Honorable Carol A. Beier
Justice, Kansas Supreme Court 2003-

Carol A. Beier was born in Kansas City, Kansas, on September 27, 1958. She attended Benedictine College in Atchison and the University of Kansas, Lawrence, where she obtained a B.S. in Journalism in 1981. Before law school, she worked as an editor at The Kansas City Times. Justice Beier received her law degree from the University of Kansas in 1985. She graduated from the University of Virginia School of law, Graduate Program for Judges in 2004, with an LL.M., Masters of Law in the Judicial Process.

Before joining the Court on September 5, 2003, she had served as a judge of the Court of Appeals since February 2000.

Justice Beier spent eleven years before joining the Court of Appeals at Foulston & Siefkin, L.L.P., in Wichita, where her trial and appellate practice focused on commercial disputes. Justice Beier also spent one year teaching and directing two student clinical programs at the University of Kansas School of Law. Prior to joining Foulston & Siefkin, Justice Beier practiced in Washington D.C., first as a staff attorney at the National Women's Law Center through the Women's Rights and Public Policy fellowship program of the Georgetown Law Center, and then at Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn, where her practice focused on white collar criminal defense. Immediately after law school graduation, Justice Beier had served as a clerk to then Judge James K. Logan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

Justice Beier is a member of the American Judicature Society, the National Association of Women Judges, the Kansas Bar Association, the D.C. Bar, the Kansas Women Attorneys Association, and the Wichita Bar Association. She has been appointed to serve on the Kansas Children's Cabinet. She is a past officer and board member of the statewide and city women's bars and has chaired and served on numerous bar committees and on the boards of several community organizations. Justice Beier is the author of several legal publications and is a frequent presenter for legal and lay audiences.

Justice Beier is married to Richard W. Green and has three children.

Cases (those available online) before Justice Beier:

• 81135 -- State v. Marsh
• 82009 -- State v. Wonders
• 82309 -- State v. Wellborn
• 82517 -- Frans v. Gausman
• 82596 -- State v. Pham
• 82636 -- State v. Arculeo
• 82662 -- Rebarchek v. Farmers Co-op Elevator & Mercantile Ass'n
• 82668 -- State v. Lutter
• 82805 -- City of Colby v. Cranston
• 82964 -- State v. Johnson
• 83028 -- State v. Taylor
• 83067 -- State v. Staggs
• 83085 -- Fowler v. Criticare Home Health Services Inc.
• 83269 -- Stark v. Mercantile Bank, N.A.
• 83277 -- State v. Duganli
• 83286 -- Muldrow v. Hannigan
• 83445 -- Johnson County Bank v. Ross
• 83602 -- State v. Campbell
• 83646 -- State v. Miller
• 83673 -- State v. Steen
  
• 83746 -- State v. Dwyer
• 83801 -- State v. Scott
• 83806 -- Dawson v. Givens Const. Co., Inc.
• 83818 -- Chanute Production Credit Ass'n v. Schicke
• 83944 -- Reynolds v. Kansas Dept. of Transportation
• 83948 -- Parsons v. Seaboard Farms, Inc.
• 84027 -- State v. Williams
• 84075 -- Biomat, Inc. v. Sampson
• 84116 -- Edwards v. State
• 84158 -- State v. Donham
• 84172 -- Nichols v. Kansas Governmental Ethics Comm'n
• 84205 -- DiPietro v. Cessna Aircraft Co.
• 84221 -- State v. Cope
• 84221 -- State v. Cope
• 84253 -- State v. Montes
• 84269 -- State v. Banks
• 84270 -- State v. McDonald
• 84315 -- In re B.K.J.
• 84336 -- Hines, Inc. v. State ex rel. Beyer
• 84339 -- State v. Thomas
• 84351 -- State v. McGrew
• 84383 -- Dillard Dept. Stores, Inc. v. Kansas Dept. of Human Resources
• 84451 -- State v. Siebel
• 84475 -- City of Newton v. Kirkley
• 84476 -- Aselco, Inc. v. Hartford Ins. Group
• 84480 -- Tonge v. Simmons
• 84508 -- State v. VanHecke and Gault
• 84510 -- In re Equalization Appeals of Total Petroleum, Inc.
• 84512 -- State v. Allen
• 84524 -- State v. Cribbs
• 84538 -- State v. Hazley
• 84553 -- State v. Aldaba
• 84658 -- State v. Phelps
• 84673 -- State v. Luna
• 84746 -- Hanson v. Logan U.S.D. 326
• 84772 -- State v. Wright
• 84778 -- In re Marriage of Hoffman
• 84797 -- State v. Bolden
• 84823 -- State v. Morrison
• 84829 -- In re Marriage of Watson
• 84832 -- Flenory v. Eagle's Nest Apts
• 84844 -- Price v. State
• 84868 -- Johnson v. Stephenson
• 84871 -- In re Tax Exempt Application of Mercy Health System of Kansas, Inc.
• 84886 -- George v. Pauly
• 84887 -- State v. Adams
• 84948 -- Sprague v. Farm Credit Services
• 84972 -- Butera v. Fluor Daniel Const. Corp.
• 85010 -- State v. Carrasco
• 85030 -- In re Estate of Gardiner
• 85049 -- In re Marriage of Salas
• 85085 -- State v. Marion
• 85093 -- White v. Allied Mutual Ins. Co.
• 85141 -- Gray v. Manhattan Med. Center, Inc.
• 85142 -- Estate of Beckner v. Jensen
• 85159 -- In re Estate of Gardiner
• 85238 -- State v. Carr
• 85260 -- State v. Villanueva
• 85279 -- State v. Bosby
• 85309 -- State v. Cobb
• 85351 -- Layne Christensen Co. v. Zurich Canada
• 85354 -- Farmers Group, Inc. v. Lee
• 85368 -- White v. J.D. Reece Co.
• 85372 -- Reebles, Inc. v. Bank of America, N.A.
• 85427 -- State v. Hodgden
• 85468 -- In re Adoption of D.S.D.
• 85484 -- Herron v. Gabby's Goodies
• 85491 -- State v. Baughman
• 85529 -- Smith v. Fisher
• 85586 -- State v. Dickson
• 85611 -- Mulroy v. Olberding
• 85616 -- State v. Bliss
• 85654 -- Geren v. Geren
• 85678 -- State v. Powers
• 85731 -- State v. Burden
• 85779 -- State v. McIntyre
• 85781 -- State v. Musick
• 85797 -- Anderson v. State
• 85815 -- Yoh v. Hoffman
• 85878 -- In re Marriage of Kasper
• 85904 -- Newberry v. Befort
• 85925 -- Stewart v. Secretary of Corrections
• 85937 -- State v. Wren
• 85975 -- State v. Macias
• 85978 -- In re Tax Exemption Application of Johnson County Housing Coalition, Inc.
• 86018 -- State v. Spicer
• 86049 -- Hall v. Miller
• 86063 -- State v. Hatt
• 86094 -- State v. Floyd
• 86106 -- Jones v. Walker
• 86177 -- In re Care and Treatment of Blackmore
• 86213 -- State v. Partridge
• 86305 -- Kleinsorge v. Kleinsorge
• 86319 -- In re Adoption of Baby Girl S
• 86366 -- State v. Wig
• 86395 -- State v. Miller
• 86440 -- State v. Tisdale
• 86489 -- Newman v. Kansas Enterprises
• 86503 -- Abbey v. Cleveland Inspection Services, Inc.
• 86516 -- In re Tax Application of Emporia Motors, Inc.
• 86536 -- State v. Sweat
• 86566 -- Holmes v. Sprint United Telephone of Kansas
• 86603 -- Harms v. Burt
• 86720 -- State v. Arrocha
• 86736 -- Ferguson v. State
• 86790 -- In re Marriage of Bahr
• 86847 -- State v. Mudloff
• 86857 -- White v. Tomasic
• 86901 -- Littrice V. State
• 86988 -- Schwartz v. Abay
• 87049 -- State v. Ward
  87137 -- Van Dyke v. State
• 87150 -- In re R.B.S.
• 87155 -- State v. Hall
• 87207 -- Johnson v. Wiegers
• 87219 -- In re Tax Application of American Warrior, Inc.
• 87242 -- State v. Shoptaw
• 87287 -- Weist v. Kansas Board of Regents
• 87294 -- State v. Smith
• 87297 -- State v. Sprinkle
• 87347 -- State v. Gibson
• 87448 -- Hill v. Perrone
• 87480 -- Kenby Oil Co. v. Lange
• 87485 -- Farmland Industries, Inc. v. Kansas Corp. Comm'n
• 87499 -- State v. Rocha
• 87604 -- State v. Davidson
• 87609 -- State v. Prater
• 87612 -- Butler Nat'l Corp. v. Gerald T. Kelly & Co.
• 87625 -- Howarth v. Olivier
• 87690 -- State v. Dozal
• 87737 -- In re Marriage of Jennings
• 87760 -- Kansas Energy Group v. Kansas Corporation Comm'n
• 87768 -- Davenport Pasture, LP v. Board of Morris County Comm'rs
• 87785 -- Barnett v. Cusimano
• 87830 -- In re Marriage of Myers
• 87861 -- Midwest Gas Users' Ass'n v. Kansas Corporation Comm'n
• 87942 -- DeGraeve v. Holm
• 87998 -- Huffmeier v. Hamilton
• 88019 -- Guaranty State Bank & Trust Co. v. Van Diest Supply Co.
• 88043 -- Harris v. State
• 88057 -- State v. Stewart
• 88086 -- McNabb v. McNabb
• 88089 -- Cousatte v. Collins
• 88115 -- In re Marriage of Riggle
• 88139 -- State v. McAdam
• 88150 -- Evans v. Frakes Trucking
• 88151 -- Davis v. McKune
• 88154 -- State ex rel. Riley County Police Dept. v. $1,489.00 U.S. Currency
• 88180 -- Watkins v. McAllister
• 88203 -- Transam Trucking, Inc. v. Kansas Dept. of Human Resources
• 88249 -- Worley v. Bradford Pointe Apartments, Inc.
• 88261 -- Shaffer v. City of Topeka, KS
• 88320 -- Johnson v. Westhoff Sand Co., Inc.
• 88353 -- City of Wichita v. Marlett
• 88368 -- In re D.T.
• 88370 -- Carlson Auction Services, Inc. v. Lopez
• 88472 -- Cavender v. PIP Printing, Inc.
• 88523 -- State v. Markthepharak
• 88537 -- State v. Goeller
• 88539 -- Anderson v. Scarlett Auto Interiors
• 88583 -- In re Adoption of M.D.K.
• 88598 -- Frost v. Cook
• 88604 -- State v. Clubb
• 88640 -- State v. Jeffrey
• 88650 -- State v. Hayden
• 88692 -- State v. Armstrong
• 88755 -- In re Marriage of Doetzl
• 88756 -- Brown v. Farmers Insurance Co.
• 88787 -- Narron v. Cincinnati Ins. Co.
• 88788 -- Gardin v. Emporia Hotels, Inc.
• 88920 -- State v. George
• 88933 -- State v. Carter
• 88977 -- State v. Shelby (concur)
• 88987 -- State v. Oliver
• 89021 -- State v. Perez-Moran
• 89056 -- State v. Young
• 89061 -- In re Care & Treatment of Hunt
• 89115 -- Money v. Fort Hays State Univ. Endowment Ass'n
• 89127 -- State v. Huynh
• 89164 -- State v. Dixon (concurring & dissenting)
• 89213 -- Lopez v. Unified Gov't of Wyandotte County
• 89303 -- State v. Manbeck
• 89366 -- Penn-America Ins. Co. v. Johnson
• 89430 -- City of Norton v. Stewart
• 89462 -- Roe v. Kansas Dept. of SRS
• 89485 -- State v. Legero
• 89503 -- State v. Hatchel
• 89568 -- State v. Wendler
• 89610 -- State v. Shelton (concurring)
• 89655 -- Natalini v. Little
• 89671 -- State v. Pennington (dissenting)
• 89672 -- State v. Wilkerson
• 89681 -- Sharp v. Custom Campers, Inc.
• 89759 -- Rice v. State
• 89822 -- David v. Board of Norton County Comm'rs
• 89836 -- Avriett v. State
• 89864 -- Patterson v. Allstate Ins. Co.
• 89942 -- In re J.D.
• 89944 -- Cunningham v. Braum's Ice Cream & Dairy Stores
• 89957 -- State v. Swisher
• 90007 -- State v. Messer
• 90148 -- State v. Walker
• 90188 -- State v. Schroeder
• 90240 -- Krider v. Board of Trustees of Coffeyville Community College
• 90307 -- In re Marriage of Brown
• 90318 -- State v. Adams
• 90319 -- State v. Robertson
• 90475 -- Jones v. Kansas State University (concurring)
• 90478 -- In re Marriage of Kuzanek
• 90570 -- Garrett v. Read
• 90674 -- State v. Engelhardt
• 90730 -- Hysten v. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Ry. Co.
• 90756 -- State v. James
• 90762 -- Whye v. City Council for the City of Topeka
• 90850 -- State v. Huff
• 91024 -- In re Marriage of Harbutz
• 91042 -- State v. Swinney
• 91163 -- State v. Donaldsonn (concurring & dissenting
• 91225 -- In re Estate of Wolf
• 91389 -- Jones v. State
• 91406 -- State v. Gunby
• 91432 -- State v. Franklin (dissenting)
• 91466 -- State v. Farmer (concurring in part and dissenting in part)
• 91862 -- State v. Jones
• 91875 -- State v. Robinson
• 91929 -- Alliance Mortgage Co. v. Pastine
• 92032 -- Montoy v. State (concurring)
• 92193 -- State v. Rupnick
• 92362 -- State v. Anthony
• 92410 -- Fidelity Bank v. King
• 92413 -- State v. Brown (dissenting)
• 92512 -- State v. Shopteese
• 92541 -- State v. Parker (concurring)
• 92580 -- State v. Anderson
• 92655 -- In re Tax Appeal of CIG Field Services Co.
• 93345 -- State v. Prine
• 93383 -- Alpha Med. Clinic v. Anderson
• 93587 -- State v. Alger
• 93602 -- State v. Hicks
• 94033 -- Martin v. Kansas Department
• 94113 -- State v. Moses
• 94162 -- State v. Green
• 94176 -- Nungesser v. Bryant
• 94203 -- Fieser v. Kansas State Bd. of Healing Arts
• 94224 -- Jeremiah 29:11, Inc. v. Seifert
• 94244 -- State v. Albright
• 94254/a> -- State v. Thompson
• 94265 -- Scott v. Hughes
• 94317 -- State v. Gutierrez
• 94324 -- Coleman v. Swift-Eckrich
• 94380 -- MBNA America Bank v. Credit
• 93465 -- State v. Kirkpatrick
• 94609 -- State v. Cosby
• 94667 -- Troutman v. Curtis
• 94691 -- Esquivel v. Watters (dissenting)
• 94815 -- State v. Morton
• 94999 -- Miller v. Glacier Development Co.
• 95023 -- Wilkins v. State
• 95049 -- State v. Jefferson
• 95102 -- Wachter Management Co. v. Dexter & Chaney, Inc.
• 95188 -- Robertson v. State
• 95193 -- Board of Leavenworth County Comm'rs v. Whitson
• 95335 -- State v. Carter
• 95348 -- State v. Lee
• 95365 -- State v. Murdock
• 95396 -- Bledsoe v. State
• 95400 -- State v. Vasquez
• 95445 -- Farha v. City of Wichita
• 95483 -- Korytkowski v. City of Ottawa
• 95575 - State v. Belt
• 95610 -- In re J.D.C.
• 95650 -- Graham v. Dokter Trucking Group
• 95668 -- Johnson v. Brooks Plumbing
• 95723 -- State v. Harris
• 95760 -- State v. Scott
• 95768 -- Miller, Zeller, and Kohn v. Westport Insurance Corporation and Employers Reinsurance Corporation
• 95812 -- State v. Fitzgerald
• 95860 -- State v. Patton
• 96081 -- State v. Herron
• 96102 -- In re K.M.H.
• 96250 -- Cooke, et al. v Gillespie, et al. (joins in the foregoing concurring opinion)
• 96481 -- State ex rel Morrison v. Price
• 96784 -- Dodge City Implement, Inc. and Slattery v. Board of County Commissioners of the County of Barber and The Moore Township, Barber County, Ks.
• 97020 -- State v. Dixon
• 97065 -- State v. Jones
• 97649 -- Higgins v. Abilene Machine, Inc. and Continental National American Group
• 97683 -- State v. Moore
• 97725 -- Rector v. Tatham
• 98111 -- Denning v. KPERS
• 98118 -- State v. Henning and Zabriskie
• 98740 -- In re Adoption of A.A.T. (Dissent)
• 98747 -- Compr. Health of Planned Parenthood of Ks. v. Kline
• 99130 -- In re A.J.S.
• 99281 -- State v. Ransom
• 99533 -- State v. Salts
• 100332 -- Rural Water District #2, Miami County, KS. v. City of Louisburg, KS.