Kayla Knipfel

Kayla Knipfel joined Sandberg Phoenix in 2024 and is a part of the Health Law Practice Group. Kayla graduated from the University of Missouri- Kansas School of Law with honors and joined Paul LLP in 2022 shortly after graduating. During law school, Kayla served on the UMKC Law Review staff as Membership Chair for the Association of Women Law Students, and as a tour guide for the Office of Admissions. She earned CALI Excellence for the Future Awards in Labor Law, Administrative Law, and Seminar in Famous Trials. She interned with the United States Department of Labor, a criminal defense practice, and a nationally recognized workers' compensation firm. She was involved with the UMKC Expungement Clinic which helps indigent Missourians seal their criminal record, and the UMKC Abandoned Housing Clinic which clears the title of abandoned properties in low- income neighborhoods in Kansas City's urban core.