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Kansas Liberty: 08 January 2009
A former law partner of Lt. Gov. Mark Parkinson is now a Johnson County judge.
Governor appoints another political ally to bench
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, continuing her custom of appointing political allies to judgeships, on Thursday appointed a former law partner of Lt. Gov. Mark Parkinson as a Johnson County judge.
Neil Foth will replace Judge John Anderson, III, the son of a former Republican governor of Kansas, who is retiring.
Foth and Parkinson, a former chair of the Kansas Republican Party who switched his party affiliation to run with Sebelius for her second term, served together in the Shawnee Mission firm of Parkinson, Foth & Reynolds.
When Parkinson left the firm, Foth founded Foth & Orrick, a Johnson County law practice that primarily represented plaintiffs in personal injury cases.
Foth also served as a public defender in Johnson County from 1984-86, following his graduation from law school at the University of Kansas.
- Phil LaCerte
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