Michael C. Helbert has been practicing law in Emporia, Kansas for over 40 years. Originally from Salina, Kansas, he put down roots in Emporia, Kansas after graduating from the University of Kansas School of Law. He is an AV Preeminent Rated Attorney and licensed to practice in Kansas, the U.S. District Court in Kansas, the United States Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals and The United States Supreme Court.

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He has been the President of the Lyon-Chase County Bar Association and the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association and has been a member of the Board of Governors of the Trial Lawyers Association since 1988 and an Eagle with the same Association since 2000. He is also a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America.

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His honors include being listed in the following: National Trial Lawyers Top 100; Who’s Who in American Law; Who’s Who in the World and most recently he was selected to be in Super Lawyers for Kansas and Missouri for 2015-2018.

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He has served his state and his profession by serving on the Kansas Civil Justice Initiative in 1998-1999. He has been a contributing writer to the Journal of the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association from 2005 thru 2016. He served eleven years on the school board for U.S.D. 253, and he presently is serving his fifth term as Chairman of the Emporia Recreation Commission.