Background
Alderson, Junior, W. Robert was born on June 24, 1939 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States.
Alderson, Junior, W. Robert was born on June 24, 1939 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States.
University of Kansas City. University of Kansas (Bachelor of Arts, 1961). Washburn University of Topeka (Juris Doctor, 1967).
Worked at Alderson, Alderson, Weiler, Conklin, Burghart & Crow, L.L.C. (Topeka, Kansas) specializing in General Civil and Trial Practice. Administrative Law, Federal, State and Local Taxation, Family Law. Estate Planning, Probate, Real Estate, Personal Injury, Workers Compensation, Transportation, Corporate and Business Law, Bankruptcy, Employment Law, Antitrust Law, Environmental Law.
Admitted to the bar, 1967, Kansas and United States. District Court, District of Kansas. 1976, United States. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.
Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Board of Editors, Washburn Law Journal, 1966-1967. Recipient: Citation for Distinguished Service, National Committee on Uniform Traffic Laws and Ordinances, 1976. Award for Public Service, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, United States.
Department of Transportation, 1980. Outstanding Service Award, Kansas Bar Association, 1992. Distinguished Service Award, Transportation Lawyers Association, 1993.
Author: Vernon's Kansas Statutes Annotated, General Corporation Code, West Publishing Company, 1975. First Deputy Attorney General of Kansas, 1979-1983. Chairman, Executive Committee, National Committee on Uniform Traffic Law and Ordinances, 1975-1995.
Member: Topeka (Member, Continuing Legal Education and Program Committees), Kansas (Chairman, Legislative Committee, 1989-1992. Member, Sections on: Administrative Law. Corporation, Business and Banking Law) and American (Member, Sections on: Business Law.
Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law. Public Utility, Communications and Transportation Law) Bar Associations. Transportation Lawyers Association (Member, Executive Committee, 1990-1992, 1995.
First Vice President, 1997). The firm emphasizes its practice in administrative law, which is an outgrowth of its members' extensive experience in Kansas state government, including service in the positions of First Deputy Attorney General, General Counsel to the Department of Revenue, Secretary of Administration and General Counsel to the Kansas Corporation Commission. The firm's administrative practice includes representation of clients before federal and state administrative agencies, including the Kansas Board of Tax Appeals, Department of Health and Environment and Division of Workers' Compensation, and it is supported by the firm's trial and appellate practice.
Member, Board of Editors, Washburn Law Journal, 1966-1967.