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Joan K. Archer

Education
  • University of Kansas School of Law, J.D., 1992
  • University of Kansas, Ph.D., Communication Studies, 1991
  • Wayne State University, M.A., Communication Studies, 1984
  • Gonzaga University, B.A., Speech Communication, summa cum laude, 1982
Admissions
  • Missouri, 1993
  • Kansas, 1992
Court Memberships
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 2000
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 1997
  • Missouri Supreme Court, 1993
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri, 1993
  • Kansas Supreme Court, 1992
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, 1992
Honors
  • Best of the Bar by the Kansas City Business Journal, 2009
  • Selected for Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers - 2009
  • Martindale-Hubbell® "AV" Rating
  • American Bar Association, Litigation Section, Expert Witnesses Committee Co-chair, 2009
  • American Bar Association, Litigation Section, Outstanding Subcommittee Chair, 2008
  • Kansas Law Review, Managing Editor & Staff Member, 1990-1992
  • Payne & Jones Appellate Advocacy Award, 1990
  • American Jurisprudence Award in Constitutional Law I and II
  • Judicial Clerkship Clinic, Judge Michael J. Malone, Kansas District Court, 1991




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