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John Woolf has spent thirty-eight years successfully trying lawsuits in state and federal courts in Wichita, the state of Kansas, and neighboring states. Mr. Woolf is lead trial counsel, specializing in defending high exposure personal injury and product liability jury trials. Mr. Woolf has extensive litigation experience in complex business and commercial matters, frequently representing both plaintiffs and defendants. He has handled many complex domestic matters, many of which were resolved...

Ron Harnden’s practice includes business, commercial and real estate matters. In recent years, he has been heavily involved in representing clients in the purchase, exchange, sale, leasing and development of real estate and real estate improvements; financing transactions; the acquisition and sale of businesses; in a variety of other contract matters; and in analyzing and advising clients concerning many topics pertaining to their business and personal affairs. Mr. Harnden was born in L...

Brian A. Turney is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Elder Law, Tax Law and Trusts and Estates. Brian A., who practices law in Wichita, Kansas, has been recognized since 2013. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Brian A. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Whether by obtaining an acquittal of his white-collar client at the conclusion of the prosecutor's opening statement, or proving that the drug dog's sensitive nose has been kicked by a horse, during the past 45 years, Dan Monnat has been recognized as a creative trial and appellate criminal defense lawyer. He co-founded Monnat & Spurrier, Chartered, a criminal defense trial and appellate firm in Wichita, Kansas, in 1985. A graduate of the Creighton University School of Law and Gerry Spenc...

Eric Metz assists clients in all matters relating to employment relations, with his practice focused on preventive consultation and helping employers with federal, state and local employment law compliance, employment contract drafting and negotiation, as well as implementing and drafting personnel policies, employee handbooks, severance and release agreements, and noncompetition agreements. He also handles litigation before state and federal courts and administrative agencies, including clai...

Aaron Martin is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Banking and Finance Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Transactions / UCC Law and Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law. Aaron, who practices law in Salina, Kansas, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Aaron is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and leg...

Managing Partner Ryan A. Prochaska is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs and Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs. Ryan is a personal injury and medical malpractice attorney at Prochaska Law Firm. He entered professional law in 2010. Ryan specializes in representing plaintiffs who have suffered due to medical malpractice, wrongful death or personal injury. He believes every case is important, no matter the injury or how...

Founding Partner Bradley J. Prochaska is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs. Bradley is a personal injury and medical malpractice attorney at Prochaska Law Firm. Founded in Wichita, Kansas, in 1988, Prochaska Law now serves clients in Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Illinois and Colorado. Early on, Bradley developed a reputation for winning the tough cases other attorneys turned down, especially medical malpractice cases. Today, ...

Anne H. Pankratz is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs. Anne Pankratz was raised in the small Kansas community of Kingman. After obtaining her nursing license, Anne worked several years at a large Wichita hospital, where she became a devoted patient advocate. This basic concept continues to guide Anne’s legal practice – to achieve justice for patients when they have been injured by the conduct of physicians, nu...

Eric practices in the areas of taxation, trusts and estates, wills, probate and business law. He represents clients in tax controversies before the Internal Revenue Service, the Kansas Department of Revenue and in federal and state courts. His representative clients include individuals and closely held businesses. He is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, the U.S. Tax Court and the state courts of Kansas and Oklahoma.