Meet the Judges

Bruce F. Larkin

Bruce Larkin, chief judge of the Court, is from Baileyville, Kansas, where he still maintains a working farm. Judge Larkin graduated from Washburn University with a bachelor’s degree in 1973. Before joining the Court, he served two terms on the U.S.D. 451 School Board and later represented the 62 nd district in the Kansas House of Representatives. His tenure with the Kansas Legislature was from 1987 to 2005, during which he spent 13 years as a member of the House Taxation Committee. He also served from 1992 to 2006 as a member of the Kansas Department of Revenue advisory committee on appraisal of agricultural land.

Rebecca W. Crotty

Judge Crotty grew up in Garden City, Kansas. She earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Kansas in 1972, majoring in history and education. Upon graduation, she taught special education in Topeka. She then attended law school at Washburn University, from which she graduated with honors in 1977. Immediately following law school, she clerked for the Kansas Supreme Court. She then worked as corporate counsel for Mobil Oil Company and later as vice president and bank counsel for two banks in Garden City. She spent six years in private practice in Southwest Kansas and five years as a magistrate judge in Finney County before her appointment to the Court.

J. Fred Kubik

Judge Kubik was raised in Wichita, Kansas. He received his bachelor’s and law degrees from the University of Kansas. After law school, he served two years in the military, including one year in Japan investigating claims against the U.S. Army. Judge Kubik joined the Court after having worked as a CPA in Wichita for longer than four decades. During his time as an accountant, he was an appointed member of the tax division of the American Institute of CPAs and served as president of the Kansas Society of CPAs. In 1995 Kubik was awarded the Arthur J. Dixon Memorial Award, the accounting profession’s highest award for service in the area of taxation. In 1996, Senator Bob Dole appointed Kubik to a select commission whose work resulted in the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998.

Trevor C. Wohlford

Trevor Wohlford serves as chief hearing officer and judge pro tempore of the Court. Judge Wohlford was born in Washington, D.C., but he has spent the majority of his life as a Kansan. He attended the University of Kansas, earning a bachelor’s degree in English and economics and a master’s degree in journalism. He graduated from the University of Denver School of Law in 1999. He then worked for five years in private practice in Wichita before being appointed executive director and chief legal counsel to the Board of Tax Appeals in 2004. Judge Wohlford was appointed to his current position in 2008 when the Board of Tax Appeals became the Court of Tax Appeals.