Outstanding women have served with distinction at the Kansas District U.S. Attorney’s Office in Wichita.

In Kansas, we have been honored to serve with a long line of talented and dedicated women. They have excelled in their field and paved the way to success for other women.

During Women’s History Month, we recognize the following women:

• Mary Beck Briscoe served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney from 1974 to 1984 in the District of Kansas. Today she serves on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
• Karen Humphreys served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney from 1978 to 1983. She was appointed U.S. Magistrate Judge in 1993, serving until she retired in 2015.
• Janice Miller Karlin served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney from 1980 to 2002. She went on to become a bankruptcy judge, serving until she retired in 2018.
• Julie Robinson served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney from 1983 to 1993. From 1992 to 1994 she served as Senior Litigation Counsel in the U.S. Attorney’s office. In 1994, she was appointed as a bankruptcy judge. In 2001, she became the first African American woman appointed to the U.S. District Court in Kansas, and she currently serves as Chief Judge of that court.
• Karen Arnold-Burger served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney from 1989 to 1991. She is now Chief Judge of the Kansas Court of Appeals.
• Nancy Moritz served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney from 1995 to 2004, before serving on the Kansas Court of Appeals and the Kansas Supreme Court. In 2014, she took a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit.

Today, women make about half the employees of the U.S. Attorney’s office in Kansas, including 13 attorneys and 37 members of the support team.

Stephen McAllister is the U.S. Attorney for the Kansas District.