Richard D. Greene

Richard D. Greene (died October 7, 2012) was chief judge of the Kansas Court of Appeals. He was appointed to the Court by Governor Sebelius in June 2003, and he was appointed chief by the Kansas Supreme Court in November 2010. Biography Richard D. Greene was born in Hermann, Missouri, on January 9, 1950. He received a B.S. in business administration from the University of Missouri in 1972, and a J.D. from Southern Methodist University-Dallas in 1975. Upon graduation he practiced law with the firm Morris, Laing, Evans, Brock & Kennedy for 28 years. Governor Kathleen Sebelius appointed him to the Court of Appeals in June 2003. Greene was appointed chief judge by the Supreme Court effective January 10, 2011. Judge Greene attended Appellate Judge School in the summer of 2004 at New York University. He has often been appointed to sit with the Kansas Supreme Court, and in that capacity he has authored three published opinions for that court, In re Tax Appeal of Weisberger, 285 Kan. 98 (2007), State v. Alderete, 285 Kan. 359 (2007), and In re Trust D of Darby, 290 Kan. 785. Judge Greene has been active in the Kansas Bar Association, where he served for 7 years as editor in chief for the Annual Survey of Law. He currently serves as a member of the KBA's Bench-Bar Committee. He has been a lecturer or education panel member for the National Association of Appellate Attorneys, Kansas Women's Attorneys' Association, Johnson County Bar Association, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, Kansas State University, Kansas University School of Law, Pittsburg State University, North Carolina Central Law School, Southwest Kansas Bar Association, Washburn University School of Law, the Wichita Bar Association, the Wyandotte County Bar Association, and the Newton Bar Association. Judge Greene received the Outstanding Service Award from the Kansas Bar Association in 2007 for distinguished service to the profession. He was a member of the National Council of Chief Judges of State Courts of Appeal, and serves as national chairman of its membership committee and on its executive committee.