VerifiedLawFirms editorial: How the firm took shape — The story starts in Wichita in 2001. Stephen Joseph and Ross Hollander founded the practice that year to handle civil and criminal litigation.
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About Joseph, Hollander & Craft
Joseph, Hollander & Craft LLC is a law firm serving clients in Kansas and Missouri. The firm handles criminal defense, family law, personal injury, business law, professional licensure defense, and healthcare and hospital law. It represents individuals and businesses in state and federal courts, including criminal prosecutions, divorce and child custody matters, personal injury claims arising from auto collisions and other accidents, and matters involving the professional licenses of doctors, nurses, judges, attorneys, accountants, and real estate agents.
The firm was founded by Stephen Joseph and Ross Hollander in 2001 in Wichita to provide civil and criminal litigation services. It later expanded to Topeka and added a family law practice and a Lawrence office. In 2011, Julia Craft joined the Wichita office, and the firm, previously known as Joseph & Hollander, PA, was renamed Joseph, Hollander & Craft LLC. The firm opened its Overland Park office in 2016 and its Kansas City office in 2018. It operates five offices in Kansas City, MO; Overland Park, KS; Lawrence, KS; Topeka, KS; and Wichita, KS, with a team of more than 20 attorneys.
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How the firm took shape
The story starts in Wichita in 2001. Stephen Joseph and Ross Hollander founded the practice that year to handle civil and criminal litigation. At that point it was known as Joseph & Hollander, PA.
The name changed in 2011. Julia Craft joined the Wichita office, and the firm became Joseph, Hollander & Craft LLC. That shift lined up with a wider set of work, since the family law side grew alongside the litigation practice.
Growth after that was steady rather than sudden. The firm expanded to Topeka and added a Lawrence office. It opened an Overland Park office in 2016 and a Kansas City office in 2018.
Where the team works
Today the firm runs five offices across two states. Four sit in Kansas: Wichita, Topeka, Lawrence, and Overland Park. The fifth is in Kansas City, Missouri.
Wichita is the home office, the same city where the firm began. In my opinion, that spread matters for clients, because Kansas and Missouri courts each have their own rules, and a firm with lawyers in both states is set up to move between them.
Focus and practice areas
The firm groups its work into six areas. These are criminal defense, family law, personal injury, business law, professional licensure defense, and healthcare and hospital law.
Criminal defense covers state and federal courts, from the investigation stage through full prosecutions. Family law runs from divorce and child custody to child support, parenting time, spousal maintenance, and agreements made before or during a separation. Personal injury work includes claims from auto collisions and fires.
Two of the areas are narrower in subject, if not in name. Professional licensure defense covers the licenses of doctors, nurses, judges, attorneys, accountants, and real estate agents. Healthcare and hospital law sits close to that, dealing with the rules medical providers work under.
How the team is built
The firm states a team of more than 20 attorneys. Christopher M. Joseph serves as Managing Member. His own work centers on criminal defense in federal and state courts, along with complex civil litigation, and he heads the firm's criminal defense, asset forfeiture, and judicial discipline groups.
Family law
Family law has several named lawyers. Julia Craft, whose arrival gave the firm its current name, handles divorce, custody, support, and related agreements from Wichita, and she also prepares wills and powers of attorney. Christine Piña Rosengreen works from Kansas City on divorce, paternity, modification, guardianship, and adoption, and she serves as a Qualified Guardian ad Litem and a Certified Family Law Mediator for Missouri.
Boyd R. McPherson adds family law from Wichita, covering divorce, custody, support, and adoption, and he also helps businesses with liquor licensing in southcentral Kansas. Rylee M. Broyles, who graduated from Washburn University School of Law in 2021, works on family law and civil litigation defense. Ardith Smith-Woertz pairs family law with estate planning and probate.
Criminal defense and litigation
On the criminal side, Dionne M. Scherff defends adult and juvenile clients across Kansas and Missouri. Jess W. Hoeme concentrates on criminal litigation in Kansas. Carrie E. Parker, a member of the firm, handles criminal defense, appellate matters, and civil litigation, and Christopher M. McHugh combines criminal defense with civil and business litigation.
Regulatory and healthcare
The regulatory and healthcare work carries its own names. Diane L. Bellquist, a member of the firm, represents people and entities before regulatory boards in Kansas and Missouri. Anne M. Kindling advises healthcare organizations and providers on hospital law, regulatory compliance, medical staff matters, and the defense of medical malpractice claims.
What the record shows
Some details in the attorney profiles stand out for how concrete they are. Dionne M. Scherff has litigated felony jury trials in federal and state courts, and Kansas qualifies her to handle death penalty cases. The firm states she is one of two lawyers in the state's death penalty history to win the dismissal of a capital case.
Jess W. Hoeme's profile puts a number on his reach: he has represented clients in 85 of Kansas' 105 counties. He also represents Kansas law enforcement officers and agencies in professional matters and investigations.
A few lawyers list their schooling plainly. Diane L. Bellquist earned a B.S. from Moorhead State University in 1999 and a J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law in 2002, and she previously served as Assistant General Counsel for the Kansas Board of Healing Arts. Boyd R. McPherson holds a B.S. from the University of Kansas and a J.D. from Washburn University of Topeka. As a reviewer, I read that kind of specific, checkable detail as a good sign.
How this reads for someone choosing a firm
Put together, the picture is of a general-practice firm with real depth on two fronts: criminal defense and family law. The regulatory, healthcare, business, and injury work fills out the rest.
The office network gives clients across Kansas and into Missouri a local point of contact. The clearest strength here is the mix of courtroom experience and named attorneys who each own a defined area of the work, with school records and roles stated openly rather than left vague.
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AVAlexandro Vasquez
AMAnne M. Kindling
Anne M. Kindling is an attorney at Joseph, Hollander & Craft in Kansas. She counsels health care organizations and individual health care providers on health and hospital law matters, including regulatory compliance, business transactions, medical staff relations, peer review and risk management, and defense of medical malpractice claims. Her civil litigation practice includes insurance defense, business disputes, and appellate advocacy. She earned a J.D. from Indiana University and a B.A. from the University of Kansas, and previously worked in risk management at Stormont Vail Health and as a partner at Goodell, Stratton, Edmonds & Palmer.
ASArdith Smith-Woertz
Ardith R. Smith-Woertz is an attorney at Joseph, Hollander & Craft LLC in Wichita, Kansas. Her practice focuses on family law and estate planning and probate matters.
AEAshley E. Franden
Ashley Franden is an attorney at Joseph, Hollander & Craft LLC in Wichita, Kansas. Her practice focuses on family law.
BEBlaire E. Hoeme
Blaire Elise Hoeme is an attorney at the law firm Joseph, Hollander & Craft in Wichita, Kansas. Her public directory profile does not specify particular practice areas.
BRBoyd R. McPherson
Boyd R. McPherson is an attorney at Joseph, Hollander & Craft in Wichita, Kansas. He earned a B.S. from the University of Kansas in 1988 and a J.D. from Washburn University of Topeka in 1992. His practice focuses on family law, including divorce, spousal maintenance, child support, custody, and adoption. He also assists businesses with liquor licensing throughout southcentral Kansas.
CECarrie E. Parker
Carrie E. Parker is an attorney and member of Joseph, Hollander & Craft LLC in Wichita, Kansas. Her practice focuses on criminal defense, appellate matters, and civil litigation.
CYCasey Y. Meek
Casey Meek is a criminal defense attorney at Joseph, Hollander & Craft LLC based in Kansas City, Missouri. He defends individuals facing municipal, state, and federal criminal charges in Kansas and Missouri. He represents clients in felony and misdemeanor matters, including drug and alcohol offenses, DUIs, and property crimes.
CPChristine Piña Rosengreen
Christine Rosengreen is a family law attorney with Joseph, Hollander & Craft, based in Kansas City. She earned her J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law. Her practice involves divorce, paternity, modification, guardianship, and adoption matters. She is also a Qualified Guardian ad Litem and a Certified Family Law Mediator for the State of Missouri.
CMChristopher M. JosephManaging Member
Represents individuals and businesses during the investigation and prosecution of criminal charges in federal and state courts and in complex civil litigation. Leads the firm's criminal defense, asset forfeiture, and judicial discipline practice groups. Serves as the firm's Managing Member.
Christopher M. McHugh
Christopher M. McHugh is an attorney at Joseph, Hollander & Craft LLC in Wichita, Kansas. His practice includes civil litigation, business litigation, and criminal defense.
CRCourtland R. T. Triplett
Courtland Rockwell Tillman Triplett is an attorney with Joseph, Hollander & Craft LLC in Wichita, Kansas. The profile does not specify his practice areas or educational background.
DLDiane L. Bellquist
Diane L. Bellquist is a member at Joseph, Hollander & Craft who represents individuals and entities in matters before regulatory boards in Kansas and Missouri. She earned a B.S. from Moorhead State University in 1999 and a J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law in 2002. She previously served as Assistant General Counsel for the Kansas Board of Healing Arts and handles matters involving health care professionals, including physicians, chiropractors, physician assistants, and nurses. Her practice also includes representing other professionals such as accountants, engineers, real estate agents, insurance agents, and attorneys in licensing and administrative matters.
DMDionne M. Scherff
Criminal defense attorney based in Overland Park, KS, who defends adult and juvenile clients in courts throughout Kansas and Missouri. She has litigated felony jury trials in federal and state courts. She is qualified by Kansas to handle death penalty cases and is one of two lawyers in Kansas' history of death penalty cases to obtain the dismissal of a capital case.
DMDouglas M. Taylor
DJDustin J. Curry
Dustin J. Curry earned a B.G.S. from the University of Kansas in 2000 and a J.D. from Washburn University School of Law in 2003. He is an attorney at Joseph, Hollander & Craft, where he practices criminal defense and represents clients facing charges in federal, state, and municipal courts. A former prosecutor, he handles matters including drug crimes, violent crimes, property crimes, and DUIs. He has litigated more than 50 jury trials to verdict.
HRHannah R. Wittman
Hannah R. Wittman is an attorney at Joseph, Hollander & Craft LLC in Wichita, Kansas. Her practice focuses on family law.
JWJess W. Hoeme
His practice is concentrated in criminal litigation across the State of Kansas, and he has represented clients in 85 of Kansas' 105 counties. He represents Kansas law enforcement officers and agencies in matters of professional affairs and investigations. He also represents individuals and organizations during the investigation and prosecution of criminal charges.
Jordan M. Massey
Jordan Massey earned her J.D. from Washburn University School of Law in 2020 and holds a B.B.A. in International Business and Economics from Fort Hays State University. She began her legal career representing clients in workers compensation claims before joining the Domestic Law Department at Joseph, Hollander & Craft, LLC. Her practice focuses on family law and divorce, including matters such as adoption, child custody, child support, paternity, property division, and spousal support.
JAJulia A. Craft
Family law attorney based in Wichita, KS. Her practice includes divorce, child custody, child support, parenting time, spousal maintenance, premarital agreements, separation agreements, guardianships, and child in need of care proceedings. She also prepares wills and powers of attorney.
KAKylee A. Tokoi
LPLindsey P. Erickson
Lindsey P. Erickson is a criminal defense attorney at Joseph, Hollander & Craft LLC, based in Overland Park, Kansas. She represents individuals charged with felonies and misdemeanors throughout northeastern Kansas in cases involving drug crimes, property crimes, sex crimes, violent crimes, and DUIs. She also defends youths charged under the Kansas Juvenile Justice Code.
MPMackenzie P. Orchard
Mackenzie P. Orchard is a family law attorney at Joseph, Hollander & Craft in Wichita, Kansas. She assists clients with divorce, paternity, child custody and support, spousal maintenance, guardianship, and CINC matters. She earned a B.A. and an M.A. from Fort Hays State University and a J.D. from the University of Nebraska. She draws on prior experience teaching criminal justice and serving as a Guardian ad Litem.
MAMarisa A. No
RMRylee M. Broyles
Rylee Broyles graduated from Washburn University School of Law in 2021. She is an attorney at Joseph, Hollander & Craft LLC in Wichita, Kansas. Her practice focuses on Family Law and Civil Litigation defense matters.
SMSamantha M. Fisher
TATaryn A. Folston
Taryn Folston is a Wichita-based family law attorney at Joseph, Hollander & Craft. She earned a Bachelor of Science from Wichita State University in 2010 and a Juris Doctor from Washburn University School of Law in 2013. Her practice includes divorce, child custody, child support, parenting time, spousal maintenance, premarital agreements, separation agreements, guardianships, and child in need of care (CINC) cases. She previously served as an Assistant Public Defender in the Sedgwick County Public Defender office and worked at the Sedgwick County Conflicts Office.
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