Meet our Judges

Kendra  S Lewison 

Judge Lewison practiced law for 24 years prior to her appointment as District Judge in 2019.  She is a 1992 graduate of Kansas State University and a 1995 graduate of the University of Kansas School of Law.  She practiced in the Kansas City area until 2009 when she moved back to Manhattan, and was working as an Assistant Riley County Attorney from 2010 until her appointment to the bench.  She has served on the boards of several community organizations.  Judge Lewison is married and has two children.

Grant D Bannister 

(Chief Judge)

Judge Bannister graduated from the University of Kansas Law School in 1997. He engaged in the private practice of law in Manhattan, Kansas for the following nineteen years. He also served as an adjunct professor teaching ethics in the College of Business at Kansas State University. Prior to being appointed as a District Court Judge in September of 2016, Bannister served on numerous legal committees, civic boards and youth organizations. He has competed in numerous half marathons and marathons. He is married and has three children.

Jeremy M. Larchick

Jeremy Larchick is a graduate of Tulane University Law School.  He is a retired Army veteran and currently resides in Manhattan.  He and his wife Gretchen have been married for twenty years and have four children.