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Taylon Sumners

Taylon Sumners

PRACTICE AREAS

EDUCATION

Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas

  • Juris Doctorate
  • Honors: Dean’s List
  • Honors: Order of Barristers
  • Honors: Certificate in Advocacy

Nebraska Wesleyan University

  • B.A.
  • Major: Sociology
  • Major: Anthropology
  • Achievements:
  • 1 President and Founding Member of the Criminal Law Society
  • 2 Outreach Coordinator for the Women’s Legal Forum
  • 3 Taught inmates at the Nebraska Correctional Center on a volunteer basis
  • 3 Who’s Who Among Colleges and Universities

HONORS

  • Trusted Advisor: Springfield Business Journal (2021)
  • AVVO Client’s Choice Award (2021-Present)
  • Top 40 Under 40: National Academy of Criminal Defense Attorneys (2021)

CLASSES & SEMINARS

  • Missouri Bar and MACDL Conference Speaker Teaches at area colleges and universities on the topics of criminal justice, DUI, and Title IX
  • Missouri DWI Institute, 2022, DWI Detection and Standardized Field Sobriety Testing National Highway Transportation and Safety Association Course Certification

PRO-BONO ACTIVITIES

  • Board of Directors: American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women
  • Board of Directors: Greene County Historical Sites Commission
  • Sponsor: Big Brothers Big Sisters
  • Volunteer: Pink Ribbon Rally of the Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks
  • Volunteer: Making Strides for Breast Cancer; American Cancer Society

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

  • National College for DUI Defense
  • National Association for Criminal Defense Lawyers
  • Missouri DWI Institute
  • Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT POSITION

  • Associate Attorney