Friday, May 15, 2009

Federal Public Defender for the District of Kansas Named

According to a press release from the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, Cyd Gilman has been appointed to be the Federal Public Defender for the District of Kansas.

Ms. Gilman, a Kansas native, earned her undergraduate degree at the University of Kansas and her law degree at Washburn University. Ms. Gilman grew up in Salina, Kansas and has been practicing law since 1978. She has been an Assistant Federal Public Defender in the Wichita, Kansas office since 1983. The Honorable Kathryn H. Vratil, Chief U.S. District Judge for the District of Kansas, administered the oath to Ms. Gilman, on April 24, 2009, after which Ms. Gilman officially assumed the duties of the office of the Federal Public Defender.