Kristen D. Wheeler
Ms. Wheeler practices in the areas of consumer and mortgage finance law and banking, civil litigation and environmental law. She is a 2006 graduate of Washburn University School of Law, where she earned a Certificate in Natural Resources Law. Kristen served as a Technical Editor for the 2005-2006 Washburn Law Journal. She is the author of "Homeland Security and Environmental Regulation: Balancing Long-Term Environmental Goals with Immediate Security Needs," for which she won the 2006 GNIP-GNOP award for best Washburn Law Journal Note.
- Areas of Practice:
- Education:
- University of Kansas, B.S., with honors, 2003
- Washburn University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2006
- Washburn University School of Law, Certificate in Natural Resources Law, with distinction, 2006
- Professional Background:
- Kansas Bar, 2006
- Missouri Bar, 2007
- U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas
- Technical Editor, Washburn Law Journal Vol. 45
- Member, Wichita Bar Association, Kansas Bar Association, American Bar Association, Wichita Young Lawyers Association and Wichita Women Attorneys Association
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Publications:
- "Homeland Security and Environmental Regulation: Balancing Long-Term Environmental Goals with Immediate Security Needs," 45 Washburn L.J. 437 (2006)
- Co-author of chapter on Intellectual Property Law in the 2008 Kansas Annual Survey Vol. XIX, a publication of the Kansas Bar Association


