Background
Ratner, Payne Harry was born on August 31, 1924 in Parsons, Kansas, United States. Son of Payne Harry and Cliffe (Dodd) Ratner.
Ratner, Payne Harry was born on August 31, 1924 in Parsons, Kansas, United States. Son of Payne Harry and Cliffe (Dodd) Ratner.
Bachelor of Business Administration, U. Kansas, 1947, Juris Doctor, 1950.
Bar: Kansas 1950. Partner Ratner, Mattox, Ratner, Brimer & Elam, P.A. and predecessor firms, Wichita, Kansas, 1950. Member Kansas House of Representatives, 1966-1973.
Member editorial board Kansas.Law Review, 1949-1950. Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. Fellow International Academy Trial Lawyers, American College Trial Lawyers.
Member Wichita Bar Association (chairman commission on bench and bar 1969-1970, 73-74, medical legal, 1971-1972, 74-76), Kansas Bar Association (chairman litigation section 1977-1978, aviation section 1978-1979), American Bar Association (executive county junior bar conference 1954-1958, chairman rules and procedure committee, insurance negligence and compensation law section 1973-1975.
Married Adelaide Bryant Schutz, June 30, 1950 (divorced 1970). Married Barbara H. Urquhart, July 3, 1970. Children: Payne Harry, Charlotte, Carl.