Angela Forss Schmit

Angela Forss Schmit is Managing Attorney and founder at Schmit Law Firm in Papillion, Nebraska. Schmit focuses on family law, adoption, labor and employment, business, and estate planning matters. She counsels individuals, families, public and private employers, human resources professionals, and small businesses. Her family practice includes divorce, paternity, custody, modification, and adoption, while her employment work covers policies, investigations, discipline, discrimination, retaliation, wage and hour issues, collective bargaining, and contract negotiation.

Schmit earned a B.B.A. from the University of Notre Dame, Mendoza College of Business, and a J.D. from the University of Denver, Sturm College of Law. During and after law school, she gained judicial experience through an internship and a district-court fellowship in Colorado. Her business and legal education supports work that often combines family, employment, organizational, and financial issues.

Schmit began practice at a Colorado family law firm handling complex financial cases and constitutional issues. After moving to Nebraska, she served as labor and employment counsel for the City of Bellevue and represented individuals and employers in labor relations, employment, family law, adoption, business transactions, real estate, and landlord-tenant matters. She later worked in a regional firm’s labor and employment group before establishing her own practice.

Schmit is admitted in Colorado, Nebraska, and the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska. She also teaches business management and legal studies as an adjunct instructor and has presented continuing legal education programs on family and employment law. Angela Forss Schmit brings a cross-disciplinary background to clients navigating family transitions, workplace issues, business decisions, adoption, and estate-planning concerns.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Schmit Law Firm, LLC
• Member, Colorado Bar Association
• Member, Nebraska State Bar Association
• Member, Nebraska Women’s Bar Association
• Member, Omaha Bar Association
• Member, Sarpy County Bar Association
• Member, Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
• Member, Human Resource Association of the Midlands (HRAM)
• Member, Sarpy County Chamber of Commerce
• Member, Western Douglas (West O) County Chamber of Commerce
• Member, Notre Dame Club of Omaha

Licensed State

• Colorado
• Nebraska

Education

• University of Denver, Sturm College of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Notre Dame, Mendoza College of Business
  Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)

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