Max Kautsch focuses his practice on First Amendment rights and open government law. 
Kautsch, a Lawrence native, received his law degree from the Washburn University School of Law in 2003, after earning an undergraduate degree in 2000 with honors in English Literature from the University of Kansas. He has been a licensed member of the Kansas bar since 2003, the Nebraska bar since 2021, and and has been admitted to practice in the federal courts of Kansas.