Honors and Awards:

• Boss of the Year, Johnson County Legal Professionals, 1997

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Member, Board of Trustees, Johnson County Bar Foundation, 2006-present
• Chairman, Membership Committee, Johnson County Bar Association, 2009-present
• Co-Chairman, Criminal Law Bench/Bar Committee, Johnson County Bar Association, 2000-10
• Master of the Inn, Earl E. O'Connor American Inn of Court, 2004-present
• Editor of the BarLetter and Chairman of the BarLetter Committee, Johnson County Bar Association, 2005-present
• Member, Membership Committee, National Conference of Bar Presidents, 2007-2008
• Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Kansas School of Law, Trial Advocacy, 2005-present
• President-Elect, Johnson County Bar Association, 2005-2006
• Member, Board of Directors, Johnson County Bar Association, 2000-2007
• President, Johnson County Bar Association, 2006-2007
• Chairman, Kansas Bar Association Annual Meeting Planning Committee, 2011

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Member, Board of Directors, Olathe United Way, 1997
• Member, Board of Directors, Olathe Arts Alliance, 1996-1998
• Member, Board of Trustees, The Barstow School, 2000-2006
• Prosecuting Attorney, City of Mission Hills, Kansas, 1996-present

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Padilla v. Kentucky extends the Sixth Amendment’s protection of effective assistance of counsel to nonresident criminal defendants by conferring on them a constitutional right to be advised by counsel of the deportation consequences of a plea. At the same time, it burdens criminal defense counsel with the duty to give correct advice when the deportation consequence is clear, and with the limited duty to advise the client of the risk of adverse immigration consequences when the consequences are unclear or uncertain. Only time will tell if Padilla has opened the door to a further expansion of Strickland to protect criminal defendants who are subject to other consequences of a plea that are as closely related to a conviction as deportation is, such as civil commitment, civil forfeiture, the loss of the ability to vote, or the requirement to register as a sex offender or violent offender., Author, Effective Assistance Of Counsel To An Alien Criminal Defendant Under The Sixth Amendment After Padilla v. Kentucky, 79 UMKC L. Rev. 925 (2011), Law Review, 2011

Verdicts and Settlements:

• State v. Harms, 06CR2905, Felony Driving Under the Influence, motion to dismiss on speedy trial grounds granted by trial court, affirmed by the Kansas Court of Appeals, review denied by the Kansas Supreme Court, 2010.
• State of Kansas v. Washington, 08CR1852, Felony Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol, Bench Trial, Not Guilty, 2009
• State of Kansas v. Boyle, 08CR2145, Aggravated Indecent Liberties With a Child Under 14, Jury Trial, Not Guilty, 2009

Representative Clients:

• It is the policy of Gyllenborg & Dunn, P.A. not to reveal the identity of our clients or discuss a client or case except as necessary to correct any false or misleading statements made by the prosecution.

Other Outstanding Achievements:

• AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell.

Educational Background:

• Bachelor of Arts Degree in English - The University of Kansas, 1979
• College preparatory education - The Barstow School, Kansas City, Missouri, 1968-1974