Honorable G. Joseph Pierron Jr.
Judge of the Court of Appeals 1990-

G. Joseph Pierron was born in Kansas City, Kansas on May 16, 1947 and presently lives in Lawrence. He grew up in Olathe and was graduated from Olathe Senior High School in 1964, Rockhurst College of Kansas City, Missouri, in 1968 and the University of Kansas School of Law in 1971.

Prior to his appointment to the Court of Appeals in 1990, he served as a district judge in Olathe from 1982. Before that he was an assistant county and district attorney in Johnson County from 1971. He also served as municipal judge of Spring Hill in 1972.

Judge Pierron has served as President of the Kansas Committee for the Prevention of Child Abuse and on the board of directors of the Kansas Children's Service League. He serves on the Kansas Bar Association Law Related Education committee and is a member of the American Bar Association Judicial Administration and Alternative Dispute Resolution sections. He is presently chair of Kids Voting Kansas, founded by former Governor Bill Graves and Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh. Kids Voting is a state chapter of Kids Voting USA, an organization to encourage voting through education in the schools and parallel mock elections held in official polling places during regular elections.

Judge Pierron has received leadership and public service awards from the National Committee for the Prevention of Child Abuse, the Kansas Children and Youth Advocacy committee, the Kansas Corporation for Change, the Olathe Police Department, the Olathe Medical Center, the Olathe Jaycees, and the Leavenworth County Bar Association. He received the Junior League of Topeka Community Volunteer Award in 1998, the Kansas Bar Association Outstanding Service Award in 1999, the Liberty Bell Award from the Shawnee County Bar Association in 2002, and the State Department of Education Civic Education Partnership award in 2008.

In 2009 Judge Pierron received the first Kansas Boys State Governor's Award for outstanding leadership, public service and dedication to the youth of Kansas. In 2010 he was named to the Olathe High School wall of honor. In 2011 he was awarded the first Kansas District Judges Association community outreach and education award. In 2011 he also received the American Bar Association Burnham Greely award in recognition of his outstanding contribution to promoting public awareness of the importance of a fair, impartial and independent judiciary.

His first wife, Amy Dennis Pierron, is deceased. Their three children are Samuel, Abby and Daniel. His wife, Diana Bartelli Carlin Pierron, Ph. D., is a university administrator and professor.

Published Opinions authored by Judge Pierron:

• 105964 -- In re Estate of Strader
• 105962 -- City of Lincoln Center v. Farmway Co-Op, Inc.
• 105689 -- State v. Whitt
• 105033 -- Garcia v. Anderson
• 104356 -- State v. Clary
• 104321 -- Hall v. Shelter Mutual Ins. Co.
• 103762 -- City of Overland Park v. Rhodes
• 103646 -- State v. Adame
• 103616 -- Evans v. City of Emporia
• 103505 -- In re Girard/Mallard
• 103285 -- Stabel v. Meyer
• 103216 -- State v. Phillips
• 103152 -- State v. Robinson
• 103072 -- State v. Trostle
• 102375 -- State v. Cook
• 102960 -- State v. Deist
• 102804 -- State v. Baber
• 102749 -- State v. Powell
• 102662 -- Simmons v. Porter
• 102635 -- State v. Galyardt
• 102629 -- Moreland v. Perkins
• 102369 -- State v. Goff
• 102307 -- Roles v. The Boeing Company and Ins. Co. of the State of Pennsylvania
• 102290 -- State v. Barnes
• 102117 -- State v. Hall
• 102100 -- Evenson v. Lilley
• 102036 -- State v. Williams
• 101936 -- State v. Jones
• 101916 -- Bitner v. Watco Companies
• 101852 -- State v. Peterman
• 101812 -- Waste Connections of Kansas, Inc. v. Ritchie Corp.
• 101658 -- In re Tax Exempt Application of CLASS Homes I
• 101530 -- State v. Hernandez
• 101494 -- Cuthbertson v. Kanas Dept. of Revenue
• 101476 -- Goodell v. Tyson Fresh Meats
• 101392 -- State v. Adams
• 101347 -- State v. Cluck
• 101334 -- State v. Hovhannisyan
• 101306 -- McCabe d/b/a Appliance Workshop v. Hock and Foulston Siefkin LLP
• 101199 -- State v. Dale
• 100990 -- State v. Bradley
• 100943 -- State v. Holm
• 100902 -- Shaha v. State
• 100888 -- State v. Brittingham
• 100864 -- State v. Johnson
• 100805 -- State v. Bowers
• 100703 -- State v. Rivera
• 100664 -- Almack v. Steeley
• 100497 -- Law v. Law Company Building Assocs. (Dissenting)
• 100464 -- State v. Nambo
• 100286 -- Foster v. Klaumann (Dissenting)
• 99865 -- State v. White
• 99655 -- State v. Smith (Dissenting)
• 98973 -- State v. Bottom (Dissenting)
• 98859 -- Lewis v. Kansas Production Co.
• 98798 -- State v. Roose
• 97806 -- Phillips v. St Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co.
• 97457 -- State v. Shadden
• 97035 -- In re Marriage of Hudson
• 96568 -- Poston v. USD No. 387
• 96512 -- State v. Beck
• 96225 -- Picard v. Sugar Valley Lakes Home Ass'n
• 96221 -- Creekmore v. Southwestern Bell Telephone
• 96051 -- State v. McCaddon (Dissenting)
• 96035 -- State v. Thompson
• 95901 -- Lleras v. Via Christi Regional Med. Center
• 95798 -- State v. Fielden
• 95592 -- State v. Storey (Concurring and Dissenting)
• 95117 -- State v. Merrills
• 94709 -- Pugh v. Munguia
• 94604 -- Rash v. Heartland Cement Co.
• 94563 -- State v. Tryon
• 94569 -- Commerce Bank v. Bolander
• 94312 -- Gump Rev. Trust v. City of Wichita
• 94245 -- Alliance Steel, Inc. v. Piland
• 94224 -- Jeremiah 29:11, Inc. v. Seifert
• 94179 -- Garcia v. Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.
• 94159 -- State v. Stout
• 94089 -- State v. Voss
• 94006 -- Thompson v. Hilltop Lodge, Inc.
• 93790 -- State v. Palma
• 93657 -- Butcher v. Kansas Dept. of Revenue
• 93648 -- State v. Wilson (Concurring and Dissenting)
• 93302 -- Casey v. Dillon Companies, Inc.
• 93256 -- State v. Escalante
• 92886 -- State v. Lafleur
• 92841 -- Mathena v. IBP, Inc.
• 92812 -- In re Marriage of Laine
• 92503 -- Burch v. Burch
• 92439 -- Davis v. Hildyard
• 92410 -- Fidelity Bank v. King
• 92020 -- Poff v. IBP, Inc.
• 91754 -- Hill v. Simmons
• 91628 -- State v. Smith
• 91418 -- In re Marriage of Martin
• 91368 -- Stutzman v. City of Lenexa
• 91191 -- Legleiter v. Gottschalk
• 91057 -- Saddlewood Downs v. Holland Corp.
• 91050 -- Ellibee v. Simmons
• 90944 -- Lee Builders, Inc. v. Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co.
• 90853 -- McCormick v. City of Lawrence
• 90834 -- McGoldrick v. State
• 90805 -- Concrete Accessories Co. v. Moses
• 90745 -- Amos v. Simmons
• 90726 -- Home Telephone Co. v. Kansas Corporation Comm'n
• 90463 -- State v. McCreary
• 90317 -- Stone v. U.S.D. No. 222
• 90221 -- State v. McCurry
• 90083 -- State v. Cameron
• 89966 -- Tallman v. Case Corp.
• 89948 -- Ed Bozarth Chevrolet, Inc. v. Black
• 89860 -- Bradley v. State
• 89699 -- State v. Robards
• 89693 -- City of Wichita v. Smith
• 89558 -- Magstadtova v. Magstadt
• 89523 -- Millennium Financial Services, LLC v. Thole
• 89409 -- State v. Rhodes
• 89355 -- State v. Deffebaugh (Concurring and Dissenting)
• 89308 -- State v. Green
• 89114 -- State v. Seems
• 89046 -- State v. Brown
• 89037 -- State v. Huff
• 89025 -- Ferguson v. Smith
• 89003 -- State v. Elnicki
• 88788 -- Gardin v. Emporia Hotels, Inc.
• 88757 -- Bates v. Kansas Dept. of Corrections
• 88681 -- In re Tax Appeal of Polaroid ID Systems, Inc.
• 88603 -- State v. Abbott
• 88472 -- Cavender v. PIP Printing, Inc.
• 88451 -- Lloyd v. Quorum Health Resources, LLC
• 88418 -- Comstock v. Joplin (Dissenting)
• 88204 -- Johnson County Auto Credit, Inc. v. Green (Dissenting)
• 88194 -- Med James, Inc. v. Barnes
• 87527 -- State v. Clopton
• 87512 -- Moore v. Dudley
• 87483 -- Darnell v. Simmons
• 87480 -- Kenby Oil Co. v. Lange
• 87240 -- State v. Briggs
• 87219 -- In re Tax Application of American Warrior, Inc.
• 87214 -- State v. Allen
• 87075 -- Roof-Techs Intn'l, Inc. v. Central Mechanical Construction Co.
• 87038 -- Hernandez v. Monfort, Inc.
• 86928 -- In re Habeas Corpus Petition of Minnis
• 86865 -- Watson v. Johnson Controls, Inc.
• 86766 -- Southwestern Bell Tel. Co. v. Kansas Corporation Comm'n
• 86736 -- Ferguson v. State
• 86440 -- State v. Tisdale
• 86394 -- State v. Hartpence
• 86177 -- In re Care and Treatment of Blackmore
• 86055 -- Hogan v. State
• 85925 -- Stewart v. Secretary of Corrections
• 85898 -- State v. Limon (Dissenting)
• 85870 -- Stewart v. State
• 85644 -- State v. Armstrong
• 85611 -- Mulroy v. Olberding
• 85521 -- Mast v. Kinnard
• 85446 -- State v. Maxfield
• 85437 -- Medina v. American Family Mutual Ins. Co.
• 85279 -- State v. Bosby
• 85264 -- In re Adoption of Baby Boy M.
• 85148 -- M.S.W., Inc. v. Marion County Bd. of Zoning Appeals
• 85105 -- Schwartz v. Kunze
• 85090 -- State v. Asher
• 85003 -- State v. Hilson
• 84972 -- Butera v. Fluor Daniel Const. Corp.
• 84887 -- State v. Adams
• 84868 -- Johnson v. Stephenson
• 84772 -- State v. Wright
• 84519 -- Leavenworth Plaza Assocs. L.P., v. L.A.G. Enterprises
• 84413 -- Stramel v. Bishop
• 84345 -- State v. Morrison
• 84183 -- State v. Cooper
• 84172 -- Nichols v. Kansas Governmental Ethics Comm'n
• 84044 -- State v. Fulton
• 83971 -- Baughman v. U.S.D. No. 500
• 83860 -- Kitchen v. Employment Security Board of Review
• 83727 -- Mueller v. State
• 83712 -- Garrett v. Sawyer
• 83653 -- State v. Savage
• 83595 -- Morris v. Morris
• 83549 -- McHorse v. Koontz
• 83508 -- State v. Biarda
• 83493 -- Mitchell v. Miller
• 83325 -- Barnett-Holdgraf v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York
• 83262 -- Branson v. McKune
• 83155 -- Hart v. Kansas Board of Healing Arts
• 83095 -- Surls v. Saginaw Quarries, Inc.
• 83083 -- Shehane v. Station Casino
• 83071 -- Holt v. Saiya
• 82888 -- In re J.A.B.
• 82886 -- Dealers Leasing, Inc. v. Allen
• 82800 -- Auten v. Kansas Corp. Comm'n
• 82665 -- Tang v. Loveland
• 82636 -- State v. Arculeo
• 82458 -- In re Marriage of Cobb
• 82387 -- Business Opportunities Unlimited, Inc. v. Envirotech Heating & Cooling, Inc.
• 82368 -- Alexander v. Everhart
• 82189 -- State v. Alexander
• 81719 -- In re Adoption of A.P.
• 81414 -- Copeland v. Johnson Group, Inc.
• 81334 -- St. Francis Mercantile Equity Exchange, Inc. v. Newton
• 81107 -- Quality Painting, Inc. v. Truck Ins. Exchange
• 81049 -- In re Application of Kinnet
• 81028 -- Amundson & Assocs. Art Studio, Ltd. v. National Council on Compensation Ins., Inc.
• 80813 -- State v. Beam
• 80679 -- Church of God in Christ v. Board of Trustees of New Jerusalem Church of God in Christ
• 80595 -- Herrick v. State
• 80292 -- State v. Ice
• 80269 -- State v. Thomas
• 80253 -- Oliver v. Boeing
• 80194 -- Mid-West Painting, Inc. v. State Employment Security Bd. of Review
• 80028 -- State ex rel. Stovall v. Lynn
• 79876 -- State v. Schick
• 79642 -- Kennedy v. Kansas Dept. of SRS
• 79635 -- State v. Simpson
• 79562 -- In re H.A.M.
• 79392 -- State v. Patterson
• 79116 -- Board of Sedgwick County Comm'rs v. Winter
• 79079 -- State v. Boyd
• 79020 -- Wadsworth v. State
• 78959 -- State v. Bowen
• 78935 -- Gentzel v. Williams
• 78920 -- State v. Bandy
• 78544 -- State v. Derusseau
• 78285 -- Le v. Simmons
• 78223 -- State v. Colbert
• 78221 -- Bezona v. Tomson
• 78191 -- General Surgery, P.A. v. Suppes
• 78168 -- State v. Butler
• 77969 -- State v. Lopez
• 77775 -- Boutwell v. Domino's Pizza
• 77717 -- State v. Peterson
• 77632 -- In re Adoption of K.J.B.
• 77572 -- State v. Alexander
• 77550 -- Harmon v. Safeco Ins. Co. of America
• 77431 -- Weroha v. Craft
• 77399 -- Parker v. Mid-Century Ins. Co.
• 77311 -- Meehan v. Kansas Dept. of Revenue
• 77300 -- State v. Walker
• 77288 -- Steinle v. Knowles
• 77271 -- Brown v. Maloney
• 77239 -- Kansas Highway Patrol v. 1985 Chevrolet Astro Van
• 77111 -- Board of Ness County Comm'rs v. Bankoff Oil Co. (Dissenting)
• 77069 -- State v. Naramore
• 76952 -- State v. Stuber (Dissenting)
• 76915 -- State v. McGinnes
• 76882 -- State v. Wheeler
• 76059 -- State v. Todd
• 75703 -- Nance v. Harvey County
• 75578 -- State v. Cashman
• 75328 -- Vakas v. Kansas Bd. Of Healing Arts
• 75230 -- Winters v. GNB Battery Technologies
• 75158 -- State v. Rodriguez
• 75149 -- State v. Jones
• 75023 -- State v. Windom
• 74920 -- Soto v. State
• 74870 -- State v. Strickland
• 74560 -- Lay v. Kansas Dept. of Transportation