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NELSON & BOOTH is a law firm engaged exclusively in a family law practice emphasizing complex domestic relations actions, including divorce and determination of parentage, property division, child custody, parenting time, spousal and child support and representation of parents in cases of international child abduction.

 

The attorneys at NELSON & BOOTH are licensed to practice only in the
states of
Kansas or Missouri.

E-mail: Ronald W. Nelson or Joseph W. Booth

 

 

CURRICULUM VITAE OF

JOSEPH W. BOOTH

 

Nelson & Booth Law Offices

Suite 117; 11900 West 87th Street Parkway

Lenexa, Kansas 66215

(913) 469-5300

(913) 469-5310 telecopier

Internet: joebooth@nelsonbooth.com

www.kansas-divorce.com

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Partner (January, 2001 – present)
Nelson & Booth Law Offices –
private law practice.

Practice of law with a focus in Family Law and Appellate Practice. Working in the areas of Divorce, Parentage, Surrogate Parenting and Assisted Reproductive Technology, Interstate and International Child Support and Custody.

Associate (December, 1999 – January, 2000)
Rose & Nelson Law Offices (predecessor to Nelson & Booth Law Offices) –
private law practice.

Practice of law with a focus in Family Law and Appellate Practice. Working in the areas of Divorce, Parentage, Surrogate Parenting and Assisted Reproductive Technology, Interstate and International Child Support and Custody.

Associate (January, 1998 - December, 1999)
Payne & Jones,
Overland Park, Kansas, 66210 –
private law practice.

Civil Trial and Appellate Practice, with a focus in Family Law and Appellate Practice.

Staff Attorney (January, 1996 – December, 1998)
State of
Kansas, Health Care Stabilization Fund, Topeka Kansas.

Provided legal counsel and representation to the Fund Board of Governors and involvement in litigation of medial malpractice matters.

Law Clerk (1994 – 1995)
Goodell, Stratton, Edmonds & Palmer,
Topeka, Kansas.

Responsible for general research and writing assignments in civil litigation, including matters pertaining to medical malpractice areas.

Law Clerk (1994) --
Lewis & Roca,
Phoenix, Arizona.

Responsible for general research and writing assignments in civil litigation, including matters pertaining to medical malpractice and medical products liability for E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. in the nationally known TMJ implant cases.

Pastor (1987 – 1993)
The United
Methodist Church, Northeast, Kansas

Served several churches in the Kansas East Conference of the United Methodist Church. Interests included the use of story as a communication tool of complex philosophical and theological ideas.

Adjunct Professor (1991-1992)
Highland Community College     Highland, Kansas

Taught courses in psychology and literature.

 

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

Law School

 

Washburn University School of Law (Topeka, Kansas)(1995)
– Juris Doctor, Cum Laude (top 5%)
– Member, Washburn Law Journal
– Third Place Winner, Jurcyk-Royle oral advocacy competition
– Winner, Corpus Juris Secundum Award and three American Jurisprudence awards
– Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society

 

Graduate Education

 

Saint Paul School of Theology (Kansas City, Missouri) (1990)
– Master of Divinity (M.Div.) with Honors

 

Undergraduate Education

 

Ottawa University (Overland Park, Kansas)(1990)
– Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Cum Laude

 

COURT PRACTICE ADMISSIONS

 

Supreme Court of the State of Kansas (Admitted 1995)

United States District Court – District of Kansas
(Admitted 1995)

Supreme Court of the State of Missouri (Admitted 1996)

United States District Court – Western District of Missouri (Admitted 1996)

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND ASSOCIATIONS

 

Kansas Bar Association

Member, Family Law Section

Johnson County, Kansas, Bar Association

Member, Family Law Section

American Bar Association

ABA Liaison to the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws Drafting Committee to Amend Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA) 
2000 to Present

Member, Family Law Section

–Child Support Committee

–Chair 2005-present)

–Vice Chair (2002-2005)

Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers

 

Board Member, Washburn University School of Law, Children and Family Law Center

 

American Inns of Court – Earl E. O’Connor Chapter

–Barrister (2001-present)

–Member of the Board (2005-present)

ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS

 

Contributing Author: Texas Annotated Family Code, Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (Lexis Publishing) (Lehrmann,D. (Ed) 2006)

 

Contributing Author: An Administrative Manual for Nurse-Midwifery Services  (2nd and 3rd Eds.) The Nurse-Midwifery Service Director’s Network (1996 and 2005)

 

Contributing Author: Health Information Management; A Law and Practice Manual, Goodell, Stratton Edmonds & Palmer (1994). 

 

SEMINAR AND CONTINUING EDUCATION PRESENTATIONS

 

Multiple continuing education presentations in the areas of Appellate Practice and Family Law: Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, military law issues, valuation and financial issues in family law, child custody, interstate and international jurisdictional issues for support and custody, custody evaluations, etc. including:

 

Presenter – Registration, Enforcement and Modification of Orders Under UIFSA and UCCJEA (Leavenworth, Kansas Bar Association) (June, 2002)

Presenter – Parental Alienation in High Conflict Cases (Kentucky AAML)(June, 2002)

Presenter – Ethical Issues in Domestic Relations Alternate Dispute Resolution (Kentucky AAML) (June, 2002)

Moderator – ERISA Issues: Have Faith in the Power of QDROs and QMCSOs (National Child Support Enforcement Association)
(Annual Meeting, August, 2002)

Presenter – Child Custody Jurisdiction – Hot Topics In Family Law (American Bar Association-Family Law Section)(Annual Meeting, August 2002)

Presenter – Case Law and Legislative Update 2002 (Kansas Bar Association)(Family Law Section Annual Meeting)

 

PUBLISHED APPELLATE DECISIONS

 

Marriage of Gordon-Hanks, 27 Kan.App.2d 187 (2000) (domestic relations case management standards).

Johnson v. Stephenson, 28 Kan.App.2d – (2000) (child custody – effect of later dispute on parent’s agreement).

Marriage of Ronen, – Kan.App.2d – (2001) (child support – defining expenses included in basic child support amount).

In re Marriage of Riggle, 52 P.3d 360, 2002 Kan. App. LEXIS 723 (Kan. Ct. App. 2002)  (child support – Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, standards for modification of child support duration)

In re Marriage of Jennings, 50 P.3d 506, 2002 Kan. App. LEXIS 655 (Kan. Ct. App. 2002)  (child custody and support).

In re Marriage of Doetzl, 31 Kan.App.2d 331 (2003)  (child support – Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, standards for modification of child support duration)

Graham v. Cirrocco, 31 Kan.App.2d 563 (2003) (standards for assessment of physician non-competition agreements)

Magstadtova v. Magstadt, 31 Kan.App.2d 1091 (2003) (finding that res judicata does not prevent subsequent application of attorneys fees in International Child Abduction cases).

In re Marriage of Ehinger, 34 Kan.App.2d 583 (2005) (spousal support – standards for modification of court ordered spousal support).