Stephen Newton Six was born on December 11,1965 and is an American attorney and former judge from Kansas who served as the state's 43rd Attorney General.
15 Facts About Stephen Six
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Stephen Six was nominated to serve as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on March 9,2011.
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Stephen Six's nomination was returned to the President on December 17,2011, pursuant to the rules of the Senate.
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Stephen Six is the son of former Kansas Supreme Court Justice Fred Six.
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Stephen Six received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, in 1988 and earned his JD degree from the University of Kansas in 1993.
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Stephen Six was appointed as a judge on the Douglas County Circuit Court by Governor Sebelius in January 2005, serving in that post until his appointment as attorney general by Governor Kathleen Sebelius in 2008.
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Stephen Six was defeated in the 2010 general election by Republican State Senate Majority Leader Derek Schmidt.
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Stephen Six was recognized for cutting the office's taxpayer-funded budget almost in half.
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Stephen Six focused the office on protecting consumers and cracking down on fraud and waste in the state Medicaid program.
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In 2008, Stephen Six became the first Kansas Attorney General in 35 years to personally prosecute a case.
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Stephen Six earned a jury conviction in 2008 of Kenneth Wilson for the first-degree murder of Scott Noel in Osborne County, Kansas.
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Stephen Six earned a jury conviction in 2009 of Israel Mireles for the capital murder of Emily Sander in Butler County, Kansas.
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On December 1,2008, Attorney General Six argued before the United States Supreme Court in Kansas v Colorado, a dispute over Colorado's overuse of water in the Arkansas River.
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Stephen Six's nomination was strongly opposed by his home state senators, Pat Roberts and Jerry Moran.
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Stephen Six is married to Betsy Brand Stephen Six, a law professor at the University of Kansas and is a member of the United Church of Christ.