Email: hite@hitefanning.com Areas of Concentration • Civil Litigation • Products Liability Education Information • University of Kansas, B.S., 1950 • Washburn University, L.L.B., 1953 Court Admissions • Kansas Supreme Court • U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit • U.S. District Court, District of Kansas

Professional • Wichita, Kansas, and American Bar Associations • Wichita (Board of Governors, 1991-1993) • Kansas (Chairman, Litigation Section, 1972-1973; Chairman, Legislative Committee, 1983-1986; Member, Board of Governors, 1986-1995) • American (State Delegate,1986-1995) President of the Washburn Law School Association (1990-1992) • President of the Kansas Association of Defense Counsel (1983-1984) • National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (Executive Committee, 1985-1997; Chairman, Executive Committee, 1991-1993; President, 1993-1995) • Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers (State Chairman, 1987-1988; Chairman, Committee on Special Problems in the Administration of Justice, 1995-1998) • Fellow of the American Bar Foundation • Chairman of The Kansas Supreme Court Nominating Commission (2001-) • Honors received include the Phil Lewis Medal of Distinction from the Kansas Bar Association; Howard C. Kline Distinguished Service Award and Lifetime Achievement Award from the Wichita Bar Association, the Distinguished Service Award from the Washburn Law School and William Kahrs Lifetime Achievement Award from Kansas Association of Defense Counsel. Community • United Way of the Plains (Board of Directors, 1970-1986; President, 1981) • St. Francis Regional Medical Center (Board of Directors, 1982-1995; Chairman, 1994-95); Via Christi Regional Medical Center (Board of Directors, 1995-2005; Chairman, 1995-1998); Via Christi Health System (Board of Directors, 1995-; Chairman, 1999-2002) • Wichita Symphony Society (Board of Directors, 1997-2003)