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M. Kristine Savage
Topeka and Lawrence Offices
Email: ksavage@josephhollander.com
Practice Areas: Family law dominates Ms. Savage’s practice, including divorce, property
settlement agreements, premarital agreements, paternity actions, and maintenance, with a focus
on child custody matters, parenting time, and child support. She has mediation training with an
emphasis on domestic mediation and conciliation.
Ms. Savage has extensive experience as criminal defense attorney. She was named Lawyer of
the Year for 2012 in criminal defense by Best Lawyers®. Her criminal defense practice consists
of complex federal and state cases, including appeals. She was named among Kansas City area's
Legal Elite in the October 2011 issue of Ingram’s Magazine.
Admitted: In 1991, Ms. Savage was admitted to practice before the Kansas Supreme Court, all
other Kansas courts, and the United States District Court for the District of Kansas.
Law School: Ms. Savage graduated from Washburn University School of Law in 1991. While in
law school, Ms. Savage was the Executive Editor for the Washburn Law Journal. She clerked for
Shawnee County District Court Judge William Carpenter during law school, and served as a
research aid for Professor Nancy Maxwell at Washburn Law School. She graduated from law
school with Deans Honors.
College: Ms. Savage graduated from Wichita State University in 1988, magna cum laude.
Member: Ms. Savage is a member of the Kansas Bar Association, Topeka Bar Association, TBA
Family Law Committee, Women Attorney’s Association of Topeka, Sam A. Crow Inn of Court,
and serves on the board of directors for Valeo Behavioral Health Care.
Professional History: After graduating from law school, Ms. Savage was an Assistant Appellate
Defender from July 1991 through May 1994. In that capacity, she regularly appeared before the
Kansas Supreme Court and Kansas court of appeals. In May of 1994, she joined the Public
Defender's Trial Office, representing clients in all levels of felony cases. By 1997, she was
Senior Trial Attorney for the Northeast Kansas Conflict Office, providing felony representation
in Shawnee County and off-grid felony representation in surrounding counties. She joined
Joseph & Hollander in July of 1999.
Ms. Savage has attended the National Criminal Defense College at Mercer Law School in
Macon, Georgia; has been an Adjunct Professor at Washburn School of Law and at Washburn
University; was a guest speaker at the National Child Abuse Defense Conference in Reno,
Nevada; served as a panel member at the National Women’s Attorney conference in
Lindsbourgh, Kansas; has been a frequent guest speaker at Washburn School of Law; and has
delivered continuing legal education lectures for the Kansas Association of Criminal Defense
Lawyers. Ms. Savage has also served as a pro tem judge in the District Court of Shawnee
County, Kansas.
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