Hinkle Elkouri Law Firm L.L.C.

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8621 East 21st Street North, Suite 200
Wichita, KS 67206 (map) 316-631-3148 mherd@hinklaw.com     vCard
Michael D. Herd   Member

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Mr. Herd is a lifelong Kansas resident and fourth-generation attorney originating from Coldwater. He is the great-grandson of Dick H. Rich (admitted 1903); grandson of Horace H. Rich (admitted 1921); and son of former Kansas Supreme Court Justice and former Kansas State Senator Harold S. Herd (admitted 1946). Mike has embraced their legacy in devoting his career toward the advancement of his profession and serving the community while delivering high-quality legal services to his clients.

Mike represents various individuals and businesses in connection with their day-to-day business operations, and assists with acquisition, development, sale, financing, and leasing of residential, commercial, agricultural, industrial, and multifamily real estate.



•    Washburn University School of Law, J.D., 1982
•    Westminster College, B.A., Political Science and History, 1979
•    Kansas Supreme Court
•    United States District Court, District of Kansas
•    United States Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit
Mike frequently lectures at professional affiliation seminars on real estate, ethics and related matters.
•    American Bar Association
     o    Section: Real Property, Probate and Trust
•    Kansas Bar Association
     o    Section: Real Property, Probate and Trust
•    Kansas Bar Foundation Fellow
•    Wichita Bar Association
     o    President, 2008-2009
     o    Past President-elect
     o    Past Vice President
     o    Past Board of Governors member
     o    Committees: Fee Disputes, Ethics, Service to Bar (chairman), Building, Board of
        Trustees (board member)
•    Wichita Bar Foundation, trustee
•    Blessed Sacrament Catholic Elementary School
     o    Past School Council president
     o    Past School Council member
•    Kapaun Mount Carmel Catholic High School
     o    Annual Fund (chair)
     o    Parent Fund (chair)
•    Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Kansas Chapter
     o    National Board Representative
     o    Board of Trustees, member
     o    Past President
     o    Past Vice-President
•    Tallgrass Country Club
     o    Board of Trustees and Secretary
•    Washburn University School of Law Alumni Association
•    Wichita Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness,
        board member
•    Wichita State University, former adjunct professor (teaching property law)