Hon. Paul J. Hickman

Paul J. Hickman is a judge serving the Kansas Twenty-Eighth Judicial District, Division 2. He was appointed to the bench by Republican Governor Sam Brownback on October 23, 2014, and successfully retained in the 2016 retention election with 75.46% of the vote. Prior to his judicial appointment, Hickman earned both his undergraduate and J.D. degrees from the University of Kansas and served as deputy public defender for the Salina Regional Public Defenders Office. A member in good standing of the Kansas State Bar for at least five years, he brings experience in public defense and judicial administration to his role on the district court.