About Samantha

Samantha Angell built a profession that bridges personal practice and nearby public service. She grew up academically focused on politics and regulation, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of New Mexico in 1995 and a law degree from Washburn University School of Law in 1999. Those credentials set the stage for a steady presence in the Kansas legal network.

After law program Angell established herself in Salina. Since 2000 she has been a member of Achterberg, Angell & Craft, LLC, a company the place she has practiced for extra than 20 years. Her club at the firm marks an extended-time period expert base in Kansas and a sustained engagement with clients and local legal networks.

Angell’s work has prolonged beyond the court into governance and nonprofit leadership. She served at the Salina City Commission from 2009 to 2013 and held duties that included time as mayor. She has additionally taken on roles with several boards: she was on the Kansas Legal Services Board of Directors from 2006 to 2009 and joined the Kansas Board of Indigent Defense in 2013, where she continues to serve. Those positions reflect repeated involvement in problems tied to get entry to to justice and municipal management.

Her professional associations are severa and long-status. She has been a member of the Saline/Ottawa County Bar Association since 2000 and has belonged to the KS Association for Justice since 2003. She joined Noon Network AMBUCS in 2002. In 2014 she became a member of the KS Women’s Lawyers Association and additionally joined the board of the Salina Montessori School that same yr, a role she continues to maintain. She served on the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce board from 2008 to 2009.

Colleagues describe Angell as methodical and civic-minded; clients have relied on her steadiness in both legal issues and community projects. Her career shows an interaction among personal company work and public-facing roles, a sample she maintained over a few years. She stays active in professional circles that contact on civil justice and local governance.

She presently practices at Achterberg, Angell & Craft, LLC in Kansas, handling a range of civil and network legal matters.

Education

Washburn University School of Law

J.D. (1999)

1997

University of New Mexico

B.A. (1995) | Political Science

1990

Experience

has membership

Achterberg, Angell & Craft, LLC
2000

Accepted Jurisdictions

Kansas

Professional Associations

Salina Montessori School

Board of Directors 2014 - Current

KS Women s Lawyers Association

has membership 2014 - Current

KS Board of Indigent Defense

Board has membership 2013 - Current

KS Association for Justice

has membership 2003 - Current

Noon Network AMBUCS

has membership 2002 - Current

Saline/Ottawa County Bar Association

has membership 2000 - Current

Salina City Commission

Commissioner/Mayor 2009 - 2013

Salina Area Chamber of Commerce

Board of Directors 2008 - 2009

Kansas Legal Services Board of Directors

Board has membership 2006 - 2009