Kathryn Hoefer Vratil

Personal

Birthday: 
1949
Birthplace: 
Manhattan, KS
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Female
Prior Employment: 

Law clerk, Hon. Earl E. O`Connor, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas, 1975-1978
Private practice, Kansas City, Kansas, 1978-1992
Judge, Prairie Village [Kansas] Municipal Court, 1990-1992

Education

Name of School: 
University of Kansas
Degree: 
B.A.
Degree Year: 
1971
Name of School - Second: 

University of Kansas School of Law

KU Law is a public law school that proudly embraces its public mission to provide a high quality, affordable legal education. We offer six certificate programs, including elder law, environmental and natural resources law, international trade and finance, media law and policy, tax law, and tribal law and governance, and eight dual degrees, including business, economics, health administration, indigenous nations, journalism, philosophy, public administration, social welfare, or urban planning. Our clinical and externship programs enable you to begin your legal training by prosecuting criminals or by representing inmates, by serving in a judge's chambers, or by providing legal services to the poor. You can participate in legislation or law reform in the Legislative Clinic or the Public Policy Clinic. Yet, tuition and fees are one-third to one-half the cost of a comparable private school. You will receive an excellent, affordable legal education in a supportive learning community at KU.

Degree - Second: 
J.D.
Degree Year - Second: 
1975

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, District of Kansas
Court Name: 

Kansas District Court

President Nominating: 
George H.W. Bush
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Commission Date: 
10/9/1992
Retirement from Active Service: 
4/22/2014