Gregory David Kincaid, Partner

Phone: 913.782.2350
Fax: 913.782.2012

Mr. Kincaid's practice emphasis is divorce and family law mediation.  He is a fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, and as such, is recognized as one of the country’s finest divorce lawyers.  He has been recognized by his peers as a Kansas "Super Lawyer" in the area of family law.  He is certified by the State of Kansas as a Domestic Mediator and has completed an internship with Johnson County Domestic Court Services.  He is a member of the Family Law Bench Bar Committee of the Johnson County Bar Association where he assisted in drafting the current Family Law Guidelines and is a member of the Ethics Committee.  He is a former barrister in the Earl O’Conner Inns of Court and a member of the Kansas Bar Association.  As a trained mediator, Mr. Kincaid has helped hundreds of families to avoid the traditional adversarial approach to separation, divorce and other family issues.  Mr. Kincaid has been trained in collaborative law and is a member of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts. 

Mr. Kincaid helped to start the Changing Lives through Literature program and served as the chairman of the Optimist Oratory Contest for seven years.  Mr. Kincaid lives on a farm in western Johnson County that has been in his family for five generations.  Creative writing and running are his chief hobbies.   He has completed several marathons and has written three novels: Death Walk at Acoma, published in 1991 (Sunstone); A Dog Named Christmas (Random House 2008); and Christmas with Tucker (Doubleday 2010).  The Hallmark Hall of Fame produced a film version of  A Dog Named Christmas and it aired on CBS the Fall of 2009 and thereafter received a Genesis Award from the Humane Society.  He has also published several short stories in Capper's magazine.  He is a frequent guest blogger on Petfinder.com and is actively involved in promoting pet adoption and rescue.

Admitted to practice

• Missouri, 1982
• Kansas, 1988

Education

• University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, J.D., 1982
  • University of Kansas School of Law Review, Assistant Editor, 1980–1982
• University of Kansas, Lawrence, B.A., 1979
  • With Distinction

Certifications and specialties

• Domestic Court Mediator, Kansas Supreme Court, 2003
• Civil Mediation, Kansas Supreme Court, 2004

Honors and awards

• Kansas City "Super Lawyer", 2005–2006
• Kansas City "Super Lawyer", 2007–2008
• Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 2005–2006

Professional memberships

• Association of Family and Conciliation Courts
• Kansas Bar Family Law Conference, Kansas Bar Association
• National Business Institute Family Law