
Rebein invested as Kansas Bar Association President
Dodge City attorney presides over statewide association
David J. Rebein was
recently invested as
the Kansas Bar Association President at
the 124th
annual meeting in Overland Park, Kansas. He succeeds Richard F.
Hayes, Topeka, who completed his one year presidential term this
June.
Rebein has been a
professional member of
the Kansas Bar Association, Southwest Kansas Bar
Association and American Bar Association for over two decades and
served in various capacities of
the KBA throughout
the years. He was a
past president of the Ford-Gray County Bar Association, as well as
served on the Board of Governors, Board of Editors for
the KBA journal,
Bench Bar Committee and acted as a Kansas Bar Foundation Fellow.
“I am honored to have
the opportunity to lead and represent this outstanding
association,” said David Rebein. “The Kansas Bar Association is a
premier organization for legal professionals in our state desirous of
increasing knowledge of
the legal profession and I look forward to helping continue
the association’s
great legacy.”
An active attorney in
the legal profession, Rebein is currently a partner in his own private law
practice, Rebein Bangerter, P.A. in
Dodge City, Kansas.
He represents a range of clients and has been a consistent and visible
presence in
the High Plains’ region, practicing various areas of law.
The legal arena has
also embraced Rebein as a member of the Kansas Supreme Court
nominating Commission and as a past President of the Kansas
Association of Defense Counsel. Additionally, he is a member of the
Kansas and American Trial Lawyers Associations and a past member of
the Board of Governors for the University of Kansas law school.
“Now more than ever
it is imperative to advance the interests of the legal profession
through the legislative process.” said Rebein. “I plan to assist in
elevating the role of the Kansas Bar Association in such legislative
matters.”
Rebein graduated
Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts from Washburn University in
1977. He went on to obtain his Juris Doctorate from the University of
Kansas in 1980 and was admitted to the Kansas Bar following
graduation.
The Kansas Bar
Association was founded in 1882 as a voluntary association for
dedicated legal professionals and has more than 6,500 members,
including lawyers, judges, law students and legal assistants.
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