Jim was born in Lawrence Kansas July 5, 1926, where his father, Luther Bouska, was completing a Master's Degree in Education. His mother was Doris Walton Bouska of Belleville, Kansas. He attended grade school in Phillipsburg and Russell, Kansas, and 8th grade through high school in Belleville. He was admitted to the University of Kansas after his junior year in high school and attended one year before enlisting in the Army Air Force. He is a World War II veteran, having served in the Army Air Force from July 1944 to January 1946 and the U. S. Air Force in the Pacific theater from January 1946 to January 1947.
Jim returned to Kansas University in the spring semester of 1947 to complete his undergraduate and law degrees. He married Doraen Lindquist on November 23, 1947, and they lived in Lawrence where he continued his education, received his BA degree with a major in Economics in 1949 and his LLB (later changed to Juris Doctor) in August, 1952. Their first child, David, was born to the couple in April, 1950, while Jim and Doraen were attending law school and graduate school respectively. Jim in Hawaii Jim was admitted to the practice of law in Kansas in 1952, and was given special permission to run for County Attorney of Republic County by the Supreme Court in the summer of 1952 prior to his taking the bar examination. He won the election and the family moved to Belleville, Kansas. While living in Belleville, Jim also served as City Attorney. He served as County Attorney from January 1953 to June 1955, when they moved to Overland Park, Kansas. There he was employed by the Kansas City law firm of Stinson, Mag, Thompson, McEvers and Fizzell, specializing in corporate law. He was admitted to the practice of law in Missouri in 1955.
Shortly after the move to Overland Park, Diane was born to Jim and Doraen, on November 18, 1955. Jim left the Kansas City law firm to practice civil law with the firm of Keach, Bouska and Stockwell in 1958. Candidate Bouska was hired by the then County Attorney, Jack Gardner, as an assistant County Attorney in the winter of 1959. Johnson County was small enough that everyone involved in the practice of law seemed to trade places in elective and appointive offices. Herb Walton and Hugh Kreamer were the other two assistant County Attorneys and later when Hugh Kreamer was elected to the position, he selected Bouska as his first assistant. Herbert Walton was appointed a District Judge. Kreamer resigned at the end of his first term and Bouska was elected County Attorney and he promptly hired Kreamer as his first assistant. The county attorney at that time did all the civil work for the county as well as handling all the criminal cases.
Kansas Highway Patrol Sgt. Eldon Miller was killed by Henry Floyd Brown after a bank robbery in Overland Park in 1968 and Jack Gardner, who was then in private practice, was appointed to represent Brown. Jim prosecuted the case in front of Herbert Walton, who was then a District Judge. Walton ordered Brown to prison for life, where he still remains. Jim also prosecuted a man charged with killing his former law partner, John Keach, who had walked in on a burglary in progress. That man was sentenced to life in prison. Twins Underfoot
In January, 1960, twins, Jardon and John, were born. That winter, while waiting for their new house to be finished, the family lived in a farm house in what was then the countryside in Johnson County--just south of 95th Street and just west of Switzer Road. One sub-zero February night they had to hold the babies near the kitchen stove all night to keep them warm because the furnace had stopped working.
While assistant County Attorney, Jim was appointed as Municipal Judge of Overland Park, which had become incorporated in 1962, and Jim was instrumental in arranging for the city to develop a master plan and helped make changes in the way municipal matters were prosecuted. He was one of the first prosecutors in Kansas to recommend the use of blood and breath analysis in cases involving driving while under the influence of alcohol. He was also the first to establish week-long training sessions for prosecutors across the state.
Jim campaigned statewide for the Republican nomination for Attorney General in 1970. A democrat, Vern Miller, was elected to the office that November and served one term. Jim established his own general civil practice of law in Olathe and practiced with Larry Ferree, Bruce Landeck and others. From 1975 until 1985 he practiced as senior partner in the law firm of Bouska, Allen, Ferree and Bunn in Overland Park, which later became Bouska, Ferree and Bunn. That firm practiced mostly civil law and handled legal work for the county. He was City Prosecutor for the City of Merriam during the early 1980's and he was Counsel for the Johnson County Charter Commission. Jim and Tad
Jim was appointed as a District Judge of Johnson County, Kansas, by then Governor John Carlin in August 1985, where he handled a civil docket until his retirement October 31, 1996.
Jim is past president of the Johnson County Bar Association (1975-76) and of the Kansas County Attorneys Association. While living in Belleville, he served as County Chairman for the Republic County Young Republicans. While serving as district judge, he served on the Bar committee for determining the use of computers by judges and in the courtroom. He wrote 12 chapters in the Trial Handbook, published by the National Association of District Attorneys, and wrote an article, "The Prosecutor's Closing Argument in Kansas," in 1969.
Jim's interests include KU basketball, music (jazz), fine food, environmental issues (he belongs to 10 or 12 groups concerned with protecting our environment), his children, who are scattered from Orange County, California, to Nashville, Tennessee and Atlanta, Georgia, with one living in Overland Park, and three grandchildren in Atlanta, Tad, Matt and Cecilia.
Since Jim retired, he's been busy doing arbitrations, mediations, filling in for other district judges and traveling--last August on a cruise with his wife, a present from one of his son's and daughter-in-law, a trip to Atlanta in April and planning on a trip to Hawaii in December to see the basketball tournament in which KU's team is playing. (This was written in 1996, 7 years before his death.)
Jim returned to Kansas University in the spring semester of 1947 to complete his undergraduate and law degrees. He married Doraen Lindquist on November 23, 1947, and they lived in Lawrence where he continued his education, received his BA degree with a major in Economics in 1949 and his LLB (later changed to Juris Doctor) in August, 1952. Their first child, David, was born to the couple in April, 1950, while Jim and Doraen were attending law school and graduate school respectively. Jim in Hawaii Jim was admitted to the practice of law in Kansas in 1952, and was given special permission to run for County Attorney of Republic County by the Supreme Court in the summer of 1952 prior to his taking the bar examination. He won the election and the family moved to Belleville, Kansas. While living in Belleville, Jim also served as City Attorney. He served as County Attorney from January 1953 to June 1955, when they moved to Overland Park, Kansas. There he was employed by the Kansas City law firm of Stinson, Mag, Thompson, McEvers and Fizzell, specializing in corporate law. He was admitted to the practice of law in Missouri in 1955.
Shortly after the move to Overland Park, Diane was born to Jim and Doraen, on November 18, 1955. Jim left the Kansas City law firm to practice civil law with the firm of Keach, Bouska and Stockwell in 1958. Candidate Bouska was hired by the then County Attorney, Jack Gardner, as an assistant County Attorney in the winter of 1959. Johnson County was small enough that everyone involved in the practice of law seemed to trade places in elective and appointive offices. Herb Walton and Hugh Kreamer were the other two assistant County Attorneys and later when Hugh Kreamer was elected to the position, he selected Bouska as his first assistant. Herbert Walton was appointed a District Judge. Kreamer resigned at the end of his first term and Bouska was elected County Attorney and he promptly hired Kreamer as his first assistant. The county attorney at that time did all the civil work for the county as well as handling all the criminal cases.
Kansas Highway Patrol Sgt. Eldon Miller was killed by Henry Floyd Brown after a bank robbery in Overland Park in 1968 and Jack Gardner, who was then in private practice, was appointed to represent Brown. Jim prosecuted the case in front of Herbert Walton, who was then a District Judge. Walton ordered Brown to prison for life, where he still remains. Jim also prosecuted a man charged with killing his former law partner, John Keach, who had walked in on a burglary in progress. That man was sentenced to life in prison. Twins Underfoot
In January, 1960, twins, Jardon and John, were born. That winter, while waiting for their new house to be finished, the family lived in a farm house in what was then the countryside in Johnson County--just south of 95th Street and just west of Switzer Road. One sub-zero February night they had to hold the babies near the kitchen stove all night to keep them warm because the furnace had stopped working.
While assistant County Attorney, Jim was appointed as Municipal Judge of Overland Park, which had become incorporated in 1962, and Jim was instrumental in arranging for the city to develop a master plan and helped make changes in the way municipal matters were prosecuted. He was one of the first prosecutors in Kansas to recommend the use of blood and breath analysis in cases involving driving while under the influence of alcohol. He was also the first to establish week-long training sessions for prosecutors across the state.
Jim campaigned statewide for the Republican nomination for Attorney General in 1970. A democrat, Vern Miller, was elected to the office that November and served one term. Jim established his own general civil practice of law in Olathe and practiced with Larry Ferree, Bruce Landeck and others. From 1975 until 1985 he practiced as senior partner in the law firm of Bouska, Allen, Ferree and Bunn in Overland Park, which later became Bouska, Ferree and Bunn. That firm practiced mostly civil law and handled legal work for the county. He was City Prosecutor for the City of Merriam during the early 1980's and he was Counsel for the Johnson County Charter Commission. Jim and Tad
Jim was appointed as a District Judge of Johnson County, Kansas, by then Governor John Carlin in August 1985, where he handled a civil docket until his retirement October 31, 1996.
Jim is past president of the Johnson County Bar Association (1975-76) and of the Kansas County Attorneys Association. While living in Belleville, he served as County Chairman for the Republic County Young Republicans. While serving as district judge, he served on the Bar committee for determining the use of computers by judges and in the courtroom. He wrote 12 chapters in the Trial Handbook, published by the National Association of District Attorneys, and wrote an article, "The Prosecutor's Closing Argument in Kansas," in 1969.
Jim's interests include KU basketball, music (jazz), fine food, environmental issues (he belongs to 10 or 12 groups concerned with protecting our environment), his children, who are scattered from Orange County, California, to Nashville, Tennessee and Atlanta, Georgia, with one living in Overland Park, and three grandchildren in Atlanta, Tad, Matt and Cecilia.
Since Jim retired, he's been busy doing arbitrations, mediations, filling in for other district judges and traveling--last August on a cruise with his wife, a present from one of his son's and daughter-in-law, a trip to Atlanta in April and planning on a trip to Hawaii in December to see the basketball tournament in which KU's team is playing. (This was written in 1996, 7 years before his death.)
Jim was born in Lawrence Kansas July 5, 1926, where his father, Luther Bouska, was completing a Master's Degree in Education. His mother was Doris Walton Bouska of Belleville, Kansas. He attended grade school in Phillipsburg and Russell, Kansas, and 8th grade through high school in Belleville. He was admitted to the University of Kansas after his junior year in high school and attended one year before enlisting in the Army Air Force. He is a World War II veteran, having served in the Army Air Force from July 1944 to January 1946 and the U. S. Air Force in the Pacific theater from January 1946 to January 1947.
Jim returned to Kansas University in the spring semester of 1947 to complete his undergraduate and law degrees. He married Doraen Lindquist on November 23, 1947, and they lived in Lawrence where he continued his education, received his BA degree with a major in Economics in 1949 and his LLB (later changed to Juris Doctor) in August, 1952. Their first child, David, was born to the couple in April, 1950, while Jim and Doraen were attending law school and graduate school respectively. Jim in Hawaii Jim was admitted to the practice of law in Kansas in 1952, and was given special permission to run for County Attorney of Republic County by the Supreme Court in the summer of 1952 prior to his taking the bar examination. He won the election and the family moved to Belleville, Kansas. While living in Belleville, Jim also served as City Attorney. He served as County Attorney from January 1953 to June 1955, when they moved to Overland Park, Kansas. There he was employed by the Kansas City law firm of Stinson, Mag, Thompson, McEvers and Fizzell, specializing in corporate law. He was admitted to the practice of law in Missouri in 1955.
Shortly after the move to Overland Park, Diane was born to Jim and Doraen, on November 18, 1955. Jim left the Kansas City law firm to practice civil law with the firm of Keach, Bouska and Stockwell in 1958. Candidate Bouska was hired by the then County Attorney, Jack Gardner, as an assistant County Attorney in the winter of 1959. Johnson County was small enough that everyone involved in the practice of law seemed to trade places in elective and appointive offices. Herb Walton and Hugh Kreamer were the other two assistant County Attorneys and later when Hugh Kreamer was elected to the position, he selected Bouska as his first assistant. Herbert Walton was appointed a District Judge. Kreamer resigned at the end of his first term and Bouska was elected County Attorney and he promptly hired Kreamer as his first assistant. The county attorney at that time did all the civil work for the county as well as handling all the criminal cases.
Kansas Highway Patrol Sgt. Eldon Miller was killed by Henry Floyd Brown after a bank robbery in Overland Park in 1968 and Jack Gardner, who was then in private practice, was appointed to represent Brown. Jim prosecuted the case in front of Herbert Walton, who was then a District Judge. Walton ordered Brown to prison for life, where he still remains. Jim also prosecuted a man charged with killing his former law partner, John Keach, who had walked in on a burglary in progress. That man was sentenced to life in prison. Twins Underfoot
In January, 1960, twins, Jardon and John, were born. That winter, while waiting for their new house to be finished, the family lived in a farm house in what was then the countryside in Johnson County--just south of 95th Street and just west of Switzer Road. One sub-zero February night they had to hold the babies near the kitchen stove all night to keep them warm because the furnace had stopped working.
While assistant County Attorney, Jim was appointed as Municipal Judge of Overland Park, which had become incorporated in 1962, and Jim was instrumental in arranging for the city to develop a master plan and helped make changes in the way municipal matters were prosecuted. He was one of the first prosecutors in Kansas to recommend the use of blood and breath analysis in cases involving driving while under the influence of alcohol. He was also the first to establish week-long training sessions for prosecutors across the state.
Jim campaigned statewide for the Republican nomination for Attorney General in 1970. A democrat, Vern Miller, was elected to the office that November and served one term. Jim established his own general civil practice of law in Olathe and practiced with Larry Ferree, Bruce Landeck and others. From 1975 until 1985 he practiced as senior partner in the law firm of Bouska, Allen, Ferree and Bunn in Overland Park, which later became Bouska, Ferree and Bunn. That firm practiced mostly civil law and handled legal work for the county. He was City Prosecutor for the City of Merriam during the early 1980's and he was Counsel for the Johnson County Charter Commission. Jim and Tad
Jim was appointed as a District Judge of Johnson County, Kansas, by then Governor John Carlin in August 1985, where he handled a civil docket until his retirement October 31, 1996.
Jim is past president of the Johnson County Bar Association (1975-76) and of the Kansas County Attorneys Association. While living in Belleville, he served as County Chairman for the Republic County Young Republicans. While serving as district judge, he served on the Bar committee for determining the use of computers by judges and in the courtroom. He wrote 12 chapters in the Trial Handbook, published by the National Association of District Attorneys, and wrote an article, "The Prosecutor's Closing Argument in Kansas," in 1969.
Jim's interests include KU basketball, music (jazz), fine food, environmental issues (he belongs to 10 or 12 groups concerned with protecting our environment), his children, who are scattered from Orange County, California, to Nashville, Tennessee and Atlanta, Georgia, with one living in Overland Park, and three grandchildren in Atlanta, Tad, Matt and Cecilia.
Since Jim retired, he's been busy doing arbitrations, mediations, filling in for other district judges and traveling--last August on a cruise with his wife, a present from one of his son's and daughter-in-law, a trip to Atlanta in April and planning on a trip to Hawaii in December to see the basketball tournament in which KU's team is playing. (This was written in 1996, 7 years before his death.)
Jim returned to Kansas University in the spring semester of 1947 to complete his undergraduate and law degrees. He married Doraen Lindquist on November 23, 1947, and they lived in Lawrence where he continued his education, received his BA degree with a major in Economics in 1949 and his LLB (later changed to Juris Doctor) in August, 1952. Their first child, David, was born to the couple in April, 1950, while Jim and Doraen were attending law school and graduate school respectively. Jim in Hawaii Jim was admitted to the practice of law in Kansas in 1952, and was given special permission to run for County Attorney of Republic County by the Supreme Court in the summer of 1952 prior to his taking the bar examination. He won the election and the family moved to Belleville, Kansas. While living in Belleville, Jim also served as City Attorney. He served as County Attorney from January 1953 to June 1955, when they moved to Overland Park, Kansas. There he was employed by the Kansas City law firm of Stinson, Mag, Thompson, McEvers and Fizzell, specializing in corporate law. He was admitted to the practice of law in Missouri in 1955.
Shortly after the move to Overland Park, Diane was born to Jim and Doraen, on November 18, 1955. Jim left the Kansas City law firm to practice civil law with the firm of Keach, Bouska and Stockwell in 1958. Candidate Bouska was hired by the then County Attorney, Jack Gardner, as an assistant County Attorney in the winter of 1959. Johnson County was small enough that everyone involved in the practice of law seemed to trade places in elective and appointive offices. Herb Walton and Hugh Kreamer were the other two assistant County Attorneys and later when Hugh Kreamer was elected to the position, he selected Bouska as his first assistant. Herbert Walton was appointed a District Judge. Kreamer resigned at the end of his first term and Bouska was elected County Attorney and he promptly hired Kreamer as his first assistant. The county attorney at that time did all the civil work for the county as well as handling all the criminal cases.
Kansas Highway Patrol Sgt. Eldon Miller was killed by Henry Floyd Brown after a bank robbery in Overland Park in 1968 and Jack Gardner, who was then in private practice, was appointed to represent Brown. Jim prosecuted the case in front of Herbert Walton, who was then a District Judge. Walton ordered Brown to prison for life, where he still remains. Jim also prosecuted a man charged with killing his former law partner, John Keach, who had walked in on a burglary in progress. That man was sentenced to life in prison. Twins Underfoot
In January, 1960, twins, Jardon and John, were born. That winter, while waiting for their new house to be finished, the family lived in a farm house in what was then the countryside in Johnson County--just south of 95th Street and just west of Switzer Road. One sub-zero February night they had to hold the babies near the kitchen stove all night to keep them warm because the furnace had stopped working.
While assistant County Attorney, Jim was appointed as Municipal Judge of Overland Park, which had become incorporated in 1962, and Jim was instrumental in arranging for the city to develop a master plan and helped make changes in the way municipal matters were prosecuted. He was one of the first prosecutors in Kansas to recommend the use of blood and breath analysis in cases involving driving while under the influence of alcohol. He was also the first to establish week-long training sessions for prosecutors across the state.
Jim campaigned statewide for the Republican nomination for Attorney General in 1970. A democrat, Vern Miller, was elected to the office that November and served one term. Jim established his own general civil practice of law in Olathe and practiced with Larry Ferree, Bruce Landeck and others. From 1975 until 1985 he practiced as senior partner in the law firm of Bouska, Allen, Ferree and Bunn in Overland Park, which later became Bouska, Ferree and Bunn. That firm practiced mostly civil law and handled legal work for the county. He was City Prosecutor for the City of Merriam during the early 1980's and he was Counsel for the Johnson County Charter Commission. Jim and Tad
Jim was appointed as a District Judge of Johnson County, Kansas, by then Governor John Carlin in August 1985, where he handled a civil docket until his retirement October 31, 1996.
Jim is past president of the Johnson County Bar Association (1975-76) and of the Kansas County Attorneys Association. While living in Belleville, he served as County Chairman for the Republic County Young Republicans. While serving as district judge, he served on the Bar committee for determining the use of computers by judges and in the courtroom. He wrote 12 chapters in the Trial Handbook, published by the National Association of District Attorneys, and wrote an article, "The Prosecutor's Closing Argument in Kansas," in 1969.
Jim's interests include KU basketball, music (jazz), fine food, environmental issues (he belongs to 10 or 12 groups concerned with protecting our environment), his children, who are scattered from Orange County, California, to Nashville, Tennessee and Atlanta, Georgia, with one living in Overland Park, and three grandchildren in Atlanta, Tad, Matt and Cecilia.
Since Jim retired, he's been busy doing arbitrations, mediations, filling in for other district judges and traveling--last August on a cruise with his wife, a present from one of his son's and daughter-in-law, a trip to Atlanta in April and planning on a trip to Hawaii in December to see the basketball tournament in which KU's team is playing. (This was written in 1996, 7 years before his death.)
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