Honorable Tom Malone
Judge of the Court of Appeals 2003-

Tom Malone was born in Wichita, Kansas, on December 29, 1953. He graduated from Kansas Newman College in 1976, summa cum laude, and from Washburn Law School in 1979, with honors, where he was an associate editor of the Washburn Law Journal.

Judge Malone practiced law in Wichita for 12 years with Redmond & Nazar, L.L.P. He concentrated on business and commercial litigation in federal and state courts. During this time, he taught upper division Business Law at Kansas Newman College. Judge Malone is licensed to practice before the Kansas Supreme Court, Federal Court for the District of Kansas, 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.

Judge Malone was elected to the Sedgwick County district bench in 1990 and served as district judge 12 years. He was primarily a trial judge, presiding over more than 250 jury trials and hundreds of bench trials.

Judge Malone is a member of the Wichita Bar Association, Kansas Bar Association, American Bar Association, and the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association. He serves on the Kansas Judicial Council: Pattern Instructions in Kansas Advisory Committee which drafts pattern jury instructions for civil and criminal cases for statewide use by the Kansas judiciary. He is also a member of the Board of Editors of the Kansas Bar Association Journal. Judge Malone has published numerous law journal articles, and he is a frequent speaker at seminars sponsored by the Wichita Bar Association, the Kansas Bar Association, and the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association.

Judge Malone and his wife, Anne, have three children: Melissa, Theresa, and Mike. He is active in many civic and church organizations in Wichita and Topeka.

Cases (those available online) before Judge Malone:

• 75092 -- Maas v. Huxtable & Assocs., Inc.
• 77135 -- State v. Gonzales
• 84451 -- State v. Seibel, concurring
• 85457 -- Saroff v. Haun
• 85898 -- State v. Limon
• 86901 -- Littrice V. State
• 88249 -- Worley v. Bradford Pointe Apartments
• 88250 -- State v. Crawford
• 88395 -- Prendiville v. Contemporary Homes, Inc.
• 88640 -- State v. Jeffrey
• 88643 -- Werdann v. Mel Hambelton Ford, Inc.
• 88923 -- State v. Pemberton
• 89137 -- Summitt v. Summitt
• 89286 -- Creme de la Creme, Inc.
• 89348 -- Siler v. Kansas Employment Security Bd. of Review
• 89355 -- State v. Deffebaugh
• 89380 -- Schoen v. Kansas Dept. of Revenue
• 89409 -- State v. Rhodes
• 89462 -- Roe v. Kansas Dept. of SRS
• 89463 -- Smith v. McKune
• 89480 -- State v. Davis
• 89485 -- State v. Legero
• 89498 -- State v. Percival
• 89499 -- Pieplow v. State
• 89558 -- Magstadtova v. Magstadt
• 89699 -- State v. Robards
• 89836 -- Avriett v. State
• 89850 -- Vandracek v. Mid-State Co-Op, Inc.
• 89863 -- A & S Rental Solutioins, Inc. v. Kopet
• 89864 -- Patterson v. Allstate Ins. Co.
• 89886 -- McCarty v. State
• 89925 -- Morgan v. City of Wichita
• 89948 -- Ed Bozarth Chevrolet, Inc. v. Black
• 89966 -- Tallman v. Case Corp.
• 90004 -- State Farm Mut. Auto Ins. Co. v. Benton
• 90045 -- Servantez v. Shelton
• 90069 -- Associated Press v. Sebelius
• 90078 -- Dowling Realty v. City of Shawnee
• 90166 -- City of Salina v. Amador
• 90189 -- Avien Corp. V. First Nat'l Oil, Inc.
• 90218 -- Jenkins v. State
• 90247 -- Arnold v. Hewitt
• 90260 -- Macray v. Clubs, Inc.
• 90303 -- State v. Kackley
• 90310 -- Zukel v. Great West Managers, LLC
• 90317 -- Stone v. U.S.D. No. 222
• 90332 -- Davin v. Athletic Club of Overland Park
• 90340 -- State v. Mansaw
• 90380 -- Ramsey v. Lee Builders, Inc.
• 90398 -- Southwest & Assocs., Inc. v. Steven Enterprises
• 90406 -- Rockgate Mgmt. Co. v. CGU Ins., Inc.
• 90437 -- Labra v. Mid-Plains Constr., Inc.
• 90475 -- Jones v. Kansas State University
• 90488 -- State v. Beck
• 90527 -- Dodson v. U-Needa Self Storage
• 90561 -- State v. Miller
• 90572 -- Chowning v. Cannon Valley Woodwork, Inc.
• 90575 -- In re Marriage Mellott
• 90598 -- Nelson v. Capital City Moving & Storage
• 90652 -- O'Keefe v. Merrill Lynch & Co.
• 90656 -- Bonner Springs U.S.D. No. 204 v. Blue Valley U.S.D. No. 229
• 90708 -- Diepenbrock v. Merkel
• 90726 -- Home Telephone Co. v. Kansas Corporation Comm'n
• 90746 -- Talbot v. Pearson
• 90787 -- In re Marriage of VanBuren
• 90820 -- Norton Farms, Inc. v. Anadarko Petroleum Corp.
• 90865 -- State v. Schneider
• 90944 -- Lee Builders, Inc. v. Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co.
• 90970 -- State v. Gonzalez
• 90998 -- Carter Petroleum Products, Inc. v. Brotherhood Bank & Trust Co.
• 91020 -- State v. Neri
• 91095 -- Noone v. Chalet of Wichita
• 91102 -- State v. Welty
• 91107 -- State v. Dumars
• 91150 -- Aylward v. Dar Ran
• 91175 -- Soza v. Kansas Dept. of Revenue
• 91216 -- State v. Tonroy
• 91225 -- In re Estate of Wolf
• 91324 -- In re Care & Treatment of Foster
• 91381 -- State v. Davis
• 91397 -- McComb v. State
• 91403 -- State ex rel. State Bd. of Healing Arts v. Thomas
• 91488 -- Loucks v. Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co.
• 91498 -- State v. Sedillos
• 91569 -- Main Line, Inc. v. Board of Reno County Comm'rs
• 91572 -- State v. McFadden
• 91589 -- State v. Johnson
• 91609 -- In re Marriage of Adugna
• 91619 -- City of Topeka v. Grabauskas
• 91648 -- Barker v. Kruckenberg
• 91754 -- Hill v. Simmons
• 91783 -- Schauf v. Schauf
• 91821 -- State v. Shelinbarger
• 91875 -- State v. Robinson
• 91946 -- Zak v. Riffel
• 91974 -- State v. McDowell
• 92011 -- State v. McConnell
• 92164 -- Nickelson v. Kansas Dept. of Revenue
• 92231 -- Lamb v. State
• 92232 -- State v. Slimmer
• 92246 -- Smith v. Winfield Livestock Auction, Inc.
• 92249 -- State v. Turner
• 92291 -- State v. Hill
• 92307 -- State v. Kermoade
• 92332 -- In re Marriage of Funk
• 92341 -- State v. Huff
• 92342 -- State v. Hemphill
• 92367 -- State v. Beeney
• 92482 -- Nugyen v. Esplund
• 92574 -- Bluestem Telephone Co. v. Kansas Corporation Comm'n
• 92648 -- State v. Coppage
• 92657 -- State v. Montgomery
• 92737 -- State v. Sedam
• 92767 -- State v. Montgomery
• 92972 -- Little v. State
• 93024 -- State v. Baxter
• 93084 -- State v. Moody
• 93148 - Haley v. Brown
• 93234 -- State v. Locke
• 93256 -- State v. Escalante
• 93259 -- State v. McCall
• 93285 -- National City Mortgage Co. v. Ross
• 93310 -- Hayes v. State
• 93342 -- Schmidt v. State
• 93450 -- In re Marriage of Kimbrell
• 93551 -- In re S.R.
• 93622 -- LSF Franchise Reo I v. Emporia Restaurants, Inc.
• 93698 -- Burgess v. Shampooch Pet Industries, Inc.
• 93788 -- Abasolo v. State
• 93790 -- State v. Palma
• 93806 -- State v. Bolden
• 93845 - State v. Gonzales
• 93897 -- Leffel v. Kansas Dept. of Revenue
• 93901 -- Erixson v. Ojeley
• 93921 -- In re Parentage of Shade
• 93940 -- State v. Allen
• 93962 -- State v. Blanchette
• 94033 -- Martin v. Kansas Dept. of Revenue
• 94051 -- Grajeda v. Aramark Corp.
• 94075 -- State v. Sykes
• 94117 -- King v. State
• 94207 -- Swenson v. State
• 94249 -- State v. Kotas
• 94425 -- Housh v. Hay
• 94432 -- State v. Burton
• 94433 -- Casner v. State
• 94473 -- Newman Mem. Hospital v. Walton Constr. Co.
• 94583 -- Estate of Pemberton v. John's Sports Center, Inc.
• 94598 -- Board of Seward County Comm'rs v. Navarro
• 94613 -- State v. Vandevelde
• 94667 -- Troutman v. Curtis
• 94697 -- D.A.N. Joint Venture III v. Turk
• 94710 -- State ex rel. Kline v. Berry
• 94757 -- State v. Russell
• 94831 -- State v. Araujo
• 94863 -- Jerby v. Truck Ins. Exchange
• 94953 -- State v. Collins
• 94960 -- McDermed v. State
• 95007 -- State v. Geraghty
• 95008 -- State v. Bedell
• 95015 -- In re Marriage of Osborn
• 95036 -- In re Marriage of Cox
• 95051 -- Seitz v. The Lawrence Bank
• 95077 -- Christopher v. State
• 95144 -- State v. Jackson
• 95155 -- State v. Williams
• 95202 -- Thomas v. Benchmark Ins. Co.
• 95245 -- State v. Becker
• 95306 -- Kiekel v. Four Colonies Homes Ass'n
• 95403 -- State v. Malm
• 95466 -- State v. Landis
• 95508 -- In re Marraige of Takusagawa
• 95551 -- Southwestern Bell v. APAC-Kansas, Inc.
• 95569 -- Twin Valley Dev. Services, Inc. v. Kansas Dept. of SRS
• 95792 -- Wilson v. Wilson
• 95887 -- State v. Maloney
• 95936 -- State v. Shaw
• 96060 -- Estate of Draper v. Bank of America
• 96075 -- In re D.T.J.
• 96103 -- Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline v. Cunning
• 96104 -- State v. Lawrence
• 96115 -- State v. Young
• 96228 -- Kansas Industrial Consumers Group, Inc. v. Kansas Corporation Comm'n
• 96261 -- State v. Dumars
• 96274 -- State v. Bryant
• 96319 -- Ludlow v. State
• 96388 -- In re Adoption of S.J.R.
• 96400 -- State v. Lemons
• 96405 -- State v. Scoville
• 96416 -- Russell v. Farmers Ins. Co.
• 96452 -- State v. Moffit
• 96497 -- State v. Barney
• 96596 -- State v. Prebble
• 96625 -- Cranford v. State
• 96707 -- Ashley v. Kansas Dept. of Revenue
• 96929 -- State v. Bale
• 96967 -- State ex rel. Kline v. Transmasters Towing
• 96820 -- State v. Schow
• 97018 -- North Country Villas Homeowners Ass'n v. Kokenge
• 97035 -- In re Marriage of Hudson
• 97086 -- In re Mechanic's Lien against City of Kansas City
• 97114 -- In re Marriage of Reinhardt
• 97118 -- State v. Riis (reversed and remanded with directions)
• 97156 -- Johannes v. Idol
• 97217 -- Stormont-Vail Healthcare, Inc. v. Cutrer
• 97232 -- Hale v. Brown
• 97326 -- State v. Toney
• 97447 -- State v. Morlock (Reversed)
• 97466 -- Cornelius v. Kansas Dept. of Revenue
• 97502 -- Robinson v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.
• 97507 --State v. Reed
• 97518 -- Gassvint v. Superior Indust. Int'l-Kansas, Inc.
• 97546 -- In re Adoption of G.L.V.
• 97586 -- State v. Kogler
• 97619 -- Tax Exempt. Application of City of Garnett/E. Ks. Agri- Energy
• 97657 -- State v. Hawkins
• 97677 -- State v. Bee
• 97690 -- In re J.R.A.
• 97711 -- State v. Gillen
• 97818 -- State v. Sherrod
• 97849 -- State v. Watson
• 97863 -- State v. Renfro
• 97876 -- In re D.M.M.
• 97889 -- City of Norton v. Wonderly
• 97872 -- State v. Horn
• 97901 -- In re Marriage of Atchison
• 98007 -- State v. Myers
• 98023 -- Carrothers Constr. Co. V. City of South Hutchinson
• 98031 -- American General
• 98059 -- State v. Marx
• 98161 -- State v. Bordeaux
• 98199 -- Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. V. Progressive Direct Ins. Co.
• 98237 -- State v. Bejarano
• 98252 -- State v. Glass
• 98258 -- Halford v. Nowak Constuction
• 98291 -- In re Marriage of Hair
• 98352 -- In re Estate of Lane
• 98387 -- In re M.B.
• 98403 -- State v. Leaper
• 98440 -- In re Marriage of Matthews
• 98445 -- Myers v. Lincoln Center Ob/Gyn, P.A.
• 98520 -- In re Guardianship of Soko
• 98549 -- State v. Snow
• 98572 -- State v. Ricahrdson
• 98707 -- State v. Johnson
• 98736 -- State v. Long
• 98762 -- Alliance Steel, Inc. v. Piland
• 98796 -- State v. Loggins
• 98822 -- State v. Gaona
• 98836 -- State v. Vanek
• 98880 -- State v. Tatum
• 98956 -- In re Tax Appeal of Mental Health Ass'n of Heartland
• 98966 -- Hemphill v. Ford Motor Co.
• 98989 -- Lewis v. R & K Ranch, et al.
• 99023 -- State v. Casady
• 99142 -- In re Testamentary Trust of Keys
• 99217 -- State v. McGinnis
• 99232 -- State v. S. Miller
• 99236 -- State v. Toler
• 99372 - Mitchell v. Kansas Department of Revenue
• 99413 -- State v. Golston
• 99528 -- Mitchell v. Petsmart, Inc.
• 99529 -- O'Neill v. Dunham
• 99614 -- State v. Cisneros
• 99633 -- State v. Thomas
• 99722 -- Mr. Cinnamon of Kansas, Inc. v. Hall
• 99764 -- Nowicki v. Project Paint Research Labs
• 99767 -- Santana v. Olguin, et al.
• 99943 -- State v. Cox
• 99992 -- State v. Davis
• 100028 -- LaPointe v. State
• 100041 -- Santa Rosa KM Assocs. v. Principal Life Ins. Co.
• 100054 -- Knop v. Gardner Edgerton U.S.D. No. 231
• 100152 -- State v. Johnson
• 100171 -- White v. Kansas Health Policy Authority
• 100221 -- In the Matter of Application of Gracious Promise Foundation for Exemption from Ad Valorem Taxation
• 100255 -- State v. Kelley
• 100272 -- Citifinancial Auto Inc. v. Mike's Wrecker Service et.al.
• 100279 -- Rivera v. Kansas Dept. Of Revenue
• 100290 -- State v. Luttig
• 100356 -- State v. Schuff
• 100501 -- Baker v. State
• 100703 -- State v. Rivera
• 100888 -- State v. Brittingham
• 100926 -- State v. Diaz-Ruiz
• 100988 -- Scheidt v. Teakwood Cabinet & Fixture, INC., et al.
• 100990 -- State v. Bradley
• 101061 -- State v. Haffner
• 101093 -- State v. Ulate
• 101181 -- State, ex rel. SRS v. Cleland
• 101206 -- First National Bank & Trust Co. v. Wetzel
• 101416 -- Shaw v. Southwest Kan. Groundwater Mgt. Dist. 3
• 101445 -- Douglas v. Ad Astra Information Systems
• 101619 -- Dia v.Oakley
• 101892 -- In re M.R.C.