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Thomas L. Theis

Foulston Siefkin LLP
  • Recognized Since:
    2003
  • Recognized in:
    Health Care Law
    Mediation...
  • Law School:
    Washburn University
  • Website:
    http://www.foulston.com
  • Location:
    822 S. Kansas Avenue, Suite 200
    Topeka, KS 66612-1203
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Thomas L. Theis is a partner at Foulston Siefkin LLP. He serves clients primarily in the areas of health care law, with particular emphasis on professional liability defense, as well as regulatory and peer review matters. He further practices in the area of general liability. He defends medical and mental health care providers, attorneys, officers and directors of financial and other institutions, and other professionals and corporations in lawsuits filed in state and federal courts. Mr. Theis also counsels hospitals, physicians, and other health care providers on health care law issues, including contract, regulatory, and other matters. Mr. Theis enjoys Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory’s highest “AV” rating for lawyers and has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© and the Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers® list. In 2012, 2016 and 2018 he was named by Best Lawyers® the Topeka Health Care “Law Lawyer of the Year,” and in 2014 and 2017 the Topeka Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants “Lawyer of the Year.” His peer memberships include the American Hospital Attorneys’ Association, the Kansas Association of Hospital Attorneys, the Kansas Association of Defense Counsel, and the Defense Research & Trial Lawyers Association.
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Thomas L. Theis is a partner at Foulston Siefkin LLP. He serves clients primarily in the areas of health care law, with particular emphasis on professional liability defense, as well as regulatory and peer review matters. He further practices in the area of general liability. He defends medical and mental health care providers, attorneys, officers and directors of financial and other institutions, and other professionals and corporations in lawsuits filed in state and federal courts. Mr. Theis also counsels hospitals, physicians, and other health care providers on health care law issues, including contract, regulatory, and other matters. Mr. Theis enjoys Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory’s highest “AV” rating for lawyers and has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© and the Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers® list. In 2012, 2016 and 2018 he was named by Best Lawyers® the Topeka Health Care “Law Lawyer of the Year,” and in 2014 and 2017 the Topeka Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants “Lawyer of the Year.” His peer memberships include the American Hospital Attorneys’ Association, the Kansas Association of Hospital Attorneys, the Kansas Association of Defense Counsel, and the Defense Research & Trial Lawyers Association.
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Education:

  • Washburn University , J.D., graduated 1976
  • Washburn University, AB, graduated 1973

Bar Admissions:

  • Kansas, Kansas Bar Association
 

Court Admissions:

  • Kansas Federal District Court
  • Kansas State Courts

Affiliations:

  • American Health Lawyers Association - Member
  • Defense Research Institute - Member
  • Kansas Association of Defense Counsel - Member
  • Kansas Association of Hospital Attorneys - Kansas Association of Hospital Attorneys
  • Kansas Bar Association - Member

Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for:

  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Topeka (2020)
  • Health Care Law, Topeka (2018)
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Topeka (2017)
  • Health Care Law, Topeka (2016)
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Topeka (2014)
  • Health Care Law, Topeka (2012)
 

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Health Care Law
  • Mediation
  • Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
 

Awards:

  • Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory’s highest "AV" rating for lawyers
  • Top 100 Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyer®, 2005
  • Selected for inclusion in Guide to the Leading U.S. Healthcare Lawyers
  • Selected for inclusion in Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers® List, 2005-2019 (a Thomson Reuters business)
 

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Foulston Siefkin LLP
http://www.foulston.com
 
Headquarters
1551 North Waterfront Parkway, Suite 100
Wichita, KS 67206-4466
(316) 267.6371
3 Office Locations
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United States

Kansas

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Overland Park, KS

32 Corporate Woods, Suite 600

9225 Indian Creek Parkway

Overland Park, KS 66210-2000

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(913) 498.2100

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Topeka, KS

822 S. Kansas Avenue, Suite 200

Topeka, KS 66612-1203

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(785) 233.3600

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