Hon. W. Lee Fowler

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</p><p><b>W. Lee Fowler</b> is a judge for the <a href="/Kansas_Fifth_Judicial_District" title="Kansas Fifth Judicial District">Fifth Judicial District</a> in <a href="/Kansas" title="Kansas">Kansas</a>. He was most recently <a href="/Retention" class="mw-redirect" title="Retention">retained</a> in 2014 for a term that expired on January 13, 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-retention_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-retention-1">[1]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Elections">Elections</span></h2>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2014">2014</span></h3>
<div class="see-also"><i>See also: <a href="/Kansas_judicial_elections,_2014" title="Kansas judicial elections, 2014">Kansas judicial elections, 2014</a></i></div>
<p>Fowler was retained to District 5 with 78.5 percent of the vote on November 4, 2014.
<sup id="cite_ref-retention_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-retention-1">[1]</a></sup>&nbsp;
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2010">2010</span></h3>
<p>Fowler was <a href="/Retention_election" title="Retention election">retained</a> to the district court with 76.8% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-results_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-results-2">[2]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup>
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<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Kansas_judicial_elections,_2010" title="Kansas judicial elections, 2010">Kansas judicial elections, 2010</a></i></dd></dl>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Education">Education</span></h2>
<p>Fowler received his bachelor's degree from Emporia State University, and his <a href="/J.D." class="mw-redirect" title="J.D.">J.D.</a> from the Washburn University School of Law.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bio_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-5">[5]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Career">Career</span></h2>
<p>Prior to his elevation to the bench, Fowler worked in private practice for sixteen years. He has also previously served as a county and city attorney in Kansas.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-5">[5]</a></sup>
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<ul><li>Member, Kansas and Lyon-Chase County Bar Associations</li>
<li>Member, Kansas District Judges Association</li>
<li>Member, National Association of Drug Court Professionals<sup id="cite_ref-bio_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-5">[5]</a></sup></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/Kansas_District_Courts" title="Kansas District Courts">Kansas District Courts</a></li>
<li><a href="/Courts_in_Kansas" title="Courts in Kansas">Courts in Kansas</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.kscourts.org/"><i>Kansas Judicial Branch</i></a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://archive.today/RnHT6"><i>Kansas Commission on Judicial Performance</i>, "Judge Evaluations: W. Lee Fowler"</a></li></ul>
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