Background
Colby, William H. was born in 1955 in Oelwein, Iowa.
Colby, William H. was born in 1955 in Oelwein, Iowa.
Knox College (Bachelor of Arts, 1977). University of Kansas (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1982).
Worked at Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P (Kansas City, Missouri) specializing in General Litigation, Franchise Law. Admitted to the bar, 1983, District of Columbia. 1986, Missouri; 1989, United States.
Supreme Court.
Order of the Coif.
Articles Editor, Kansas Law Review, 1981-1982. Author: "Cruzan - Missouri Stands Alone," Hastings Center Report, September/October, 1990.
"The Lessons of the Cruzan Case," 39 Kansas L. Review 3, 1991; "When the Media Calls," The Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy, Volume 4, Number.
3, Spring, 1995; "Media and the Right to Die: a Personal Reflection," University of Texas Review of Litigation, Volume 14, Number.
3, Summer, 1995. Law Clerk, United States. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 1982-1983.