4 January 2005

Governor Sebelius appoints Steve Six to Seventh Judicial District

Governor Kathleen Sebelius has appointed Steve Six to the Seventh Judicial District, which includes Douglas County. This is a newly created position by statute, based on a request from the judicial branch for an additional district judge.

“It is essential we have fair and objective judicial members serving the people of Kansas,” said Governor Sebelius. “Steve’s litigation and trial experience will be most beneficial as he takes the bench and I am confident he will serve the people of Douglas County well.”

Six, Lawrence, is currently a partner in the law firm, Shamberg, Johnson & Bergman, in Kansas City, MO. He specializes in complex litigation and trial work and has been at the firm since 1994. Between 1993 and 1994, he served as a Judicial Clerk for The Honorable Deanell R. Tacha, United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, assisting in researching and writing appellate opinions.

Six has been active in bar organizations including serving as a member of the Bench-Bar Committee for the United States District Court for the District of Kansas. He serves as a member of the Kansas Bar Association Board of Governors, on the Bench-Bar Committee and as Chairman of the Mandatory Malpractice Disclosure Committee. Six is also a member of the Kansas Bar Foundation Board of Trustees.

Six has been active in civic organizations in Lawrence, serving as the 2004-2005 Co-Chairman of the Commuter Division of the Douglas County United Way Fund Raising Campaign and is currently President of the West Hills Homes Association in Lawrence.

Six received his undergraduate degree in 1988 from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. He graduated with his juris doctorate from the University of Kansas School of Law, in 1993, where he was a Note and Comment Editor on the Kansas Law Review, a member of the Order of the Coif honors society and a Rice Foundation Scholarship recipient.