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DUI

The DUI attorneys in our Wichita, Kansas City, Lawrence & Topeka offices defend state and municipal DUI and DWI prosecutions. Our lawyers have represented hundreds of individuals charged with felony and misdemeanor driving under the influence or driving while intoxicated.
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Criminal Defense

Perhaps the most critical decision you make when charged with a crime is who to hire as your criminal defense attorney. You need a lawyer who you can trust to aggressively defend the charges and evaluate all defenses.
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Federal Crimes

We have defended indictments for mail and wire fraud, bank fraud, medicare and medicaid fraud, securities fraud, embezzlement, money laundering, and income tax evasion.
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Computer Crimes

Federal agents and local police frequently begin investigations by seizing home and business computers. As soon as your home or business computer is seized, you need an attorney who knows computer forensics.
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Civil Forfeiture

Police assume that a large amount of cash means that drugs are somehow involved and can seize the cash even when there is no hard evidence of a connection to drug trafficking.
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Litigation

When your business, livelihood or reputation is on the line, you want an experienced advocate fighting for you.
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Family Law & Divorce

When your financial future and your relationship with your children are at stake, you need our experienced divorce and family law attorneys to help you settle your life.
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Professional Discipline

When your license, livelihood, and reputation are on the line, you need professional licensing attorneys who are experienced and skilled in litigating before regulatory boards and agencies.
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Employment Law

The skilled attorneys at Joseph Hollander & Craft LLC will help you develop effective employment policies and procedures and give you the tools to implement them.
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Military Administrative

We represent active duty service members involved in adverse administrative actions. Our firm is located in central Kansas-within driving distance of many Army and Air Force military installations.
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WHO WE ARE

Joseph, Hollander & Craft is one of the premier litigation firms in Kansas. From our offices in Wichita, Topeka, and Lawrence, the firm’s attorneys aggressively represent our clients in cases in Kansas and across the United States. When we can’t resolve our clients’ problems with practical recommendations and reasonable negotiations, we use our experience and skills to control the litigation and produce decisive results.

When your business, your freedom, your property, or your career is at stake, you want the attorney standing beside you to be skilled, prepared, and relentless. We are. We undertake complex contract, employment and civil rights litigation, defend against life-changing criminal prosecutions, protect children and property in divorce and family law cases, and battle claims of professional misconduct against attorneys, doctors, judges, accountants, real estate agents, and others.

Our firm can be found in the Martindale Hubbell® Bar Register of Pre Eminent Lawyers, U.S. News & World Report’s Best Law Firms, and Chambers USA’s The World’s Leading Lawyers. Many of our lawyers have been awarded the highest individual peer-review ratings assigned by Martindale Hubbell®. Attorneys in our firm have been selected by their peers for listing in Best Lawyers in America. Three were recently recognized by Best Lawyers in America as “Lawyer of the Year” in their field. Four were designated as Super Lawyers or Rising Stars by Thomson Reuters’ Super Lawyers.

MEET OUR ATTORNEYS

Julia Craft

Julia A. Craft

WICHITA
Phone: 316-262-9393
Ms. Craft’s family law practice includes divorce, child custody, child support, parenting time, spousal maintenance, premarital agreements, separation agreements, guardianships, child in need of care proceedings, and juvenile offenders. Ms. Craft is admitted to practice before the Kansas Supreme Court and all other Kansas courts.
Stephen Joseph

Stephen M. Joseph

WICHITA
Phone: 316-262-9393
Mr. Joseph’s practice is concentrated in the defense of persons charged with crimes in federal and state courts, including murder, arson, mail and wire fraud, bank fraud, securities fraud, income tax evasion, controlled substance, computer crimes, medical and insurance fraud, and government procurement fraud.
Ross Hollander

Ross A. Hollander

WICHITA
Phone: 316-262-9393
Employment litigation dominates Mr. Hollander’s practice, but his extensive litigation experience also includes general civil, commercial, and bankruptcy practice. His employment litigation practice focuses on management employment law, while contract and covenant law dominate his civil litigation practice.
Christopher Joseph

Christopher M. Joseph

TOPEKA, LAWRENCE & KANSAS CITY
Phone: 785-856-0143
Mr. Joseph represents individuals and businesses in complex civil litigation and during the investigation and prosecution of criminal charges. Mr. Joseph is a member of the Kansas, Topeka, and Douglas County Bar Associations and has earned Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory’s highest “AV” rating for lawyers.
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M. Kristine Savage

TOPEKA
Phone: 785-234-3272
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. Ms. Savage also has extensive experience as criminal defense attorney consisting of complex federal and state cases.
Michelle Moe

Michelle Moe Witte

WICHITA
Phone: 316-262-9393
Ms. Witte is a trial lawyer with an emphasis in labor and employment law and general civil litigation. Much of her practice is devoted to defending employers charged with discriminating on the basis of age, gender, race, disability, or religion under Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.
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Dionne M. Scherff

KANSAS CITY
Phone: 913-948-9490
Ms. Scherff has extensive experience litigating felony jury trials in both federal and state courts. She is one of only a handful of Kansas lawyers qualified by Kansas to handle death penalty cases, and is one of only two lawyers in Kansas’ history of death penalty cases to get a capital case dismissed.
Diane Bellquist

Diane L. Bellquist

TOPEKA
Phone: 785-234-3272
Ms. Bellquist’s practice is focused on general civil litigation and defending licensed individuals and entities in licensing actions involving their regulatory bodies. Representation of licensees includes appealing application denials, responding in investigations of complaints, negotiating settlement agreements, defending against allegations in formal disciplinary proceedings.
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Lindsey P. Erickson

KANSAS CITY
Phone: 913-948-9490
Ms. Erickson’s diverse practice includes all levels of adult felonies and misdemeanors, including drug manufacturing, sale, and possession; sex offenses; violent crimes; domestic violence; property crimes; all levels of juvenile crime; DUIs and other traffic offenses.
Bach Hang

Bach T. Hang

WICHITA
Phone: 316-262-9393
Mr. Hang’s criminal defense practice is concentrated on representing persons charged with driving under the influence. Mr. Hang is admitted to practice before the Kansas Supreme Court, all other Kansas courts, and the United States District Court for the District of Kansas and is fluent in Cantonese.
Rebecca Henry

Rebecca F. Henry

WICHITA
Phone: 316-262-9393
Ms. Henry’s practice is concentrated in family law.After graduating from law school, Ms. Henry served as Assistant City Attorney for the City of Chanute. In that position, she successfully prosecuted cases at the city level, including DUI, traffic, MIP, and petty theft. Ms. Henry is a member of the Kansas and Wichita Bar Associations.
Jess Hoeme

Jess W. Hoeme

WICHITA
Phone: 316-262-9393
Mr. Hoeme represents persons charged with any crime in the municipal, state, or federal courts of Kansas. Mr. Hoeme’s practice is concentrated on representing persons charged with serious traffic offenses, driving under the influence, drug crimes and other crimes against persons.
Katie Malotte

Katherine E.M. Chlumsky

WICHITA
Phone: 316-262-9393
Ms. Malotte’s practice is concentrated in civil litigation with an emphasis on employment law. Ms. Malotte is admitted to practice before the Kansas Supreme Court, all other Kansas courts and the United States District Court for the District of Kansas.
Boyed McPherson

Boyd R. McPherson

WICHITA
Phone: 316-262-9393
Mr. McPherson’s family law practice includes divorce, child custody, child support, parenting time, spousal maintenance, premarital agreements, separation agreements, child in need of care, and juvenile offenders. His criminal law practice consists of defense of persons charged with crimes in state and municipal courts.
Nicholes Means

Nicholas J. Means

WICHITA
Phone: 316-262-9393
Mr. Means practice is concentrated in representing individuals charged with DUI. After graduating from law school, Mr. Means was a public defender for the City of Wichita municipal court. Mr. Means then went into private practice, practicing criminal law, domestic law, and bankruptcy law. Mr. Means has also served as a prosecutor for some of Wichita’s surrounding areas.
Casey Meek

Casey Y. Meek

LAWRENCE
Phone: 785-856-0143
Mr. Meek’s practice is focused on the defense of individuals accused of crimes, with an emphasis on DUI and traffic crimes. Mr. Meek is a member of the Kansas Bar Association, the Douglas County Bar Association, and the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.
Carrie Parker

Carrie E. Parker

LAWRENCE
Phone: 785-856-0143
Ms. Parker’s practice is concentrated in criminal defense and civil litigation. Ms. Parker is admitted to practice before the Kansas Supreme Court, all other Kansas courts, and the United States District Court for the District of Kansas.Ms. Parker is a member of the Kansas, Topeka, and Douglas County Bar Associations.
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Natalie M. Washington

TOPEKA
Phone: 785-234-3275
Ms. Washington’s practice areas include family law, child, and juvenile matters.  Ms. Washington is a member of the Kansas Bar Association, Women Attorneys Association of Topeka, and Military Spouse JD Network.

OUR HISTORY:

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– 2001, Opening

Accomplished trial attorneys Stephen Joseph and Ross Hollander formed Joseph & Hollander, P.A., a law firm dedicated to civil and criminal litigation. Three associates joined Joseph & Hollander’s offices in Wichita and Topeka, and the firm set out to build a reputation for excellence in Kansas courtrooms.

– 2002, Christopher Joseph Joins

Christopher Joseph joined the firm as the managing member of the Topeka office. In the coming years, Joseph would become a major player in state and federal criminal defense.

– 2010 , Added Lawrence Office

To accommodate its growing northeastern Kansas clientele, the firm opened a Lawrence office.

– 2012, Julia Craft Joins

Julia Craft joined the firm’s leadership. With decades of experience and a distinguished reputation in family law, Craft took the helm of the firm’s growing domestic practice.

– 2015 , Present

The firm has tripled in size since its inception. It remains dedicated to superior courtroom litigation, with established practice groups for civil, criminal, and family law.

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    Stephen Joseph and the crew at Joseph Hollander & Craft do care about their clients, I have been a client now for over 10 years and anything legal that comes up... I simply call them and it gets taken care of.
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    Ross Hollander is a very thorough attorney and does not try to cut any corners when it comes to your businesses well being. We have done business with Ross now for over 15 years.
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    I had gone to jail for street racing and right after it happened I called Bach. The next week we went down to the courthouse paid a $100 fine and got the issue knocked down to exhibition of speed.
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