Dan Monnat - Wichita, KS

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Creighton University School of Law, Omaha, Nebraska, 1976
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • California State University, San Francisco, California, 1973
    B.A.
    Honors: cum laude
    Honors: English
  • Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College, Dubois, Wyoming, 2000
  • Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College Graduate Course, 2001

Current Employment Position(s)

• Co-Founder, since 1985

• Attorney

Classes and Seminars

• “Lessons in Life and Litigation from the Tragic Acquittal of Dr. George R. Tiller,” National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers “Winning Trial Techniques,” Aspen, Colorado, January 2010
  
• “The Kid Gloves Are Off: Child Hearsay After Crawford v. Washington,” Arkansas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Annual Meeting, Tunica, Mississippi, April 2006
  
• “Oops, I Did It Again: Sexual Abuse and the Britney Spears Defense,” Nebraska Criminal Defense Attorneys Association, Defense of Abuse Cases seminar, Lincoln, Nebraska, February 2004
  
• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Kung Fu for Trial, National Defender Services, “2001 New Approaches for the Millennium,” Williamsburg, Virginia, May 2001
  
• Motion to Suppress Practicalities: Not Getting the Defense Thrown Out on Technicalities, New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, “The Four Corners of Criminal Practice,” Utica, New York, October 2000
  
• Kung Fu Strategies and the Art of Trial, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, “Defense Magic for the Millennium,” New Orleans, Louisiana, February 2000
  
• Motions to Suppress at the Millennium: Staying in the Ring, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, “Advocacy Techniques – A Masters’ Course,” San Francisco, California, April 1999
  
• Preparation and Cross-Examination in Dog Sniff Cases, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, “Cross-Examination: How to Get What You Need,” Denver, Colorado, August 1998
  
• You’re In Alice’s Wonderland: How to Defend Your Client in the Nonsense World of Drug Testing, Wichita Bar Association, “The Science of Family Law,” Wichita, Kansas, December 1997
  
• Trial Lawyers: Why We Do What We Do, Kansas Association of Justice Annual Meeting
  
• Defending the Accused before the Jury: Basics and Beyond, Members of the American College of Trial Lawyers and Wichita Bar Association
  
• Voir Dire VooDoo in Trials of the Taboo: Winning in the Beginning of Jury Trials with Claimed Vulnerable Victims, NACDL's 2019 Fall Seminar, October 18, 2019
  
• Voir Dire - Winning in the Beginning Even with Claimed Vulnerable Victims, NACDL 2022 Annual Meeting, August 11, 2022

Representative Cases

• United States v. Hall, No. 08–10208–01, 2010 WL 5137499 (D. Kan. 2010)
• State of Kansas v. Dr. George Tiller, No. 07 CR 2112 (Sedgwick County, Kan., Dist. Ct. March 27, 2009)
• Alpha Medical Clinic v. Anderson, 280 Kan. 903, 128 P.3d 364 (2006)
• State of Kansas v. Scott, No. 83,609 (Kan. App. Aug. 25, 2000)
• United States v. Guidry, No. 97-10162-MLB (D. Kan. June 17, 1998)
• United States v. McIntosh, 124 F.3d 1330 (10th Cir. 1997)
• State of Kansas v. Trammell, No. 92-67959-S (Sedgwick County, Kan. Dist. Ct. 1992)
• State of Kansas v. Trammell, 252 Kan. 961, 850 P.2d 249 (1993)
• United States v. Farhat, No. 87-10005-01 (D. Kan. 1987)
• State of Kansas v. Akins, 315 P.3d 868 (Kan. 2014)
• State of Kansas v. _____, No. 107,918 (Kan. App. Oct. 11, 2013) (unpublished)
• State of Kansas v. Puetz, No. 11 CR 3188 (Sedgwick County, Kan. Dist. Ct. 2013)
• State of Kansas v. Weimer, No. 101,099 (Kan. App. May 6, 2010) (unpublished)
• State of Kansas v. Bunyard, 281 Kan. 392, 133 P.3d 14 (2006)
• State of Kansas v. Jonker, No. 02 CR 1409 (Sedgwick County, Kan, Dist. Ct. Dec. 6, 2002)
• State of Kansas v. Stevenson, No. 84,833 (Kan. App. March 9, 2001) (unpublished)
• State of Kansas v. Lane, Case No. 84,667 (Kan. App. July 21, 2000) (unpublished)
• State of Kansas v. Chappell, 26 Kan. App. 2d 275, 987 P.2d 1114 (1999)
• State of Kansas v. Ralls, No. 99 CR 90 (Sumner County, Kan., Dist. Ct. Oct. 29, 1999)
• State of Kansas v. Cunningham, No. 13 CR 29 (Ford County, Kan. Dist. Ct. Aug. 24, 2015)
• State of Kansas v. Floyd (“Floyd III”), No. 06 CR 17 (Stanton County, Kan., Dist. Ct. Nov. 24, 2008)
• State of Kansas v. Floyd (“Floyd II”), No. 06 CR 17 (Stanton County, Kan., Dist. Ct. April 18, 2008)
• State of Kansas v. Floyd (“Floyd I”), No. 06 CR 17 (Stanton County, Kan., Dist. Ct. July 30, 2007)
• State of Kansas v. Richardson, No. 03 CR 6 (Reno County, Kan., Dist. Ct. Jan. 22, 2004)
• State of Kansas v. Shanklin, No. 98 CR 108 (SedgwickCounty, Kan., Dist. Ct July 23, 1998)
• United States v. Hall, 20 F.3d 1084 (10th Cir. 1994)
• State of Kansas v. Mars, No. 92-CR212-A (Cowley County, Kan., Dist. Ct. 1993)
• State of Kansas v. Jackson, 238 Kan. 793, 714 P.2d 1368 (1986)
• United States v. Ochoa, 4 F. Supp. 2d 1007 (D. Kan. 1998) (Daniel E. Monnat as local counsel)
• United States v. Phillips, No. 96-10006-01, 1996 WL 432377 (D. Kan. 1996) (Daniel E. Monnat as local counsel)
• United States v. Lambert, 46 F.3d 1064 (10th Cir. 1995)
• United States v. Redd, No. 95-10051-02 (D. Kan. 1995)
• State of Kansas v. Anguiano, No. 93 CR 246 (Seward County, Kan. Dist. Ct. 1994)
• United States v. Lacey, et al., No. 89-10054-01- 05 (D. Kan. 1990)
• United States v. Gerber, No. 89-10051-01, 1989 WL 115984 (D. Kan. 1989)
• State of Kansas v. Epperson, 237 Kan. 707, 703 P.2d 761 (1985)
• State of Kansas v. Davis and Davis, 8 Kan. App. 2d 39, 649 P.2d 409 (1982)
• State of Kansas v. Burris, No. 00 TR 786 (Sedgwick County, Kan., Dist. Ct. June 6, 2000)

Published Works

Articles

• Considering the Golden Rule of Defense-Initiated Victim Outreach (DIVO) for Non-Capital Criminal Defense, Journal of the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association, November , 2021
  
• Pandemic: Protecting the Accused's Right to In-Person Pre-Trial Hearings, Journal of the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association, November, 2020
  
• Tool Kit: Document and Data Supboenas for Defending Kansas Criminal Cases, Kansas Trial Lawyers Association, November, 2019
  
• From Cover to Content: Ten 21st Century Tips for Effective Appellate Briefing, The Champion, August, 2017
  
• Technology for Litigators: Pointing and Clicking Our Way Through Trial, Kan. Ass’n Just., November 2015, at 8, Daniel E. Monnat & Paige A. Nichols, Journal of the Kansas Association for Justice, November, 2015
  
• Can I Get a Witness?, J. Kan. Ass’n Just., July 2014, at 13, Daniel E. Monnat & Paige A. Nichols, Kansas Association for Justice, July, 2014
• Why Criminal-Defense Lawyers Love Their Work (And You Should Too), J. Kan. Ass’n Just., July 2013, at 7, Daniel E. Monnat, Paige A. Nichols, and Jennifer Roth, Journal of the Kansas Association for Justice, July, 2013
• To Protect and Serve . . . and Lie? Why Even “Good” Police Lies are Bad for Kansas Justice, J. Kan. Ass’n Just., July 2012, at 14, Daniel E. Monnat & Paige A. Nichols, Journal of the Kansas Association for Justice, July , 2012
• The Loneliness of the Kansas Constitution (Part II),J. Kan. Ass’n Just., May 2011, at 18, Daniel E. Monnat & Paige A. Nichols, Journal of the Kansas Association for Justice, May, 2011
• How to Free a ‘Guilty’ Client by Arguing Entrapment by Estoppel, The Champion, Dec. 2010, at 30, Daniel E. Monnat & Paige A. Nichols, NACDL The Champion, December, 2010
• The Loneliness of the Kansas Constitution (Part I),J. Kan. Ass’n Just., Sept. 2010, at 10, Daniel E. Monnat & Paige A. Nichols, Journal of the Kansas Association for Justice, September, 2010
• What to Do When the Jury is Out, But the Legal Questions Keep Rolling In, J. Kan. Ass’n Just, Nov. 2009, at 10, Daniel E. Monnat & Paige A. Nichols, Journal of the Kansas Association for Justice, November, 2009
• Legal Prescriptions for Diagnosing Bias During Voir Dire in Kansas Criminal Cases, J. Kan. Ass’n Just., July 2008, at 10, Daniel E. Monnat & Paige A. Nichols, Journal of the Kansas Association for Justice, July, 2008
• Sidelining the Prosecutor in a Criminal Case, J. Kan. Ass’n Just., July 2007, at 11, Daniel E. Monnat & Paige A. Nichols, Journal of the Kansas Association for Justice, July, 2007
• Unsealing Search Warrant Materials for Uncharged Clients, The Champion, July 2006, at 22, Daniel E. Monnat & Paige A. Nichols, NACDL The Champion, July, 2006
• Unraveling the Woolsack: How to Recuse or Reverse a Biased Kansas Judge, J. Kan. Trial Law. Ass’n, July 2006, at 14, Daniel E. Monnat & Paige A. Nichols, Journal of the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association, July, 2006
• Sentencing, Probation, and Expungement, in Kansas Criminal Law Handbook ch. 13 (KBA, 5th ed.), Daniel E. Monnat, Kansas Bar Association, 2016
• The Kid Gloves Are Off: Child Hearsay After Crawford v. Washington, The Champion, Jan./Feb. 2006, at 18, Daniel E. Monnat & Paige A. Nichols
• A Primer on the Federal Wiretap Act and Its Fourth Amendment Framework, J. Kan. Trial Law. Ass’n, March 2004, at 12, Daniel E. Monnat & Anne L. Ethen
• Amendments to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure You’ll Want to Know About, J. Kan. Trial Law. Ass’n, May 2003, Daniel E. Monnat & Anne L. Ethen
• Ain’t Misbehavin’? Think Again. Identifying Ten Improper Prosecutorial Arguments in Criminal Cases, J. Kan. Trial Law. Ass’n, March 2001, at 1, Daniel E. Monnat & Paige A. Nichols, Journal of the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association, March , 2001
• Protect Innocent, The Wichita Eagle, Nov. 28, 2000, Daniel E. Monnat
• Oh Give Me A Home, Where The Government Can’t Roam . . .”: Interpreting The Kansas Constitution To Protect “Open Fields,” J. Kan. Trial Law. Ass’n, Nov. 1994, at 17, Daniel E. Monnat & Paige A. Nichols

Bar Admissions

• Nebraska, 1976
• Kansas, 1976
• U.S. District Court District of Kansas, 1976
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1986
• U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1990
• U.S. District Court District of Colorado, 1997
• U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri, 1998
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan

Other Affiliations

• American Board of Criminal Lawyers, 2013
• American College of Trial Lawyers, 2002 (Fellow)
• International Academy of Trial Lawyers, 2010
• Litigation Counsel of America, 2008
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1996 - 2004 (Director)
• Kansas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1992 - 1995 (President)
• Kansas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1991 - 1992 (Vice President)
• Kansas Association of Trial Lawyers Executive Committee, 2000 - Present (Criminal Law Chair)
• National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), Legal Committee, 1993 - Present
• American Bar Association
• American Bar Foundation (Fellow)
• Kansas Bar Association (Member)
• Kansas Bar Foundation (Fellow)