VerifiedLawFirms editorial: Focus and practice areas — Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson & Kitch, LLC works as a full-service law firm in Wichita, Kansas.
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About Fleeson Gooing
Fleeson Gooing, legally Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson & Kitch, LLC, is a full-service law firm based in Wichita, Kansas. The firm states it has represented individuals and businesses in the Wichita area and throughout Kansas for more than 140 years.
Its office is at 1900 Epic Center, 301 N. Main, in downtown Wichita, at the northwest corner of Main and 2nd Street. The firm lists work across a broad set of areas, including business and commercial litigation, class action litigation, corporate and business law, banking and lending, bankruptcy and creditors rights, construction law, employment law, estate planning, trusts and probate, real estate, natural resources law covering oil and gas, insurance coverage and defence, personal injury and product liability, taxation, workers' compensation, elder law, healthcare law, intellectual property and white collar civil and criminal defence.The attorney page lists 29 lawyers, and the firm says seventeen of its members appear in the BLIA directory.
The firm holds an AV rating from the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., closed on federal holidays.
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Focus and practice areas
Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson & Kitch, LLC works as a full-service law firm in Wichita, Kansas. The firm lists 34 practice areas on its site, which is a wide spread for an office of this size.
The litigation side covers business and commercial disputes, class actions, construction law, insurance coverage and defence, personal injury and product liability, and white collar civil and criminal defence. On the transactional side the firm handles corporate and business law, banking and lending, bankruptcy and creditors rights, real estate, and taxation. Estate planning, trusts and probate appear alongside elder law, employment law, healthcare law and intellectual property.
Natural resources law covering oil and gas sits in the list too, which tracks with where the firm is. Kansas oil and gas work brings its own body of lease law, royalty questions and regulatory filings before the state corporation commission. Workers' compensation rounds out the roster.
How the team is built
The attorneys page names 29 lawyers.The firm reports that seventeen of its members appear in a national peer-reviewed lawyer directory and that it holds an AV rating from the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory.
The named attorneys include Joel G. Amend, Emily K. Arida, Jason R. Bock, Adam R. Burrus, Ronald L. Campbell, Michael P. Cannady, T. Chet Compton, Amy D. DeWald, John R. Gerdes, Roarke R. Gordon, Thomas D. Kitch and Hayley A. Koontz. Kitch is one of the names in the firm's own legal name, which suggests continuity between the partnership and the people still practising there.
Where the lawyers come from
The bios the firm publishes show a strong regional pipeline. Washburn University School of Law appears repeatedly: Amend, Arida, Burrus, Compton and Cannady all took their law degrees there. Campbell went to Southern Methodist University. Bock studied at the University of Kansas School of Law.
Undergraduate paths run through the same territory. The University of Kansas turns up for Amend, Campbell, Compton and DeWald. Wichita State University produced Arida's bachelor's and master's degrees in criminal justice and Cannady's business degree. Bock came from Fort Hays State University, Burrus from Saint Louis University.
Several of the bios mention Wichita roots directly. Amend, Compton and DeWald were born and raised in the city. Arida is described as a Wichita native. Burrus was born in Wichita in 1983. Campbell grew up on a farm near Scott City, Kansas, and Cannady in Augusta.
What the individual records show
The detail level varies by attorney, but some records carry real specifics. Arida graduated first in her class from Washburn in the spring of 2021 and served as Managing Editor for the Washburn Law Journal. She clerked for the firm in the summer of 2019 before joining as an associate attorney in August 2021.
Compton also served as Managing Editor of the Washburn Law Journal. Before law school he spent two years in the Office of the Governor of the State of Kansas, and he later held a term clerkship with a judge. Amend graduated from Washburn in 2024 with Dean's Honors and sat on the executive board of Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity.
Bock earned his finance degree magna cum laude from Fort Hays State in 2007 and concentrated his law study in probate, estate planning, taxation and business law. He came to the firm through its summer associate program while still in law school. Burrus double-majored in finance and economics at Saint Louis University, graduated cum laude in 2006, and earned a Certificate in Business and Transactional Law with distinction from Washburn in 2009.
Cannady graduated magna cum laude from Wichita State in 1985 and took his Juris Doctor with honors from Washburn in 1988. He added a Master of Laws in Taxation from the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 1995. Gerdes joined the firm in 1991, sits on its executive committee, and is licensed in both Kansas and Missouri. His work covers taxation, partnerships, corporations, business law and estate planning.
Campbell's practice runs to litigation, with personal injury, products liability, business and construction disputes named. He wrote the "Prompt Payment Acts" chapter of the Kansas Bar Association Construction Law Handbook. In my opinion, published bar association writing is one of the more useful signals a directory can pick up, because someone outside the firm chose the author.
Longevity and the Kansas connection
The firm says it has represented individuals and businesses in Wichita and throughout Kansas for more than 140 years. The site does not state a founding year, so the claim rests on the firm's own count.
The office sits in downtown Wichita at the Epic Center, near the courts and the commercial district. Kansas practice at this scale usually means state district court work in Sedgwick County plus federal filings in the District of Kansas.
What the practice areas imply about the work
Class action litigation, one of the two areas matched to this directory's taxonomy, follows a defined path. A named plaintiff files on behalf of a proposed class, and the court then decides whether to certify that class under the relevant rule. Certification hearings turn on whether the claims and the class members are similar enough to try together. Cases that clear that stage often settle, and any settlement needs court approval plus notice to the class.
General civil litigation, the other matched area, moves through pleadings, discovery, dispositive motions and, in a minority of cases, trial. Discovery in commercial disputes tends to be document-heavy. Construction and insurance coverage matters frequently add expert testimony on causation or standard of care.
As a reviewer, the pairing of a broad practice list with a 29-lawyer roster reads as generalist coverage for regional clients who want one firm across several matters. The bios back that up: finance and tax training shows up repeatedly, which fits a client base of businesses and families with assets to structure.
How the firm presents itself
The website organises around three things: the attorney roster, the practice area list and the firm's history. Nine attorneys get featured bios on the home page, with the remaining lawyers listed on the attorneys page.
Amanda Gorney is named as Firm Administrator, which gives an inquiring client a person to contact rather than a general form.Recognition markers are stated plainly on the about and attorneys pages: the AV rating and the lawyer count, both sourced to outside directories.
The firm operates as an LLC. Gerdes is identified as an executive committee member, and Bock and Burrus are identified as members, which points to a partnership structure with a governing committee.Seventeen of the 29 lawyers are included in the cited lawyer-recognition directory.
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Adam R. BurrusMember
Adam Burrus was born in Wichita, Kansas, in 1983. He attended Saint Louis University, where he double-majored in Finance and Economics and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration (cum laude) in 2006. He received his Juris Doctor from Washburn University School of Law in 2009, earning a Certificate in Business and Transactional Law (with distinction). He joined Fleeson Gooing in 2009 and became a member of the firm in 2016, representing businesses and individual clients in arbitration, mediation and litigation.
Amy D. DeWald
Amy DeWald was born and raised in Wichita, Kansas. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Kansas in 2013, where she received the President's Award for Educational Achievement and was an Annual Linkugel Speech Competition finalist. After graduation she worked as a District Representative for the Fourth Congressional District of Kansas. She began law school at Washburn University School of Law in 2015, was named a Washburn Law Dawson Scholar, graduated in May of 2018 with Dean's Honors and joined Fleeson Gooing in September of 2018.
Calvin D. Rider
Calvin D. Rider is a member at Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson & Kitch, L.L.C. in Wichita, Kansas. He earned a B.S. in Accounting from Fort Hays State University in 1981 and a J.D. from Washburn University of Topeka in 1985. His practice covers education law, business law, corporate law, trusts and estates, estate planning, wills and probate, commercial law, real estate, personal injury, and banking law. He has served as a board member of the Via Christi Foundation, Health Concepts Foundation, and the Weeks Charitable Foundation.
Chandler E. Schmidt
Chandler Schmidt is an attorney at Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson & Kitch, LLC in Wichita, Kansas. Their practice focuses on intellectual property.
Charles E. Millsap
Charles E. Millsap is an attorney at Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson & Kitch, LLC in Wichita, Kansas. His practice focuses on business litigation, insurance coverage, and construction litigation.
David G. Seely
David G. Seely is a Member at Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson & Kitch, L.L.C. in Wichita, Kansas. He received a B.A. from the University of Kansas in 1979 and a J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law in 1982. His practice focuses on litigation, oil and gas law, trial practice, appellate practice, and employment law. He has handled matters involving energy and natural resources and civil appeals.
Emily K. AridaAssociate Attorney
A Wichita native, Emily Arida earned her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Criminal Justice from Wichita State University. She graduated first in her class from Washburn University School of Law in the spring of 2021. She was a law clerk for Fleeson Gooing during the summer of 2019 and joined the firm as an associate attorney in August of 2021. In law school she served as Managing Editor for Volume 60 of the Washburn Law Journal and authored a published Note at 60 Washburn L.J. 313 (2021).
Gregory J. Stucky
Gregory J. Stucky is a member at Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson & Kitch, L.L.C. in Wichita, Kansas. He earned an A.B. from Bethel College in 1971 and a J.D. from the University of Kansas in 1977. His practice focuses on oil and gas law, real estate, intellectual property, probate, and complex business litigation.
Hayley A. Koontz
Jason R. BockMember
Jason Bock received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance, magna cum laude, from Fort Hays State University in 2007. He studied law at the University of Kansas School of Law, concentrating in probate, estate planning, taxation and business law. His affiliation with Fleeson Gooing began during law school through the firm's summer associate program. He began practising with the firm full-time in 2010 and has been a member since 2017.
Joel G. Amend
Joel Amend was born and raised in Wichita, Kansas. He attended the University of Kansas, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business with an emphasis in Finance. At Washburn University School of Law he served on the executive board of Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity and worked as a research assistant. He graduated from Washburn in 2024 with Dean's Honors and joined Fleeson Gooing in September of that year.
John R. GerdesExecutive Committee Member
John Gerdes joined the firm in 1991 and currently serves on its executive committee. He practises primarily in taxation, partnerships, corporations, business law and estate planning. He is licensed to practise in Kansas and Missouri.
John R. Sill
John Robert Sill is an attorney based in Wichita, Kansas. He is listed at the firm Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson & Kitch LLC. His profile lists education at the University of Missouri - Kansas City.
John W. Ralston
Kent A. Meyerhoff
Kent A. Meyerhoff is an attorney at Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson & Kitch, LLC in Wichita, Kansas. His practice covers Estate Planning & Probate and Intellectual Property. He studied at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln College of Law and graduated in 1994.
LWLyndon W. Vix
Matthew B. Sondergard
Matthew Brennan Sondergard is a lawyer in Kansas whose practice is listed as general practice. According to his profiles, he has been associated with Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson & Kitch, L.L.C. in Wichita, Kansas, and with Arthur - Green, LLP in Manhattan, Kansas, where he holds the position of associate.
Megan L. Townsley
Michael P. Cannady
Mike Cannady grew up in Augusta, Kansas. He received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Wichita State University, graduating magna cum laude, in 1985. He received his Juris Doctor, with honors, from Washburn University School of Law in 1988. In 1995 he received a Master of Laws degree in Taxation from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Nathaniel T. Martens
Nathaniel Martens is a native of Newton, Kansas, and completed his undergraduate studies at Chadron State College. He attended Washburn University School of Law, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Washburn Law Journal, Volume 55, and graduated magna cum laude in 2016. He joined Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson & Kitch in 2016 and practices primarily in the area of civil litigation. His practice areas include contracts and agreements, landlord and tenant matters, oil and gas, and residential real estate.
Roarke R. Gordon
Roarke R. Gordon is an attorney at Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson & Kitch, LLC in Wichita, Kansas. His practice focuses on real estate, business litigation, and business and corporate matters.
Ronald L. Campbell
Ron Campbell grew up on a farm near Scott City, Kansas. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Kansas and his law degree from Southern Methodist University. He practises primarily in litigation, focusing on personal injury, products liability, business and construction disputes. He wrote the "Prompt Payment Acts" chapter of the Kansas Bar Association Construction Law Handbook and has argued cases in the Kansas Court of Appeals, the Kansas Supreme Court, and the Eighth and Tenth Circuits of the U.S. Court of Appeals.
Ryan K. Meyer
Ryan Keith Meyer is an associate at Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson & Kitch, L.L.C. in Wichita, Kansas. He received a B.A. in History from Wichita State University in 2007 and a J.D. from Washburn University School of Law in 2010. His practice includes civil litigation, criminal defense, and employment law.
Stephen M. Stark
Stephen M. Stark graduated from The University of Iowa College of Law in 1983. He is an attorney at Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson & Kitch, LLC in Wichita, Kansas. He handles Real Estate matters and also assists clients with Environmental issues.
T. Chet Compton
Chet Compton was born and raised in Wichita, Kansas. He obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of Kansas and his Juris Doctor from Washburn University School of Law. Between college and law school he spent two years working in the Office of the Governor of the State of Kansas. At Washburn he served as Managing Editor of the Washburn Law Journal, and he was a term-clerk for the Honorable Eric F. Melgren, District Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Kansas.
Thomas D. Kitch
Thomas D. Kitch is a member at Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson & Kitch, L.L.C. in Wichita, Kansas. He received an A.B. cum laude from Yale University in 1966 and a J.D. from the University of Chicago in 1969. His practice covers complex business litigation, civil litigation, banking law, commercial law, and corporate law.
Thomas J. Lasater
Thomas J. Lasater is a Member at Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson & Kitch, L.L.C. in Wichita, Kansas. He earned a J.D. from George Washington University and holds a B.S. from West Texas State University. His practice covers litigation, commercial transactions, the Uniform Commercial Code, bankruptcy, business law, and religion law.
William L. Townsley III
William L. Townsley III is a member at Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson & Kitch, L.L.C. in Wichita, Kansas. He received a B.G.S. degree from the University of Kansas in 1985 and earned his J.D. with honors from Washburn University School of Law in 1989. His practice focuses on civil litigation, insurance defense, eminent domain, workers' compensation, and personal injury matters, with an emphasis on defense work.
William P. Tretbar
William P. Tretbar is an attorney with Fleeson Gooing Coulson & Kitch in Wichita, Kansas. He earned a J.D. from the University of Kansas in 1980 and a B.A. from the University of Arizona in 1976. His practice covers commercial real estate, appeals, probate, personal injury, and general practice matters.
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