Pankratz attends Midwestern Estate Planning Institute

Randy Pankratz recently took part in the Midwestern Estate, Tax and Business Planning Institute, held June 12 and 13 in Indianapolis.  Several hundred attorneys and other Midwestern estate planning professionals participated in the meetings.  Subjects covered included changes in recommended provisions and procedures for revocable trusts, retirement assets, and advance directives. Pankratz said the subject matter of the institute was especially applicable to central Kansans who are planning ahead for their family’s interests.  “Almost every working or retired Kansan over the age of 40 is […]

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Wilder appointed to rights commission

Marilyn Wilder, Hesston, is being appointed to serve a four year term on the Kansas Human Rights Commission by Gov. Sam Brownback. The mission of the Kansas Human Rights Commission is to prevent and eliminate discrimination, assure equal opportunities in all employment relations, eliminate profiling and segregation and assure equal opportunities in all places of public accommodations and in housing.  Six of the seven member board are appointed by the governor and confirmed by the senate for four year terms.  No more than four members […]

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Lawyers Attend Conference

Marilyn Wilder and Dave Stucky attended the 2013 Kansas Bar Association Agricultural Law Seminar held on November 8, 2013 at the Kansas Farm Bureau Headquarters in Manhattan, Kansas.  The seminar is an annual event and covers a variety of topics pertinent to Kansas agricultural law.  Both state and national speakers covered topics that included an overview of recent developments in agricultural law, new issues impacting water law and farm and ranch estate planning techniques.  Stucky and Wilder are attorneys at Adrian & Pankratz, P.A. and […]

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Adrian & Pankratz Law Firm Celebrates 40th Anniversary

A celebration of the Adrian & Pankratz law firm’s 40th anniversary will be held in the Reception Room on the first floor of the Old Mill, 301 N. Main, Newton, on Monday, October 14, between 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. The law firm began in 1973 as Adrian & Walker, founded by Tom Adrian and Richard B. Walker of Newton.  From two attorneys, the firm has grown to a Main Street work force of sixteen, including six attorneys.   Adrian said the firm’s clients are to […]

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Newton Attorney Randy Pankratz Appointed to Kansas Bar Association Task Force

Randy Pankratz of the Adrian & Pankratz law firm has been appointed to serve on the Kansas Bar Association’s Task Force for Mandatory IOLTA (Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts) Committee.  The IOLTA program collects the interest from lawyers’ trust accounts, and then allocates and administers the funds in charitable public service projects.  The appointment was made by Kansas Bar Association President Dennis D. Depew. IOLTA was established and approved through an order of the Kansas Supreme Court in 1984.   In 2009, Pankratz was appointed by […]

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