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Hon. Michael P. Joyce

District Judge

Date of Birth: 1960 Place of Birth: Omaha, Nebraska By Whom Appointed: Governor Sam Brownback

Education

  • University of Nevada, M.J.S., 2022
  • University of Houston Law Center, J.D., 1988
  • Creighton University, B.A., 1982

Career History

  • Koenigsdorf & Wyrsch, PC, Wyrsch, Hobbs, Mirakian & Lee, PC, 1988-1997
  • The Joyce Law Firm, LLC, 1997-2000
  • Van Osdol, Magruder, Erickson & Redmond, PC, Van Osdol & Magruder, PC, 2000-2012

Civic & Professional Activities

  • Member of the Johnson County, Missouri, Kansas and Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Associations
  • Johnson County Bar Association Community Outreach Committee, Co-Chair, 2009 to present
  • Member of the Board of Directors for the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, 2007
  • KCMBA Bar Leadership Academy, Program Co-chair 2004-2005; graduate 2004
  • Teacher, University of Missouri – Kansas City Law School, Criminal Sentencing: Theory, Practice and Procedure, 1997-2001
  • Named a “Super Lawyer” (the top 5% of lawyers in Kansas and Missouri) by Law & Politics/KC Magazine’s Super Lawyers Magazine in 2008-2012
  • Rated as an AV Preeminent Lawyer in Martindale-Hubbell
  • President’s Award from the KCMBA in 2000