Background
Smith, William R. was born on November 27, 1931 in Scott City, Kansas, United States.
Smith, William R. was born on November 27, 1931 in Scott City, Kansas, United States.
University of Kansas (Bachelor of Science, 1953). University of Wisconsin (Juris Doctor, 1959).
Worked at Hershberger, Patterson, Jones & Roth, L.C. (Wichita, Kansas) specializing in General Civil Practice. Trials and Appeals in State and Federal Courts. Administrative, Banking, Bankruptcy and Creditors Rights, Business Transactions and Litigation, Corporate, Domestic, Employee Benefits, Employment, Environmental, Estate Planning, Insurance Defense Litigation, Oil and Gas, Probate, Real Estate, Federal and State Taxation, Trusts and Wills.
Admitted to the bar, 1959, Wisconsin and Kansas.
United States. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit and United States. District Court, District of Kansas.
Phi Delta Phi. Member, Wisconsin Law Review, 1958-1959.
Member: Wichita, Kansas and American Bar Associations. Association of Defense Trial Attorneys.
Kansas Association of Defense Counsel. Defense Research and Trial Lawyers Association.
Hershberger, Patterson, Jones & Roth was founded in 1936 by A. West. Hershberger, a prominent oil and gas lawyer, and J. B. Patterson, who had a successful insurance defense practice.
The firm grew over the years in both its oil and gas and insurance law practices and expanded into other areas, including probate, workers compensation, business and taxation, real estate, and energy law. The firm practices throughout the state and is actively engaged in litigation in state and federal courts.
Member, Wisconsin Law Review, 1958-1959. Member: Wichita, Kansas and American Bar Associations. Association of Defense Trial Attorneys.
Kansas Association of Defense Counsel.
Defense Research and Trial Lawyers Association.