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Lyndon Vix was born in Minot, North Dakota and was raised on a farm outside Sawyer, North Dakota. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree, with highest honors, in Social Science-History & Political Science from Tabor College in Hillsboro, Kansas, where he served as student body president and student representative on the Tabor College Board of Directors. Mr. Vix received his Juris Doctor degree, cum laude from the University of Minnesota and began practicing with Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson & Kitch, L.L.C. in 1985. He is married and has three children.

Mr. Vix’s practice covers a number of diverse areas. He is primarily engaged in appellate litigation, media law, insurance defense and workers compensation, but also is involved in business and commercial litigation, condemnation, insurance law, probate, non-profit entity formation, creditor’s rights and foreign-born adoptions. He has been the primary author of approximately seventy-five appellate briefs in state and federal courts and over 100 briefs to the Kansas Workers Compensation Appeals Board. He also serves as primary newsroom counsel to the Wichita Eagle newspaper. Mr. Vix is listed in the publication The Best Lawyers in America^® under the areas of Insurance Law, First Amendment Law and Appellate Law.

Among the notable cases in which Mr. Vix has been involved are:

• In re Sunbelt Grain Wks, LLC, —BR— (Bankr. D. Kan. June 18 2009) [Bankruptcy Priority dispute]

• Pollock v. Crestview Country Club Ass'n, 41 Kan. App. 2d904, 205 P.3d 1283 (2009) [private association dispute]

• Mitchell v. Petsmart, Inc., I41 Kan. App. 2d 523, 203 P.3d (2009) [workers compensation]

• Le v. Joslin, 41 Kan. App 2d 208, 202 P.3d 677 (2009) [procedural dispute]

• John Allan co. v. Craig Allen Co L.L.C., 540 F.3d 1133 (10th Cir. 2008) [trademark infringement]

• In re Ford, 387 B.R. 827 (Bankr. D. Kan. 2008) af'd 574 F.3d 1279 (10th Cir. 2009) [bankruptcy]

• Waeker v. American Family Mutual Ins. Co., 275 Fed. Appx. 777 (10th Cir. 2008) [insurance dispute]

• State ex rel. Six v. Kansas Lottery, 286 Kan 557, 186 P.3d 186 P.3d 183 (2008) [amicus brief in constitutional challenge to gaming legislation]

• American General Financial Services, Inc. v. Carter, 39 Kan. App. 2d 683, 184 P.3d 273 (2008) [real estate priority dispute]

• American Family Mutual Ins. Co. v. Wilkins, 285 Kan 1054, 179 P.3d 1104 (2008) [insurance dispute]

• The Law Company, Inc. v. Mohawk Construction & Supply Co., Inc., 523 F. Supp. 2d 1276 (D. Kan. 2007), rev'd 577 F.3d 1164 (10th Cir. 2009) [construction dispute]

• Wade v. Emcasco Insurance Co., F.3d 657 (10th Cir. 2007) [insurance bad faith]

• Merriman v. Crompton, Inc., 282 Kan. 433, 146 P.3d 162 (2006) [personal jurisdiction]

• Scott v. Hughes, 281 Kan. 642, 132 P.3d 889 (2006) [wrongful death]

• In re Robertson, 280 Kan. 266, 120 P.3d 790 (2005) [judicial discipline]

• City of Wichita v. Sealpak Company, Inc., 279 Kan. 799, 112 P.3d 125 (2005) [condemnation]

• Back-Wenzel v. Williams, 279 Kan. 346, 109 P.3d 1194 (2005) [procedural dispute]

• In re Wedel, 102 Fed. Appx. 639 (10th Cir. 2004) [bankruptcy]

• Roof-Techs International, Inc. v. The State of Kansas, 30 Kan.App.2d 1184, 57 P.3d 538 (2002) (Appointed Special Assistant Attorney General for The State of Kansas ) [construction dispute]

• Morrison Enterprises v. McShares, 302 F.3d 1127 (10^th Cir. 2002) [CERCLA]

• Medina v. American Family Mutual Insurance Co., 29 Kan.App.2d 805, 32 P.3d 205 (2001) [underinsured motorist coverage dispute]

• Carlson v. Burkhart, 271 Kan. 856, 27 P.3d 27 (2001) [condemnation]

• Neeley v. Neeley, 26 Kan.App.2d 924, 996 P.2d 346 (2000) [trust modification]

• Hogue v. Johnson, 28 Kan.App.2d 334, 17 P.3d 364 (1999) [procedural dispute]

• ABC Rentals of San Antonio, Inc. v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue, 142 F.3d 1200 (10th Cir. 1998) [depreciation of rent-to-own inventory]

• Chambers v. Family Health Plan Corp., 100 F.3d 818 (10th Cir. 1996) [ERISA dispute]

• Ensminger v. Terminix, 102 F.3d 1571 (10th Cir. 1996) [termite inspection contract dispute]

• Kitch v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 103 F.3d 104 (10th Cir. 1996) [tax dispute]

• Crane Construction Co. v. Klaus Masonry, 71 F.Supp.2d 1138 (D.Kan. 1999) [procedural dispute]

• Baer v. Terminix International Company, L.P., 975 F.Supp. 1272 (D.Kan. 1997) [confirmation of arbitration award]

• Rodriguez v. Learjet, Inc., 24 Kan.App.2d 461, 946 P.2d 1010 (1997) [airplane purchase contract dispute]

• Moler v. Melzer, 24 Kan.App.2d 76, 942 P.2d 643 (1997) [home inspection contract dispute]

• Bell v. Brittain, 19 Kan.App.2d 1073, 880 P.2d 289 (1994), aff'd, 257 Kan. 407, 893 P.2d 251 (1995) [will contest]

• In re Estate of Bennett, 19 Kan.App.2d 154, 865 P.2d 1062 (1993) [will contest]

• Nash Finch Co. v. Caspar, 813 F.Supp. 1497 (D.Kan. 1993) [breach of contract]

• Bennett v. Wichita Fence Company, 16 Kan.App.2d 458, 824 P.2d 1001 (1992) [workers compensation]

• Phelps v. Wichita Eagle-Beacon, 886 F.2d 1262 (10^th Cir. 1989) [RICO and civil rights claims]

• In re Huxtable Living Trust, 243 Kan. 531, 757 P.2d 1262 (1988) [trust dispute]

• Kansas State Bank & Trust Co. v. Emery Air Freight Corp., 656 F.Supp. 200 (D.Kan. 1987) [insurance and contract dispute]

Mr. Vix is a member of the Wichita, Kansas and American Bar Associations as well as the National Council of Appellate Lawyers, the Kansas Association of Defense Counsel and the Wesley E. Brown Inn of Court. He serves as chair of the WBA Unauthorized Practice Committee and has been a staff member and contributor to the Wichita Bar-o-Meter magazine. He has also participated in five Wichita Bar Shows as an actor and soloist.

Mr. Vix is a frequent author and speaker at continuing legal education programs, particularly in the areas of appellate practice and workers compensation. He has presented "Appellate Procedure in the Kansas State Courts" for the Wichita Bar Association and "Discussing Case Situations" for the annual Division of Workers Compensation Seminar and was the author of "Testing the limits of Bates v Hogg" in the spring 2009 issue of the Kansas Defense Journal.  For the past several years he has presented on the topic of appellate procedure at the WBA's seminar for new lawyers and for the past three years has authored the Kansas chapter for "Business Torts: A Fifty State Guide".

Since 1987, Mr. Vix has served on the board of directors of Tabor College in Hillsboro, Kansas. He has held various leadership positions and has been chair of the board since 1998. Mr. Vix also serves as an adjunct professor for Tabor College-Wichita, at both the bachelors and masters levels, in the areas of business law, business ethics and public speaking.

Mr. Vix has served in several capacities within the Mennonite Brethren denomination including vice-chair of the General Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches of North America and member of the board of directors of the Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary. He and his family are active in the First Mennonite Brethren Church in Wichita where he has served in various leadership roles including moderator.