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G. Joseph Pierron was born May 16, 1947, in Kansas City, Kansas, and now lives in Lawrence. He grew up in Olathe and graduated from Olathe Senior High School in 1964, Rockhurst College of Kansas City, Missouri, in 1968 and the University of Kansas School of Law in 1971.Prior to his 1990 appointment to the Kansas Court of Appeals he served as a district judge in Olathe from 1982. Before that he was an assistant county and district attorney in Johnson County from 1971. He was also municipal judge of Spring Hill in 1972.
Judge Pierron served as president of the Kansas Committee for the Prevention of Child Abuse and on the board of directors of the Kansas Children's Service League. He is chair of the Kansas Bar Association Law Related Education committee and is a member of the American Bar Association Judicial Administration and Alternative Dispute Resolution sections. He served as chair of the Bicentennial Commission on the United States Constitution for Johnson County.
Judge Pierron has received leadership and public service awards from the National Committee for the Prevention of Child Abuse, the Kansas Children and Youth Advocacy committee, the Kansas Corporation for Change, the Olathe Police Department, the Olathe Medical Center, the Olathe Jaycees and the Leavenworth Kansas Bar Association. He received the Junior League of Topeka Community Volunteer Award in 1998, the Kansas Bar Association Outstanding Service Award in 1999, the Liberty Bell Award from the Shawnee County Bar Association in 2002, and the State Department of Education Civic Education Partnership Award in 2008. He joined Rotary International in 1971, served as president of the Olathe Rotary Club, and is a member of the Downtown Topeka Rotary club and a Paul Harris Fellow.
In 2009, Judge Pierron received the first Kansas Boys' State Governor's Award for outstanding leadership, public service and dedication to the youth of Kansas. In 2010, he was named to the Olathe High School Wall of Fame. In 2011, he was awarded the first Kansas District Judges Association community outreach and education award. In 2011, he received the American Bar Association Burnham (Hod) Greely Award, "in recognition of his outstanding contribution to promoting public awareness of the importance of a fair, impartial and independent judiciary." He has been active in history and law related educational programs, and has given programs on the United States Constitution to about 380 student and adult audiences statewide. He currently is organizing an effort to coordinate judges and lawyers to give similar programs all over the state each year around Constitution Day on September 17. In 2015 he received a community service award from the Women Attorneys Association of Topeka.
Judge Pierron is co-chair of two committees that are developing appellate mediation and video conferencing for Court of Appeals cases.
Judge Pierron's wife, Amy Dennis Pierron, passed away in 2000. Their three children are Sam, Abby and Dan. Judge Pierron is married to Diana Carlin Pierron, PhD, a university professor and administrator.
G. Joseph Pierron was born May 16, 1947, in Kansas City, Kansas, and now lives in Lawrence. He grew up in Olathe and graduated from Olathe Senior High School in 1964, Rockhurst College of Kansas City, Missouri, in 1968 and the University of Kansas School of Law in 1971.Prior to his 1990 appointment to the Kansas Court of Appeals he served as a district judge in Olathe from 1982. Before that he was an assistant county and district attorney in Johnson County from 1971. He was also municipal judge of Spring Hill in 1972.
Judge Pierron served as president of the Kansas Committee for the Prevention of Child Abuse and on the board of directors of the Kansas Children's Service League. He is chair of the Kansas Bar Association Law Related Education committee and is a member of the American Bar Association Judicial Administration and Alternative Dispute Resolution sections. He served as chair of the Bicentennial Commission on the United States Constitution for Johnson County.
Judge Pierron has received leadership and public service awards from the National Committee for the Prevention of Child Abuse, the Kansas Children and Youth Advocacy committee, the Kansas Corporation for Change, the Olathe Police Department, the Olathe Medical Center, the Olathe Jaycees and the Leavenworth Kansas Bar Association. He received the Junior League of Topeka Community Volunteer Award in 1998, the Kansas Bar Association Outstanding Service Award in 1999, the Liberty Bell Award from the Shawnee County Bar Association in 2002, and the State Department of Education Civic Education Partnership Award in 2008. He joined Rotary International in 1971, served as president of the Olathe Rotary Club, and is a member of the Downtown Topeka Rotary club and a Paul Harris Fellow.
In 2009, Judge Pierron received the first Kansas Boys' State Governor's Award for outstanding leadership, public service and dedication to the youth of Kansas. In 2010, he was named to the Olathe High School Wall of Fame. In 2011, he was awarded the first Kansas District Judges Association community outreach and education award. In 2011, he received the American Bar Association Burnham (Hod) Greely Award, "in recognition of his outstanding contribution to promoting public awareness of the importance of a fair, impartial and independent judiciary." He has been active in history and law related educational programs, and has given programs on the United States Constitution to about 380 student and adult audiences statewide. He currently is organizing an effort to coordinate judges and lawyers to give similar programs all over the state each year around Constitution Day on September 17. In 2015 he received a community service award from the Women Attorneys Association of Topeka.
Judge Pierron is co-chair of two committees that are developing appellate mediation and video conferencing for Court of Appeals cases.
Judge Pierron's wife, Amy Dennis Pierron, passed away in 2000. Their three children are Sam, Abby and Dan. Judge Pierron is married to Diana Carlin Pierron, PhD, a university professor and administrator.