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.

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 professor of Communication Studies at the University of Kansas.

Cases (those available online) before Judge Pierron:

• 74560 -- Lay v. Kansas Dept. of Transportation
• 74779 -- State v. Burrows
• 74812 -- Squires v. Emporia State University
• 74870 -- State v. Strickland
• 74920 -- Soto v. State
• 75013 -- Fehlhafer v. State
• 75021 -- State v. Patterson
• 75023 -- State v. Windom
• 75149 -- State v. Jones
• 75158 -- State v. Rodriguez
• 75230 -- Winters v. GNB Battery Technologies
• 75328 -- Vakas v. Kansas Bd. Of Healing Arts
• 75578 -- State v. Cashman
• 75661 -- In re Marriage of Cranston
• 75703 -- Nance v. Harvey County
• 75798 -- State v. Rush
• 76059 -- State v. Todd
• 76420 -- State v. Jones
• 76548 -- Board of Sedgwick County Comm'rs v. Dillon Stores
• 76630 -- State v. Morfitt
• 76701 -- Gross v. State
• 76818 -- Burnside v. Cessna Aircraft Co.
• 76858 -- Prairie State Bank v. Universal Bonding Ins. Co.
• 76882 -- State v. Wheeler
• 76915 -- State v. McGinnes
• 76952 -- State v. Stuber
• 76979 -- Fitzpatrick v. Allen
• 77069 -- State v. Naramore
• 77111 -- Board of Ness County Comm'rs v. Bankoff Oil Co.
• 77161 -- State v. Bookless
• 77239 -- Kansas Highway Patrol v. 1985 Chevrolet Astro Van
• 77271 -- Brown v. Maloney
• 77288 -- Steinle v. Knowles
• 77300 -- State v. Walker
• 77311 -- Meehan v. Kansas Dept. of Revenue
• 77399 -- Parker v. Mid-Century Ins. Co.
• 77406 -- State ex rel. Secretary of SRS v. Cunningham
• 77431 -- Weroha v. Craft
• 77451 -- In re B.A.M.
• 77550 -- Harmon v. Safeco Ins. Co. of America
• 77572 -- State v. Alexander
• 77632 -- In re Adoption of K.J.B.
• 77635 -- St. Joseph Dev. Corp. v. Sequenzia
• 77679 -- In re Estate of Stoskopf
• 77717 -- State v. Peterson
• 77775 -- Boutwell v. Domino's Pizza
• 77812 -- Reynolds v. Highland Manor, Inc.
• 77908 -- State ex rel. Secretary of SRS v. Miller
• 77969 -- State v. Lopez
• 78013 -- State v. Timley
• 78168 -- State v. Butler
• 78191 -- General Surgery, P.A. v. Suppes
• 78221 -- Bezona v. Tomson
• 78223 -- State v. Colbert
• 78285 -- Le v. Simmons
• 78338 -- In re Estate of Harrison
• 78528 -- Colombel v. Milan
• 78544 -- State v. Derusseau
• 78545 -- King v. Estate of King
• 78604 -- Meigs v. Black
• 78676 -- Anderson v. Boeing Co.
• 78781 -- State v. Billington
• 78879 -- State v. Bird
• 78920 -- State v. Bandy
• 78935 -- Gentzel v. Williams
• 78959 -- State v. Bowen
• 79020 -- Wadsworth v. State
• 79079 -- State v. Boyd
• 79084 -- Henrichs v. Peoples Bank
• 79092 -- House of Schwan, Inc. v. Norwood
• 79116 -- Board of Sedgwick County Comm'rs v. Winter
• 79392 -- State v. Patterson
• 79562 -- In re H.A.M.
• 79635 -- State v. Simpson
• 79642 -- Kennedy v. Kansas Dept. of SRS
• 79798 -- Rice v. Barker & Bunch, P.C.
• 79842 -- In re Appeal of Water Dist. No. 1 of Johnson County
• 79876 -- State v. Schick
• 79921 -- Neal v. State
• 80028 -- State ex rel. Stovall v. Lynn
• 80099 -- Thompson v. State
• 80194 -- Mid-West Painting, Inc. v. State Employment Security Bd. of Review
• 80253 -- Oliver v. Boeing
• 80269 -- State v. Thomas
• 80292 -- State v. Ice
• 80324 -- In re J.H.
• 80467 -- In re D.R.R.
• 80524 -- Garner v. Nelson
• 80538 -- Smith v. Kennedy
• 80595 -- Herrick v. State
• 80679 -- Church of God in Christ v. Board of Trustees of New Jerusalem Church of God in Christ
• 80796 -- Madison v. Kansas Dept. of Revenue
• 80813 -- State v. Beam
• 81028 -- Amundson & Assocs. Art Studio, Ltd. v. National Council on Compensation Ins., Inc.
• 81049 -- In re Application of Kinnet
• 81107 -- Quality Painting, Inc. v. Truck Ins. Exchange
• 81230 -- Cozad v. Boeing Military Airplane Co.
• 81334 -- St. Francis Mercantile Equity Exchange, Inc. v. Newton
• 81414 -- Copeland v. Johnson Group, Inc.
• 81601 -- State v. Chatagnier
• 81719 -- In re Adoption of A.P.
• 81737 -- State v. Bartlett
• 81822 -- State v. Smith
• 82060 -- Kansas v. Bourassa
• 82090 -- State v. Hall
• 82147 -- In re S.M.D.
• 82189 -- State v. Alexander
• 82335 -- State v. Smith
• 82368 -- Alexander v. Everhart
• 82368 -- Alexander v. Everhart (modified)
• 82387 -- Business Opportunities Unlimitd, Inc. v. Envirotech Heating & Cooling, Inc.
• 82458 -- In re Marriage of Cobb
• 82555 -- Lott-Edwards v. Americold Corporation
• 82627 -- State v. Jones
• 82636 -- State v. Arculeo
• 82665 -- Tang v. Loveland
• 82800 -- Auten v. Kansas Corp. Comm'n
• 82886 -- Dealers Leasing, Inc. v. Allen
• 82888 -- In re J.A.B.
• 83009 -- Badgley v. Driver Control Bureau
• 83071 -- Holt v. Saiya
• 83083 -- Shehane v. Station Casino
• 83095 -- Surls v. Saginaw Quarries, Inc.
• 83155 -- Hart v. Kansas Board of Healing Arts
• 83162 -- In re Application of Fairfield
• 83198 -- In re Equalization Appeal of Ottawa Housing Assoc., L.P.
• 83262 -- Branson v. McKune
• 83277 -- State v. Dugan
• 83325 -- Barnett-Holdgraf v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York
• 83403 -- State v. Davis
• 83434 -- State v. Epps
• 83493 -- Mitchell v. Miller
• 83508 -- State v. Biarda
• 83549 -- McHorse v. Koontz
• 83595 -- Morris v. Morris
• 83602 -- State v. Campbell
• 83653 -- State v. Savage
• 83673 -- State v. Steen
• 83712 -- Garrett v. Sawyer
• 83727 -- Mueller v. State
• 83811 -- In re Marriage of Roth
• 83860 -- Kitchen v. Employment Security Board of Review
• 83944 -- Reynolds v. Kansas Dept. of Transportation
• 83971 -- Baughman v. U.S.D. No. 500
• 84018 -- Foley Co. v. Scottsdale Ins. Co.
• 84044 -- State v. Fulton
• 84075 -- Biomat, Inc. v. Sampson
• 84085 -- Williams Gas Pipelines Central, Inc. v. Kansas Corporation Comm'n
• 84091 -- In re Lair
• 84116 -- Edwards v. State
• 84172 -- Nichols v. Kansas Governmental Ethics Comm'n
• 84183 -- State v. Cooper
• 84221 -- State v. Cope
• 84221 -- State v. Cope
• 84327 -- Jackson v. Thomas
• 84345 -- State v. Morrison
• 84354 -- Gragg v. McKune
• 84383 -- Dillard Dept. Stores, Inc. v. Kansas Dept. of Human Resources
• 84410 -- Redline Express, Inc. v. State Employment Security Board
• 84413 -- Stramel v. Bishop
• 84451 -- State v. Siebel
• 84465 -- State v. Street
• 84475 -- City of Newton v. Kirkley
• 84489 -- Kirk v. City of Shawnee, Kansas
• 84519 -- Leavenworth Plaza Assocs. L.P., v. L.A.G. Enterprises
• 84524 -- State v. Cribbs
• 84559 -- Schultz v. Schwartz
• 84658 -- State v. Phelps
• 84772 -- State v. Wright
• 84778 -- In re Marriage of Hoffman
• 84868 -- Johnson v. Stephenson
• 84871 -- In re Tax Exempt Application of Mercy Health System of Kansas, Inc.
• 84887 -- State v. Adams
• 84972 -- Butera v. Fluor Daniel Const. Corp.
• 85003 -- State v. Hilson
• 85049 -- In re Marriage of Salas
• 85085 -- State v. Marion
• 85090 -- State v. Asher
• 85093 -- White v. Allied Mutual Ins. Co.
• 85105 -- Schwartz v. Kunze
• 85141 -- Gray v. Manhattan Med. Center, Inc.
• 85148 -- M.S.W., Inc. v. Marion County Bd. of Zoning Appeals
• 85238 -- State v. Carr
• 85264 -- In re Adoption of Baby Boy M.
• 85279 -- State v. Bosby
• 85309 -- State v. Cobb
• 85354 -- Farmers Group, Inc. v. Lee
• 85368 -- White v. J.D. Reece Co.
• 85372 -- Reebles, Inc. v. Bank of America, N.A.
• 85437 -- Medina v. American Family Mutual Ins. Co.
• 85446 -- State v. Maxfield
• 85462 -- State v. Wick
• 85491 -- State v. Baughman
• 85521 -- Mast v. Kinnard
• 85529 -- Smith v. Fisher
• 85583 -- City of Liberal, Kansas v. Vargas
• 85586 -- State v. Dickson
• 85611 -- Mulroy v. Olberding
• 85615 -- State v. Elms
• 85644 -- State v. Armstrong
• 85654 -- Geren v. Geren
• 85678 -- State v. Powers
• 85731 -- State v. Burden
• 85788 -- The CIT Group v. E-Z Pay Used Cars, Inc.
• 85815 -- Yoh v. Hoffman
• 85855 -- In re Tax Appeal of Lee Apparel Co.
• 85870 -- Stewart v. State
• 85878 -- In re Marriage of Kasper
• 85898 -- State v. Limon
• 85925 -- Stewart v. Secretary of Corrections
• 85975 -- State v. Macias
• 85978 -- In re Tax Exemption Application of Johnson County Housing Coalition, Inc.
• 86008 -- In re S.A.J.
• 86055 -- Hogan v. State
• 86063 -- State v. Hatt
• 86106 -- Jones v. Walker
• 86172 -- State v. Williams
• 86177 -- In re Care and Treatment of Blackmore
• 86193 -- State v. Wilson
• 86243 -- State v. Price
• 86250 -- State v. Haines
• 86305 -- Kleinsorge v. Kleinsorge
• 86319 -- In re Adoption of Baby Girl S
• 86366 -- State v. Wig
• 86394 -- State v. Hartpence
• 86414 -- Jensen International, Inc. v. Kelly
• 86440 -- State v. Tisdale
• 86471 -- State v. Alvis
• 86503 -- Abbey v. Cleveland Inspection Services, Inc.
• 86505 -- City of Girard v. Clinton
• 86510 -- State v. Downey
• 86516 -- In re Tax Application of Emporia Motors, Inc.
• 86536 -- State v. Sweat
• 86550 -- In re T.A.
• 86736 -- Ferguson v. State
• 86766 -- Southwestern Bell Tel. Co. v. Kansas Corporation Comm'n
• 86865 -- Watson v. Johnson Controls, Inc.
• 86901 -- Littrice V. State
• 86928 -- In re Habeas Corpus Petition of Minnis
• 86988 -- Schwartz v. Abay
• 87038 -- Hernandez v. Monfort, Inc.
• 87075 -- Roof-Techs Intn'l, Inc. v. Central Mechanical Construction Co.
• 87107 -- State v. Wittsell
• 87207 -- Johnson v. Wiegers
• 87214 -- State v. Allen
• 87219 -- In re Tax Application of American Warrior, Inc.
• 87240 -- State v. Briggs
• 87297 -- State v. Sprinkle
• 87373 -- State v. Anthony
• 87403 -- In re Marriage of Allen
• 87437 -- State v. Cameron
• 87480 -- Kenby Oil Co. v. Lange
• 87483 -- Darnell v. Simmons
• 87512 -- Moore v. Dudley
• 87527 -- State v. Clopton
• 87612 -- Butler Nat'l Corp. v. Gerald T. Kelly & Co.
• 87644 -- Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. v. Enterprise Leasing Co.
• 87715 -- Farmers Ins. Co. v. Jokan
• 88086 -- McNabb v. McNabb
• 88154 -- State ex rel. Riley County Police Dept. v. $1,489.00 U.S. Currency
• 88194 -- Med James, Inc. v. Barnes
• 88204 -- Johnson County Auto Credit, Inc. v. Green
• 88418 -- Comstock v. Joplin
• 88451 -- Lloyd v. Quorum Health Resources, LLC
• 88472 -- Cavender v. PIP Printing, Inc.
• 88546 -- State v. Bunyard
• 88596 -- State v. Hinkle
• 88597 -- Strowig Properties, Inc. v. American States Ins. Co.
• 88603 -- State v. Abbott
• 88604 -- State v. Clubb
• 88681 -- In re Tax Appeal of Polaroid ID Systems, Inc.
• 88741 -- State v. Scheuerman
• 88757 -- Bates v. Kansas Dept. of Corrections
• 88765 -- Nicholas v. Nicholas
• 88788 -- Gardin v. Emporia Hotels, Inc.
• 88909 -- Smith v. McKune
• 89003 -- State v. Elnicki
• 89025 -- Ferguson v. Smith
• 89037 -- State v. Huff
• 89046 -- State v. Brown
• 89114 -- State v. Seems
• 89115 -- Money v. Fort Hays State Univ. Endowment Ass'n
• 89239 -- Foos v. Terminix
• 89308 -- State v. Green
• 89348 -- Siler v. Kansas Employment Security Bd. of Review
• 89355 -- State v. Deffebaugh
• 89409 -- State v. Rhodes
• 89463 -- Smith v. McKune
• 89480 -- State v. Davis
• 89499 -- Pieplow v. State
• 89523 -- Millennium Financial Services, LLC v. Thole
• 89558 -- Magstadtova v. Magstadt
• 89618 -- In re Marriage of Metz
• 89693 -- City of Wichita v. Smith
• 89699 -- State v. Robards
• 89860 -- Bradley v. State
• 89863 -- A & S Rental Solutioins, Inc. v. Kopet
• 89921 -- State v. Kralik
• 89948 -- Ed Bozarth Chevrolet, Inc. v. Black
• 89966 -- Tallman v. Case Corp.
• 90000 -- Lynn v. Simmons
• 90016 -- State v. Honton
• 90018 -- State v. Larraco
• 90038 -- Gibson v. Cummings
• 90067 -- City of Wichita v. Cook
• 90083 -- State v. Cameron
• 90209 -- In re Estate of Steward
• 90221 -- State v. McCurry
• 90310 -- Zukel v. Great West Managers, LLC
• 90317 -- Stone v. U.S.D. No. 222
• 90354 -- Tharp v. Lee
• 90452 -- Rural Telephone Service Co., Inc. v. Kansas Corporation Comm'n
• 90463 -- State v. McCreary
• 90469 -- T.R. Inc. of Ashland v. Brandon
• 90597 -- In re S.C.
• 90726 -- Home Telephone Co. v. Kansas Corporation Comm'n
• 90745 -- Amos v. Simmons
• 90805 -- Concrete Accessories Co. v. Moses
• 90820 -- Norton Farms, Inc. v. Anadarko Petroleum Corp.
• 90834 -- McGoldrick v. State
• 90853 -- McCormick v. City of Lawrence
• 90879 -- Allen, Gibbs & Houlik v. Ristow
• 90937 -- L.P.P. Mortgage, Ltd. v. Hayse
• 90944 -- Lee Builders, Inc. v. Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co.
• 90972 -- Jackson v. City of Norwich
• 90981 -- State v. Pottoroff
• 90998 -- Carter Petroleum Products, Inc. v. Brotherhood Bank & Trust Co.
• 91050 -- Ellibee v. Simmons
• 91057 -- Saddlewood Downs v. Holland Corp.
• 91065 -- Tate v. City of Junction City
• 91175 -- Soza v. Kansas Dept. of Revenue
• 91191 -- Legleiter v. Gottschalk
• 91368 -- Stutzman v. City of Lenexa
• 91403 -- State ex rel. State Bd. of Healing Arts v. Thomas
• 91418 -- In re Marriage of Martin
• 91488 -- Loucks v. Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co.
• 91628 -- State v. Smith
• 91634 -- Barlett v. CNA
• 91637 -- Cincinnati Life Ins. Co. v. Palmer
• 91754 -- Hill v. Simmons
• 91765 -- City of Shawnee v. Patch
• 91785 -- Loeffelbein v. Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP
• 91929 -- Alliance Mortgage Co. v. Pastine
• 92018 -- State v. Potts
• 92020 -- Poff v. IBP, Inc.
• 92030 -- State v. Voyles
• 92074 -- Griffin v. Gilchrist
• 92248 -- State v. Moody
• 92285 -- Lyndon State Bank v. Price
• 92325 -- Wheeler v. Rolling Door Co.
• 92410 -- Fidelity Bank v. King
• 92439 -- Davis v. Hildyard
• 92450 -- Schlup v. Bourdon
• 92503 -- Burch v. Burch
• 92728 -- Bayless v. Dieckhaus
• 92737 -- State v. Sedam
• 92772 -- State ex rel. Secretary of SRS v. Rice
• 92812 -- In re Marriage of Laine
• 92841 -- Mathena v. IBP, Inc.
• 92851 -- Student Loan Marketing Assn. v. Hollis
• 92886 -- State v. Lafleur
• 92912 -- Rodriguez-Tocker v. Estate of Tocker
• 92913 -- Thompson v. Kansas Dept. of Revenue
• 92971 -- Helmerich & Payne, Inc. v. Board of Seward Co. Comm'rs
• 93019 -- Odette Family Ltd. Partnership v. Agco Finance
• 93037 -- In re D.I.G.
• 93089 -- State v. Gary
• 93256 -- State v. Escalante
• 93302 -- Casey v. Dillon Companies, Inc.
• 93546 -- Sumner v. Meier's Ready Mix, Inc.
• 93622 -- LSF Franchise Reo I v. Emporia Restaurants, Inc.
• 93640 -- State v. Adams
• 93648 -- State v. Wilson
• 93657 -- Butcher v. Kansas Dept. of Revenue
• 93699 -- Tomlin v. State
• 93790 -- State v. Palma
• 93868 -- Rinke v. Bank of America
• 93887 -- State v. Williams
• 93901 -- Erixson v. Ojeley
• 93924 -- State v. Haney
• 93946 -- Sparks v. Sparks
• 93953 -- Wenrich v. Employers Mut. Ins. Co.
• 93984 -- Casco v. Armour Swift-Eckrich
• 94312 -- Gump Rev. Trust v. City of Wichita
• 94318 -- State v. Hess
• 94006 -- Thompson v. Hilltop Lodge, Inc.
• 94025 -- State v. 1997 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
• 94089 -- State v. Voss
• 94159 -- State v. Stout
• 94179 -- Garcia v. Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.
• 94187 -- State v. Stevens
• 94224 -- Jeremiah 29:11, Inc. v. Seifert
• 94245 -- Alliance Steel, Inc. v. Piland
• 94313 -- State v. Hayes
• 94408 -- Alderson v. State
• 94425 -- Housh v. Hay
• 94503 -- State v. Ross
• 94563 -- State v. Tryon
• 94593 -- In re Estate of Tracy
• 94604 -- Rash v. Heartland Cement Co.
• 94709 -- Pugh v. Munguia
• 94726 -- Atwell v. Imseis
• 95032 -- Dawson v. Bruce
• 95117 -- State v. Merrills
• 95144 -- State v. Jackson
• 95203 -- Yordy v. Osterman
• 95509 -- In re E.T.
• 95566 -- Edwards v. Boeing Co.
• 95577 -- Warren v. Heartland Automotive Services, Inc.
• 95592 -- State v. Storey
• 95651 -- State v. Bastian
• 95756 -- In re Marriage of Branch
• 95901 -- Lleras v. Via Christi Regional Med. Center
• 95931 -- Robinson v. Kansas Dept. of Revenue
• 95975 -- Porter v. State
• 96035 -- State v. Thompson
• 96103 -- Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline v. Cunning
• 96115 -- State v. Young
• 96221 -- Creekmore v. Southwestern Bell Telephone
• 96225 -- Picard v. Sugar Valley Lakes Home Ass'n
• 96330 -- Hutchinson Hospital Corp. v. Neal
• 96416 -- Russell v. Farmers Ins. Co.
• 96455 -- Four Seasons Apts. V. AAA Glass Service, Inc.
• 96512 -- State v. Beck
• 96568 -- Poston v. USD No. 387
• 96809 -- Ellibee v. Aramark Correctional Services, Inc.
• 97035 -- In re Marriage of Hudson
• 97919 -- Singh v. Krueger
• 98105 -- In re Care & Treatment of Colt