How do judges of the Kansas Court of Appeals reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.

Kansas Court of Appeals / Joined 2015 / Active

Richard B. Walker

Judge, Kansas Court of Appeals

Richard B. Walker is a Judge of the Kansas Court of Appeals, serving since 2015. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2015 · 11 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2015	Kansas Court of Appeals	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Walker authored 7 published opinions for the court (2015–2019). Most cited: Carlson Auction Service, Inc. v. Kansas Corporation Comm'n (9 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 7 of these were attributed to Walker by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2018	Carlson Auction Service, Inc. v. Kansas Corporation Comm'n†	413 P.3d 448	9
2015	In re C.D.A.-C.†	51 Kan. App. 2d 1007	7
2019	DeBey v. Schlaefli†	437 P.3d 1011	5
2019	State v. Arrizabalaga†	447 P.3d 391	3
2015	Oxy USA, Inc. v. Red Wing Oil, LLC†	51 Kan. App. 2d 1028	3
2019	In re Marriage of Babin†	437 P.3d 985	2
2016	State v. Aguilar†	52 Kan. App. 2d 466	2

Showing the 7 most-cited of 7 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

How do judges of the Kansas Court of Appeals reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.
Which court is Richard B. Walker on?: Richard B. Walker is a Judge of the Kansas Court of Appeals.

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11 years on the Kansas Court of Appeals. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).