Video: Judge Angela Coble's swearing-in ceremony (5-17-22)
Judge Angela Coble served as chambers counsel to two federal magistrate judges in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas at the time she was appointed a judge of the Court of Appeals. Prior to her work as chambers counsel, she worked as a civil litigator in private practice in Salina, Kansas.
Current term
Appointed to court 2022
Previous professional experience
2015-2022, chambers counsel to Magistrate Judge Gwynne E. Birzer, U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas
2013-2015, chambers counsel to Magistrate Judge Karen M. Humphreys, U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas
2009-2013, Kennedy Berkley Yarnevich & Williamson, Chtd.
2008, summer associate, Shook, Hardy and Bacon, LLP
2007-2008, judicial extern in the chambers of Senior Judge Richard D. Rogers and then-Chief Judge John W. Lungstrum
2005-2006, legal assistant, IMG & Associates Law Offices
1998-2001, U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, clerk's office
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Quality control analyst, 1998-2001
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Docket clerk, 1997-1998
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Docket support and back-up jury clerk, 1995-1997
Education
Washburn University School of Law, J.D. cum laude, 2009
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Washburn Law Journal, 2007-2009
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Articles editor, 2008-2009
Kansas Wesleyan University, B.A., summa cum laude, criminal justice, 1994
Professional memberships and activities
U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, Rule 1 Committee, 2019-2022
Kansas Women Attorneys Association, member 2009-present,
District C representative 2017-present
Kansas Bar Association, 2009-present, Access to Justice Committee, 2021-present
Wichita Women Attorneys Association, 2014-present
Federal Bar Association, 2021-present
Saline-Ottawa County Bar Association, 2009-present
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President, June 2020-June 2021
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Vice president, 2019-2020
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Secretary, 2018-2019
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Treasurer, 2017-2018
American Bar Association, 2009-2013 and 2014-2017
Awards and honors
Sangster American Board of Trial Advocates Award for student showing outstanding promise as a trial lawyer, 2008-2009
Shamberg Scholar, August 2006-May 2009
Kansas Wesleyan University
Community, civic, and charitable activities
Salina Family Healthcare Center
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Past president, present
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President, 2020-2021 and 2017-2018
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Vice president, 2018-2020
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Secretary, 2004-2007 and 2011-2017
Salina Airport Authority, board of directors, 2012-2015
Women Helping Women, a “Fairy Godmother” Fund, 2011-current
Salina Emergency Aid Food Bank,
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Board of directors, 2010-2013
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Fundraiser chair, fall 2012
Four Rivers Support Committee—Smoky Hill River Festival, June 2014-June 2019
Salina South Drama Boosters, 2010-2015
Leadership Salina, fall 2009-spring 2010 class
Coronado Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization, active 1999-2007
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President, 2004-2005
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Vice president, 2003-2004
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Fundraiser chairperson, 2001-2004
Additional information
Judge Coble grew up in Stockton, Kansas, and currently lives in Salina. She and her husband, Mark, share eight children and six grandchildren.