Practice Areas - Litigation
- Oil and Gas Law
- Employment Law
| - Trial Practice
- Civil Appeals
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| Mailing Address | EPIC Center, 301 N. Main, Suite 1900, P.O. Box 997, Wichita, Kansas, 67202 |
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| University | University of Kansas, B.A., 1979 |
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| Law School | University of Kansas, J.D., 1982 |
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| Admitted | 1982, Kansas |
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| Memberships | Wichita, Kansas and American Bar Associations. |
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| Born | Evanston, Illinois, October 21, 1957 |
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| Biography | David Seely joined Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson & Kitch, L.L.C. in 1984 after serving for two years (1982-1984) as a law clerk to Hon. Earl E. O'Connor, Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas. While much of this work in recent years has involved complex litigation and class actions involving oil and gas, Mr. Seely has also handled litigation in state and federal courts on behalf of a variety of individual and institutional clients spanning a wide range of practice areas including RICO, business litigation, civil rights, employment, insurance defense, personal injury and church issues. He is recognized in the publication The Best Lawyers in America® in the areas of Oil & Gas Law and Labor and Employment Law. He has also been named a Missouri & Kansas Superlawyer® in the area of Civil Litigation Defense. Mr. Seely is a co-author of Federal Practice Handbook for the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas (1997), and of Comparison of Federal and State Court Practices, 75 KBA Journal 28 (April 2006). He has also presented at various seminars regarding federal practice and procedure. Mr. Seely is an active member of the Wichita Bar Association and has served as an officer, committee member, and committee chairperson. He is also a member of the Kansas Bar Association, the American Bar Association, and the Kansas Association of Defense Counsel. Mr. Seely recently completed service as a member of the Board of Governors of the University of Kansas School of Law. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Wichita Downtown Rotary Club. Since 1998, Mr. Seely has served as Chancellor of the Kansas West Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church. Since 2006, Mr. Seely has served as General Counsel to the Eastern Kansas Royalty Owners Association. |
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| Reported Cases | Farrar v. Mobil Oil Corp., 43 Kan.App.2d 871, 234 P.3d (2010); Plains Petroleum Co. v. First Nat. Bank of Lamar, 274 Kan. 74, 49 P.3d 432 (2002); Kimes v. Unified School Dist. No. 480, 934 F.Supp. 1275 (D. Kan. 1996); Wilson v. Meeks, 52 F.3d 1547 (10th Cir. 1995); Schrag v. Dinges, 825 F. Supp. 954 (D. Kan. 1993); Greene v. Product Manufacturing Corporation. 842 F. Supp. 1321 (D. Kan. 1993); St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Inc. v. Weiss, 254 Kan. 728, 869 P. 2d 606 (1993); Tucker v. Hugoton energy Corp., 253 Kan. 373, 855 P. 2d 929 (1993); Blue v. McBride, 252 Kan. 894, 850 P. 2d 852 (1993); Phelps v. Wichita Eagle-Beacon, 886 F. 2d 1262 (10th Cir. 1989). |
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| ISLN | 903874807 |
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