Supreme Court reappoints two to Client Protection Fund Commission

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court reappointed Jon Newman and Coleen Stein to the Client Protection Fund Commission to serve terms through June 30, 2026.  

Newman is a lawyer from Wichita. Stein is a nonlawyer from Dodge City.  

The Lawyers Fund for Client Protection, which the commission oversees, compensates people who suffer economic loss as a result of dishonest actions by Kansas lawyers. The fund is financed by annual registration fees paid by lawyers to practice law in Kansas. 

Of the approximately 11,000 lawyers actively licensed to practice in Kansas, about 20 lawyers each year have been subject to claims made to the client protection fund. 

The commission is composed of one judge, four actively practicing lawyers, and two nonlawyers.