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 UMKC Law Foundation between July 1, 2022, and June 30, 2023. 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 planned gift intentions (i.e., estate gifts, etc.) are not honored here.
CHIEF JUSTICE ($100,000+)
Anonymous
Professor Julie M. Cheslik
Barton Cohen & Mary Davidson Charitable Funds
Davis, Bethune & Jones, LLC
Langdon & Emison
JUSTICE ($25,000 to $99,999)
Professor David J. Achtenberg and Mrs. Alice Jacks Achtenberg
Anonymous
DanaJames Charitable Foundation and Jim and Dana Bartimus
Joan and Ron Edelman Charitable Fund
Kansas City Estate Planning Symposium
Lathrop GPM and Lathrop GPM Foundation
The John Sublett Logan Foundation
Matteuzzi Family Fund and Michael D. Matteuzzi
The Jack and Helyn Miller Foundation
Monsees & Mayer, PC
Dolores F. Pugh*
R and C Charitable Foundation
David and Melissa Skeens
Wagstaff & Cartmell, LLP
FELLOW ($10,000 to $24,999)
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Foundation
Scott and Anne Bethune
Randall J. and Mary Lynn Hallett
MaKenzi Denise Higgins
Brian & Elizabeth Madden Fund
The Hon. Gene R. Martin
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP and Shook, Hardy & Bacon Foundation
Lois Snavely
Dean Emerita Ellen Y. Suni
BARRISTER ($5,000 to $9,999)
Charles & Jennifer Bacon Charitable Fund
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Jennie Clarke Charitable Fund
Professor Robert C. Downs and Mrs. Bonnie Downs
Edelman & Thompson
Flanagan Corporation
David L. Forbes
Dean Emerita Barbara A. Glesner Fines
Hillary Hyde
Jack Hyde
Kent O. Hyde
Thomas and Susan Jones
Cara McLaughlin Donor Advised Fund
Mid America Chapter of the American Corporate Counsel Association
Judge John W. Oliver Foundation Fund
Peter and Jean Ossorio
Polsinelli
Cyprienne Simchowitz and Gerald M. White
Stinson LLP
COUNSELOR ($2,500 to $4,999)
Steve and Tiffany Becker
Larry Bold and Carol White
DiPasquale Moore
Dollar, Burns, Becker & Hershewe, L.C.
Edelman Liesen & Myers L.L.P.
Donald and Stephanie Fehr
Heath Injury Law LLC
Holman Schiavone, LLC
Husch Blackwell LLP
Kansas Bar Foundation
Erlene and Sanford Krigel
Krause and Kinsman Law, LLC
Levy Craig Law Firm
The Hon. Ann Mesle and Mr. Terry G. Christenberry
Midwest Trust Company
MVP Law
National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)
George-Leonard Ngengwe
Kirk and Jill Presley
Professor Irma and Mr. Thomas Russell
Seigfreid Bingham PC
Spencer Fane LLP
Stueve Siegel Hanson LLP
United States District Court Western District of Missouri
Williams Dirks Dameron LLC
Wyrsch Hobbs & Mirakian, PC
David and Therese Yost
*deceased
PARTNER ($1,000 to $2,499)
Dr. Grace A. Albano and Christine Albano
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Kansas Chapter
Anderson - Theden Family Foundation
Breck Anderson
Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice, L.L.C.
Jean Peters Baker and Doug Baker
Jack T. and Jeanne Bangert
The Bar Plan Mutual Insurance Co.
Bartimus Frickleton Robertson Rader
Matthew Birch
The Hon. Stephen R. Bough and Councilwoman Andrea G. Bough
Timothy and Julia Brake
Brooker Family Foundation and Matthew Brooker
Debbie Brooks
The Hon. S. Margene Burnett
Paul and Sharon Campo
Complete Legal Services
Denning Law Firm LLC
James and Deborah Deutsch
Athena and Andrew Dickson
J. Michael Dorsey
Arthur & Diane Federman Donor Advised Fund
First American Title Insurance Company
Fornari Family Foundation
Franke Schultz & Mullen, PC
The Hon. W. Brian Gaddy and Mrs. Sarah S. Gaddy
Garmin International
Andrew J. Gelbach Corporation
Lance and Marie Gockel
The Gordon Law Firm, LLC
Graves Garrett, LLC
The Hon. Jon R. Gray
Thomas D. Green
Happe Giving Fund and Elizabeth Bandoli Happe and Joseph Happe
Judge Ronald Ray Holliger
Eric Honea
Hovey Williams LLP
Professor Christopher and Mrs. Elizabeth Hoyt
Jackson Lewis PC and Jackson Lewis Foundation
Michelle Stark Kaufman and Dan Kaufman
Paul and Debbie Kavanaugh
Kenner Family Foundation
Kiewit
Michael and Julia Kirk
Professor Mary Kay Kisthardt and Mr. Walter E. Kisthardt
Krigel & Krigel, PC
Professor Steven Leben
Associate Dean Nancy Levit and Mr. George Jerkovich
Richard F. Lombardo
Jeff Long and Amy Carter Gift Fund
Patrick and Lisa Lujin
Professor Tony Luppino and Mrs. Janet Luppino
The Hon. Michael W. Manners and Ms. Patricia Manners
Alan L. Markowitz
David and Karen Mayer
Diane and James McCarten
Francis H. McClernon Jr. and Rita McClernon
Abram McGull
Timothy and Rosalee McNamara
Mdivani Corporate Immigration Law Firm
Metrolab Network
Meyerkord, Russell & Hergott LLC
Professor Lee and Mrs. Teresa Moore
James C. Morrow
Tom K. O'Loughlin II and Teresa R. O'Loughlin
Mr. Bernard V. O'Neill Jr. and Marion W. O'Neill*
Jennifer E. Oswald Brown and Scott Brown
Barbara and Robert Palan
Pansing Brown Foundation and Jane Pansing Brown and Thomas Brown
G. William Quatman II
Joe A. Reinhardt, III
Professor Meg Reuter and David Ambler
Professor Allen Rostron and Ms. Cameron Rostron
Martha and Roland Schach
Dale Leroy Schulte
Seyferth Blumenthal & Harris LLC
John and Cynthia Shaw
Fred and Patricia Slough
R. Pete Smith and Leslee Huttie-Smith
Stephen and Martha Sparks
The Stoup Family
The Hon. William L. Syler and Dr. Georganne P. Syler
Michael Taten
Professor Jeffrey E. Thomas and Ms. Karin Thomas
Leslie A. Thomson
Jim W. and Billie Ray Tippin
David R. and Rita B. Tripp Foundation
UMB Financial Corporation
UMKC Foundation
Gene E. Voigts and Prof. Emerita Linda E. Voigts
Lisa A. Weixelman
Jared and Pamela Welch
Your Traffic Ticket Lawyer, LLC
Karl and Beth Zobrist
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, 2022, and June 30, 2023. Please note that pledges of support for $1,000 or more are included in this listing, but in-kind support and planned gift intentions (i.e., estate gifts, etc.) are not honored here. The class year is listed by J.D. degree (unless the only degree received at UMKC Law is LL.M.).
1949
Byron Price Constance
1953
The Hon. Gene R. Martin
1954
Robert D. DeWitt
1955
Norman O. Besheer
A. J. Falcone
1960
Edward L. FitzGerald*
1961
R. Lawrence Ward*
1962
Donald L. Slyter
1964
Gene E. Voigts
1965
Lawrence R. Bold
James G. Tichenor
The Hon. J.D. Williamson Jr.
1967
Donald E. Klaassen
Leon Guy Lants Jr.
Julius M. Oswald
Walter R. Simpson
1968
John M. Edgar
J. Michael Dorsey
Ernest M. Yu
1969
Truman Kermit Eldridge Jr.
Ronald Lee Gold
Richard F. Halliburton
George E. Kapke
William B. Prugh
Robert Gene Ulrich
1970
Francis H. McClernon Jr.
R. Pete Smith
1971
Ronald L. Kraft
Robert L. Kuhnlein
1972
Philip J. Adams Jr.
Bruce R. Granger
Gerald M. Handley*
The Hon. Ann Mesle
Anonymous
Michael J. Patton
Professor John W. Ragsdale Jr.
Gary E. Ravens
Dale Leroy Schulte
Steven Joseph Streen
Robert B. Thomson
The Hon. Roger E. Wall
Robert B. Zeldin
1973
James F. Aldrich
Paul F. Angel
Timothy L. Brake
Frederick D. Ernst
Donald M. Fehr
Lawrence L. Ferree III
Kathleen A. Hauser
Claude C. Knight
Jim W. Tippin
Robert J. Watson
James R. Wyrsch
1974
Alice Jacks Achtenberg
The Hon. Robert H. Dierker Jr.
Dan K. Erdel
Steve Ralph Fuller
Judge Ronald Ray Holliger
Michael E. Hughes
Robert P. Numrich
Richard D. Rhyne
Fred L. Slough
The Hon. William L. Syler
David R. Tripp
1975
Robert Lin Alexander
John L. Hayob
Louise C. Hipsh
James C. Lieber Jr.
The Hon. Sandra C. Midkiff
Tom K. O'Loughlin II
Michael P. 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
Richard S. Hoffman
Terence J. Kelley
The Hon. Michael W. Manners
Alan L. Markowitz
The Hon. Mike R. McAdam
Keith C. Miller
Charles M. Rogers
Larry A. Schaffer
Leslie A. Thomson
1977
Charles "Bud" Bacon Jr.
James R. Bartimus
Peter W. Brown
The Hon. William S. Richards
Judith A. Sharp
George L. Stafford
David C. Stoup
Bruce E. Strauss
Robert F. Wiegert
1978
Charles B. Cowherd
James B. Deutsch
Michael R. Glenn
Ellen S. Goldman
Marion W. O'Neill*
James R. Skain
1979
Robert A. Fidrych
Susan M. Kephart
Erlene W. Krigel
Stephen S. Sparks
The Hon. Paul Micheal Spinden
Anonymous
1980
The Hon. Kenneth J. Cain
David L. Forbes
The Hon. Kathleen Anne Forsyth*
Thomas A. Grimaldi
Jay D. Haden
Reverend A. Morgan Hickenlooper
Deborah A. Lane
Timothy Kevin McNamara
Professor Sean D. O'Brien
Gary K. Patton
R. Kent Sellers
James M. Slone
Daniel P. Winkel
1981
Martha C. Brown
Marcia L. Charney
J. Kent Emison
J. R. Hobbs
Robert D. Litz
Richard F. Lombardo
1982
Charles M. Berlau
Mark J. Bredemeier
Jane Pansing Brown
Sherry D. DeJanes
Gerard Helm Donovan
Ronald L. Edelman
Martha E. Schach
David S. Spewak
Susan Baker Teson
Lisa A. Weixelman
David W. White
*deceased
1983
Roy C. Allen III
Jeffrey J. Bunten
Lance B. Gockel
Marie L. Gockel
Elizabeth Bandoli Happe
Michelle Stark Kaufman
Peter M. Ossorio
Kirk R. Presley
Greg T. Spies
Kimberley S. Spies
1984
Gary A. Anderson
Patrick J. Berrigan
The Hon. Justine E. Del Muro
Tim E. Dollar
Kent O. Hyde
Paul F. Kavanaugh
James M. McCarten
Joel A. Poole
G. William Quatman II
Mary Beth P. Soffer
Linda S. Trout 1985
Lynda C. Moore
Charles W. Gordon Jr.
JoAnne Ferrell Lewellen
Michael Dennis Matteuzzi 1986
Christine T. Bushyhead
Douglas C. Lockwood
Mary A. Marquez
Colonel Ursula P. Schultz
1987
The Hon. S. Margene Burnett
Karen Cobin Warner
Grant L. Davis
The Hon. John Grimm
Zoe A. Holmes
Michael B. Hunter
Cyprienne Simchowitz
1988
Scott S. Bethune
Jennie Clarke
The Hon. Lajuana M. Counts
Susan J. Fershee
Jennifer L. Finch Thomas C. Jones
Allison M. Murdock
David M. Skeens
David B. Yost
Therese A. Yost
1989
Dr. Joy V. Bliss, M.D., JD
Colonel Harry D. Callicotte
Jacqueline A. Cook
Dana Tippin Cutler
Keith A. Cutler
C. Sue Love
John M. Parisi
Lisa C. Ragsdale
Joe A. Reinhardt III
Paula L. Schwach
Sharon M. Williams
The Honorable J. Dale Youngs
1990
Patrick Andrew McInerney
Commissioner Molly M. Merrigan
Steven I. Wolfe
1991
Timothy J. Becker
Susan Mary Crewz
Victoria H. Menninger
Barbara L. Palan
Joan D. Toomey
Danne W. Webb
1992
David Andrew Estevez Barnes
Robert William Butcher
David Edward Herron II
Ted R. Hunt
Sharon Kennedy
Sandy Wirtel Kutey
Beth Madden
Brian J. Madden
David Mathew Mayer
Abram McGull
Professor Lee A. Moore
Teresa A. Moore
Robert Dwyer Murphy
Lori S. Pasek
Andrea P. Richmond
Chris Williams
1993
Barry D. Estell
Michelle Annette Fox
Patrick A. Lujin
Michael Robert Tripp 1994
The Hon. Robert M. Clayton III
The Hon. William B. Gaddy
Charles Brandon Stafford
1995
Pascale L. Henn
Christopher J. Reedy
William Harrison Reynolds
1996
Christine G. Albano
Steven B. Becker
Amy Sweeny Davis
John F. Edgar
Dave Noel Goehler
Stephen C. Mayer
Christopher C. Swenson
Susan Dumay Wolfe
1997
The Hon. Stephen R. Bough
Stephen J. Cosentino
Gary R. Gose
Randall J. Hallett
Konrad M. Hendrickson
Anonymous
James D. Myers, Esq.
Clinton G. Newton
Jill A. Presley
Patricia M. Scaglia
Bryan R. Witt
1998
Jean Peters Baker
Kelly Brende
Raymond A. Kowalczewski
Daniel J. McCarroll
J. D. Moore
Elizabeth G. Singleton
1999
Paul A. Campo
Kirk D. Holman
Todd M. Johnson
Lynn Weddle Judkins
James Joseph Kernell
Joseph Kronawitter
Mira Mdivani
Anne W. Schiavone
2000
Matthew Birch
Councilwoman Andrea G. Bough
Chris Buhr
2001
Debbie Brooks
Scott L. Brown
Jennifer E. Oswald Brown
Jo Powers
Anthony Sicola
2002
Kristie Crawford
G. Steven Diegel
The Hon. Kenneth R. Garrett III
Gregory Harding
Matthew L. Hood
Julia D. Kitsmiller
Chad Stewart
Jared Welch
2003
William Coggins
William Denning
Brian Devling
Andrew John Dickson
Athena Marie Dickson
Angela Harse
Professor Danielle Merrick
Peter Mosanyi
Phyllis A. Norman
Larry Pittman
Thomas Preuss
Lieutenant Colonel Charles A. Rikli
Pamela J. Welch
2004
Michael Dube
Kelle Gilmore
Stephanie L. Hill
Alicia Johnson
Kevin Jones
John McEntee
The Hon. R. T. Willingham
2005
Marie Dispenza
Lisa A. Hansen
Desarae Harrah
Aaron Michael House
Amanda Baker Kivett
Lucy McShane
The Hon. Frank Miller
Dr. Dennis Peffley
Melissa J. Roberts
Andrew Snavely
Kent Wittrock
2006
Joanne M. Barbera
Matthew Brooker
Zhaoying (Dorothy) Du
Nicole Marie Fisher
Mark Foglesong
Erica A. Hung
Erin Hunt
Stephanie A. Kice
Kip Robertson III
Guoping Zhu
2007
Scott Aripoli
2008
Ashley H. Atwell-Soler
Gabrielle A. Beam
Patricia L. Campbell
Brennan Delaney
Preston Drobeck
Commissioner Lisa M. Dube
Ryan Dykal
Michael Foster
Zhijun Gong
Jen Kiper
Abraham Kuhl
Shaun Stallworth
Jennifer H. Watson Robinson
2009
Kyle Belew
Jennifer L. Berhorst
Aaron Chickos
Melody Dickson
Robert E. Gordon
Brandon Gutshall
Blake Heath
Christopher L. Kurtz
Megan Monk
Lara Krigel Pabst
Katrina M. Ross
Karin Schute
2010
Wale D. Akinmoladun
Shannon Gordon
Beau Graves
Nick Hergott
Jon Otto
Dane Schad
Tyler Scott
Jay Tioleco
Ryan M. White
2011
Charnissa E. Holliday-Scott
Jack Hyde
David Lee McCain
Colin W. McClain
George-Leonard Ngengwe
Ronald Nguyen
Brock Patton
Marshall Woody
2012
Paul Anderson
Christine Brady Hoag
Tiffanie Kennedy
Katherine E. Myers
2013
Michelle Cocayne
Abby Elizabeth Paradise
2014
Ashley J. Aramjoo
Paemon L. Aramjoo
Danielle Atchison
Tyson Bramley
Ashley Grace
Sara Hofeditz Christensen
Hillary Hyde
Robert L. Kinsman
Adam Krause
Ferdinand Niemann
Crispin M. Rea
Aaron Schuman
Bree Sturner
2015
Christina Barbieri
Katherine A. Bechina
MaKenzi Denise Higgins
Bryan M. Meyer
Daniel Schwaller
2016
Joe J. Bearden
Joshua Cervantes
Trevor L. Ferguson
Sarah Holdmeyer
Thomas Luchs
Jeffrey Mendoza
Emily Sellers
Rachel Sterbenz
Gregory Weber
Elaine M. Winecoff-Smith
2017
Lauren Alyssa Dollar
Erica L. Frank
Amy Renee Jackson Graves
Cara M. McLaughlin
Taryn Nash Sherman
William Hugh Talbert
2018
Nikolaus Busch
Grace E. Colato Martinez
Deme LaMonte Drummer Dylan Fehl
Jackson Hobbs
Michael Pappas
Zachary Joseph Parker
Lischen Reeves
Matthew Sain
Meghan Sholy-Wells
Greg Tourigny
Danielle M. Wallace
2019
Jaclyn Alcantara
Laurna Dawn Alumbaugh
Jennifer Cacchio
Emily Carney
Anne Case-Halferty
Ashley Crisafulli
Jordan Dollar
Kathleen Killen
Elsa L. Linares
Charles Morasch
Noah Nash
Jessica L. Peel
Andrew Tedder
2020
Elizabeth Beavers
Quinn Benson
Olivia Dobard
Mirjana K. Gacanich
Kourtney Hodge
Amanda S. Lotspeich
Greta Morina
Thomas Osborn
Anna Podleski
Caleb Siefkas
Holly Weiss
Cody Weyhofen
2021
Dara Alvarado
Charles Dimsdale
Alyssa Dockins
Sarah J. Duggan
Catherine Gerstner
Yasmin Herdoiza
Wayne Michael Jordan
Susan Juhl
Allison Martinez
2022
Ayyoub Ajmi
Paul Angles
Beth Bleil
John Chambers
Eric Honea
Taylor Koper
Chloe Webb
Anastasia Rose Weston