TOPEKA–The Kansas Supreme Court appointed Kansas Court of Appeals Judge Melissa Taylor Standridge and attorney Molly Wood to five-year terms on the Kansas Board of Law Examiners.
Standridge will succeed Court of Appeals Judge Henry Green Jr., whose term is expiring.
The court reappointed Wood, a partner at Stevens & Brand, Lawrence.
Both will serve through June 30, 2023.
Standridge graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. She was chambers counsel to U.S. District Judge Elmo Hunter, Western District of Missouri, and U.S. District Magistrate Judge David Waxse, District of Kansas, and was a private practice attorney. She was appointed to the Court of Appeals in 2008.
Green graduated from the University of Kansas School of Law. He was a private practice attorney and a trustee of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Kansas. He was appointed to the Court of Appeals in 1993.
Wood is a 1991 graduate of the University of Kansas School of Law and concentrates her practice on elder law.
The 10-member Kansas Board of Law Examiners is composed of judges and lawyers. It manages and grades a twice-yearly bar examination and conducts hearings on applicants’ character and fitness to practice law. It also recommends to the Kansas Supreme Court policies and procedures related to bar admission.
Other members of the board are Donald Peterson II, chair, Wichita; Christina Lewerenz Holland, vice chair, Kansas City, Mo.; David Cooper, Topeka; Patrick Hughes, Wichita; Laura Ice, Wichita; Peter Johnston, Salina; Carol Park, Hays; and Larkin Walsh, Kansas City, Mo.