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Four rules every Kansas page has to respect

Rule 7.1, three ways to mislead. A lawyer shall not make a false or misleading communication about the lawyer or the lawyer's services. Under Kansas Rule 7.1, a communication misleads if it misrepresents or omits a material fact (7.1(a)), is likely to create an unjustified expectation about results (7.1(b)), or compares the lawyer's services with others' without factual substantiation (7.1(c)).

Results and endorsements. Comment [1] says Rule 7.1(b) would ordinarily preclude advertisements about results obtained for a client and advertisements containing client endorsements. Comment [2] adds that an appropriate disclaimer or qualifying language may preclude a finding that a report of past achievements misleads. Quoted alone by an assistant, a verdict figure carries no disclaimer, so Kansas pages are safer leaving results out or qualifying them in the same sentence.

Rule 7.2(d), a responsible lawyer named. Any communication under Rule 7.2 must include the name of at least one lawyer responsible for its content.

Rule 7.4, fields and certification. A lawyer may say the lawyer does or does not practice in particular fields. Rule 7.4(b) and (c) allow "Patent Attorney" and admiralty designations. Under Rule 7.4(d), a lawyer may not state or imply certification as a specialist unless certified by an organization approved by an appropriate state authority or accredited by the ABA, and the certifying organization is clearly named.

Filing and record keeping

Rules 7.1 and 7.2 do not require a Kansas firm to file its website or advertisements for review. Rule 7.2(b) does require keeping a copy or recording of each advertisement for two years after its last dissemination, with a record of when and where it was used.

What the Kansas courts have said about AI

The Kansas Supreme Court has not issued an AI ethics opinion that we could verify. By Order 2025-CM-017, dated February 27, 2025, it created an Ad Hoc Artificial Intelligence Committee to study AI in the judicial branch and recommend policies, including policies for the use of AI by attorneys. The U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas issued Standing Order 26-01 on January 28, 2026, requiring filers to verify AI-assisted content.

Neither addresses marketing. For ethics guidance on AI tools, Kansas lawyers can look to ABA Formal Opinion 512, "Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools," issued July 29, 2024. Our answer on whether lawyers can use AI to write website content covers how that applies to your pages.

Kansas questions need Kansas answers

Kansas has no separate probate court. The Kansas Judicial Branch describes the district courts as trial courts with general original jurisdiction, handling divorce and domestic relations, damage suits, and probate and administration of estates, with a district court in each county.

Small estates have their own path. Under K.S.A. 59-1507b, property can pass by affidavit when the probate estate does not exceed $75,000; the Kansas Judicial Council's form notes the limit rose from $40,000 effective July 1, 2023. Missouri's forms still use $40,000, so a page written for the Kansas City area has to say which state it means.

Where Kansas legal work concentrates

Kansas has 31 judicial districts. On the Kansas side of the Kansas City area, the Johnson County District Court sits in Olathe (10th District) and the Wyandotte County District Court in Kansas City, Kansas (29th). The Kansas City market guide covers writing for both sides of the line.

What we build for Kansas firms

• Practice-area pages written to Rules 7.1, 7.2 and 7.4, with results claims left out or qualified in the same sentence
• County pages only where you take clients, naming the right district court
• Answer posts for the questions Kansas clients ask, each linked to the right practice page

For family law firms, divorce and custody run through the same district courts, so the county shapes the page. For estate planning firms, the $75,000 affidavit threshold is the detail national content misses. For personal injury firms, Rule 7.1's comments make verdict-led pages risky.

Neighboring states

If you take clients from across a state line, each page should say which state's law it explains and where your attorneys are licensed. The Missouri guide matters most for the Kansas City area. The Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Colorado guides cover the other borders.

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