Johnson County Kansas Legal Department

F. LAWRENCE MCAULAY, JR.
Director of Legal Services

Twenty-five years private practice experience, prior to joining the Johnson County Legal Department in 1999.
Board Member Kansas Association of Counties
City Council Member in Lenexa, Kansas (1981-1999).
Member of Lenexa Volunteer Hall of Fame.
Recipient of Excellence In Community Services Award from Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR).
Past president of Lenexa Chamber of Commerce.

RICHARD J. LIND
Deputy County Counselor

Twenty-two years experience with the Johnson County Legal Department
Former Assistant City Attorney, Topeka, Kansas.
Former support staff employee, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, D.C.
Author of an article entitled "Express Contracts of Indemnity", 65 Journal of the Kansas Bar Association No. 7, 36 (1996).

NICHOLAS SALDAN
Deputy County Counselor

ROGER L. TARBUTTON
Assistant County Counselor

Eighteen years experience with Johnson County.
Former President of the County Counselors Association of Kansas.
J.D. Washburn; LL.M. Taxation, University of Missouri at Kansas City.
Author, "The Wolf at the Door, Administrative Search Warrant Procedure in Kansas" Journal of the Kansas Bar Association, Vol. 70, 34, January 2001.
Contributing Author, "Methods for Cost-Effective Rehabilitation of Private Lateral Sewers" Water Environment Research Foundation, Project No. 20-CTS-5 (2006).
Admitted to State Bars of Arizona, Kansas & Missouri.

ROBERT A. FORD
Assistant County Counselor

Seventeen years experience with Johnson County, plus six years with the Morrison, Hecker law firm.
Former police officer in Iowa Falls, Iowa.

MARY MARTIN BUHL
Assistant County Counselor

CYNTHIA DUNHAM
Assistant County Counselor

Ten years experience with Johnson County; previously in private practice for over six years.
Former research attorney for the Honorable Gary W. Rulon, Chief Judge of the Kansas Court of Appeals.

KATHRYN MYERS
Assistant County Counselor

Eight years experience with Johnson County; previously counsel for the Board of Tax Appeals in Topeka, Kansas.
Speaker at International Association of Assessing Officer conference on tax exemption policy.

LEEANNE HAYS
Assistant County Counselor

Former Chief Deputy County Counselor for Johnson County from 1988-1999.
Former Assistant City Attorney, Wichita, Kansas.
Master of Laws in Urban Affairs, UMKC School of Law, 2001.
Recipient of Gage Fellowship, UMKC School of Law, 2000-2001.
Member, Leawood Historic Commission.
Member, Board of Directors, Kansas Preservation Alliance, the statewide historic preservation organization for the State of Kansas.

F. CHARLES DUNLAY
Assistant County Counselor

Twelve years experience in practice of law, seven years as counsel to Kansas municipalities and five years in private practice.
Former Senior Attorney with Unified Government Legal Department, Legal Advisor to the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department and Assistant County Counselor with the Wyandotte County Counselor’s Office.
Published Discipline and Discharge of Municipal Employees: Due Process, First Amendment and Kansas Common Law Implications in City Attorney’s Association Annual Journal and presented same at the League of Municipalities and City Attorney’s Association Annual Meeting.
Wrote Municipal Liability Under 42 U.S.C. §1983, Fourth Amendment Excessive Force Claims & Use of Deadly Force, and Attorney’s Fee Awards Under 42 U.S.C. §1988 and presented the topics for Police Civil Rights Liability Seminar.

LISA WETZLER
Assistant County Counselor

Seventeen years municipal law experience practicing in both the private and public sector
Former Assistant City Attorney, Lenexa, Kansas
Former Assistant City Attorney, Leawood, Kansas

Johnson County Legal Department
111 S. Cherry St., Suite 3200
Olathe, KS 66061-3486
Phone: (913) 715-1900
Fax: (913) 715-1873