- 620-727-0003
- 800 SW Jackson, Ste 808, Topeka, KS, 66612
- mike@onealconsultingks.com
O'Neal Consulting, LLC
Legal Background
•JD, University of Kansas School of Law – 1976
•2-Yr. internship with the Office of Legislative Counsel
•Partner, Reynolds, Peirce, Forker, Suter & O’Neal, Hutchinson, KS – 1979-1984
•Hutchinson Community College Instructor – 1976-1984
•Shareholder, Gilliland & Hayes, P.A., Hutchinson, KS – 1984-2012
•Of Counsel, Gilliland & Hayes, LLC – 2012-2016
•Extensive trial experience in areas of insurance defense and professional liability; handled 100’s of workers compensation cases for employers
•Completed successful settlement against the State which restored over $3M in fees swept from fee funds by the Legislature and Adminstration
•Currently provide legal services to clients with issues before the Legislature, licensing agencies, regulatory agencies and Boards
•40 Hours of certified mediation training
•Served on the Board of Governors of the KU Law Society
•As attorney/legislator, appeared in Fed. Court both in 2002 and 2012 to defend legislative redistricting maps
Legislative Backgound
•Elected to Kansas House of Representatives – 1984 – Hutchinson/Reno County
•Served in Kansas House of Representatives – 1985 – 2012
•Served 2 years as V.C. of House Judiciary Committee
•Served 2 years as Ranking Republican of House Judiciary Committee
•Served 16 years as Chairman of the House of Judiciary Committee
•Served 2 years as Chairman of the House Education Committee
•Served as V.C. of the Select Committee on School Finance
•Served 2 years each as Chairman of the House Redistricting Committee during the 2002 and 2012 Legislative and Congressional redistricting
•Served twice as Chairman of House Committee on Contested Elections
•Served twice as Chairman of House Select Investigative Committee
•Other committee assignments included Public Heath, Commerce & Industry, Education Budget and Legislative Budget
•Past elected Majority Whip
•Past member Executive Committee of the Council of State Governments.
•Elected as Speaker of the Kansas House of Representatives – 2009-2012
•Served in alternating years with the Senate President as Chairman of the Legislative Coordinating Council and was a member of the State Finance Council
•Executive Committee member, National Speakers’ Conference
•Executive Committee member, Council of State Governments
•Kansas Judicial Council member for 16 years
•Commissioner, Uniform Law Commission for 16 years
•Past Member, Kansas Commission on Judicial Performance
•Past Member, Kansas Sentencing Commission
•Past Board member, KTEC
•Past Member Commission on School Efficiency
•Past member Kansas Travel & Tourism Commission
Governmental Relations and Association Management Background
•Hired as President & CEO of the Kansas Chamber of Commerce and Industry – 2012-2016
•Development and execution of annual Kansas Chamber Legislative Agenda
•Extensive lobbying of Legislative members and Administration
•Legal, legislative, and political analysis, member engagement research, public appearances and media interviews
•Upon retirement from the Kansas Chamber, formed O’Neal Consulting LLC in Dec. 2016 to represent individual clients with legislative and legal issues related to the Legislature and State government