Kansas Business Attorney

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Dan has been practicing law in Ottawa since 1999, and is a partner in Green, Finch & Covington, Chtd. He has successfully prosecuted and defended appeals in the Kansas Court of Appeals, and recently won and collected more than one half million dollars for his client in an international contract federal jury trial. Dan is a zealous advocate, litigating not only federal cases but also state court matters in several counties in the region, including Franklin, Douglas, Johnson, and the surrounding area.

He grew up in Kansas, and earned his undergraduate degree immediately after high school. He then served four years in the U.S. Navy before returning to Kansas to pursue graduate studies at the University of Kansas School of Law. While in law school, he was staff on the Kansas Journal of Law and Public Policy which published his article on secured transactions. Kan. J.L. & Pub. Pol’y, Winter, 1999, at 342, and he worked for the Paul E. Wilson Defender Project.

Dan is active in business and commercial law, estate and business planning, real estate, litigating civil matters, and advocating for creditors in bankruptcy proceedings. He has experience representing business clients ranging from banks to farms and dairies, and from cities to telephone companies and commercial toy and novelty distributors. He has counseled the purchase or sale of a variety of business interests including banks, craft stores, pharmacies, equipment supply, veterinary services, and surveying, as well as commercial and residential real estate.

He serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for a private college and two other not-for-profit organizations. Dan is licensed to practice in all courts in Kansas, as well as the U.S. District Court (Kansas) and the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Litigation: represented banks in over sixty state and federal proceedings

Business Start-Up: organized over ninety new businesses

Creditors’ Rights Counsel: advocates creditor rights in bankruptcy court

Regional Representation: practices regularly in the courts of Douglas, Franklin, Johnson and Miami counties as well as federal courts in Kansas City and Topeka

Diverse Clients: Dan has been entrusted with advocacy for a great array of business interests; examples of entities he has represented — cities, banks, railroad, long-distance provider, toy & novelty distributor, dairy, microbrewery, coal company, florist, surveyors, gas stations, trucking company, heavy equipment manufacturers, roofers, veterinarians, real estate brokers, developers, car dealers, internet service provider

Community: has served a combined total of more than 16 years on non-profit organization boards

“It is with great pleasure and pride that I offer my endorsement to one of the finest individuals and former military professionals with whom I had the pleasure of serving while we were on active duty together at FASOTRAGRUPAC in the mid-to-late 90’s. As the Commanding Officer of FASOTRAGRUPAC, I had approximately 500 military and Civil Service personnel on my staff  …  Although the Navy lost a wonderful professional when he elected to pursue graduate studies, we at the command were grateful for his many contributions and shared in his excitement as he and his lovely wife departed to commence his studies at the University of Kansas School Of Law. Dan Covington is a true patriot and gifted professional who served his country with honor and is now taking that talent and dedication to serve his community. Dan deserves every success that his hard work and selfless commitment to duty have earned for him over the years. America needs to produce more individuals like Dan Covington.”

- Marv Serhan, Captain, USN, Ret., Commanding Officer, The United States Navy’s Fleet Aviation Specialized Operationsl Training Group Pacific Fleet

I am now an attorney with an iPhone.  The 8525 is a great tool — nearly a mini net book, but Apple, “You had me at the app store.”

After all of this, and this, and temptation by this, I’m a recent convert.  Development toward the iPhone (ie, it’s so prolific that everyone’s trying to get a piece of the action) and its nearly seamless capability to mashup data, media, and GPS, helped it wedge its way into my life.

Now that “iT” is here (my IdPhone), some disparate comments:

Apps iDig:  Maps (the street view added with 2.2 update); EasyWriter (landscape keyboard which will ‘paste’ to mail); Evernote (sync your notes and then some); Wikipanion (quick wiki search tool); NetNewsWire (only for my top 10 feeds; syncs with Newsgator); Google mobile (voice search, Reader … great, as ever); Shozu (upload photos as you shoot); GrandDialer (for your GrandCentral number); Dialer (Melodis; voice contact search/dialer); Yelp (find nearby java, gas…);

Helpful places:  iPhone J.D.; iPhone blog; and MacRumors

Oh, and yes — I’ve come to terms with the fact that there is value in a fun interface.  Say what you will, the iPhone has it.

Google promises its Friend Connect means more people engaging more deeply, that it will —  

Enrich your site
Choose engaging social features from a catalog of gadgets by Google and the OpenSocial developer community.

Attract more visitors
Your users can easily invite friends from social networks and contact lists to visit and join your site.

No programming whatsoever
Just copy and paste a few snippets of code into your site, and Friend Connect does the rest.

Not to mix up topics too much in one post, but just so you can test out Google’s new tool, here is a primer topic upon which you may comment.  ”Can you believe the Kansas Business Attorney — champion of the 8525 and Windows Mobile — is now wielding an iPhone?”

Go ahead.   You (probably) can’t break anything.  (Tip: begin by clicking the double blue box)

Are you one of 12% of internet users who use a feed/rss reader to browse your favorite blog/news sites?  Supposing you are not, have a quick look at a handy how-to I posted 19 months ago here at Kansas Business Attorney.  This is “RSS in Plain English” from The Common Craft Show, and it instructs one of the simplest time-savers for every well-read browser, like yourself:

Having tried them all, I might recommend the google Reader (if you are a gmail account holder) and newsgator, which will synchronize your feeds and reading across web, desktop and mobile phone.

Leave questions for me in the comments. Thanks.

The U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas is pleased to announce the availability of wireless internet access in the District and Bankruptcy courtrooms in Kansas City, Topeka, and Wichita. The only thing you will need to provide in order to access the internet in the courtroom is a laptop equipped with a wireless network card (802.11 b/g), usually a standard component on most laptops. The attorney workroom at each location is also equipped with wireless internet access in addition to desktop computers which are available for your use. We hope these added features are of assistance to you while you conduct business at the courthouse.

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