Robert Stephan
Robert Taft Stephan is an American attorney who served four terms as Kansas Attorney General.
Stephan was born to Taft and Julia Stephan, of Lebanese descent. He graduated from Washburn University School of Law in 1957 and practiced law in Wichita, Kansas. After losing a campaign for local school board, he was appointed a municipal court judge and two years later elected to the district court in Wichita. He first won election as state Attorney General in 1978 and was reelected three times in 1982, 1986, and 1990.
Following the end of his last term, Stephan moved to Lenexa, Kansas and works as a consultant in corporate law dealing in consumer protection and Federal Trade Commission regulations.
In 2007, Stephan spoke in support of legalizing medical cannabis in Kansas.
