Nanette Turner Kalcik

Nanette is a highly-experienced litigator and a trial attorney who has considerable experience in nationwide complex litigation. She provides pre-litigation counseling, advocacy throughout litigation, and the appellate process. She evaluates various factors throughout the litigation process, including client expectations, anticipated costs and the opposing party's desired outcome, and has successfully resolved disputes through strategic motion practice and alternative dispute resolution.

Nanette has represented clients in a broad range of matters, including complex commercial and civil litigation, products liability, tort and personal injury actions, oil and gas litigation, Title IX claims, medical malpractice, class action claims, municipal law, and a variety of employment disputes. She has extensive experience in bank and mortgage regulatory compliance, financial services litigation, including litigation involving acts such as the Truth in Lending Act, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Real Estate Settlement and Procedures Act, and the Fair Credit Reporting Act. She has also served as outside counsel, helping clients manage regional and national litigation. 

Nanette also represents employers in various industries by providing advice, policy revisions and counseling, and is well-equipped to help employers navigate disputes or threatened litigation and the administrative process.

Nanette has significant experience litigating employment matters and has done so in the administrative process, as well as in state and federal courts. She has handled a wide range of labor and employment issues, including employment discrimination and retaliation claims, wage and hour disputes, class and collective actions, misclassification claims and the independent contractor business model, confidentiality and non-compete agreements, trade secret disputes, wrongful termination, whistleblower retaliation, state law contract disputes, and claims under Title VII, Title IX, the Kansas Wage Payment Act, and the Fair Labor Standards Act.

She also offers employers strategic advice on post-COVID employment practices, including compliance with OSHA mandates, navigating vaccination policies and exemptions, and managing remote work. Her in-depth knowledge of OSHA-related matters and litigation enables her to effectively guide clients through the appeals process and negotiate favorable settlements following inspections and citations.

Nanette's clients come from a variety of sectors and industries, including aviation, higher education, health care and financial services.

Before entering private practice, Nanette served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Wesley E. Brown, U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas.

Wichita Business Journal, Women Who Lead: Legal, 2021 and Women Who Lead, 2026

Women in Business Awards honoree, Wichita Business Journal, 2024

Best Lawyers in America® - Commercial Litigation, 2024, 2026-2027

Wichita Business Journal, Women Who Lead: Legal, 2021

Wichita Business Journal, 40 Under 40, 2022

• Pat Ayars Mentoring Award

Super Lawyers, Top Rated Employment Litigation Attorney, Rising Star, 2021

The Missouri Bar

Kansas Bar Association

• Kansas Women Attorneys Association

Washburn University School of Law

• Adjunct Faculty, 2009 – 2011

Wesley E. Brown Inn of Court

• Former Pupilage Group Program Chair

Wichita Bar Association

Wichita Bar Show

• Writer's Committee, 2010, 2013, 2016

Wichita Business Journal

• Career Women, 2021-2022, 2023-2024, 2025-2026

Wichita Women's Attorneys' Association

• Past President

Young Lawyers Association

• Former Vice-President

United WE