Sarah Sticklen-McDonnell

Sticklen & Sticklen

Joplin, MO

7+ Years Experience

Licensed in 2 States

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About Sarah

Sarah Sticklen-McDonnell joined the legal team at Sticklen & Sticklen in the summer of 2019, after spending a year at the law firm, Stolzenberg, Gelles, Flynn & Arango in Miami, FL. A native of Joplin, MO, Sarah graduated from Joplin High School on May 22, 2011. She then attended the University of Chicago, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Human Development in 2015. While at UChicago, Sarah was named to the university’s Dean’s List, played varsity softball, and was a member of Delta Gamma sorority, where she served on the sorority’s Executive Board as Director of Social Events. Sarah continued her academic studies at the University of Missouri’s School of Law in Columbia, MO, earning her Juris Doctorate in 2018. Sarah was named to the law school’s Dean’s List, participated in the Mediation Clinic, and was an active member of the Women’s Law Association, serving as chair of the Association’s Charity Auction her second year of law school and then as WLA President her third year. Sarah is also an accomplished writer. Her work in the Joplin Globe’s “Forever Bound” project, which chronicles the aftermath of the Joplin tornado and its effects on the 2011 graduates of Joplin High School, received an Eppy award as well as a Pulitzer Prize nomination. A staunch supporter of women’s rights, Sarah’s work has also been featured in Julie Joplin magazine, an online magazine that focuses on bringing to light issues that affect women and minorities. Sarah is a member of the American Bar Association, the Missouri Bar Association, Kansas Bar Association, the Boone County Bar Association, the Jasper County Bar Association, and the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys (MATA). Sarah resides in Columbia, MO, and is accepting new clients in all areas of Personal Injury Law - including car/automobile accidents, motorcycle accidents, eighteen-wheeler accidents, premises liability, dog/animal bites and attacks, boating accidents, product liability, wrongful death, and workers’ compensation.