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​Vernon L. Jarboe

Fax: (785) 357-0152

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Vern Jarboe has practiced law in northeast Kansas for more than 40 years. Mr. Jarboe concentrates his practice in the areas of real estate and business law. He is one of eight well-known real estate educators recently chosen by the Kansas Association of Realtors® to teach video-based online courses that will be available nationally to more than 200,000 real estate professionals. Mr. Jarboe is also one of relatively few attorneys in Kansas with extensive experience in eminent domain and condemnation cases. He regularly authors material for publication and lectures on real estate and construction law matters. He lectures several times each year to attorneys and real estate professionals, and is an occasional professor, teaching business and real estate law for the School of Business at Washburn University.

Practice Areas

  • Appellate Practice
  • Business & Commercial Law & Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Estate Planning & Probate
  • Land Use, Planning & Zoning
  • Real Estate Transactions & Litigation

Education

  • University of Missouri at Kansas City, L.L.M. Taxation, 1980
  • Washburn University School of Law, J.D., 1977
  • Washburn University, B.S. Political Science, 1973

Admissions

  • Kansas
  • United States District Court, District of Kansas
  • United States District Court, District of Colorado
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
  • United States Tax Court
  • Licensed Broker, Kansas Real Estate Commission

Professional Activities

  • Kansas Bar Association
  • Kansas Bar Association, Real Estate Committee
  • Kansas Bar Association, Probate and Trust Committee
  • Kansas Bar Association, Ethics Advisory Committee
  • Topeka Bar Association
  • Kansas Electronic Recording Committee, 2007 to date

In the Community

  • Crew Leader, Venture Scout Crew for youth interested in SCCA Racing
  • Board of Directors, Breakthrough House
  • Boy Scouts
  • Heartland Works
  • Topeka Corporate Volunteer Council
  • Capitol Area Red Cross
  • United Way of Greater Topeka
  • Central City Public Elementary School volunteer
  • Leadership Topeka, Class of 1993
  • Midland Care Board of Directors 2018-2022

Awards and Recognition

  • 2005-2022 Super Lawyers Best Attorneys in Kansas
  • 2013 Ingram’s Best Lawyers in America, Kansas City Region, Real Estate Law
  • 2011 Ingram’s Best Lawyers in America, Kansas City Region, Real Estate Law

Publications and Public Speaking

  • "Real Estate Contracts Start to Finish." Prepared for NBI but presentation deferred due to COVID-19.
  • "Assessing the Realtor(r)/Broker Listing Agreement." Prepared for NBI but presentation deferred due to COVID-19.
  • "Drafting Easement Agreements." Prepared for NBI but presentation deferred due to COVID-19.
  • "Ethical Issues Facing Real Estate and Finance Attorneys" and "Borrower Issues in Commercial Lending" NBI Video Webcasts filmed in Fall 2019.
  • "Avoiding Legal Ethical Landmines" and "Spotting Red Flags in Legal Descriptions and Land Surveys" NBI Video Webcasts filmed in Fall 2019.
  • "Required Broker Core." Presented annually at the Kansas Association of Realtors® Annual Conference & Education Expo
  • "Required Salesperson & Broker Core." Presented annually at the Kansas Association of Realtors® Annual Conference & Education Expo
  • Commercial Real Estate Loans and Financing. Presented for the National Business Institute in Overland Park, Kansas on November 30, 2017
  • Chapter 3, Solo and Small Firm Guide Book, Second Edition. Kansas Bar Association, 2013
  • Kansas Real Estate License Law & NAR Code of Ethics. Kansas Association of Realtors®, 2012
  • "Your Carefully Crafted HOA Documents, Now Rewritten by the Kansas Legislature," 79 J. Kan Bar Ass’n 19 (Oct 2010)
  • Kansas Real Estate Basics. Dearborn Financial Publishing, Inc., 2003
  • "Brokerage Relationships in Real Estate Transaction Act," 68 J. Kan Bar Ass’n 5 (May 1999)