With over 30 years of legal experience, Angela brings a wealth of knowledge to her mediation and arbitration practice. Most recently, Angela spent 20 years working closely with federal judges in the District of Kansas to help resolve thousands of cases involving a wide range of federal and state laws. In this capacity, Angela was at the forefront of judicial decision-making at nearly every stage in the court process including hundreds of court hearings and trials. Angela also currently provides legal analysis and decision-making expertise on a Special Master legal team regarding summary judgment, evidentiary, and trial-related matters in the Opioid MDL Litigation in the Northern District of Ohio. Previously, Angela served as an Assistant United States Attorney, advocating on behalf of the United States, federal agencies, and federal employees in matters involving employment, civil rights, labor, personal injury, debt collection, tax, bankruptcy, and foreclosure matters under federal and state law. Additionally, in private practice, Angela litigated on behalf of corporations and individuals regarding employment, commercial, and bankruptcy disputes. Her experience included first and second chair trial work, court hearings, all aspects of discovery including depositions and expert witnesses, pleadings, motions practice, mediation, and settlement negotiations.Angela is an Approved Mediator in the State of Kansas and has completed additional training at the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution’s Mediating the Litigated Case program at Pepperdine Law School. Angela frequently speaks on mediation topics in legal and mediation education classes, serves as a mediation coach for attorneys and professionals in training at Johnson County Community College, is active in several local bar organizations, and serves on the Board for Kansas Legal Services, Inc.