PRACTICE AREAS
Business and Commercial Litigation
Civil Litigation
Class Action Litigation
Consumer Fraud Litigation
Product Liability Litigation
Personal Injury and Wrongful Death
State and Federal Government Practice and Litigation
BAR ADMISSIONS
Missouri
Kansas
U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri
U.S. District Court, District of Kansas
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
U.S. Court of Federal Claims
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
BACKGROUND
Horn Aylward & Bandy, LLC, 2018
Co-founded Walters, Bender, Strohbehn and Vaughan P.C. 1991 - 2018
Linde, Thompson, Langworthy, Kohn, and Van Dyke 1986 - 1991
EDUCATION
University of Tulsa College of Law, J.D. 1986
Member, Energy Law Journal, 1984−1986
Recipient, John Rogers College of Law Scholarship, 1985−1986
University of Kansas, C.S. in Journalisim, 1983
Edwin L. Dennis Scholarship
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
The Missouri Bar
The Kansas Bar
Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
Kansas Association of Justice, Board of Governors, 1999-2002
Johnson County Kansas Bar Association, President, 1997-1998
Board of Directors, 1992-1993
President, Young Lawyers Section, 1992-1993
Johnson County Kansas Bar Foundation, President, 2002-2003
Board of Trustees, 1997-Present
Silver Fellow
HONORS AND AWARDS
Martindale-Hubbell AV Premier and Judicial Edition rating
Johnson County Bar Foundation “LEGACY” award winner 2015 “for ceaseless efforts to fulfil the mission of the Foundation”
Super Lawyer, Kansas and Missouri Super Lawyers Magazine
Best of the Bar, Kansas City Business Journal
Outstanding Service Award to Legal Profession and Public, Kansas Bar Association, 1996 and 2016
Twice Elected Member Tenth Judicial Nominating Commission, Johnson County, Kansas 2012 and 2016
ORGANIZATIONS
Leadership Kansas, 2001
Leadership Overland Park, Kansas, 1991
Chair, Sunflower House Valentine Gala, 1998
Appointed to nominating panel by U.S. Senator to recommend Kansas Federal District Judge, U.S. Attorney for Kansas, and U.S. Marshall for Kansas, 2000
Past Chair (2007−2008) and Organizing Committee Member (2007−present) for the Johnson County Bar Foundation’s Annual “Legacy Celebration”—an event to raise money for the Foundation’s numerous charities
REACH Health Care Foundation Founding Board Member, 2003−2006
Legal Committee
Finance Committee
