05/19/2026
Join us in congratulating, Jim Oliver, 2026 Distinuguished Alumni Award recipient. Jim was a 1971 grad and very active on campus. Served as Northwest Student Senate President, member of Phi Sig fraternity, and participated in university choirs.
A little more about Jim:
Jim Oliver is a respected appellate lawyer who has served as counsel in more than 150 appeals in state and federal courts, representing major corporations, small businesses, and the states of Kansas, New Mexico and Colorado.
After earning his Juris Doctor degree in 1975 and completing a federal judicial clerkship, Oliver joined Foulston Siefkin LLP, the largest Kansas-based law firm, and became known for his business and transactional practice in the areas of antitrust, securities, franchising, corporate law and finance, and fiduciary duty.