Experience

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  LANGE Companies

  • Wichita, KS

  • Contracts and Documents Specialist

    • Feb 2024 - Present
    • Wichita, KS

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  Concrete Coatings of Kansas, LLC

  • Andover, KS

  • Small Business Owner

    • Apr 2021 - Present
    • Andover, KS

    Simply put -- we coat concrete with a durable, beautiful, and long-lasting coating; indoor and outdoor, residential and commercial. We are a Penntek-certified dealer, and use only quality products that are manufactured in Lakeville, Minnesota. Garages, porches, basements, pool decks, and commercial applications are all frequent projects. Check us out online at www.concretecoatingsofkansas.com or on FaceBook under Concrete Coatings of Kansas, where you'll see all kinds of before/after photos!

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  Social Security Administration

  • Attorney Adviser

    • Oct 2017 - Jun 2022

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  Parmele Law Firm

  • Attorney at Law

    • Oct 2016 - Oct 2017

    Parmele Law Firm represents disability claimants at all stages of the process, throughout the midwest. My primary role was the representation of claimants at hearings before Administrative Law Judges in the Wichita and western Kansas area.

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  Allsup Inc.

  • Disability Claims Representative

    • Mar 2009 - Jul 2016

    Prepare cases and represent claimants at social security disability insurance hearings in Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, and Colorado.

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  Hire Counsel

  • Kansas City

  • Attorney Document Reviewer

    • Jan 2008 - Dec 2008
    • Kansas City

    Temporary position reviewing documents for privilege and redacting documents as necessary. I took this temporary position when Jeff and I re-located to Kansas City from Wichita, Kansas.

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  State of Kansas

  • El Dorado, KS

  • Staff Attorney

    • Mar 2007 - Jan 2008
    • El Dorado, KS

    Worked in child support enforcement and paternity establishment. Filed petitions, attended frequent hearings, pursued parents for unpaid child support. I also was responsible for representing the SRS Agency at administrative fair hearings. This work was very similar to what I did as a Deputy Court Trustee. Left when my husband's career took us to Kansas City.

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  Jeff Lange Real Estate

  • Wichita, Kansas Area

  • Realtor Associate

    • Jul 2002 - Jun 2007
    • Wichita, Kansas Area

    Represented buyers and sellers in home and land purchases and sales.

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  Sedgwick County, Office of the Court Trustee

  • Wichita, KS

  • Deputy Court Trustee

    • Feb 1999 - Jul 2002
    • Wichita, KS

    Worked in child support enforcement. Filed petitions, attended frequent hearings (typically 3-4 days per week), pursued and collected delinquent child support from parents.

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  State of Kansas

  • Wichita, KS

  • Staff Attorney, SRS Legal

    • Apr 1998 - Jan 1999
    • Wichita, KS

    Represented the Agency at child in need of care hearings (with goal of either timely reintegration of child(ren) with biological family or termination of parental rights and adoption), as well as numerous administrative fair hearings. Represented the Agency at guardian/conservatorship hearings. Filed petitions and motions, attended frequent hearings, prepared appeals.

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  KANSAS LEGAL SERVICES, INC.

  • Wichita, KS

  • Staff Attorney

    • Feb 1997 - Apr 1998
    • Wichita, KS

    Represented clients and gave legal advice in a very wide variety of subject matter. Cases ranged from social security disability, landlord/tenant disputes, protection from abuse, elder law issues, contractual disputes and the like, to divorce and child support. Gave immediate legal advice on a call-in telephone line 1-2 days per week.