Carol A. Beier
Carol Ann Beier is a former justice of the Kansas Supreme Court appointed by Governor Kathleen Sebelius. She took office September 5, 2003, to replace retiring Justice Bob Abbott. She retired from the court on September 18, 2020.
Education
She earned a Bachelor of Science in Journalism at the University of Kansas in 1981. Beier later went on to obtain a Juris Doctor at KU in 1985 and a Master of Laws, at University of [Virginia School of Law] in 2004. Justice Beier currently resides in Topeka with her husband Richard W. Green.Legal career
After earning her bachelor's, Beier spent two years working for the Kansas City Times. Upon obtaining her Juris Doctor she served as a law clerk to then Judge James Kenneth Logan of the U.S. [Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit].She started her career as a Staff Attorney in Litigation and Legislation Practice at the National [Women's Law Center] through the Women's Rights and Public Policy fellowship program of the Georgetown University Law Center. After finishing the fellowship she entered private practice focusing on white collar criminal defense for Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn in Washington, D.C., from 1987 to 1988. She came back to Kansas in 1988 and practiced litigation concentrating on commercial disputes and health care law at Foulston & Siefkin L.L.P. in Wichita eventually becoming a partner at the firm.