Attorneys

The high quality of legal work provided by Barber Emerson attorneys has been respected by clients and peers for over 75 years. Our attorneys have represented clients throughout the midwest in both routine and highly complex real estate, business, estate planning, and litigation matters.

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• John A. Emerson
  John A. Emerson has been practicing law for more than 50 years. He has many years of trial experience in civil litigation cases. Mr. Emerson is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.
  
  
  
  
• Byron E. Springer
  Byron E. Springer has been practicing law for more than 48 years. He represents the firm's clients in real estate, estate planning and eminent domain matters. Mr. Springer has served in the Kansas House of Representatives and as President of the Kansas Bar Foundation.
  
  
  
• Richard L. Zinn
  Richard L. Zinn practices in the areas of corporate law, estate planning, tax planning, business planning and real estate transactions. He is a fellow of the American College of Trust & Estate Counsel, the American College of Real Estate Lawyers and the American Bar Foundation.
  
  
  
• Calvin J. Karlin
  Calvin J. Karlin practices in the areas of trust litigation, estate litigation, estate planning and creditors rights. He serves on the Kansas Board for Discipline of Attorneys and is a fellow of the American College of Trust & Estate Counsel. Mr. Karlin is the recipient of the 2008 Kansas Bar Association's Professionalism Award.
  
  
  
• Jane M. Eldredge
  Jane M. Eldredge practices in the areas of land use, family law, civil litigation and planning & zoning. She serves on the board of the Lawrence Memorial Hospital Endowment Association.
  
  
  
  
• Mark A. Andersen
  Mark A. Andersen practices in the areas of real estate, banking law, eminent domain, construction law and section 1031 exchanges. He is a member of the Kansas Society of Farm Management & Rural Appraisers and the Kansas Electronic Recording Commission. Mr. Andersen is also a fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers and a fellow of the American College of Mortgage Attorneys. Mr. Andersen is admitted to the Kansas and Missouri Bars.
  
• Terrence J. Campbell
  Terrence J. Campbell practices in the areas of Federal & Kansas complex civil litigation, Federal & Kansas criminal defense, personal injury, and probate litigation. A former federal judicial clerk, Mr. Campbell serves on the Bench Bar Committee for both the United States District Court for the District of Kansas and the Douglas County District Court. Mr. Campbell is admitted to the Kansas and Missouri Bars.
  
  
• Matthew S. Gough
  Matthew S. Gough practices in the areas of land use, real estate, public finance, planning & zoning, construction law, corporate law, banking law, tax increment financing, state economic incentives, and 1031 exchanges. Mr. Gough is admitted to the Kansas and Missouri Bars.
  
  
  
  
• Linda Kroll Gutierrez
  Linda Kroll Gutierrez practices in the areas of estate planning, probate, and trust administration. She has a Masters in Estate Planning from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
  
  
  
  
• Catherine C. Theisen
  Catherine C. Theisen practices in the areas of professional liability and federal and Kansas civil litigation. Ms. Theisen is admitted to the Kansas and Texas Bars.
  
  
  
  
• Matthew B. Todd
  Matthew B. Todd practices in the areas of family law, civil litigation, land use and planning & zoning matters. He was previously in the Kansas Revisor of Statutes office.
  
  
  
  
• Edward H. Tully
  Edward H. Tully practices in the areas of estate planning, trust administration, and business planning matters. He has a degree in Business Administration from the University of Kansas. Mr. Tully is admitted to the Kansas Bar.
  
  
  
• Glee S. Smith, Jr., Of Counsel
  Glee S. Smith is Of Counsel to The Law Offices Of Barber Emerson, L. C. He has many years of experience in probate, real estate and general civil practice. Mr. Smith is a former member of the Kansas Board of Regents and former President of the Kansas Senate. Mr. Smith has served on the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws for more than 45 years. He is a retired member of the American College of Trust & Estate Counsel.
  
  

Richard A. Barber (1911-1998)