Timothy J. Finnerty is a Shareholder and Director of the Firm, and he has practiced with Wallace Saunders since 1995. Mr. Finnerty's practice has largely concentrated on complex civil litigation, especially products liability and insurance coverage issues. PERSONAL - Birthplace: Manhattan, Kansas
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION - Juris Doctor, The University of Kansas School of Law, 1980
- Bachelor of Arts, Wichita State University, 1975
- Graduated magna cum laude
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE - Wallace, Saunders, Austin, Brown & Enochs, Chartered
- Attorney and Shareholder, 1995 - Present
- Member, Litigation and Health Law Practice Groups
- McDonald, Tinker, Skaer, Quinn and Herrington, P.A., Wichita, KS
- Associate Attorney and Shareholder, 1983 - 1995
- Associated Aviation Underwriters, Overland Park, KS
- Claims Attorney, 1981 - 1983
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS - American Bar Association
- Kansas Bar Association
- Wichita Bar Association
- Member, Ethics Committee, 2006-Present
- Defense Research Institute
- State Representative, 2004 - 2007
- Kansas Association of Defense Counsel
- President, 2003
- President-Elect, 2002
- Secretary-Treasurer, 2001
- Board of Directors, 1999 - 2000
- Newsletter Editor, 1996-2001
- Member, Board of Directors, 2012 - Present
HONORS - Designated a Missouri/Kansas "Super Lawyer" by Law and Politics and Kansas City Magazine
PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE AND EXPERIENCE
- Licensed to practice in Kansas; admitted to practice in the trial and appellate courts of Kansas; the U.S. District Court of Kansas; the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit; and the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals
- Primary areas of practice include products liability, professional liability, environmental law, and insurance coverage issues
- Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers, 2006-2007, 2011-2012
- Articles and Presentations
- "Federal Expert Disclosure Requirements: Discovery Solution or Mindfield?" Legal Letter (Kansas Association of Defense Counsel), Spring 2000
- "The Kansas Test for Defective Products," Legal Letter (Kansas Association of Defense Counsel), May 1995
- "Lee Builders: A New Attorneys Fee Bonanza? (Kansas Defense Journal ), Winter 2007
- "Some Thoughts on the Tripartite Relationship After Ramsey v. Lee Builders," CLE presentation, Kansas Association of Defense Counsel, December 2004
- Representative Appellate Cases
- Federated Mutual Ins. Co. v. Botkin Grain Co., 64 F.3d 537 (10th Cir. 1995)
- Farm Bureau Mutual Ins. Co. v. Laudick, (brief amicus curiae) 859 P.2d 410 (Kan. Ct. App. 1993)
- Varner v. Gulf Ins. Co., 866 P.2d 1044 (Kan. 1994)
- Pacific Employers Ins. Co. v. Employers Mutual Ins. Co., 804 F. Supp. 137 (D.Kan. 1992)
- Parker v. Volkswagenwerk AG, 781 P.2d 1099 (Kan. 1989)
- Slaby v. Cox, 827 P.2d 18 (Kan. 1992)
- Sunlight Saunas, Inc. v. Sundance Sauna, Inc., 427 F.Supp.2d 1032 (D.Kan. 2006)
- Sunlight Saunas, Inc. v. Sundance Sauna, Inc., 427 F.Supp.2d 1022 (D.Kan. 2006)
CIVIC ACTIVITIES - Hospice, Inc.
- Member, Board of Directors (1992 - 1993)
- Chairman, ConnectCare
- Community Advisory Board (1992 - 1993)
- Wichita Community Clinical AIDS Program, Inc.
- Member, Board of Directors (1992 - 1996)
- President, Board of Directors (1993 - 1994)
- Chairman, Strategic Planning Committee (1994 - 1996)
- Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum
- Board of Trustees, 2008 - Present
- Chair, Development Committee, 2009 - Present
- Member, Endowment Committee, 2009 - Present
- Member, Executive Committee, 2009 - Present
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