Honorable Stephen D. Hill
Judge of the Court of Appeals 2003-

Stephen D. Hill was born in Fort Scott, Kansas on December 18, 1950. He attended public schools in Wichita until he graduated from Wichita Heights High School in 1968. After high school, Hill attended the University of Kansas and received a B.A. degree in English in 1972. After college he attended Washburn University of Topeka School of Law and received a J.D. degree in 1975. Hill was admitted to practice law in Kansas in 1975. Since then, Hill has been admitted to practice in the federal courts in Kansas and the United States Supreme Court.

Hill started his own firm of Hill & Wisler in 1975 and practiced law in Mound City, Kansas until he became Linn County Attorney in 1976. Hill was appointed Associate District Judge in 1981 by Gov. John Carlin and then District Judge in 1982 in the Sixth Judicial District in Kansas. He eventually became administrative judge and then chief judge of the district until Gov. Kathleen Sebelius appointed him to the Kansas Court of Appeals in 2003.

Judge Hill presided over numerous criminal and civil trials across the state by order of the Supreme Court and was a Commissioner on the Kansas Judicial Initiative in 1998. He is a past member of the Kansas District Judges executive committee. Hill has participated as speaker, in numerous continuing legal and judicial education events in Kansas and at the Judicial College in Reno, Nevada.

Hill and his wife Sandra reside in Paola. Their two adult sons, Stephen and Ben live in Lawrence.

Cases (those available online) before Judge Hill:

• 88888 -- State v. Carver
• 90016 -- State v. Honton
• 90067 -- City of Wichita v. Cook
• 90114 -- Woodberry v. State
• 90218 -- Jenkins v. State
• 90260 -- Macray v. Clubs, Inc.
• 90354 -- Tharp v. Lee
• 90406 -- Rockgate Mgmt. Co. v. CGU Ins., Inc.
• 90527 -- Dodson v. U-Needa Self Storage
• 90561 -- State v. Miller
• 90625 -- Westboro Baptist Church, Inc. v. Patton
• 90760 -- State v. Herrman
• 90787 -- In re Marriage of VanBuren
• 90820 -- Norton Farms, Inc. v. Anadarko Petroleum Corp.
• 90878 -- Duncan v. City of Arkansas City
• 90879 -- Allen, Gibbs & Houlik v. Ristow
• 90904 -- State v. Knight
• 90937 -- L.P.P. Mortgage, Ltd. v. Hayse
• 90944 -- Lee Builders, Inc. v. Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co.
• 90959 -- State v. Creason
• 90972 -- Jackson v. City of Norwich
• 91020 -- State v. Neri
• 91102 -- State v. Welty
• 91107 -- State v. Dumars
• 91115 -- State v. Mercer
• 91126 -- Lara v. Vasquez
• 91150 -- Aylward v. Dar Ran
• 91191 -- Legleiter v. Gottschalk
• 91253 -- In re Equalization Proceeding of Amoco Production Co.
• 91309 -- Norlin v. Board of Trustees of Cloud County Comm. College
• 91310 -- U.S.D. No. 215 v. McGlynn
• 91324 -- In re Care & Treatment of Foster
• 91329 -- Laubach v. Roberts
• 91342 -- Miner v. CX Transportation
• 91348 -- Munson v. Tri-State Commodities, Inc.
• 91381 -- State v. Davis
• 91498 -- State v. Sedillos
• 91519 -- In re S.M.H.
• 91547 -- State v. Letourneau
• 92570 -- State v. Smith
• 91569 -- Main Line, Inc. v. Board of Reno County Comm'rs
• 91619 -- City of Topeka v. Grabauskas
• 91629 -- Rensenhouse v. Bauer
• 91676 -- In re Marriage of Allen
• 91791 -- State v. Anderson
• 91875 -- State v. Robinson
• 91985 -- State v. Duhon
• 91997 -- In re Adoption of BGJ
• 92011 -- State v. McConnell
• 92018 -- State v. Potts
• 92114 -- State v. Clemence
• 92189 -- Lyons v. IBP, Inc.
• 92231 -- Lamb v. State
• 92232 -- State v. Slimmer
• 92393 -- Snyder v. State
• 92397 -- State v. Castillo
• 92407 -- In re Tax Exemption Application of K.S.U. Foundation
• 92465 -- State v. Puckett
• 92522 -- State v. Neal
• 92530 -- State v. Donaldson
• 92570 -- State v. Smith
• 92574 -- Bluestem Telephone Co. v. Kansas Corporation Comm'n
• 92580 -- State v. Anderson
• 92638 -- State v. Singleton
• 92675 -- Collins v. State
• 92737 -- State v. Sedam
• 92779 -- State v. Haney
• 92780 -- State v. Ussery
• 92886 -- State v. Lafleur
• 92911 -- Lockett v. University of Kansas
• 93019 -- Odette Family Ltd. Partnership v. Agco Finance
• 93146 -- Phillips v. Tyler
• 93148 - Haley v. Brown
• 93454 -- State v. Chesbro
• 93473 -- Sutton v. Sutton
• 93487 -- State v. Bieker
• 93537 -- In re Marriage of Iwed
• 93558 -- State v. White
• 93559 -- Haley v. Brown
• 93823 -- State v. Bolden
• 93845 - State v. Gonzales
• 93875 - State v. Whitlock
• 93984 -- Casco v. Armour Swift-Eckrich
• 94130 -- State v. Barahona
• 94161 -- City of Dodge City v. Ibarra
• 94192 -- Ihrig v. Frontier Equity Exchange Ass'n
• 94206 -- Logsdon v. Boeing Co.
• 94254 -- State v. Thompson
• 94362 -- Davis v. Heath
• 94433 -- Casner v. State
• 94492 -- State v. Bennett
• 94525 -- City of Manhattan v. Feril
• 94531 -- Carter v. Roberts
• 94599 -- State v. Black
• 94694 -- State v.Warren
• 94698 -- Finley v. Estate of De Grazio
• 94704 -- Sheets v. Sims
• 94757 -- State v. Russell
• 94758 - State v. Smith
• 94800 -- Munck v. KPERS
• 94831 -- State v. Araujo
• 94893 -- City of Arkansas City v. Bruton
• 94894 -- Board of Jefferson County Comm'rs v. Adcox
• 94906 -- Richert v. McHone
• 95041 -- State v. Fewell
• 95214 -- In re Marriage of Evans
• 95310 -- State v. Hawkins
• 95403 -- State v. Malm
• 95482 -- Schuyler v. Roberts
• 95487 -- State v. Green
• 95544 -- LDF Food Group, Inc. v. Liberty Mut. Fire Ins. Co.
• 95572 -- Perkins v. Susan B. Allen Mem. Hospital
• 95671 -- In re M.R.
• 95716 -- State v. Anguiano
• 95792 -- Wilson v. Wilson
• 95796 -- Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc. v. Coleman Co.
• 95811 -- Mahan v. Clarkson Constr. Co.
• 95860 -- State v. Patton
• 95887 -- State v. Maloney
• 95896 -- State v. Hall
• 95908 -- State v. Raiburn
• 96086 -- State v. Laturner
• 96102 -- In re K.M.H. (Dissenting)
• 96110 -- State v. Hampton
• 96181 -- State v. Kelley
• 96260 -- In re Adoption of S.A.M.
• 96261 -- State v. Dumars
• 96274 -- State v. Bryant
• 96314 -- McPherson v. State
• 96319 -- Ludlow v. State
• 96411 -- Smith v. Rossville Valley Manor
• 96543 -- Ponds v. Hertz Corp.
• 96593 -- State v. Brown
• 96596 -- State v. Prebble
• 96601 -- Scott v. Werholtz
• 96613 -- State v. Martinez
• 96657 -- Cimarex Energy Co. v. Board of Seward County Comm'rs
• 96663 -- State v. Uhlig
• 96690 -- State v. Vasquez
• 96820 -- State v. Schow
• 96823 -- City of Andover v. Southwestern Bell Telephone
• 96921 -- State v. Boggs
• 96953 -- Kearny Co. Hospital v. Allstate Ins. Co.
• 97086 -- In re Mechanic's Lien against City of Kansas City
• 97214 -- Midwest Crane & Rigging, Inc. v. Kansas Corporation Comm'r
• 97244 -- State v. Whillock
• 97556 -- Williams v. Deslauriers
• 97740 -- Dye v. WMC, Inc.
• 97780 -- In re J.M.E.
• 98445 -- Myers v. Lincoln Center Ob/Gyn, P.A.