Daniel E. "Dan" Monnat
Recognized since 1989
Wichita, Kansas
Appellate Practice
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Criminal Defense: General Practice
Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Whether by obtaining an acquittal of his white-collar client at the conclusion of the prosecutor's opening statement, or proving that the drug dog's sensitive nose has been kicked by a horse, during the past 45 years, Dan Monnat has been recognized as a creative trial and appellate criminal defense lawyer. He co-founded Monnat & Spurrier, Chartered, a criminal defense trial and appellate firm in Wichita, Kansas, in 1985.
A graduate of the Creighton University School of Law and Gerry Spence's Trial Lawyer's College, Mr. Monnat is a two-term past President of the Kansas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He served eight years on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, the American Board of Criminal Lawyers, the Litigation Counsel of America, the American Bar Foundation and the Kansas Bar Foundation.
In 2007, then-Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius appointed Mr. Monnat to the Kansas Sentencing Commission, acknowledging his lifelong career as a trial and appellate litigator and legal scholar. Mr. Monnat has been listed as one of the “Top 100" lawyers in the Missouri & Kansas edition of Super Lawyers for nearly 20 years and named to Super Lawyers' “Top 10” list in Missouri & Kansas from 2018 - 2022. He has been listed in Best Lawyers in America® for 37 consecutive years.
Mr. Monnat is frequently published and lectures throughout the United States on a variety of criminal defense topics. He is licensed to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, and the Federal and State Courts in Kansas.
- E-mail: dan.monnat@monnat.com
- Direct Phone Number: 316-264-2800
- Phone Number: 316-264-2800
- Lawyer Page: https://www.monnat.com
- 200 West Douglas Avenue, Suite 830
Olive W. Garvey Building
Wichita, KS 67202
- Creighton University, J.D., graduated 1976
- Kansas, Kansas
- American Bar Foundation - Fellow
- Kansas Bar Foundation - Fellow
- American Board of Criminal Lawyers - Fellow
- International Academy of Trial Lawyers - Fellow
- National Association of Criminal Defense Laywers - Past Board Member
- American College of Trial Lawyers - Fellow
- Litigation Counsel of America - Fellow
- Kansas Association of Trial Lawyers - Board of Governors, Board of Editors, and Executive Committee Criminal Law Chair
- Kansas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers - Past President
- Kansas Sentencing Commission - Past Member
- District Courts of Kansas
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- Criminal Defense: General Practice, Wichita (2014)
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Wichita (2012)
- Appellate Practice
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Criminal Defense: General Practice
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Appellate
- Civil and Criminal
- Criminal Defense
- DNA
- Drug Offenses
- Federal
- Fraud
- Government Investigations
- Juvenile Criminal Defense
- Litigation
- Sex Abuse
- State
- Violent and Nonviolent Crimes
- Top 10 of Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers - 2018 - 2022
- Top 100 of Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers 2005 - 2014, 2016 - 2024
Best Lawyers in America 1989 - present
- Best Lawyers Wichita Lawyer of the Year, Criminal Defense: General Practice, 2014
- Best Lawyers Wichita Lawyer of the Year, Criminal Defense: White Collar, 2012
- Chambers USA Ranked Lawyer in Litigation: White-Collar Crime and Government Investigations - 2011 - 2024
- Who's Who Legal: Government Investigations, 2017-present
- America's Top 100 Attorneys Lifetime Achievement, 2017
- National Directory of Criminal Defense Lawyers Editions 1 - 3
- Martindale-Hubble AV Rating
- Fellow - Litigation Counsel of America
- Fellow - Kansas Bar Foundation
- Fellow - International Academy of Trial Lawyers
- Fellow - American College of Trial Lawyers
- Fellow - American Board of Criminal Lawyers
- American Trial Lawyers Association Top 100 Trial Lawyers
- Who's Who Legal: Business Crime Defense, 2014-present
- Panelist - Merit Committee to select Magistrate for United States District Court for the District of Kansas
Tool Kit: Document & Data Subpoenas for Defending Kansas Criminal Cases
Tool Kit: Document & Data Subpoenas for Defending Kansas Criminal Cases
Pandemic: Protecting the Accused's Right to In-Person Pre-Trial Hearings
Pandemic: Protecting the Accused's Right to In-Person Pre-Trial Hearings
Technology for Litigators: Pointing and Clicking Our Way Through Trial
Technology for Litigators: Pointing and Clicking Our Way Through Trial
Considering the Golden Rule of Defense-Initiated Victim Outreach (DIVO) for Non-Capital Criminal Defense
Considering the Golden Rule of Defense-Initiated Victim Outreach (DIVO) for Non-Capital Criminal Defense
Update on Kansas Self-Defense: Castle Doctrine, Stand Your Ground, and Immunity
Update on Kansas Self-Defense: Castle Doctrine, Stand Your Ground, and Immunity
The Prosecutor's Toxic Objection: "Defense Counsel Knows That's Improper!"
“Objection! Defense counsel knows that’s improper!” In this November’s issue of the Journal of the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association, Dan Monnat and Gina Wehby expose how this objection from a prosecutor threatens the accused’s right to a fair criminal jury trial and the foundations of the defense attorney’s role in the criminal justice system.
Summary and Update: The U.S. Supreme Court Continues to Scope Out Second Amendment Protections
How did we get here? In this November’s issue of the KTLA Journal, Dan Monnat and Gina Wehby aim to show how pivotal U.S. Supreme Court rulings have shaped the Second Amendment right to bear arms from its inception to the era-defining decisions in Heller, Bruen, and Rahimi.
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