Dale V. Slape, Partner
Mr. Slape has been in practice for more than 23
years. He is a founding partner in the law firm of Slape & Howard,
Chartered, and has extensive emphasis and experience representing
injured claimants in workers compensation cases and victims of
motor vehicle collisions. Mr. Slape is licensed in the State
of Kansas and admitted to practice in the District Courts,
Appellate Courts, and Administrative Courts of this State, and
also admitted to practice before the United States District Court,
District of Kansas, and the United States Court of Appeals, 10thth
Circuit. He is furthermore the founder and author of the
APPEALS BOARD COMPUTER REGISTER, a publication indexing,
summarizing, and circulating decisions of the Workers Compensation
Appeals Board to attorneys representing claimants and employers
throughout this State.
Education
Bachelors of
Arts, with Honors, Wichita
State University (1971) Political Science/History/Economics
Juris Doctor,
University of Kansas School of Law (1974)
Memberships and associations
Member of the
Wichita, Sedgwick County, and Kansas Bar Associations; Kansas
Trial Lawyers Association, Board of Governors and Workers
Compensation Committee; National Organization of Social Security
Claimants’ Representatives.
Garry L. Howa rd,
Partner
Mr. Howard has been in practice for more than 19
years and is founding partner in the law firm of Slape & Howard,
Chartered, and has extensive experience representing claimants in
workers compensation cases and social security disability claims.
Additionally, he has devoted years of his practice to representing
consumer debtors in Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy cases.
Mr. Howard is licensed in the State of Kansas and admitted to
practice in the District Courts, Appellate Courts, and
Administrative Courts of this state, and also admitted to practice
before the United States District Court, District of Kansas, and
the United States Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit.
Education
Bachelors of Arts, Cum Laude,
Wichita State University (1974) History/ Philosophy
Juris Doctor, with honors,
Washburn University (1979)
Memberships and associations
Member of the Wichita, Sedgwick County, and Kansas
Bar Associations; Kansas Trial Lawyers Association, Board of
Governors; National Organization of Social Security Claimant’s
Representatives; National Conference of Consumer Bankruptcy
Attorney.
Phillip B. Slape, Partner
Mr. Slape joined the law firm of Slape and
Howard in 1998 and focuses his practice in the areas of Workers
Compensation and Personal Injury Litigation. Mr. Slape is
licensed in the State of Kansas and admitted to practice in the
District Courts, Appellate Courts, and Administrative Courts of
this State, and also admitted to practice before the United States
District Court, District of Kansas, and the United States Court of
Appeals, 10th Circuit. He is furthermore the co-author of
the APPEALS BOARD COMPUTER REGISTER, a publication indexing,
summarizing, and circulating decisions of the Workers Compensation
Appeals Board to attorneys representing claimants and employers
throughout this State.
Education
Bachelor of Science,
University of Nevada Las Vegas, (1994)
Juris Doctorate,
Washburn University School of Law, (1998)
Awarded National Bankruptcy Institute
1998 student of the Year
Memberships and associations
Member of the Wichita, Sedgwick County,
and Kansas Bar Associations; Kansas Trial Lawyers Association,
Young Lawyers Association.
Marvin R. Ap pling,
of Counsel
Mr. Appling has been admitted to practice law
for more than 39 years, all but three years in private practice.
Prior to joining Slape and Howard, of Counsel, in 1997, Mr.
Appling was an owner and partner in a local law firm with an
emphasis in bankruptcy and workers compensation law. He is
licensed in the State of Kansas and admitted in practice in the
District Courts, Appellate Courts, and Administrative Courts of
this State, and also admitted to practice before the United States
District Court, District of Kansas, and the United States Court of
Appeals, 10th Circuit.
Education
Bachelors of Arts, Wichita
State University
Juris Doctor, Washburn
University (1958)
Memberships and associations
Member of the Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas and American Bar
Associations. Mr. Appling is a former Administrative Law
Judge for the Kansas Division of Workers Compensation, and is now
of Counsel with Slape & Howard, Chartered.
Kenneth M. Stevens
Mr. Stevens has been in practice for more than
25 years. Throughout his practice he has had extensive emphasis
and experience representing claimants in workers compensation
cases and personal injury litigation. He is licensed in the
State of Kansas and admitted to practice in the District Courts,
Appellate Courts, and Administrative Courts of this state, and
also admitted to practice before the United States District Court,
District of Kansas, and the United States Court of Appeals, 10th
Circuit.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Wichita
State University (1967)
Juris Doctor, Washburn
University (1972)
Memberships and associations
Member of the Wichita, Sedgwick County, and Kansas Bar
Associations; Kansas Trial Lawyers Association
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