Greene to be sworn in as Court of Appeals judge

TOPEKA—Wichita attorney Richard D. Greene will be sworn in as a member of the Court of Appeals during a special session of the Court of Appeals Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Kansas Judicial Center, 301 W. 10th, in Topeka.

Greene was appointed to fill a vacancy on the Court of Appeals that was created by the appointment of Justice Robert L. Gernon to the Supreme Court. Chief Judge Gary W. Rulon will preside over Wednesday's ceremony. A reception in the atrium of the Judicial Center will follow the administration of the oath of office.

Greene has been in the private practice of law with the Wichita firm of Morris, Laing, Evans, Brock & Kennedy since his graduation from law school from Southern Methodist University School of Law in 1975. Greene received his undergraduate degree from the University of Missouri at Columbia, where he received a BS degree in Business Administration.

During his practice with Morris Laing he has been engaged exclusively in civil litigation in state and federal courts and some administrative agencies. Since 1983, he has been national litigation counsel to the EDO Corporation in New York and has handled major litigation for that corporation throughout the country.

In Kansas, he has concentrated his practice on commercial and oil and gas litigation. In recent years, his practice has been increasingly devoted to litigation of sales and property tax disputes on behalf the owners of major industrial and utility properties.