Legal Assistant - Francie Herman
Kelly Trussell joined Sloan Law Firm in February 2016. Working primarily in our Topeka office, Ms. Trussell brings a wealth of litigation experience, including prosecuting employment and civil rights cases and representation of public interest groups in environmental litigation. Since 2012, Ms. Trussell has also served as a District Court Judge Pro Tem in Shawnee County, Kansas, presiding over traffic, DUI and small claims trial dockets as well as a variety of other matters. Ms. Trussell presently splits her time between her Pro Tem obligations and a litigation practice.
Education
Washburn University School of Law, J.D. 2007
Washburn Law Journal, Staff Member
Washburn Moot Court Council Competing Member
2007 Univ. Wisconsin Law School Evan A. Evans National Constitutional Law Finalist
2007 Martin Pringle Oliver Wallace & Bauer Advocacy Award
2006 Univ. North Carolina Law School Craven National Constitutional Law Finalist
The Order of the Barristers (inducted 2007)
- Benedictine College, B.A. 1999, Business Administration & Entrepreneurship
Admissions
- Kansas
- United States District Court, District of Kansas
- United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Professional Activities
- Sam A. Crow Inn of Court
- Kansas Bar Association
- Topeka Bar Association
Publications Committee 2010-present
Bar Show Cast Member 2008, 2011, 2014 - Women's Attorney Association of Topeka
- National Employment Lawyers Association
- Founding Member of the Kansas Chapter of the National Employment Lawyers Association
Practice Areas
- Appellate Practice
- Civil Law & Litigation
- Employment Law & Litigation
Publications and Public Speaking
- 2015, Presented "The Consequences of DUI" to SADD members at Hayden Catholic High School
- 2010-present, Author of various articles for the Topeka Bar Association Briefings
- 2013-2015, Presented "Gender Differences in the Practice of Law" to Intensive Trial Advocacy Program (ITAP) students
- 2012, Washburn University School of Law Coach for Pace University's National Environmental Moot Court Competition, White Plains, New York
- 2010-2011, Washburn University School of Law's Center for Excellence in Advocacy Presentations:
- Compassion and the Litigator
- Environmental Advocacy
- 2008-2014, Presented "Employment Law in Practice: Litigating ADA, ADEA and Title VII for the Plaintiff" for Washburn Law Employment Discrimination Course
- 2007, Presented "Writing Effective Appellate Briefs" at the Writing to Win: The Art of Advocacy Symposium, Washburn School of Law's Center for Excellence in Advocacy
