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Honorable Dan Biles
Justice, Kansas Supreme Court 2009-

Dan Biles was born August 12, 1952, in El Dorado, KS.  He became a justice in March 2009 after serving as a partner in the law firm of Gates, Biles, Shields & Ryan, P.A., Overland Park.  He joined the firm (formerly known as Gates & Clyde, Chartered) in 1985.  His practice emphasized administrative, trial, and appellate work on behalf of individuals, corporations, and various state and local government agencies.  Justice Biles represented the Kansas State Board of Education as its attorney from 1985 until his appointment to the Supreme Court.  He also served as general counsel for the Kansas Turnpike Authority.

Admitted to the Kansas Bar in April 1978, he is a graduate of the Washburn University School of Law and Kansas State University, where he received a BS in Journalism in 1974.  Beginning in 1980, Justice Biles served five years as an Assistant Attorney General, Litigation Division.  Previously, he was a writer for the Associated Press in Topeka, reporting on legislative hearings and sessions, the Kansas Supreme Court, Governor’s office, various state agencies, and political and campaign activities.  He also has been an adjunct professor of law at the Washburn law school.

Among his professional organizations and activities, Justice Biles was on the board of directors of Community Living Opportunities Inc., a Kansas not-for-profit corporation serving more than 300 children and adults with severe developmental disabilities in residential, day programs and case management. He also served as an advisory board member of the Johnson County Housing Coalition, a Kansas not-for-profit organization providing low cost housing and affordable homeownership in Johnson County for low-income residents.  He is a member of Friends of the Schielfelbusch Life Span Institute, the largest of several research centers at the University of Kansas, whose mission is to improve the quality of life for persons of all ages, primarily those with disabilities. Justice Biles is a past chair of the National Council of State Education Attorneys, which is associated with the National Association of State Boards of Education, Washington, D.C.

Justice Biles and his wife, Amy McCart, Ph.D., who is an assistant research professor at the University of Kansas, Beach Center on Disability, are parents to three daughters.

Cases (those available online) before Justice Biles:

• 107133 -- Pfeifer v. Federal Express Corporation
• 106946 -- State v. Nelson
• 106056 -- State v. Floyd
• 105931 -- State v. Sims
• 105077 -- State v. Smyser
• 104983 -- State v. Roberts
• 104899 -- State v. Martin
• 104504 -- State v. Qualls
• 103509 -- State v. Lawson (concurring in the result)
• 103487 -- Frazier v. Goudschaal – Johnson (concurring in part)
• 103458 -- Campbell v. Husky Hogs
• 103289 -- State v. Marks
• 103028 -- State v. Edgar
• 102953 -- State v. Garza
• 102835 -- State v. Anderson
• 102645 -- In re Tax Appeal of Fleet
• 103361 -- State v. Beaman
• 102324 -- Village Villa v. Kansas Health Policy Authority
• 102308 -- Brennan v. Kansas Insurance Guaranty Assn.
• 102282 -- State v. Phillips
• 102210 -- State v. Kelly (joins in the foregoing dissent)
• 102129 -- State v. Ebaben
• 102140 -- State v. Garcia (joins in the foregoing dissenting opinion)
• 101860 -- State v. Campbell (dissenting)
• 101766 -- Rucker v. DeLay
• 101744 -- Smith v. Kansas Department of Revenue
• 101653 -- State v Levy
• 101635 -- State v. Plotner
• 101622 -- State v. Daniel
• 101613 -- State v. Harris
• 101183 -- City of Neodesha v. BP Corporation
• 101146 -– Martin v. Naik (joins in the foregoing concurring and dissenting opinion)
• 101137 -- Redd v. Kansas Truck Center
• 101064 -- State v. Nelson
• 101052 -- State v. Dennis
• 101041 -- State v. McCullough
• 101029 -- State v. Foster
• 100865 -- Martinez v. Milburn Enterprises, Inc. (concurring & dissenting)
• 100846 -- Weber v. Board of Marshall County Comm'rs
• 100766 -- State v. Burnett
• 100512 -- State v. Berry
• 100422 -- State v. Huffmier
• 100396 -- State v. Jenkins
• 100362 -- In re Care & Treatment of Ontiberos
• 100359 -- State v. Garza
• 100286 -- Foster v. Klaumann
• 100248 -- Fischer v. State
• 100215 -- Bates v. Dodge City Healthcare Group (concurring in part and dissenting in part)
• 100175 -- State v. Martinez
• 100150 -- State v. Gilbert
• 100112 -- State v. Longstaff
• 100084 -- State v.Spotts
• 100006 -- State v. Kelly
• 99818 -- Miller v. Johnson
• 99808 -- McAlister v. City of Fairway
• 99788 -- State v. Morningstar
• 99163 -- State v. Mitchell
• 99123 -- State v. Anderson
• 99609 -- Barnes v. Board of Cowley County Comm'rs
• 99595 -- State v. Martinez
• 99528 -- Mitchell v. Petsmart, Inc.
• 99503 -- Adamson v. Bicknell
• 99463 -- State v. Duncan
• 99021 -- Ft. Hays St. Univ. v. University Ch., Am. Ass'n of Univ. Profs.
• 98837 -- Rhoten v. Dickson
• 98823 -- State v. Pressley
• 98629 -- State v. Preston
• 98750 -- Frick Farm Properties, L.P., v. State Dept. of Agriculture
• 98419 -- David v. Hett
• 98342 -- Davenport Pastures v. Board of Morris County Comm'rs (concurring)
• 98023 -- Carrothers Construction Co. v. City of South Hutchinson
• 97494 -- Unruh v. Purina Mills (concurring and dissenting)
• 95800 -- State v. Cheatham