Attorneys William B. Swearer
Email: william.swearer@martindell.com
Phone: 620.662.3331
William B. Swearer graduated from Princeton University in 1951 and the University of Kansas School of Law in 1955. He served with the United States Army (artillery) in Korea in 1952-53. He is of counsel to the firm. He has practiced law in Hutchinson since 1955. Bill served as a member (1979-92) and as chair (1987-92) of the Kansas Board of Discipline for Attorneys, and currently serves on the Review Committee. He has been active in the Kansas Bar Association, having served on various committees, as one of the Association's representatives to the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association (1995-200), and as president of the Association (1992-93). Bill received Outstanding Service awards in 1977 and 1979 and the 2002 Distinguished Service Award from the Kansas Bar Association. He is a member of the Reno County, Kansas and American Bar Associations, as well as a member of the Kansas Bar Foundation and the American Bar Foundation (state chair 1997-2001). Bill has been active in his community where he has served as president of the Hutchinson Chamber of Commerce and as a board member of the Hutchinson Hospital Corporation, Health Care, Inc., the Hutchinson Hospital Foundation, and the Hutchinson Library. He currently serves as a trustee of Wesley Towers, Inc.
Principal Areas of Practice
- Business, Banking and Corporation
- Education
- Estate Planning and Administration, Wills and Trusts
Bar Admissions
- Kansas
- U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas
Education
- University of Kansas (L.L.B.,1955)
Phi Delta Phi - Princeton University (A.B.,1951)
Professional Memberships, Affiliations and Honors
- Kansas Bar Association
President (1992 - 1993) - Kansas Board of Discipline for Attorneys
Chair (1979 - 1992) - Reno County Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Representative House of Delegates From Kansas (1995 - 2000)
- Kansas Bar Foundation
- American Bar Foundation
State Chair (1997 - Present)
