TOPEKA--The names of two Crawford County attorneys today were sent to Gov. Sam Brownback as nominees to fill a district judge vacancy created by the June retirement Chief Judge John C. Gariglietti.
Nominated by the 11th Judicial District Nominating Commission were Kurtis Ike Loy, Pittsburg, and David Kelley Markham, Parsons. The governor will have 30 days in which to select one of them for the judgeship.
Loy has been in the private practice of law since being admitted to the Bar in 1980, beginning as an associate in his father’s law firm, K.I. Loy, Attorney at Law, in Pittsburg, and continuing the practice at the same location since then. Through the years, his practice has been primarily transactional law, family law, and tax, but he also undertook insurance defense and civil litigation during his career. The firm is currently known as Loy & Sagehorn, LLC.
Loy is a 1972 graduate of Pittsburg High school, a 1976 graduate of Pittsburg State University, where he received a BSBA degree in accounting, and a 1979 graduate of the Washburn University School of Law.
Markham has been in the private practice of law in Parsons since 1977, where his firm is now known as Tucker and Markham, Attorneys at Law. During his 36 years as an attorney, he has continuously practiced in a variety of areas of the law, including commercial, family, real estate, probate, juvenile, traffic, criminal, civil litigation law, and appellate practice. As part of his practice, he has represented Unified School District 503, Labette Community College, and Labette Health for a number of years. In addition, he has represented the Great Plains Development Authority, which is attempting to redevelop the ammunition plant near Parsons, during the past three years.
A 1970 graduate of Parsons High School, he received a BA degree from the University of Kansas in 1974 and his law degree from Washburn University School of Law with Dean’s Honors in 1977.