Retired justice reappointed to Judicial Ethics Advisory Panel

TOPEKA—The Kansas Supreme Court reappointed former Justice Edward Larson to a four-year term on the Judicial Ethics Advisory Panel. Larson will serve until June 30, 2022.

He was a justice on the Supreme Court from 1995 to 2002 and a senior judge from 2002 to 2014. He served on the Kansas Court of Appeals from 1987 to 1995 and previously was a municipal court judge and practicing lawyer in Hays.

The Judicial Ethics Advisory Panel provides advisory opinions to judges who ask whether a future course of action would violate the Code of Judicial Conduct. All members of the Judicial Ethics Advisory Panel are retired justices or judges.

Advisory opinions are public and are published by the Clerk of the Appellate Courts on the Kansas judicial branch website at kscourts.org.