Brett A. Emison
Since joining Langdon & Emison in 2004, Brett Emison has represented victims and their families in Missouri and across the country who have been seriously injured by dangerous products, automobile collisions and fires, defective automobile design, semi-truck collisions, and a variety of other cases.
During law school at the University of Missouri - Columbia, Brett served as Associate Editor-in-Chief of the Missouri Law Review and received Order of the Coif honors. Following graduation, Brett worked as judicial law clerk for the Honorable William Ray Price, Jr. of the Supreme Court of Missouri and practiced in the area of commercial litigation for a renowned Kansas City law firm.
Brett serves on the Board of Governors for the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys (MATA) and is involved in a number of legal organizations, including the Attorneys Information Exchange Group (AIEG), American Association for Justice (AAJ), Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (KCMBA), and the Lafayette County Bar Association.
Education:
- J.D., University of Missouri Columbia School of Law
- Order of the Coif
- Missouri Law Review, Associate Editor-in-Chief
- J.B. Reynolds Foundation Prize for work in Insurance Law
- C.A.L.I. Award for work in Torts I
- C.A.L.I. Award for work in Insurance Law
- C.A.L.I. Award for work in Conflict of Laws
- C.A.L.I. Award for work in Health Care Law & Policy
- B.S., cum laude, Business Administration, University of Missouri, Columbia
Bar Admissions:
Published Works:
- Deadly Trap or Reasonable Danger: What Standard of Care Applies to Non-Electrical Injuries from Power Lines?, 66 Mo. L. Rev. 453, 2001
- Comparative Fault in Crashworthiness Cases (Co-Author with Stephen R. Bough), Kansas Trial Lawyers Association Journal, Vol. XXV, No. 2, at 12, November, 2001
- Legal Issues in Missouri Products Liability Cases (Co-Author with Stephen R. Bough), The Daily Record, Vol. 186, No. 214, at 3, April 25, 2002
Classes/Seminars Taught:
- Crash Course on Crashworthiness, University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law
Honors and Awards:
- J.B. Reynolds Foundation Prize
- C.A.L.I. Excellence for the Future Award
- Roberts Memorial Scholar - University of Missouri, 1995 - 1999
Professional Associations and Memberships:
- American Association for Justice
- Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys (Past President, Student Chapter, University of Missouri-Columbia
- Attorneys Information Exchange Group
- Missouri Bar Association
- Kansas Bar Association
- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
- Lafayette County Bar Association
- Kappa Alpha Fraternity
Past Employment Positions:
- Hon. William Ray Price, Jr., Supreme Court of Missouri, Judicial Clerk, 2002 - 2003
- A top commercial litigation law firm in Kansas City, Missouri, Attorney, 2003 - 2004
