Thomas R Docking

Mr. Docking practices in the areas of taxation, business and estate planning, and banking and commercial law. He has represented individuals, businesses, commercial banks, and municipal governments in matters including environmental law, property taxation, probate, and securities law and business litigation. University of Kansas, BA, 1976 University of Kansas, JD, MBA, 1980 Lieutenant Governor of Kansas, 1983-1987 Past Chairman/Director of various state boards and agencies including Kansas Tax Review Commission, Governor's High Technology Task Force and the Kansas Securities Review Commission. Docking served as lieutenant governor from 1983 until 1987, running with Democratic Gov. John Carlin when Carlin won a second term. Carlin appointed Docking to head a commission for recommending changes in the state's tax laws. Docking was the Democratic nominee for governor in 1986, when Carlin was term-limited, but he lost to Republican Mike Hayden, receiving 48 percent of the vote. His father, Robert Docking, was governor from 1967 until 1975, the only candidate to win four elections for governor when they served two-year terms. His grandfather, George Docking, held the office from 1957 until 1961 and was the first Democrat in the GOP-leaning state to win a second term as governor. Tom Docking's wife, Jill, a businesswoman, ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in 1996 and for lieutenant governor in 2014, and also served a four-year term on the Kansas Board of Regents. A brother also served on the board.