Maria Drouhard

Maria Drouhard is an associate with Foulston’s employment and litigation practice group in the firm’s Kansas City office. She received her J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law. Prior to joining Foulston, Maria spent three years as a law clerk at the federal level. Her clerkships gave her experience both with a wide variety of legal issues, from commercial disputes to employment issues, and with managing a courtroom on the trial and appellate levels.

Maria appreciates the opportunities to help clients achieve their goals, resolving their issues effectively and thoughtfully, and choosing the best path for their unique, individual needs.  

In her free time, Maria can often be found taking her son to the park, gardening, or exercising. A life-long Midwesterner, Maria enjoys staying involved with her community.

Education

• University of Kansas School of Law (J.D., 2019)
  Order of the Coif; Staff Editor, Vol. 66, Articles Editor, Vol. 67, Kansas Law Review; CALI Awards for the Future: Appellate Advocacy, Lawyering Skills II, Evidence, Contracts, Civil Procedure, Business Associations I, and Comprehensive Family Mediation; University of Kansas In-House Moot Court; ABA National Moot Court; National Native American Law Student Moot Court
• University of Wisconsin – Madison (B.A. in History and Religious Studies, 2012)

Admissions

• Missouri (2020)
• Kansas (2022)
• U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas (2022)
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (2022)

• Litigation & Disputes

• Law Clerk, Hon. Mary Beck Briscoe, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (2021-2022)
• Law Clerk, Hon. Greg Kays, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri (2019-2021)
• Intern, Hon. Steve Leben, Kansas Court of Appeals (2018-2019)
• Prosecutorial Intern, Johnson County District Attorney’s Office (2018)

• Kansas Bar Association  
• Johnson County Bar Association 
• Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association