In his 21st Consecutive Recognition, Dan Monnat Listed Among Top 100 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers, Eli O’Brien Earns 5th Recognition in Missouri & Kansas Rising Stars

  • Nov 21, 2025

November 21, 2025 – As the firm celebrates its 40th Anniversary, Monnat & Spurrier, Chartered, attorneys Dan Monnat and Eli O’Brien have been named to the prestigious list of 2025 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers. Monnat was honored by Super Lawyers for the 21st consecutive year, while O’Brien earned his 5th straight year of recognition…

Wichita defense attorney chimes in on so-called ‘transnational drug cartel’ searches

  • Aug 06, 2025
  • by Payton Steiner

Armored vehicles. Bomb squads. Authorities say they’re targeting a “transnational drug cartel.” Dan Monnat reminds us: headlines don’t convict. The accused are presumed innocent until (if ever) proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. That’s not just a legal technicality—it’s a constitutional cornerstone. Monnat urges skepticism. Question the narrative. Cross-examine the claims. Justice demands it.

Longtime defense attorney honored with Lifetime Achievement Award from Wichita Bar Association

  • May 14, 2025
  • KWCH TV
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  • by Matt Heilman

WICHITA – The Wichita Bar Association honored well-known criminal defense attorney Dan Monnat with its 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award. Monnat’s decades-long career includes nearly 50 years practicing law in Kansas and Nebraska. The award recognizes a bar member “whose sustained superior performance and accomplishments have brought credit and recognition to the profession,” the Wichita Bar Association explained….

Wichita Bar Association honors defense attorney for lifetime achievement

  • May 14, 2025
  • KSNW TV
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  • by Barry Owens

WICHITA — Criminal defense attorney Dan Monnat has been awarded the 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award by the Wichita Bar Association, honoring nearly five decades of legal work that has garnered national attention and shaped high-profile criminal defense in Kansas and beyond. The award acknowledges sustained excellence in the legal profession, including ethical standards and contributions to justice….

Wichita Bar Association Honors Dan Monnat with Lifetime Achievement Award

  • May 13, 2025

WICHITA – The Wichita Bar Association has honored criminal defense attorney Dan Monnat with its 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award. The award is given to a member whose sustained superior performance and accomplishments have brought credit and recognition to the profession. Notably, the recipient must have demonstrated exemplary ethical standards and high personal values….

BizTalk 413: Dan Monnat and his career as a defense attorney

  • May 09, 2025
  • Wichita Business Journal
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  • by Kirk Seminoff

Take a listen as Dan Monnat joins Wichita Business Journal Editor Kirk Seminoff for the latest edition of the WBJ’s Biz Talk podcast. Enjoy the lively discussion as Dan shares his thoughts on becoming a winning criminal defense attorney, sharing your fears with the jury, and finding the “smoking gun” in the case, as well as his upcoming Lifetime Achievement Award from the Wichita Bar Association. Please note content may only be available to subscribers.

Dan Monnat Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from Kansas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

  • Mar 30, 2025

Manhattan – Wichita criminal defense attorney Dan Monnat was honored with the Kansas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers’ Lifetime Achievement Award at the organization’s annual meeting in Manhattan. Monnat, who has been a member of KACDL since its inception in 1989 and served as president from 1992-1995, has taught numerous CLE seminars for the organization on such topics as illegal search and seizure, the frailties of narcotics drug detection dogs, and the defense of accusations of child sex crimes….

Memorial honors 1-year-old girl as father faces felony murder charge in Wichita shooting

  • Mar 04, 2025
  • KAKE
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  • by Nick Nelson

Prosecutors have charged 25-year-old Michael Tejeda with first-degree murder in the commission of a felony in the death of his one-year-old daughter due to gunfire. Criminal defense attorney Dan Monnat explains to KAKE News that the charge against the girl’s father is different from a typical murder charge. “In a felony murder situation, the need to prove a specific mental state is supplanted by evidence that the accused was committing, attempting to commit, or fleeing from an inherently dangerous felony….”