Monti Belot

In 1991 President Bush appointed Monti L. Belot to fill a new Kansas judgeship created by the Judicial Improvement Act. Judge Belot received both his undergraduate and juris doctor degrees from the University of Kansas. After graduating from law school in 1968, he served as an officer in Judge Advocate Generals (JAG) Corps of the U.S. Naval Reserve. He next clerked for then Chief Judge Wesley Brown and then served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney. Judge Belot was in private practice for fifteen years prior to his appointment. He assumed senior status in March 2008, and continues to sit on the federal bench in Wichita.

Judge

U.S. District Court, District of Kansas

1991 - Current

Assumed senior status on March 4, 2008.

Private practice

1983 - 1991

Coffeyville, Kansas

Private practice

1976 - 1983

Kansas City, Kansas

Special assistant to U.S. attorney

1976 - 1978

Topeka, Kansas

Assistant U.S. attorney

1973 - 1976

Topeka, Kansas

Law clerk

1971 - 1973

Hon. Wesley E. Brown, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas

U.S. Naval Reserve Legal officer

1968 - 1971

JAG Corps

University of Kansas School of Law

J.D.

1968

University of Kansas

B.A.

1965