Melissa Taylor Standridge

Judge

Kansas Court of Appeals

2008 - Current

Chambers counsel to Magistrate Judge David J. Waxse

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1999 - 2008

Associate

Shook, Hardy & Bacon

1995 - 1999

chambers counsel to the Honorable Elmo B. Hunter

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

1993 - 1995

University of Kansas

Undergraduate degree | Business Administration

University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law

J.D. (1993)

Activities: Editor-in-Chief of the UMKC Law Review and Chief Justice of the Appellate Advocacy Program.

Kansas City Legal Leader of the Year

Daily Record

2006

Sandra Day O'Connor Award for Professional Service

National American Inns of Court

2004

Outstanding Service Award

Kansas Bar Association

2001

National award for outstanding commitment to improving the lives of children in need of permanent homes

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Kansas Bar Association

District representative on the Board of Governors

Current

Earl E. O'Connor American Inns of Court

President

Current