Holly A. Dyer

Ms. Dyer’s practice encompasses a wide range of litigation matters, including actions concerning commercial transactions, contract disputes, noncompetition clauses, trade secrets, business torts, professional malpractice, government investigations, and administrative decisions and appeals. Ms. Dyer has been selected by her peers for inclusion in the Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers® list and The Best Lawyers in America© for her work in the areas of Commercial Litigation, Professional Malpractice Law, Medical Malpractice Law, and Personal Injury Litigation. In 2015, Benchmark Litigation named Ms. Dyer a “Local Litigation Star” and one of the Top 250 Women in Litigation in the United States.

Ms. Dyer has served as President of the Wichita Bar Association and is a member of the Wichita Bar Association’s Ethics and Grievance Committee. Ms. Dyer also serves on the Firm’s Ethics Committee. She is a member of the American Law Institute.

Outside of her law-related activities, Ms. Dyer is a member of the Wichita State University Alumni Association Board of Directors and Executive Committee.

Education

• University of Kansas (J.D., 1994)
  Order of the Coif; Articles Editor - Kansas Law Review; Samuel Mellinger Leadership Award
• Wichita State University (B.A. in Journalism, 1988)
  magna cum laude

Admissions

• Kansas (1994)

• Litigation & Disputes
• Professional Malpractice
• Insurance Defense Litigation
• Appellate Law
• Trade Secret & Noncompete Litigation
• Government Investigations & White Collar Crime
• Privacy & Data Security

• Agribusiness

• Successful representation of national church in dispute between church and local congregants over ownership of church property – injunction and damages award in favor of national church upheld on appeal. Church of God in Christ, Inc. v. Board of Trustees of Emmanuel Church of God in Christ, Wichita, Kansas, 47 Kan. App. 2d 674, 280 P.3d 795 (2012).
• Successful administrative agency appeal by three community colleges involving complex funding scheme for career technical education. Dodge City Community College v. Kansas Board of Regents, 2009-C-1046 (3d Judicial District, Shawnee County).
• Successful representation of large charitable hospital in action involving whether Kansas Consumer Protection Act applied to hospital’s assertion of statutory hospital lien. Summary judgment decision in hospital’s favor affirmed by Kansas Court of Appeals and currently being reviewed by Kansas Supreme Court. Via Christi Regional Medical Center, Inc. v. Reed, 45 Kan. App. 2d 356, 247 P.3d 1064 (2011).
• Successful defense in lower court and on appeal of developmental services provider in wrongful death action. Berthelson v. Developmental Services of Northwest Kansas, 2006 WL 3774332 (Kan. Ct. App. Dec. 22, 2006).
• Successful defense at trial of medical director of air ambulance service in medical negligence claim involving death of mother of three following air transport from rural hospital to tertiary care facility. Garcia v. Sellberg, et al., U.S. District Court Kansas, Case No. 04-1159-MLB.
• Successful defense on summary judgment and on appeal of major printer and ink cartridge manufacturer in class action brought for fraud and violation of Kansas Consumer Protection Act. Cole v. Hewlett Packard, Wyandotte County District Court, Case No. 01 C 2344, aff'd 84 P.3d 1047 (Kan. Ct. App. 2004) (per curiam).
• Successful defense of anesthesiologist after nine-week trial in medical negligence claim involving a birth injury with damage allegations in excess of $15 million. Haley v. Yoon, Sedgwick County District Court, Case No. 03 CV 609.
• Successful defense of mortuary and funeral director on summary judgment and on appeal in claim for negligent and intentional mishandling of a dead body. Ely v. Hitchcock, 30 Kan. App. 2d 1276, 58 P.3d 116 (2002).
• Successful defense in two trials and on appeal of physician in medical negligence claim involving brain-damaged child with damage allegations in excess of $25 million. Irvin v. Smith, 272 Kan. 112, 31 P.3d 934 (2001).
• Defense of national corporation in complex trade secret litigation arising from federal targeted jobs tax credits program.

• Wichita Business Journal Women in Business honoree , 2015
• The American Law Institute Member, 2016 - present
• Selected by peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© in the areas of Commercial Litigation, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, and Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants, 2011 - 2018
• Selected for inclusion in Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers® List , 2012-2016 (a Thomson Reuters business)
• Named by Benchmark Litigation in 2012, 2013, 2014 & 2015 as one of the Top 250 Women in Litigation in the United States
• Named by Benchmark Litigation - Local Litigation Star, General Commercial, Insurance, Professional Malpractice, and Securities, 2016; General Commercial and Insurance, 2014 & 2015; General Commercial, Insurance, and Professional Malpractice, 2013
• University of Kansas Law School Board of Governors, 2008-11
• American Bar Association
• Kansas Bar Association Health Law Section - President 2006-07; 2010 KBA Annual Meeting Task Force, Chair; 2007 KBA Annual Meeting Task Force, Member
• Wichita Bar Association , President, 2015-2016; Vice President, 2013-2014; Elected Member of Board of Governors, 2008-2010; Awards Committee, 2008; Civil Practice Committee, Chair, 2009-2011; Ethics and Grievance Committee, Member, 2009-present; Law in Education Committee, Chair, 2005-08; Professional Diversity Committee, former Member and Chair; helped develop “Grow Your Own Lawyer” program for high school students interested in becoming lawyers; WBA President's Award, 2007
• Kansas Bar Foundation Board of Trustees, District 7 Trustee, 2010-present
• Kansas Association of Defense Counsel
• Defense Research Institute
• Wesley E. Brown American Inn of Court Member, 2008 - Present
• Kansas Women Attorneys Association
• Wichita Women Attorneys Association Member, former CLE Chair

2016

• Social Media and Technology (Wichita Women Attorneys Association)
• Technological Competence: Legal Ethics in the Digital Age (Kansas Association of School Boards Kansas School Attorneys' Meeting)

2015

• How to Be an Awesome Second Chair at Trial (Kansas Association of Defense Counsel 36th Annual Conference)
• You Asked for It! A Review of What's New on Frequently Requested Topics and Other Current Issues (Foulston Siefkin, Ethics Seminar for Corporate Counsel)

2014

• Setting the Foundation: Tips and Strategies for Being an Effective Second Chair (Kansas Association of Defense Counsel, Annual Meeting CLE)
• All the Ethics News That’ll Fit in 50 Minutes (Fouslton Siefkin LLP, Ethics Seminar for Corporate Counsel)

2013

• Success as Women Lawyers: Strategies for the Long Road (Wichita Women Attorneys Association, Panel Discussion - Moderator)
• Knowing What You Don't Know: The Challenge of Complying with Rule 1.1's Technology Competence Requirement (Foulston Siefkin, Ethics Seminar for Corporate Counsel)

2012

• Basic Civil Practice 101 (Wichita Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education Seminar)
• Litigation and Technology: Trial and Tribulations (Kansas Association of Defense Counsel, 34th Annual Conference)

2010

• Legal Ethics in Everyday Practice (Kansas Association of Legal Assistants, Annual Meeting)
• Legal Ethics in Everyday Practice (National Business Institute, Seminar)
• Immigration, Deemed Exports, and Other Employment-Related Issues that Sponsors and Principal Investigators Need to Understand (Foulston Siefkin Regional Bioscience Law Conference)

2009

• Engaging Counsel and the Scope of Conflict, Inquiries and Waivers (Foulston Siefkin Kansas Ethics Seminar)
• Annuities and Their Admissibility at Trial (Wichita Bar Association Continuing Legal Education)

• Wichita State University Alumni Association, Board of Directors, 2011-present
  • Executive Committee, Chair, Membership and Volunteer Recruitment, 2013-present
  • Alumni Association President / CEO Search Committee, 2014
  • Wichita State University Strategic Planning Steering Committee, Alumni Association representative, 2012-2013
• Wichita Metro Chamber of Commerce, Chamber Honors Committee, Member, 2013-present
• Wichita Business Journal, BizWomen, 2013-present
• United Way of the Plains
  • Campaign Cabinet, 2009
  • Allocations Volunteer, 2002-2008
• Girl Scouts of the Kansas Heartland, Troop 40442, Leader, 2010-2013

• Fate, Karma, and Humble Pie
  -Bar-o-Meter, Wichita Bar Association
• "PHiL,"
  -Bar-o-Meter, Wichita Bar Association
• I Think You Are Wrong
  -Bar-o-Meter, Wichita Bar Association
• Unwarranted Certitude
  -Bar-o-Meter, Wichita Bar Association
• Lawyer Parenting
  -Bar-o-Meter, Wichita Bar Association

2015

• Ten Questions for the New WBA President
  -Bar-o-Meter, Wichita Bar Association
• Oh, What a Bar!
  -Bar-o-Meter, Wichita Bar Association
• Kiddo
  -Bar-o-Meter, Wichita Bar Association
• PewDiePie
  -Bar-o-Meter, Wichita Bar Association
• Wolfpack
  -Bar-o-Meter, Wichita Bar Association
• Abraham Lincoln, Alexis de Tocqueville, and George Takei Walk into a Bar...
  -Bar-o-Meter, Wichita Bar Association

2002

• Health Law FAQ: Consent For Treatment Of Minors
  -Health Law Update - Quarter 2

2001

• Analyzing Medical Records
  -Kansas Paralegal

1993

• Gender-Based Affirmative Action: How Does It Fit in the Tiered Scheme of Equal Protection Scrutiny?
  -41 Kansas Law Review 591