Margaret Stansell

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Margaret Stansell is a trial lawyer in Langdon & Emison’s complex torts division, where she represents individuals and families seriously injured by defective products and commercial vehicles. Her practice focuses on product liability, trucking and commercial motor vehicle crashes, and other catastrophic personal injury matters.

Before joining Langdon & Emison, Margaret gained courtroom experience in private civil litigation and at the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office, as well as through an internship with a Missouri state judge. She has handled all phases of civil litigation, including factual investigation, written discovery, depositions, and motion practice, and has briefed and argued a case before the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

A proud graduate of the University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law, Margaret attended law school on a full-tuition scholarship and earned multiple young trial lawyer awards recognizing her advocacy skills. She also broadened her understanding of public service and policy through internships with U.S. Congresswoman Sharice Davids and Senator Claire McCaskill.

Margaret is active in the Kansas City legal community. She serves as PR Chair for the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association Young Lawyers Section Board and stays engaged with the UMKC legal community, including future service on the UMKC Alumni Board once her appointment is finalized. She has authored comment work in the UMKC Law Review, including “The Need for The Equal Rights Amendment, 89 UMKC L. Rev. 779 (2021),” and has written articles for the KC Counselor highlighting young lawyers and YLS initiatives.

She is also involved in several bar and trial organizations, including the Association for Women Lawyers of Greater Kansas City, the Attorneys Information Exchange Group (AIEG), the Southern Trial Lawyers Association, and the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys.

Areas of Practice:

Education

University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law
Juris Doctorate 2022; Cum Laude, Emphasis in Advocacy

  • Order of Barristers
  • Thomas E. Deacy Trial Lawyer Award
  • Pro Bono Honors
  • CALI Award in Torts, and Class Actions and Multidistrict Litigation
  • Winner of St. Louis Prosecuting Attorney’s Cup and Last 1L Standing Mock Trial Tournaments
  • Law Review Comment Editor
  • Associate Justice of UMKC Student Supreme Court
  • Board of Barristers President and Records and Archives Chair
  • AWLS and Phi Delta Phi Member
  • Jack and Helyn Miller Scholarship Recipient (full tuition scholarship)

University of Missouri – Kansas City
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science; Summa Cum Laude

  • Truman Bootstrap Award
  • Dean’s List Honoree
  • Mortar Board Senior Honor Society President
  • Mock Trial Regionals Co-Captain
  • Alpha Sigma Alpha Secretary and Editor/Historian

Publications

The Need for The Equal Rights Amendment, 89 UMKC L. REV. 779 (2021).

Memberships

Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (Vice Chair of PR Committee, Young Lawyers Section)

Attorneys Information Exchange Group

Association for Women Lawyers

Admissions