Hite Fanning & Honeyman

What Hite Fanning & Honeyman does

Hite, Fanning & Honeyman is a Wichita, Kansas-based law firm organized as a Limited Liability Partnership (L.L.P.) with operating roots dating to 1964 when founding partner Richard L. Honeyman was admitted to the bar. The firm operates a single office at 100 N. Broadway Street in downtown Wichita and fields approximately 19 attorneys across partner, associate, and of counsel ranks, supported by legal assistants and staff. It provides four primary practice groups: civil litigation (encompassing aviation, commercial, health care, insurance, products liability, professional liability, and oil and gas litigation), employment law (corporate investigations, labor/employment, and workers' compensation defense), business, banking, and government services (banking and financial law, bankruptcy, business transactions, construction, corporate governance, real estate, and local/state government), and personal services (family law plus estate planning and probate).

The firm runs on a traditional professional services model with no proprietary technology platform; all work is delivered through attorney time. Revenue comes primarily from hourly billing across most practice areas, with contingency fee arrangements used for personal injury matters and, in some cases, for employee-side employment claims. Pricing is not publicly disclosed. Go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven, with no resellers or marketplace channels: clients are acquired through direct engagement, professional referrals, and community leadership rather than paid marketing.

Client segments span healthcare providers (medical malpractice defense and professional liability), financial institutions (Fidelity Bank, NA is a 20+ year client), insurance carriers and their insureds, businesses of all sizes including Fortune 500 and manufacturing clients, state and local government entities, and individuals needing family law or estate planning. The firm has earned Tier 1 rankings from U.S. News and World Report, recognition from Chambers USA, and multiple individual attorney honors including Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers, AV Preeminent ratings, and American College of Trial Lawyers fellowships.

Name

Hite Fanning & Honeyman

Legal name

Hite, Fanning & Honeyman L.L.P.

Website

https://hitefanning.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1964

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Hite, Fanning & Honeyman is a Wichita, Kansas-based full-service law firm offering litigation, business, employment, banking, and personal legal services to healthcare, financial, manufacturing, government, and individual clients across Kansas and the Midwest.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Wichita

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Hourly Billing: Traditional hourly billing for most legal services including litigation, corporate transactions, employment law, and general counsel services. Rates vary by attorney experience level.
2. Contingency Fee Representation: Personal injury cases handled on contingency fee basis where clients pay only if the case is won. Stated as 'It will cost you nothing until we win your case. We operate on a contingency fee basis. Our no fee guarantee means you only pay if you win.'
3. Employment Law Services: Employment law services available on both an hourly and contingency basis for employees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Hite, Fanning & Honeyman is a full-service law firm providing civil litigation (commercial, health care, insurance, products liability, professional liability, energy/oil & gas, aviation, appellate), employment law (corporate investigations, labor/employment, workers' compensation), business, banking and government services (banking/finance, bankruptcy, business transactions, construction, corporate governance, real estate, local government), and personal services (estate planning/probate and family law). The firm represents healthcare providers, financial institutions, businesses of all sizes, insurance carriers, government entities, and individuals across Kansas and the Midwest.

Product overview

Hite, Fanning & Honeyman is a full-service law firm offering four primary practice areas: Civil Litigation (covering aviation, commercial, health care, insurance, professional liability, and general litigation), Employment Law (including workers' compensation defense and labor relations), Business/Banking/Government Services (spanning banking, bankruptcy, real estate, construction, and corporate matters), and Personal Services (family law and estate planning/probate). The firm does not offer a technology product; all offerings are professional legal services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Civil Litigation Services
• Employment Law Services
• Business, Banking and Government Services
• Personal Services (Family Law and Estate Planning)
• Personal Injury Representation (Contingency Fee) Personal injury representation handled on a contingency fee basis, with a no-fee guarantee for clients unless the case is won.

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully represented multiple major producers in nationwide royalty owner class actions involving the Hugoton gas field
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Defense Research InstituteminorOthersProfessional membership organization for defense attorneys; firm actively involved in DRI activities
• Association of Defense Trial AttorneysminorOthersProfessional organization for defense trial attorneys; firm attorneys participate in ADTA activities
• International Association of Defense CounselminorOthersProfessional membership organization; firm attorneys hold membership
• Kansas Association of Defense CounselminorOthersState defense counsel organization; firm participates in KADC activities
• Wichita Bar AssociationminorOthersLocal bar association; firm attorneys serve in leadership roles
• Kansas Bar AssociationminorOthersState bar association; firm attorneys hold leadership positions including Board of Governors

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Triplett Woolf Garretson LLC: Wichita/Kansas regional law firm with complementary practice areas including oil & gas and business law; competes for similar Wichita-based institutional clients.

Direct peers

• McDonald Tinker PLC: Wichita-based trial-focused law firm with overlapping healthcare malpractice defense, professional liability, and civil litigation practices in the same local market.
• Foulston Siefkin LLP: Wichita-based full-service law firm with comparable practice breadth in litigation, healthcare, banking, employment, and oil & gas. Most directly comparable peer: same city, same regional Kansas market, same Tier 1 reputation.

Broad incumbents

• Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP: Kansas City-based full-service firm with strong product liability, insurance, and healthcare practices; comparable to HFH's trial defense and insurance litigation offerings.
• Spencer Fane LLP: Full-service firm with offices across the Midwest; overlapping employment, healthcare, banking, and commercial litigation practices for mid-market and enterprise clients.
• Stinson LLP: Midwest-headquartered full-service firm covering commercial litigation, banking, healthcare, and employment; comparable regional/Midwest full-service positioning.
• Polsinelli PC: Large national firm with strong Kansas City/Midwest presence overlapping in healthcare, banking, commercial litigation, and corporate law. Comparable on practice mix but operates at greater scale across multiple states.
• Lathrop GPM LLP: Midwest-based full-service firm with offices in Kansas City; overlapping litigation, employment, real estate, and banking practices serving enterprise and mid-market clients in the same region.
• Husch Blackwell LLP: Major Midwest firm with Kansas City presence; overlapping energy, healthcare, banking, and litigation practices serving similar regional institutional clients.

Others

• Wasinger & Tiemeier CPA LLC: Wichita-based professional services firm (accounting) partnering with HFH on banking, business transactions, and estate planning matters; comparable as an adjacent professional services peer to enterprise clients.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hite-fanning-&-honeyman
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC
• Instagraminstagram.com/hitefanning
• Pinterestpinterest.com/hitefanning

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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