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Richard Allen Olmstead

Richard Allen Olmstead

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1605 North Waterfront Parkway, Suite 50, Wichita, KS 67206-2935

Alternative and Renewable Energy, Litigation, Energy and Environmental Litigation and 8 more

About Richard Allen Olmstead

Richard Allen Olmstead is a lawyer practicing alternative and renewable energy, litigation, energy and environmental litigation and 8 other areas of law. Richard received a B.A. degree from Baker University in 1996, and has been licensed for 26 years. Richard practices at Kutak Rock LLP in Wichita, KS.

Richard Allen Olmstead (Wichita, Kansas)

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Areas of Law

  • Litigation
  • Appellate Practice
  • Civil Rights
  • Other 8
    • Alternative and Renewable Energy
    • Energy and Environmental Litigation
    • Labor & Employment Law
    • Commercial & Business
    • Litigation (Commercial & Business)
    • Oil, Gas & Mineral Law
    • Commercial
    • Oil & Gas

Practice Details

  • Firm Information
    Position
    Partner
    Firm Name
    Kutak Rock LLP

Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    2000, Kansas
    2008, Arkansas
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
    U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri
    Oklahoma
    Illinois
    Memberships

    Memberships and Affiliations
    •Kansas and Wichita Bar Associations
    •fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America Fellow: of the Litigation Counsel of America Fellow: of the Litigation Counsel of America

    • Securing through favorable settlement specific performance of a natural gas pipeline facilities purchase and sale agreement which resulted in client receiving in excess of $8 million while retaining the property designated for sale

    • Representing a natural gas public utility in a federal eminent domain proceeding involving more than 9000 acres 89 separate tracts of land over 150 affected ownership interests and various surface and subsurface interests

    • Successfully defending to conclusion at trial claims of slander fraud and false imprisonment asserted against a national client by two former employees

    • Securing summary judgment or dismissal of claims asserted against national clients for race and gender discrimination sexual harassment statutory retaliation and common-law wrongful discharge disability discrimination workers' compensation retaliation and other claims

    • Providing pro bono legal services to United Way of America and United Way of the Plains

    • Successfully representing clients in defense of class action and collective action claims arising under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 FLSA and state wage and hour laws

    Publication:

    Richard A. Olmstead, In Defense of the Indefensible: Title VII Hostile Environment Claims Unconstitutionally Restrict Free Speech, 28 ONU L REV 691 (2001)

    Memberships and Affiliations

    Kansas and Wichita Bar Associations

    Bar Fellowship
    of the Litigation Counsel of America

    Other Distinctions

    Super Lawyers®, 2008-2013

    Government Service

    Assistant District Attorney Appellate Division 18th Judicial District Sedgwick County Kansas 2000-2002

    Highlights

    Best Lawyers -- Richard Olmstead

    Super Lawyers Rising Star -- Rich Olmstead

  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    Ohio Northern University, Claude W. Pettit College of Law
    J.D.
    2000 Managing Editor

    Ohio Northern University, Claude W. Pettit College of Law
    J.D.
    with distinction

    Ohio Northern University, Claude W. Pettit College of Law
    J.D.
    The Ohio Northern University Law Review
    Other Education
    Baker University
    Class of 1996
    B.A.
  • Personal Details & History
    Age
    Born in 1973
    Miami, Florida, October 27, 1973

Richard Allen Olmstead

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1605 North Waterfront Parkway, Suite 50Wichita, KS 67206-2935U.S.A.

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