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About Steffanie Stracke

Steffanie Stracke is an attorney at Edelman & Thompson in Kansas City, specializing in workers' compensation law. She has been with the firm for over 20 years (joining in 2005) and has successfully handled thousands of work injury claims for injured workers in Kansas and Missouri.

Before joining Edelman & Thompson, Stracke spent 7 years in private practice and was appointed to the work comp court by Governor Carnahan in 1999. She also served as a former legal adviser for the Missouri Division of Workers' Compensation and mediated thousands of cases before joining the firm.

She earned her law degree from the University of Missouri Law School, where she served on Law Review.

She advocated for a client before the Missouri Supreme Court regarding Missouri's Second Injury Fund, contributing to legislative clarity.

Practice areas

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Missouri
State Bar of Kansas

Awards & recognition

Law Review (University of Missouri)
Appointed to MO Workers' Compensation Court by Governor Carnahan (1999)

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