John L. Richeson

John commenced his legal career in 1965 with the firm after graduating from the University of Kansas School of Law. John has been active in many forms of litigation, real estate, eminent domain, business and estate planning. John is also a trained mediator.

For more than 27 years, John served as attorney for the City of Ottawa. He was attorney for several Unified School Districts. He is authorized to appear in all the courts of Kansas in addition to the U.S. District Court for Kansas, the Tenth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. He has appeared in more than half of the trial courts in Kansas and argued numerous appeals to the Kansas Court of Appeals, Kansas Supreme Court, and to the Tenth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. He has appeared before many state and federal agencies dealing with subjects involving taxation, environmental concerns, transportation, utilities, roads and highways, and the regulation of pharmacists.

John is a partner in the firm, and a member of the Grievance and Ethics Committee of the Kansas Bar Association which serves as a liaison to the Office of Disciplinary Administrator. John is a Fellow of the Kansas Bar Foundation, a former President of the Administrative Law Section of the Kansas Bar Association, and a member of the Kansas and Franklin County Bar Associations.

He and his wife, Jan, have a son and a daughter.

Email: jricheson@andersonbyrd.com