Kate E. Noland – Attorney – Liberty, Missouri

Kate graduated from William Jewell College with a B.A. in Political Science and Organizational Communication.  She graduated from University of Missouri – Columbia Law School with the honor of Order of the Coif, and was on the Missouri Law Review and Moot Court team.  After law school, Kate clerked for Missouri Supreme Court Judge William Ray Price. Kate was a prosecutor for six years, one year with the Missouri Attorney General’s Office and five years with the Clay County Prosecutor’s Office.

Kate is an adjunct professor of constitutional law at William Jewell College.  She was a member of the 2010-2011 Missouri Bar Leadership Academy and has served on the Missouri Bar's YLS Council from 2012-2019, and currently serves on the Missouri Bar's Board of Governors.

Lon O. Hocker Trial Advocacy Award in 2016

Represented Cases:

• State v. Bruegger, 327 S.W.3d 629 (Mo. App. E.D. 2010)
• State v. Denney, 450 S.W.3d 809 (Mo. App. W.D. 2014)
• State v. Acton, 440 S.W.3d 560 (Mo. App. W.D. 2013)
• State v. Crutchfeild, 407 S.W.3d 693 (Mo. App. W.D. 2013)
• State ex. rel Greufe, 407 S.W.3d 710 (Mo. App. E.D. 2013)
• Ellis v. JF Enterprises, 482 S.W.3d 417 (Mo. banc 2016)

Bar Admissions:

• Missouri: 2008
• U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri: 2008
• Kansas: 2009

Education

• University of Missouri – Columbia, School of Law; Columbia, Missouri, J. D. 2008
• William Jewell College; Liberty, Missouri, B.A. 2005

Past Employment:

• Missouri Supreme Court: 2008-2009
• Missouri Attorney General’s Office: 2009-2010
• Clay County Prosecutor’s Office: 2010-2016
• William Jewell College: 2015 – present

Bar Related Activities:

• Seventh Judicial Circuit Commission - Member: 2019 - present
• Missouri Bar Board of Governors: 2019 - present
• Missouri Bar Young Lawyer Section Council Member: 2012-2019
• Missouri Bar Leadership Academy: 2010-2011
• Association for Women Lawyers of Greater Kansas City
• KCMBA

Fraternities/Sororities:

• Zeta Tau Alpha