MEET ETHAN
In his first term in the Senate, Ethan developed a reputation as a bipartisan problem solver who builds coalitions to deliver results for his district. He is the Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary and Transportation Committees and a member of the Senate Tax and Utilities Committees as well as the Joint Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice Oversight and the Legislative Post Audit Committee.
Ethan lives in Fairway with his wife, Jenna, and their two sons.
JOHNSON COUNTY ROOTS
Raised in Johnson County, Ethan is a graduate of the Shawnee Mission School District, where he learned the values of service, honesty, and hard work from his parents, teachers, and coaches. He then attended Garden City Community College on a baseball scholarship and was named an Academic All-American. Ethan continued his baseball career at Washington University in St. Louis, earning a bachelor’s degree and a law degree.
A RECORD OF LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE
During a career spent at the highest levels of law and government, Ethan has led large, diverse teams, managed significant budgets, and helped clients resolve complex legal issues.
Ethan is an attorney at one of Johnson County’s oldest law firms, where he works with individuals and businesses to solve their toughest legal challenges.
From 2015-2017, Ethan served in two senior leadership positions at the U.S. Department of Commerce. He first served as a core member of the U.S. Secretary of Commerce’s senior team, managing a $13.7 million budget and 17 employees. He then served as Chief of Staff of the International Trade Administration, where he helped manage the day-to-day operations of a global bureau of more than 2,200 employees spread across 78 countries and 105 U.S. cities with an annual budget of nearly $500 million.
Drawing on these experiences, Ethan served as a Fellow at the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas, focusing on International Trade.
Before entering government service, Ethan practiced law for seven years in the Washington, D.C. office of one of the country’s leading law firms, where he maintained a diverse litigation practice, focused his pro bono work on voting rights litigation, and earned recognition as a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers magazine.