Stephen D. Hill is a judge on the Kansas Court of Appeals

Kansas Court of Appeals

The Kansas Court of Appeals is the intermediate-level appellate court for the U.S. state of Kansas.-History:The Kansas Legislature crated the first Kansas Court of Appeals in 1895, to help the Kansas Supreme Court with an increasingly heavy caseload. The original statute that created the court...

. He was appointed to this position by Governor Sebelius in 2003.

Biography

Judge Hill was born on December 18, 1950 in Fort Scott, Kansas. He graduated from the University of Kansas with a B.A. in English in 1972. He went on to receive his J.D.

Juris Doctor

Juris Doctor is a professional doctorate and first professional graduate degree in law.The degree was first awarded by Harvard University in the United States in the late 19th century and was created as a modern version of the old European doctor of law degree Juris Doctor (see etymology and...

from Washburn University of Topeka School of Law in 1975. He is now married and has two adult sons.

Legal career

Judge Hill started his own law firm, Hill & Wisler, in 1975. The next year, he became a Linn County Attorney. In 1981, he was appointed Associate District Judge in the Sixth Judicial District of Kansas. He became a District Judge the following year. He later became an Administrative Judge and then the Chief Judge of the district.

External links

• Kansas Court of Appeals website