MRSB Welcomes Staci Olvera Schorgl

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (September 19, 2016) McDowell Rice Smith & Buchanan, PC, announced that Staci Olvera Schorgl joined the Firm as a Shareholder.  Ms. Schorgl is a member of the Firm’s Banking & Financial Services Group, Employment Law Group, Corporate and Business Transactions Group, and Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group.  She practices in the areas of commercial litigation, products liability, class action, and employment litigation and has experience in litigating matters through all phases, including case strategy, depositions, hearings, trial preparation, trial and appeals.

 

Ms. Schorgl has obtained favorable results in jury and bench trials in personal injury, products liability and commercial disputes, and through alternative dispute resolution methods including arbitration and mediation. She has designed and implemented processes for preservation, collection and production of electronically stored information in connection with recent amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure pertaining to e-discovery.

 

Ms. Schorgl obtained her J.D. With Distinction from The University of Missouri – Kansas City, School of Law in 1999, graduating first in her class.  While attending law school, Ms. Schorgl was a National Moot Court Team Member and served as administrative editor of the UMKC Law Review. She received best overall in the Ellison Moot Court competition, the John L. Sheridan Award for Best Overall Advocate and the UMKC Outstanding Academic Achievement Award.  One of her Law Review publications was recognized in the “Worth Reading--Constitutional Law” section of the National Law Journal.  Ms. Schorgl is licensed to practice law in both Missouri and Kansas.