Giving
DEAN'S CIRCLE OF LEADERSHIP GIVING
The Dean’s Circle of Leadership Giving recognizes annual, monetary donors making cumulative gifts of $1,000 or more to the UMKC School of Law and/or UMKC Law Foundation between July 1, 2024, and June 30, 2025. Members of the Dean’s Circle set an example of philanthropy in their support of students, faculty, programs and initiatives. Please note that pledges of support for $1,000 or more are included in this listing but in-kind support and intended planned gifts (i.e., estate gifts, etc.) are not honored here.
CHIEF JUSTICE ($100,000+)
Professor Julie M. Cheslik
Victoria Schwartz Williams*
JUSTICE ($25,000 to $99,999)
Norman O. Besheer*
Tim and Julia Brake
Julian Klein Davidson Scholarship Fund
Davis, Bethune & Jones, LLC
Langdon & Emison
The John Sublett Logan Foundation
The Jack and Helyn Miller Foundation
Monsees & Mayer, PC
Preuss | Foster Law
Anonymous
Edward A. Smith Chair of Law
Fred* and Phyllis Wilkins
FELLOW ($10,000 to $24,999)
The American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, National Office
Charles & Jennifer Bacon Charitable Fund
Bartimus Frickleton Robertson Rader
Scott and Anne Bethune
Anonymous
DanaJames Charitable Foundation (JB and Dana Bartimus)
Joan and Ron Edelman Charitable Fund
Randall and Mary Lynn Hallett
Eric Honea
Dr. Kevin D. Martin
Peter and Jean Ossorio
Joe and Susie Reinhardt Charitable Fund
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP and Shook, Hardy & Bacon Foundation
David and Melissa Skeens
BARRISTER ($5,000 to $9,999)
Professor David and Alice Jacks Achtenberg
Attorney Fund Western District Of Missouri and The Honorable Stephen R. Bough
Katie M. Sutcliffe Becker and Dr. Tyson Becker
Committee to Elect Andrea Bough
Grant L. Davis
The Honorable Justine E. Del Muro and Patrick J. Berrigan
Professor Robert and Bonnie Downs
Edelman & Thompson
Husch Blackwell LLP
Thomas C. and Susan Jones
Kansas City Estate Planning Symposium
The Honorable Mike R. McAdam
MVP Law
Judge John W. Oliver Foundation Fund
Presley & Presley
Lance and Mary Pruitt
The Honorable Howard F. Sachs
John and Cynthia Shaw
Lois Snavely
Dean Emerita Ellen Y. Suni
COUNSELOR ($2,500 to $4,999)
Jack and Jeanne Bangert
BCLP
Lawrence Bold and Carol White
The Honorable S. Margene Burnett
The Honorable Arthur and Diane Federman
Don and Stephanie Fehr
Dean Emerita Barbara Glesner Fines
Kansas Bar Foundation
Krause and Kinsman Law Firm
Lathrop GPM LLP and Lathrop GPM Foundation
Therese LeBlanc
Mdivani Corporate Immigration Law Firm
Dean Lou and Emily Mulligan
George Ngengwe
Professor Sean and Ellen O'Brien
Seigfreid Bingham PC
Stinson LLP
Stueve Siegel Hanson LLP
The Honorable William L. and Dr. Georganne Syler
James W. Tippin & Associates and Dana and Keith Cutler
Ann and Ray Wagner Charitable Fund
Wagstaff & Cartmell, LLP
David and Therese Yost
*deceased
PARTNER ($1,000 to $2,499)
Ayyoub Ajmi and Kawtar Ben El Masouhia
Dr. Grace Albano and Christy Albano
American College of Trial Lawyers
Anderson - Theden Family Foundation
Breck Anderson
Andrew J. Gelbach Corporation
Scott and Dr. Allison Aripoli
Association of Corporate Counsel Mid-America Chapter
The Bar Plan Mutual Insurance Co.
Steve and Tiffany Becker
Berkowitz Cook Gondring Driskell & Drobeck, LLC
Angela R. Brill Living Trust
Debbie Brooks
The Honorable Jane Pansing Brown
Paul A. Campo
J. Powell and Kelley Carman
Sara Hofeditz Christensen and Christian Christensen
Frank and Jo Collins Family Foundation
Complete Legal Services, LLC
Steve and Lea Cosentino
Bob and Kathy DeWitt
Diastole Scholars' Center
Athena and Andrew Dickson
John A. Dillingham
Mike Dorsey
Nathalie C. Elliott
First American Title Insurance Company
Fisher Law LLC
The Honorable W. Brian and Sarah Gaddy
The Gordon Law Firm, LLC
Tom Grimaldi Fund
Sandra M. Handley
Lisa A. Hansen
Happe Giving Fund
Desarae Harrah
Heath Injury Law LLC
Hispanic Bar Association of Greater Kansas City
Holman Schiavone, LLC
Hovey Williams LLP
Alicia and Chris Johnson
JoLynne Jones
Jenny Redix Jordan and Mathew Jordan
Ryan Kaiser
George E. Kapke
Michelle Stark Kaufman
Kiewit
Michael A. Knepper
Krigel Family Charitable Fund
Robert L. Kuhnlein
Associate Dean Steve Leben
Professor Nancy Levit
Patrick A. Lujin
M.A.R.C.H. Inc.
The Honorable Michael W. and Patricia Manners
James M. McCarten
Frank McClernon, Jr. and Rita McClernon
John McEntee
McGull Law Firm LLC
Tim and Rosalee McNamara
Professor Lee and Teresa Moore
Morrow, Willnauer Church LLC
Virginia Munoz
Myers Longhofer LLC
Robert & Barbara Palan Donor Advised Fund
Nancy Parrish
Shannon Peeples
Veronica A. Isban
Polsinelli
Joel A. Poole
Scaglia Law Firm, LLC
Martha and Roland Schach
Dale Leroy Schulte
Seyferth Blumenthal & Harris LLC
Lonnie J. Shalton
Patricia Shea
Leland M. Shurin
R. Pete Smith and Leslee Huttie-Smith
Stephen S. Sparks
Spencer Fane LLP
Steve Sullivan
Dana Tafreshi
Professor Wanda M. Temm
Tom Thomas
Leslie A. Thomson
Tourigny Law Firm
David R. and Rita B. Tripp Foundation
Alan Turner
Ann Turner
UMB Bank
UMKC Foundation
Gene and Professor Emerita Linda Voigts
Sherri L. Wattenbarger and Brian E. Beins
White-Simchowitz Family Charitable Fund
Robert and Dorothy Wiegert
HONOR ROLL OF GIVING
The Honor Roll of Giving recognizes law alumni by class who made a monetary gift of any amount to support the UMKC School of Law and UMKC Law Foundation between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025. Please note that pledges for support below $1,000 and planned gifts (i.e., estate gifts, etc.) are not honored here.
1949
Byron Price Constance
1954
Bob D. DeWitt
1955
Norman O. Besheer*
1962
Donald L. Slyter*
1964
Robert Adams Bryant
Gene E. Voigts
1965
Lawrence R. Bold
The Honorable H. Dean Whipple
1967
Leon Guy Lants Jr.
Lonnie J. Shalton
Walter R. Simpson
1968
Joe Allen Crites
Leland M. Shurin
Ernest M. Yu
1969
Truman Kermit Eldridge Jr.
Richard F. Halliburton
George E. Kapke
1970
Frank McClernon Jr.
R. Pete Smith
1971
Robert L. Kuhnlein
1972
Philip J. Adams Jr.
Bruce R. Granger
The Hon. Ann Mesle*
Michael J. Patton
Gary E. Ravens
Dale Leroy Schulte
1973
James F. Aldrich
Paul F. Angel
Timothy L. Brake
Mike Dorsey
Frederick D. Ernst
Donald M. Fehr
Lawrence L. Ferree III
Kenneth D. Hassler
Kathleen A. Hauser
Michael A. Knepper
Cheryle Leigh Micinski
Jim W. Tippin
1974
Robert Henry Dierker
The Hon. Steven Ralph Fuller
Michael E. Hughes
Alice Jacks Achtenberg
Eugene Lipscomb
Robert P. Numrich
Bennie O'Neil
Richard D. Rhyne*
Terry J. Satterlee
Fred Lee Slough
The Hon. William L. Syler
David R. Tripp
1975
Lin Alexander
Max Gordon
John L. Hayob
Louise C. Hipsh
Mike Patrick Shea
1976
Jack T. Bangert
Irvin V. Belzer
Professor Robert C. Downs
The Hon. Arthur B. Federman
Andrew J. Gelbach
The Hon. Jon R. Gray
Judith Stewart Heeter
Kay A. King
The Hon. Michael W. Manners
The Hon. Mike R. McAdam
Leslie A. Thomson
1977
Charles L. Bacon Jr.
Jim Bartimus
Susan D. Gordon
The Hon. William Sample Richards
Edward D. Robertson Jr.
Cathleen A. Shine
Bruce E. Strauss
The Hon. Roger E. Wall
Robert F. Wiegert
1978
John R. Campbell Jr.
James B. Deutsch
James A. Dingwerth
Michael R. Glenn
Frances E. Reddis
Victoria Schwartz Williams*
James R. Skain
1979
C. Robert Buckley
Erlene W. Krigel
Stephen S. Sparks
1980
David L. Forbes
Thomas A. Grimaldi
Jay D. Haden
John Steven Johnston
Deborah A. Lane
Timothy K. McNamara
Professor Sean D. O'Brien
R. K. Sellers
Daniel P. Winkel
1981
Martha C. Brown
Marcia L. Charney
Kent Emison
1982
Mark J. Bredemeier
The Hon. Jane Pansing Brown
Ronald L. Edelman
The Hon. William R. Jackson III
Randy Wayne James
Martha E. Schach
David S. Spewak
Susan Baker Teson
David W. White
1983
R. Christopher Abele
Jim Frickleton
Julie C. Frickleton
Elizabeth Bandoli Happe
Michelle Stark Kaufman
Peter M. Ossorio
Kirk R. Presley
The Hon. Marco A. Roldan
William J. Sanders
*deceased
1984
Gary A. Anderson
Jay Benson
Patrick J. Berrigan
Tim Carl Brady
The Hon. Justine E. Del Muro
The Hon. Ted House
James M. McCarten
Joel A. Poole
Judy Popper
Chi Chi A. Puhl
G. William Quatman II
Linda S. Trout
1985
Charles W. Gordon Jr.
Gary N. Jones
JoAnne Ferrell Lewellen
Patricia A. Shea
Steven R. Sullivan
Raymond T. Wagner Jr. 1986
William D. Beil, Esq.
Martin Kuny
Col. Ursula P. Schultz
Diane R. Stafford 1987
The Hon. S. Margene Burnett
Grant L. Davis
Zoe A. Holmes
Michael B. Hunter
Cyprienne Simchowitz
1988
Scott S. Bethune
J. Powell Carman
The Hon. Lajuana M. Counts
Susan J. Fershee
Thomas C. Jones
David M. Skeens
The Hon. Marcia K. Walsh
David B. Yost
Therese A. Yost
1989
Dr. Joy V. Bliss, MD, JD
Col. Harry D. Callicotte
Dana Tippin Cutler
Keith A. Cutler
The Hon. Susan E. Long
Laura L. McConwell
Joe A. Reinhardt III
Paula L. Schwach
Sharon M. Williams
1990
Patrick William Campbell
Nathalie C. Elliott
Pat McInerney
Commissioner Molly M. Merrigan
1991
Jim Harrington
Barbara L. Palan
Danne W. Webb
Thomas F. Whittaker
1992
David Mayer
Abe McGull
Professor Lee A. Moore
Teresa A. Moore
Devon A. Rolf
Donna E. Thalblum
Chris Williams
1993
Barry D. Estell
Erica Michelle Garrett*
Patrick A. Lujin
Michael E. Ragsdale
Sherri L. Wattenbarger
1994
The Hon. Robert M. Clayton III
John J. Cruciani
The Hon. W. Brian Gaddy 1995
Andrew Graham Colombo
Charlie J. Harris
Pascale L. Henn
Darin W. Locke
Teresa D. Locke
Christopher J. Reedy
1996
Christy Grace Albano
Steve B. Becker
John F. Edgar
M. Andrew Roffmann
Christopher C. Swenson
1997
The Hon. Stephen R. Bough
Stephen J. Cosentino
Gary R. Gose
Randall J. Hallett
Meghan Holden
Zach Jarrett Holden
Anonymous
James D. Myers, Esq.
Clinton G. Newton
Debbie Frey O'Connor
Jill A. Presley
Patricia M. Scaglia
Bryan R. Witt
1998
Ruth J. Brackney
Shawn G. Foster
Daniel J. McCarroll
J. D. Moore
Lance Pruitt
Elizabeth G. Singleton
1999
Paul A. Campo
Rachel Hayes
Kirk D. Holman
Todd M. Johnson
James Joseph Kernell
Anne W. Schiavone
2000
The Hon. Andrea G. Bough
Chris Buhr
Paula Harms
Therese LeBlanc
Katie M. Sutcliffe Becker
2001
Debbie Brooks
Traci Olvera Peterson
2002
The Hon. Kenneth R. Garrett III
Matthew L. Hood
Julia D. Kitsmiller
Jared Welch
2003
William A. Coggins
Andrew J. Dickson
Athena Dickson
Larry Pittman
Thomas Preuss
Lt. Col. Chuck A. Rikli
Megan Roth
Pamela J. Welch
2004
Matthew L. Brooks
Andrew Freistein
Stephanie L. Hill
Alicia Johnson
John McEntee
Rockney Taveau
2005
Marie Dispenza
Lisa A. Hansen
Desarae Harrah
Matthew Jordan
Tina Parsley Hughes
Shannon Peeples
Dean Melissa Joy Roberts
Andrew Snavely
2006
Traer C. Cundiff
Erica Anne Driskell
Dorothy Du
Nicole M. Fisher
Erin Hunt
Jenny Redix Jordan
Craig Klotz
Lara McInerney
Kip Robertson III
2007
Scott Aripoli
Stacey K. Wullschleger
2008
Ashley H. Atwell-Soler
Gabrielle A. Beam
Brennan Delaney
Preston Drobeck
Ryan Dykal
Michael Foster
Heather M. Hall
Anonymous
Abe David Kuhl
Jennifer H. Watson Robinson
2009
Melody Dickson
Commissioner Robert E. Gordon
Brandon Gutshall
Blake Heath
Chris Lee Kurtz
Megan Monk
Katrina M. Ross
Karin Schute
2010
Wale D. Akinmoladun
Anonymous
Shannon Gordon
Jon Otto
2011
Margaret Boyd
Charnissa E. Holliday Scott
Jack Hyde
Veronica A. Isban
Colin W. McClain
George Ngengwe
Ronald Nguyen
Marshall Woody
2012
Paul Anderson
Tiffanie Kennedy
Ted Joseph Leeper
2013
Michelle Cocayne
Abby Elizabeth Paradise
2014
Tyson Bramley
Andrew Dockter
Ashley Grace
Sara Hofeditz Christensen
Kenneth Kinney
Robert L. Kinsman
Adam Krause
Matthew Miguel Peters
Aaron Schuman
Lucas Whitworth
2015
Daniel Schwaller
2016
Andrew C. Edwards
Trevor L. Ferguson
Sarah Holdmeyer
Jeffrey Mendoza
Robert Schaeffer
Rachel Sterbenz
Elaine M. Winecoff-Smith
2017
Amy Renee Jackson
2018
Robert L. Chastain
Chase D Cook
Grace E. Martinez
Sydney Ragsdale
Lischen Reeves
Greg Tourigny
2019
Danielle Atchison
Brice Barnard
Kaelyn L. Guinty
Garrett Pratt
Allison Shields
Susan Sposato
2020
Elizabeth Beavers
Nihit V. Desai
Olivia Dobard
Kourtney Hodge
Devin Stepp
Taylor Thompson
2021
William Amos
Allyson Ralls
Claire Wyatt
2022
Ayyoub Ajmi
Mitsi A. Blount
Eric Honea
Anastasia Rose Weston
2023
Jarom B. Petersen
2024
Jakob Halphin
Caroline Paige Lowery
Taylor E. Marshall
Alexandra Maegan Middlecamp