K. J. Wall
Keynen Jae "K. J." 'Wall is an American lawyer from Kansas who is an Associate Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court Education. Wall graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in communications from Kansas State University in 1993. At Kansas State, he was an All-American and national-champion debater. Wall received a Master of Arts in rhetoric at the University of Minnesota in 1996. He earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Kansas School of Law, graduating Order of the Coif in 2001. Legal career. Wall began his legal career as a law clerk to United  States District Judge John W. Lungstrum. From 2013 to 2015 he served as Deputy General Counsel to the Kansas Supreme Court, handling capital cases and special projects. Before working for the Kansas Supreme Court, Wall had been a private practice litigator in Colorado and was Senior Counsel at Federated Insurance in Owatonna, Minnesota. He was a partner with Forbes Law Group, where he regularly represented rural hospitals and other clients in courts throughout the state. Appointment to Kansas Supreme Court. On March 11, 2020, Governor Laura Kelly announced the appointment of Kenyen Wall to the Kansas Supreme Court to fill  the vacancy left by the retirement of Lawton Nuss on December 17, 2019. He was sworn into office on August 3, 2020.