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Shawna Miller is a Topeka-based family law and criminal defense attorney. In her family law practice, Shawna assists clients in cases involving divorce, paternity, child custody, child support, spousal maintenance, adoption, and CINC. In her criminal defense practice, Shawna uses her experience as a former prosecutor to defend individuals charged with crimes in district courts throughout northeast Kansas.

Topeka-based family law attorney Ardith Smith-Woertz has been handling cases involving divorce, parentage, child support, child custody, residency, and parenting time for more than three decades. She is a Certified Mediator through the Kansas Office of Judicial Administration and regularly acts as a mediator/conciliator for parties involved in domestic disputes. She also serves on the Kansas Judicial Council’s Family Law Advisory Committee—studying family law issues, writing proposed legislation, and drafting domestic forms that are used across Kansas.

Attorney Philip Depew is an associate with Depew Law Firm in Neodesha, Kansas and a Neodesha native. He graduated with departmental honors from the University of Kansas in 2015 with a B.G.S. degree majoring in Psychology with minors in Business and Classical Antiquity.. In 2020, Philip graduated with a Juris Doctor degree from Washburn Law School. While in law school, Philip was accepted into the Dane G. Hansen Foundation Summer Externship program and spent the summer of 2018 working with attorney Chris Rohr in Colby, Kansas on a variety of civil and criminal legal matters. Philip was awarded the Hon. Richard D. and Cindy Rogers Scholarship by the Kansas Bar Foundation while in law school. He worked during the fall semester of 2019 in the Washburn Law School Legal Clinic program gaining more real world experience helping people with legal issues under the guidance of law clinic faculty and a Kansas Bar licensed supervisor. During his last semester in law school, Philip worked in the Kansas Revisor of Statutes Office as a Legislative Fellow.. Philip enjoys fly fishing, international travel and following the Kansas City Chiefs.

Haley Sharp grew up in Southwest Kansas and is excited about making Wichita her new home. She received her Bachelor’s degree from Fort Hays State University in Justice Studies along with a minor degree in Political Science and her Juris Doctorate from Oklahoma City University School of Law.. After law school, Haley returned to Southwest Kansas where she represented clients in many surrounding counties and handled a variety of cases including guardian ad litem appointments in both child in need of care and guardianship cases, limited civil, traffic, misdemeanors, probate and estate planning. She also represented private individuals in protection from abuse and protection from stalking cases and provided counsel to victims of abuse through Liberal Area Rape Crisis and Domestic Violence Services. Most recently, she has focused her practice in family law. She has gained invaluable experience during her time practicing in Southwest Kansas and is looking forward to carrying that experience into her practice in Wichita.. Haley was admitted to the Kansas Bar in 2020 and the Oklahoma Bar in 2021. She joined Penner Lowe Law Group in March 2023. When she is not in the office, Haley enjoys cooking, traveling, gardening, and spending time with her family and pets.

I have been blessed in the last 43 years to have a full, varied, and rewarding legal career, and am looking forward to many more years with my new partner, Gabriela Vega.. An Ohio State University graduate, I attended the University of Cincinnati College of Law, graduating in 1969. I was honored to dedicate the next decade of my life in the service of our Country, working in the field of strategic intelligence followed by over 7 years as an Army lawyer with the Judge Advocate General Corps. These professionally rewarding years facilitated and furthered my desire to help military families with their varied legal needs.. I am in the active practice of military divorce, adoption, and other family-based legal services. I also have extensive experience in courts-martial proceedings and military administrative law issues. My dedication to soldiers and their families is, in part, my way of giving back to the Country that has given so much to me.. I also maintain an active to practice in the field of complex divorces, other areas of family law, and consumer bankruptcy. I am a member of the Kansas Bar Association (KBA) and the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACBA.). I look forward to working with you in resolving your legal needs.