Video: Judge Cline's swearing-in ceremony (2-26-21)
Judge Amy Fellows Cline joined the court after a 20-year career as a litigator, handling civil, criminal, and administrative law matters in state and federal courts. She represented clients in trial courts across Kansas, as well as before appellate courts, the Kansas Corporation Commission, Kansas Department of Labor, Kansas Human Rights Commission, and U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Current term
January 2023–January 2027
Previous professional experience
2004–21, attorney, Triplett Woolf Garretson, Wichita
2000–04, attorney, Fleeson Gooing Coulson & Kitch, Wichita
Education
University of Kansas School of Law, J.D., 2000
Wichita State University, B.A. magna cum laude, political science, 1997
Professional memberships and activities
University of Kansas School of Law Board of Governors, 2018-2021
Kansas Bar Foundation president, 2018
Kansas Legal Services president, 2014 and 2015
Kansas Bar Association
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Past chair of Litigation Section
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Past member of Board of Governors
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Past president of Young Lawyers
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Past chair of Young Lawyers Statewide Mock Trial Program
Wichita Bar Association
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Past chair of Civil Practice Committee
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Past chair of Law Day and Membership Committee
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Past president of Young Lawyers
Kansas Women Attorneys Association
Wesley E. Brown Inn of Court Executive Committee, 2010–2011
Awards and honors
Kansas Bar Foundation Robert K. Weary Award, 2020
Wichita Women Attorneys Association Louise Mattox Award, 2017
Wichita Business Journal Women in Business Honoree, 2016
Wichita Bar Association President’s Award, 2012
Wichita Business Journal “40 Under 40” Honoree, 2008
Kansas Bar Association Young Lawyer of the Year Award, 2006
Community, civic, and charitable activities
Friends of the Great Plains Nature Center Board of Directors, since 2017
Wichita Salvation Army Homeless Services Advisory Council, 2008–2018
Wichita Chamber of Commerce, 2004 Leadership Wichita Class
Girl Scouts of the Heartland troop leader
Additional information
Judge Cline grew up in Valley Center, where she currently lives with her family.