in
1994.
While at the University of Nebraska, Mr. Meyerhoff was executive
editor of the Nebraska Law Review, and authored Regulatory
Takings—Winds of Change Blow Along the South Carolina Coast:
Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council, 112 S.Ct. 2886(1992),
72 Neb. L. Rev. 627 (1993). He was elected to the Nebraska chapter
of the Order of the Coif, a national honor society to which
approximately 10 percent of the highest ranking law students in each
graduating class are elected. Mr. Meyerhoff was admitted to the
Kansas bar and joined Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson & Kitch, L.L.C. in
1994.
Mr. Meyerhoff’s practice is devoted to estate planning
(including drafting of wills, trusts and related documents);
business succession planning; trust
administration and probate; guardianships and conservatorships;
trademark and copyright law; and business law. He is
recognized in the publication "The Best Lawyers in America" in the
areas of Intellectual Property Law and Trusts and Estates. He currently
serves as head of the Firm's Business Practice Group. Mr. Meyerhoff has made numerous presentations
to community and professional groups. Recent seminar
presentations include a "2007 Probate
Update," which Mr. Meyerhoff presented as part of a seminar
sponsored by the Wichita Bar Association, and a presentation on
Corporate Law as part of the Wichita Bar Association's Orientation
to Practice seminar for new lawyers. Mr. Meyerhoff also serves
as Judge Pro Tem for the Sedgwick County District Court, Probate
Department.
Mr. Meyerhoff is an active member of the Wichita, Kansas and
American Bar Associations (including the Real Property, Probate and
Trust Law Section, and Intellectual Property Law Section). He
is chairman of the Wichita Bar Association Public
Relations Committee; a member of the Wichita Bar Association Probate
Committee and Business Law Committee; and a member of the Building Management Committee for the
Sedgwick County Law Center. Mr. Meyerhoff received a
President's Award from the Wichita Bar Association for his work on
the Building Management Committee.
Mr. Meyerhoff
is active in a variety of community organizations and activities.
He is a member of the Wichita Estate Planning Council.
He is on the Board of Directors of the Center for Health and
Wellness, Inc., and the
Development Committee of Botanica, Inc. He also served on the
Board of Directors of Wichita Lifeline, Inc., and the Arts Council,
Inc., and has volunteered as a mentor for Communities in Schools, a
community-based programs that helps at-risk children succeed in
school and prepare for life.
Mr. Meyerhoff was a member of the 2001 Leadership Wichita class
and was selected by The Wichita Business Journal as one of
its 40 Under 40 honorees in 2003. He has served as president, vice
president and treasurer of Risen Savior Lutheran Church and chair of
its executive council. Mr. Meyerhoff and his wife, Michelle, have
been married for 18 years and have two sons who attend Central
Christian Academy in Wichita.
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