Kathryn Hoefer Vratil (born April 21, 1949) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas.
Kathryn Hoefer Vratil
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas
Born 1949 in Manhattan, KS
FJC ID: 2469
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 41/year
Kansas District Court · 1992–2014
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Female
- Race
- White
Prior employment
Board member · 2011–2015
Member · 2004–2013- Private practice, Kansas City, Kansas1978–1992
- Prairie Village [Kansas] Municipal CourtJudge · 1990–1992
Law clerk , Hon. Earl E. O'Connor · 1975–1978
Appointments
- 1992–2014 · Appointed by George H.W. Bush (Republican)
Education
J.D. · 1975- University of KansasB.A. · 1971