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Daniel Biles
Justice, Kansas Supreme Court
Background: He began his legal career as an assistant attorney general and then entered private practice. Biles was partner of Gates, Biles & Shields.
At a glance
- Court
- Kansas Supreme Court
- Position / seat
- Not listed
- Chief justice
- No
- How they joined the court
- Appointed by Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D); retained by voters in a retention election on November 8, 2022
- Appointed by
- Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D)
- Appointment date
- Not listed
- Took office
- January 7, 2009
- Current term ends
- January 8, 2029
- Next election or retention vote
- Not listed
- Last election
- November 8, 2022
- Party (as listed by Ballotpedia)
- Nonpartisan
- Ballotpedia partisanship estimate
- Mild Democrat (2020 study of justices' pre-court partisan activity)
- Education
- Bachelor's: Kansas State University, 1974
- Law: Washburn University School of Law, 1977
- Prior offices
- Not listed
- Profession
- Not listed
- How this court's justices are chosen
- Assisted appointment (Bar-controlled commission)A nominating commission screens candidates and sends a shortlist; the governor appoints from it. In many such states, justices later face yes/no retention elections.
Summary of facts listed on Daniel Biles’s Ballotpedia page (retrieved Oct 26, 2026) · Photo: Ballotpedia. “Not listed” means Ballotpedia didn’t list it in a form this site could read; check Ballotpedia for the latest.
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