Smith, Burnett & Larson, LLC
Larned, Kansas

Glee S. Smith, Jr.

Glee S. Smith, Jr., is "of counsel" with the firm. In 1947 he began practicing law with the late Judge Maurice A. Wildgen. He obtained his Bachelor's and Law Degree from the University of Kansas and served as a First Lieutenant in the Army Air Corps during World War II. Smith served twelve years on the Lamed Board of Education, and four years as County Attorney in addition to serving as a member on many philanthropic and business corporate boards, including two life insurance companies and bank boards in other cities. He still serves on the board of the First State Bank & Trust, where he began his service in 1961. He served 16 years in the Kansas State Senate with eight years as President of the Senate and, later, served on the Kansas Board of Regents. In 1975, he was appointed by President Ford as one of nine members of the Board of the National Legal Services Corporation and served four years on that board. Additional service came as ten years as a member of the Board of Governors of the Kansas Bar Association, and ten years as one of three Kansas delegates to the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association and its 360,000 members.