Practice areas: Family Law, Estate Planning & Probate
Licensed in Missouri since: 2020
Education: University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law
Selected to Rising Stars: 2023 - 2025 Stange Law Firm, PC
1201 Walnut StSuite 975
Kansas City, MO 64106 Phone: 866-630-1107 Email: Dakota Britt Visit website
Going through a divorce or family law matter can be an emotional time that can leave you feeling betrayed, lost, or overwhelmed. Having an attorney that can relate to you, and who focuses on divorce and family law can make the process easier. Dakota Britt is a compassionate Team Leader Attorney with Stange Law Firm, PC who can represent clients throughout Kansas City and the surrounding areas from the firm’s Kansas City, MO office location.
Dakota completed his undergraduate degree at Graceland University, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice while minoring in Business, English, and Human Services. While there, he was a captain and member of the Graceland wrestling team and earned the Freeman Student-Athlete Award, which is given to the senior varsity athlete with the highest cumulative GPA on each varsity team. He was also Vice President of the Student Senate and Board Member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. Dakota earned his Juris Doctorate at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock School of Law. During his time there, he was a full-time representative of the Student Bar Association for multiple years and was a member of the Barrister’s Ball Committee. He is currently licensed to practice in the State of Missouri.
Prior to joining Stange Law Firm, Dakota participated in the Bowen School of Law Litigation Clinic getting valuable experience in family law. He drafted a wide variety of documents relating to domestic relations and guardianship matters, as well as a variety of correspondences including legal memorandums, closing memorandums, and status updates of pending cases. He worked closely with clients who were going through divorce and family law matters. He then moved on to work as a Law Clerk at a firm in Little Rock, Arkansas that worked on numerous cases relating to domestic relations, contracts, personal injury, property, probate, and criminal law. While there he assisted in depositions, client meetings, and trial preparations.
While not assisting clients, Dakota enjoys participating in a variety of different sports. He currently competes in powerlifting and also enjoys hiking.
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First Admitted: 2020, Missouri
Professional Webpage: https://www.stangelawfirm.com/our-professionals/dakota-britt...
Bar / Professional Activity
- Member of the Missouri Bar Association since 2020, 2026
- Member of the Kansas Bar Association since 2022, 2026
- Dakota is licensed with the Nebraska Bar Association since 2024., 2026
Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)
- Third-Party Custody – Represented paternal aunt in a third-party custody matter, in which both parents were abusive and had a history of drug use that placed the minor child in significant harm. Obtained a Judgment in favor of the client providing her sole legal and physical custody while limiting visitation with both parents to 2 therapeutically supervised visits per month. Each parent was also ordered to pay child support to the paternal aunt., 2023
- Enforcement of Foreign Judgment – Represented Father in a contested UCCJEA matter. Mother had taken the children from Texas to Missouri and failed to return the children to the Father as required in the Texas Judgment for Custody. After the foreign judgment was registered, Mother filed a Motion for Modification in Missouri and Texas. Presented arguments to the Court regarding the UCCJEA, specifically that Jurisdiction was appropriate in Texas as they made the initial custody determination and the Missouri case should be dismissed. The children were returned to Father and the case was ultimately dismissed., 2022
- Writ of Habeas Corpus – Represented Father in a modification matter in which the Mother had picked up the minor child for her parenting time and absconded to Texas in violation of the party's prior Judgment. Mother did not provide any information to Father regarding her whereabouts and made it clear she would not return with the minor child. Filed a Writ of Habeas Corpus with the Court, in which we successfully obtained an order requiring Mother to return the child to the Father at a hearing. Mother was ordered supervised visitation only due to her actions., 2021
Pro bono / Community Service
- Volunteered as Shawnee Mission East High School (2023-24 School Year), 2024
- Little Rock Central High School Assistant Wrestling Coach in Little Rock, AR (2017-2020) - Assisted in conducting wrestling practice, including teaching technique, wrestling with the athletes, leading warm-ups, and leading conditioning practice. Also assisted in coaching at tournaments., 2020
- Dean's Certificate of Distinguished Service (Acknowledging 314 hours of community service), 2020
- Dean's Certificate of Public Service (Acknowledging 200 hours of community service), 2020
- Graceland University | Research Assistant to the University President in Lamoni, IA (2016) - Conducted research to support a program geared at increasing funding for student study-abroad opportunities. , 2016
- Graceland University Hoop House Volunteer in Lamoni, IA (2015-2016) - Volunteered each fall to assist in preparation for the vegetative planting season., 2016
- Community of Christ Church Volunteer in Lamoni, IA (2014-2015) - Served and advertised for The Spread, which served food to the community on the last Thursday of every month., 2015
- Ascent Wrestling Club Assistant Wrestling Coach in McHenry, IL (2012-2013) - Assisted in conducting wrestling practice, including teaching technique, wrestling with the athletes, leading warm-ups, and leading conditioning practice. Also assisted in coaching at tournaments., 2013
Educational Background
- University of Arkansas-Little Rock - Juris Doctor (2020), 2020
- Graceland University - Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice Minor in Business Minor in English Minor in Human Services, 2017
Other Outstanding Achievements
- Dakota has prepared and tried multiple legal briefs regarding issues related to the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA). The UCCJEA governs which state has proper jurisdiction to hear custody cases when the parties live in different states, or when a party has relocated with the minor children. In doing so, he has been able to help clients keep their case ongoing in the appropriate state in order to be reunited with their children. Likewise, he has also been able to dismiss or transfer actions so that the parents could bring the case in the appropriate state. , 2025
- Promoted to Team Leader Attorney at Stange Law Firm, PC in October 2022., 2022
Honors
- Dakota Britt is Lead Counsel Verified in Divorce since 2023., Lead Counsel Verified in Divorce, LawInfo, 2026
- Dakota Britt is Lead Counsel Verified in Family Law since 2023., Lead Counsel Verified in Family Law, LawInfo, 2026
- Dakota Britt has been named a Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers Magazine Rising Stars Honoree since 2023., Rising Stars Honoree, Super Lawyers, 2025
- Dakota Britt was included in the 2021-2022 Publication of The Marquis Who's Who, an inclusion which is limited to individuals who possess professional integrity, demonstrate outstanding achievement in their respective fields, and have made innumerable contributions to society as a whole., 2021-2022 Biographical Candidate, The Marquis Who's Who, 2022
- Awarded to the student-athlete on the wrestling team that consistently displayed dedication to living a champion's lifestyle in the classroom, wrestling room, and the community., Championship Lifestyle Award, Zack Mullins, 2017
- Awarded to the senior student-athlete of each varsity sport that achieved the highest cumulative GPA their junior year., Student Freeman Award, Tom and Terry Freeman, 2016
Office location for Dakota Britt
1201 Walnut St
Suite 975
Kansas City, MO 64106
Selections
- Rising Stars: 2023 - 2025