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Whitney L. Casement

Background

Whitney Casement’s practice focuses on civil litigation, including employment, civil rights, commercial, banking, and estate litigation. Graduating from Washburn Law School in 2012, Whitney started her legal career as an Assistant Attorney General with the Office of the Kansas Attorney General, serving in that position for five years. She has been in private practice since 2017.

Whitney has represented businesses, individuals, and government agencies and officials in state and federal court and before administrative boards and tribunals. She has significant experience with complex motions practice, discovery, depositions, administrative hearings, mediation, settlement negotiations, oral arguments, and trials, among other areas. She enjoys advising clients on best practices to avoid litigation. When matters proceed to litigation, Whitney uses her varied experience to help her clients find efficient and effective negotiation and litigation strategies.

Whitney is active with the bar and Topeka community. She has served as President of the Kansas Women Attorneys Association and the Women Attorneys Association of Topeka, as Treasurer for the Topeka Bar Association, as Secretary of the Board for Communities in Schools of Mid-America, and as a member of the Board of Directors for TARC. She spent many years volunteering at the Topeka Correctional Facility, mentoring and playing basketball with the young women at the prison. Her interests include hiking, kayaking, playing volleyball, and watching college sports. She lives in Topeka with her husband, Daniel, their daughter, and their giant dog and two cats.

Education & Bar Admissions

BAR ADMISSIONS

  • Kansas and U.S. District Court, District of Kansas, 2012
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 2012

EDUCATION

  • Washburn University School of Law, J.D. 2012, magna cum laude
  • Washburn University, B.A. 2009, B.B.A., summa cum laude
Professional Highlights

LISTED IN

  • The Best Lawyers in America®, 2025—present
  • The Best Lawyers in America® Ones to Watch, 2021—2024
  • Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2018-2022
  • Super Lawyers

 

RECIPIENT

  • Jayhawk Area Council – Topeka’s Top 20 Under 40 Leaders, 2019
  • Topeka Legal Professionals - Boss of the Year, 2020
  • YWCA Northeast Kansas - Women of Excellence Honoree, 2020
  • Washburn University School of Law – Graduate of the Last Decade, 2022
  • Kansas Bar Association – Outstanding Young Lawyer Award, 2022
  • Women Attorneys Association of Topeka - Chief Justice Kay McFarland Attorney of Achievement, 2026

 

MEMBER

  • Third Judicial District Nominating Commission
  • Federal Bench Bar Committee
  • Federal Bar Association
  • Topeka Bar Association, Director & Secretary, Board of Directors
  • Kansas Bar Association, Bench Bar Committee
  • Women Attorneys Association of Topeka, Past President
  • Kansas Women Attorneys Association, Past President
  • TARC, Inc., Topeka, KS, Member, Board of Directors
  • Communities in Schools Mid-America, Member & Secretary, Board of Directors

Whitney L. Casement

Practice Areas

Business & Commercial Litigation

Civil Litigation Trials & Appeals

Civil Rights

Employment Law & Litigation

Estate Litigation

Government Litigation

Personal Injury