Ronald D. Smith

Attorney at Law

Ron Smith served as general counsel to the Kansas Bar Association and in 2000 counsel for the Community Development division of the Kansas Department of Commerce. A Navy photojournalist in the Vietnam conflict, he graduated from Kansas Wesleyan in 1973 and Washburn Law School in 1976. He served as Deputy Secretary of Administration for Governor John Carlin. From 1985 to 1999 he was general counsel of the Kansas Bar Association. He came out to the Larned firm of Smith, Burnett & Larson in 2005.

Mr. Smith retired at the end of 2023.