Wesley F. Smith

Wesley F. Smith is a partner at Stevens & Brand, LLP in Lawrence and Topeka, Kan., and primarily represents debtors and creditors in bankruptcy cases. He is the past-president of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Section of the Kansas Bar Association and an advisory board member of the ABI/UMKC Midwestern Bankruptcy Institute. Mr. Smith has been an adjunct professor of law at the University of Kansas teaching commercial law, and is frequently a lecturer on bankruptcy and commercial law for continuing education classes. Since 2009, he has been selected to the Kansas Super Lawyers list in the area of bankruptcy & creditor/debtor rights. Since 2008, he has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the area of bankruptcy and was recently named its 2017 Topeka, Kansas Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law "Lawyer of the Year" listing. Mr. Smith received his undergraduate degree from Oklahoma State University and his J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law.