Appointed Member, Kansas Sentencing Commission, 2007-2012. Co-Author: "To Protect and Serve..and Lie? Why Even 'Good' Police Lies are Bad for Kansas Justice," Journal of the Kansas Association for Justice, July 2012; "The Loneliness of the Kansas Constitution, Parts 1 and 2" Journal of the Kansas Association for Justice, September 2010 and May 2011; "What to Do When the Jury is Out-But the Legal Questions Keep Rolling In," Journal of the Kansas Association for Justice, November 2009; "Legal Prescriptions for Diagnosing Bias During Voir Dire in Kansas Criminal Cases," Journal of the Kansas Association for Justice, July 2008; "Sidelining the Prosecutor in a Criminal Case," Journal of the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association, July 2007; "Unsealing Search Warrant Materials for Uncharged Clients," The Champion, July 2006; "Unraveling the Woolsack: How to Rescue or Reverse a Biased Kansas Judge," Journal of the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association, July 2006; "The Kid Gloves Are Off: Child Hearsay After Crawford v. Washington," The Champion, January/February 2006; "Hearsay Today, Gone Tomorrow: Child Hearsay after Crawford v. Washington," Journal of the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association, March 2005; "A Primer on the Federal Wiretap Act and Its Fourth Amendment Framework," Journal of the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association, March 2004; "Amendments to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure You'll Want to Know About," Journal of the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association, May 2003; "Ain't Misbehaving'? Think Again - Identifying Ten Improper Prosecutorial Arguments in Criminal Cases," Journal of the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association, March 2001. Author: "Sentencing, Probation, and Collateral Consequences," Kansas Criminal Law Handbook, Kansas Bar Association, 2006; "Oh Give Me A Home, Where The Government Can't Roam"; Interpreting the Kansas Constitution to Protect "Open Fields" Journal of the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association, November 1994; "Admissibility of Delayed Chemical Analysis to Establish Alcohol Influence," Journal of the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association, April 1982.
Mr. Monnat has been honored by Best Lawyers in America every year since 1990. He was named Best Lawyers' 2012 Wichita Lawyer of the Year for Criminal Defense: White Collar, and again as Best Lawyers' 2014 Wichita Lawyer of the Year for Criminal Defense: General Practice. He was named to the Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers Top 10 list in 2018 and 2019, and has been named to the Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers Top 100 list each year from 2005 - 2014 and 2016 - present.
