is the Kansas Farm Bureau Professor of Agricultural Law and Taxation at Washburn University School of Law in Topeka, Kansas. Through 2015, he was the Leonard Dolezal Professor in Agricultural Law at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, where he was also the director of the ISU Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation (CALT) which he founded. Under Prof. McEowen's leadership, CALT utilized no taxpayer funds in its operations and fully funded staff salaries and benefits, as well as office rent, equipment and supplies, and travel costs from funds generated by seminars and other education-related events and materials. At ISU, he also introduced an agricultural law course into the undergraduate curriculum initially as an experimental course, ultimately building the course from the ground up to almost 100 students in attendance by the spring semester of 2015. Prof. McEowen has been a visiting professor of law at the University of Arkansas School of Law in Fayetteville, Arkansas, teaching in both the J.D. and L.L.M. programs. He has also previously taught at Washburn Law and the Drake University School of Law Summer Institute in agricultural law. Prof. McEowen has published scholarly articles in numerous journals; and is the author of Principles of Agricultural Law, an 850-page textbook/casebook that is updated twice annually and a second 300-page book on agricultural law. In mid-2017, his book Agricultural Law in a Nutshell was published by West Academic Publishing Co. Prof. McEowen also authors the monthly publication, Kansas Farm and Estate Law, and co-authors Bureau of National Affairs (BNA) Tax Management Portfolios on the federal estate tax family-owned business deduction and the reporting of farm income. He is the lead author of a BNA portfolio concerning the income taxation of cooperatives. Prof. McEowen conducts approximately 80-100 seminars annually across the United States for farmers, agricultural business professionals, lawyers and other tax professionals. In 2003, he was named the recipient of the American Agricultural Law Association (AALA) Distinguished Service Award. Prof. McEowen is also the recipient of the AALA's award of excellence for professional scholarship. In 2006, he was named the president-elect of the AALA. Prof. McEowen earned his B.S. degree, with distinction, from Purdue University in management, his M.S. degree in agricultural economics from Iowa State University and his J.D. degree from the Drake University School of Law. He is a member of the Iowa State and Kansas bar associations, and is admitted to practice in Nebraska.

is an attorney in the Topeka law office of Stevens & Brand LLP. He practices in the areas of wills, trusts, and estates; and succession planning. In addition to practicing law, Mr. Taddiken enjoys teaching as an adjunct professor at the University of Kansas School of Law . He earned his B.S. degree from Kansas State University, his M.B.A. degree from Washburn University, and his J.D. degree from Washburn University School of Law. Mr. Taddiken also speaks regularly at various conferences throughout the state of Kansas. He is a member of the Kansas and Topeka Bar Associations.

is an attorney at The Law Office of Johnnie James, PLLC. He specializes in business, criminal defense, DUI law, copyright, estate planning, entertainment, intellectual property, legal consulting, personal injury, and trademark law. Within estate planning, Mr. James focuses on key elements such as wills, trusts, power of attorney, and beneficiary designations ensure assets are distributed according to your wishes while minimizing tax burdens. He earned his degree from The University of Oklahoma and his J.D. from Charlotte School of Law. He is admitted to practice law in Oklahoma and before the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma.

is a sole practitioner concentrating in legal ethics and professional responsibility matters. In 1980 he obtained his license to practice law in Kentucky. His legal ethics and professional responsibility law practice began in the mid -1980s and, since the mid-1990s has been his practice concentration. He represents attorneys in disciplinary and reinstatement proceedings, judges in judicial ethics matters, and bar exam applicants. Mr. Ostermiller has also represented parties in attorney's fee dispute proceedings, and attorneys in legal proceedings in which sanctions have been sought against the attorney. He has represented parties in attorney disqualification proceedings and counseled lawyers and law firms in their respective rights, responsibilities and duties to other attorneys and their clients. He also serves as an expert witness at the state and federal level regarding legal ethics and professional responsibility matters. Mr. Ostermiller is a member of the Kentucky Bar Association, Louisville Bar Association and Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers. Mr. Ostermiller earned his B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Louisville.

is an attorney with McInerney Law, where her practice is focused in estate planning, primarily for families with special needs children. She is licensed to practice in Alabama and Mississippi. Ms. McInerney is the founding member and co-president of the Board of Directors of Special Siblings, which provides support for children with special needs siblings. She currently serves as the president of the Board of Directors of the Jefferson County Intellectual and Developmental Disability Authority. Ms. McInerney is a member of the Board of Directors for Down Syndrome Alabama, Shelby Humane Society and 25:35. She earned her B.A. degree, magna cum laude, as well as her M.A. degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Ms. McInerney earned her J.D. degree from Indiana University School of Law and her LL.M. degree in taxation from Washington University in St. Louis.