Scott C. Gyllenborg - Overland Park, KS

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, Kansas, 1988
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 1979
    B.A.
    Major: English

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Past Positions

• Johnson County District Attorney's Office, Assistant District Attorney, 1988 - 1991
• Watson Ess Marshall & Enggas (later Watson & Marshall), Associate, 1991 - 1996
• Norton Hubbard Ruzicka & Kreamer, Founding Partner, 1996 - 2000
• Scott C. Gyllenborg, P.A., President,, 2000 - 2004
• Gyllenborg & Dunn, P.A., 2004 - 2012
• City of Mission Hills, Kansas, Prosecuting Attorney, 1996 - 2017

Languages

• English (Primary)

Classes and Seminars

• Adjunct Professor of Law in Trial Advocacy, University of Kansas School of Law, 2005 - 2013

Pro Bono Activities

• Midwest Innocence Project, Board of Directors, 2008 - 2015
• Olathe Arts Alliance, Director, 1992 - 1994
• The Barstow School, Trustee, 1997 - 2003
• Project Uplift – Delivering meals, clothing and necessities to the homeless in Kansas City

Representative Cases

• State v. Maxon et al.
  • Citation: 32 Kan. App. 2d 67, 79 P.3d 202 (2003)
  • Serial Number: 2003866785

Published Works

Articles

• Effective Assistance of Counsel to Alien Criminal Defendant Under Sixth Amendment After Padilla, UMKC Law Review, 79, 2011
  The challenge for criminal defense counsel representing a noncitizen is to stay acquainted with the immigration consequences of a plea and to inform the client of those consequences before the client decides whether to accept a plea.

Bar Admissions

• Kansas, 1988
• U.S. District Court District of Kansas, 1988
• U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1988
• Missouri, 2006
• Supreme Court of the United States of America, 2005
• U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri, 2006

Other Affiliations

• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) (Member)
• American Bar Association (ABA) (Member, Criminal Justice Section)
• American Association for Justice (AAJ) (Member, Criminal Law Section)
• Kansas Bar Association (KBA) (Member, Criminal Law Section)
• Kansas Trial Lawyers Association (KTLA) (Member, Criminal Law Committee)
• Kansas Bar Foundation (Fellow)
• Johnson County Bar Foundation (Fellow)
• International Mensa and American Mensa (Member)
• Kansas City Metropolitan (Federal Court Advocates Section, CLE Committee, 2009)
• Kansas City Metropolitan, 2010 - Present (Membership Committee, Co-Chairman)
• Earl E. O’Connor American Inn of Court (Master of the Inn)
• National Conference of Bar Presidents, Membership Committee
• American Bar (Ethics, Gideon & Professionalism Committee)
• The BarLetter, Co-Editor, 2005-2010, Editor, 2010-2017; Membership Committee, Chairman, 2009-2017
• Kansas Bar Association (KBA) (Chairman, Annual Meeting and Joint Judicial Conference, 2012)
• Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (KCMBA), Sustaining Member; Member of the Criminal Law Committee; Former Chairman of the Federal Court Advocates Section; CLE presenter
• Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Foundation – Fellow, Vice-President of the Board of Directors
• American Bar - Litigation and Criminal Law Sections
• Kansas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers – Member and CLE presenter