KCMBA Honors Phyllis Norman as "Young Lawyer of the Year" - 2011-06-03

Langdon & Emison attorney Phyllis Norman was honored at the annual Bench Bar Conference as "Young Lawyer of the Year" by the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association. Phyllis was selected for her leadership with the Greater Kansas City chapter of the Association of Women Lawyers, as well as her advocacy in support of product liability clients.

Phyllis was the sole recipient of the Young Lawyer award, which was given to her at the Bench Bar Conference at the Lake of the Ozarks.  Phyllis helps lead the mass torts team at Langdon & Emison, with experience in representing plaintiffs in pharmaceutical and medical device litigation.  

Currently president-elect of the Greater Kansas City chapter of AWL, Phyllis is also currently serving a 2-year term as the District 4 representative of the Missouri Bar Young Lawyers Section. She has maintained active memberships in the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, the American Association for Justice, the Attorneys Information Exchange Group (AIEG), the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, the Kansas Bar Association, and the Florida Bar Association. She also is a volunteer for the Volunteer Attorneys Project, Step-Up, Read Across America, AWL Golf Tournament, We the People competition, and Habitat for Humanity.

Earlier this year Missouri Lawyers Weekly selected Phyllis as one of the most accomplished women attorneys in the state of Missouri under the age of 40, while the 2010 edition of Super Lawyers named Phyllis a "Rising Star" for product liability litigation in the state of Missouri. Phyllis attended Oklahoma State University, where she received a degree in environmental science and went on to law school at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.