|
Dan Monnat
Stan Spurrier
Jim Pratt
Trevor Riddle
Sal Intagliata
In the News:
Television
Wichita Eagle
Publications
Contact Us
Location Maps
Values and Philosophy
Notable Cases
Community Service
Speaking Schedule
Publications
Employment
Disclaimer
Staff
|
Best
Lawyers in Wichita
March 2008
Twenty-three years ago defense attorney
Dan Monnat
teamed with legal scholar Stan Spurrier to form the criminal defense
team of Monnat & Spurrier, Chartered.
Today the firm has seven lawyers, and one overriding philosophy: cases
are won with vigorous courtroom argument, backed by rigorous legal
scholarship. For every lawyer in the courtroom, there is one in the
office, poring over case law and developing cutting-edge legal
strategies.
The firm's winning reputation for criminal defense is widely known
through media coverage of
Monnat's
tenacious representation of accountants, children, clergy, doctors,
lawyers, law enforcement officers, teachers and the unfortunate person
whose home was mistakenly raided by police as being that of BTK.
Monnat's articles
have been featured in numerous legal
publications, and he lectures nationwide on criminal defense strategies
and juror psychology.
Monnat
has served on the Board of Directors of the National Association of
Criminal Defense Lawyers and has been selected as a Fellow in the
American College of Trial Lawyers. In 2007, Governor Sebelius appointed
him to the Kansas Sentencing Commission. Monnat is included in the
Top100 of Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers and for more than a decade, has
been included in Best Lawyers in America.
Murder case dismissed against southwest Kansas pair
RON SYLVESTER
November 22,
2008
Next week, Chad and Shannon Floyd will be able to relax in western Kansas free
of the murder charges that dogged them for the past three years. The
husband and wife are set to meet with a judge in Johnson City, about five hours
west of Wichita in southwest Kansas, on Monday to sign a final order of
dismissal in a murder case against them that's dragged through two trials that
ended without a verdict.
"Chad
and
Shannon
Floyd
and
their
families
have
had
to
endure
three
years
of
accusations,
innuendo
and
rumor
that
have
been
absolutely
false,"
said
Wichita
attorney
Dan
Monnat,
who
represented
Chad
Floyd.
Lawyers
Monnat
and Kurt Kerns, both of Wichita, argued for the defense that there were people
near the Floyds' house that night who would have heard gunshots -- but didn't --
and that a different friend of the Floyds showed up unexpectedly when the
killing was supposedly taking place.
The defense also suggested that Golub's role as an informant in a local drug
case led to his disappearance. Adding to the rural courtroom drama: The Floyds
are part of an affluent family that owns a chain of banks in the western part of
Kansas and in eastern Colorado.
"They handled the situation with dignity and perseverance, believing their
innocence would eventually be demonstrated for all," said Kerns, who represented
Shannon Floyd.
A spokeswoman for the Kansas Attorney General said that after each hung jury,
Monnat
and Kerns asked the judge to dismiss the case in a way that would prevent the
state from reopening it. This is called dismissal with prejudice.
"The concern is that if a third trial based on the exact same evidence ends in a
hung jury the court may seriously consider a dismissal with prejudice," said
Ashley Anstaett on behalf of the attorney general.
|
Latest News Stories:
The Southwest Times:
Breaking News: NO CHARGES FILED March
26, 2010
Both of Liberal's Andrade
Auto Exchange locations were shut down Tuesday afternoon as FBI, Kansas Bureau
of Investigation and Liberal Police Department investigators executed a search
warrant on the dealerships' premises. Investigators were seen taking photographs
of vehicle identification numbers as the dealerships were sealed off to the
employees and public.
The two dealership locations reopened for business Thursday. Wichita-based
attorney Daniel Monnat,
representing business owner Michael Andrade, said his client was also not being
charged with any crime.
"Andrade Auto Exchange is grateful for the support and confidence of the
community," said Monnat.
"Mike Andrade is innocent of any wrongdoing and has not been charged or even
accused of any crime."
Charges Dropped in Child Sex Case
KWCH Wichita, KS
June 15,
2009
Charges
Dropped Against Former Wichita Assistant Principal
KSN Wichita,
KS June 15, 2009
Sex abuse charges dropped
against former school administrator
Tuesday, June 17, 2009
Prosecutors have
dropped child sex abuse charges against a former Wichita elementary school
administrator because of insufficient evidence, his lawyer said.
Dan Monnat, Baker's attorney, said charges were
dropped after the state continued to investigate the case.
"As an
educator who spent his entire career of 36 years teaching and mentoring
children, Mr. Baker completely understands that when a child makes an allegation
of abuse, it must be taken seriously and thoroughly invesigated,
Monnat said.
click here for complete story
Jury: Tiller not guilty on all counts
KSN.com
click
here for TV coverage
WICHITA, Kansas It took years to bring the case
to trial, but it took a jury less than an hour of deliberating to find Dr.
George Tiller not guilty of the 19 charges he faced for allegedly breaking
Kansas� late-term abortion law.
We have just been looking for
someone brave enough to say 'this has to stop, Dr. Tiller is not guilty' and now
we have found those six brave people in the jury that reached a verdict of not
guilty on all counts, said Tiller's attorney,
Dan Monnat.
click here for complete story
NY Times:
Jurors Acquit Kansas Doctor in a Late-Term Abortion Case
March 28, 2009
It's been a long ordeal for his patients, Dr. Tiller and his family the
lead defense lawyer, Dan Monnat,
said Friday outside the courtroom. They are just happy it's over.
click here for complete story
LA Times:
Doctor acquitted by Kansas jury in late-term abortion trial
"Dr. Tiller and his family are just happy
it's over, with an eminently just result. This whole trial was political," said
lead defense attorney Dan Monnat.
He praised "these six brave souls" as refusing to be swayed by the politics of
the abortion debate in Kansas, where passions on the issue run high.
click here for complete story
WorldMag.com
Tiller's team also had passion on its side. Disney was clearly committed to the
case, but his courtroom demeanor was not marked by the same sharp tenacity as
the defendant's lead counsel,
Dan
Monnat. The state seemed outgunned.
click to read article
|
