When Julia Craft became a partner in what used to be Joseph & Hollander LLC, she essentially changed jobs without going anywhere. That’s because Craft had been leasing space since 2004 in Joseph & Hollander’s building at 500 N. Market. So when she decided to blend her independent practice with the firm and become its […]
About eight years ago, Julia Craft moved into the law offices of Joseph & Hollander as a tenant. This week, the former prosecutor and family law attorney is becoming a named partner of the firm. The 11-year-old firm, which has its main office at 500 N. Market, is changing its name to Joseph, Hollander & […]
A federal appeals court panel ruled Tuesday that a drug checkpoint ruse is not sufficient grounds to justify law enforcement authorities stopping vehicles, a decision that has far-reaching implications for the constitutional rights of motorists. The ruling is the first in the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals to grapple with the widespread practice by law […]
In a Wichita case that has captured national attention, a double-amputee war veteran already accused of misdemeanors against a controversial Topeka church now faces a felony charge. The latest charge — conspiracy to commit aggravated battery — was filed by Sedgwick County prosecutors Friday afternoon. The charge accuses Army veteran Ryan Newell of engaging in […]
A Shawnee County District Court judge has notified attorneys she is considering placing a 25-year-old man on probation rather than sentencing him to more than four years in prison for attempted solicitation via computer of a 13-year-old girl for sex. In reality, the “girl” was a sheriff’s deputy. Patrick Even Johnson, a Topekan arrested during […]
The last of seven men charged in an online sex sting operation was placed on three years of intensive supervised probation Thursday rather than being sentenced to almost five years in prison. In sentencing Brandon Ryan Mason, 22, Shawnee County District Court Judge Jan Leuenberger departed downward, listing eight factors to justify the action. Mason […]