Angela D. Acree

Springfield, Missouri
Managing Member
phone:   (417) 886-5940
fax:   (417) 886-4281
email:   Email Me

Areas of Practice:

• 95% Bankruptcy
• 5% FDCPA

Litigation Percentage:

• 25% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:

• Missouri, 1997
• Illinois, 1998
• U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri, 2001
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri, 2006
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 2009

Education:

• University of Missouri School of Law, 1997
  J.D.
• Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri, 1991
  MBA
• University of Houston, Houston, Texas, 1986
  B.S.
  Honors: Cum Laude
  Honors: Dean’s List
  Honors: Undergraduate Council
  Major: Technology
• Community College of the Air Force, Montgomery, Alabama, 1983
  Associates
  Major: Electronic Technology
• Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College, July, 2008
• Pete Barry’s FDCPA Boot Camp, 2009

Published Works:

• Development of a Case Based Expert System, Expert Systems with Applications, Vol. 6, 1993
• Issues in Marketing Local Area Network Products, Decision Sciences Institute, 1994

Representative Cases:

• In re Nguyen, 332 B.R. 393 (Bkrtcy W.D.Mo., 2005)
• U.S. v. Parker, 412 F.3d 1000 (C.A.8 (Mo.) 2005)
• U.S. v. Villareal-Amarillas, 454 F.3d. 925 (C.A.8 (Mo.) 2006)

Honors and Awards:

• Honorably Discharged Veteran, United States Air Force, 1979 – 1983

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• Make-A-Wish Foundation of Missouri, 2005
• Treasurer/Director
• Gerry Spence Trial Lawyer’s College Alumni, 2008 – Present
• Missouri Municipal and Associate Circuit Court Judges Association, 2004 – 2010
• Missouri Municipal and Associate Circuit Court Judges Association, 2008
  Board of Directors
• National Association of Consumer Advocates, 2008 – Present

Past Employment Positions:

• Springfield Municipal Court, Municipal Judge, 2003 – 2010
• Burkart & Hunt, P.C., Associate, 2002 – 2003
• Greene County Prosecutor’s Office, Senior Assistant Prosecutor, 2000 – 2002
• Law Offices of Angela D. Acree, Attorney, 1998 – 2000

Ancillary Businesses:

• Better Business Bureau Arbitrator