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Sundby retires, prepares for new role

By Brian Hagen

06/04/2018

Credit: Kansas Judicial Center

(KAIR)--Following two decades on the bench, a local judge is stepping down.

According to a news release from the Kansas Judicial Center, District Judge Gunnar Sundby will retire June 16, bringing to an end 20-years of service in the 1st Judicial District.

The 1st Judicial District is comprised of Atchison and Leavenworth Counties.

Sundby, upon his retirement becoming effective, plans to begin serving as a senior judge for the judicial branch.

The Kansas Supreme Court appointed Sundby to that position effective June 17.

Sundby, in the release, said his new role as senior judge will allow him to remain close to his colleagues, travel the state as needed, and still serve as a judge.

As a senior judge, he can be assigned to cases being heard in any district court, as well as the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court.

Sundby said the part-time work as a senior judge will allow him and his wife, Debbie, to travel and spend more time with family, which includes four grandchildren.

A graduate of Washburn University, Sundby, of Atchison, served as Atchison County Attorney from 1980 until 1992, and was appointed in 1998 as a district judge for Leavenworth County.

For the first nine years in that role, Sundby was focused on domestic and probate cases, but in recent years, has been assigned to the criminal and prisoner dockets, dealing with thousands of criminal cases, seeing prisoners from across the state of Kansas, and presiding over about 200 jury trials.

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