YLS Pro Bono Publico Awarded to AWL - 2011-07-29

The Association of Women Lawyers - Greater Kansas City chapter was bestowed the 2011 Pro Bono Publico Award from the Young Lawyers Section during a Missouri Bar meeting in Springfield. This YLS award recognizes the legal services that the organization's volunteer members have committed to clients who otherwise could not afford them. Langdon & Emison attorney Phyllis Norman serves as president elect of the chapter and is an active fundraiser for the organization.

With this series of awards, the Young Lawyers Section of the Missouri Bar has begun recognizing individuals and institutions for their contributions to the legal profession and the administration of justice. The YLS Pro Bono Publico Awards are meant to distinguish those attorneys who have provided outstanding pro bono service to indigent or low-income persons in need of legal assistance.

Langdon & Emison attorneys have maintained active community service leadership and pro bono activities on top of their private practice and bar association committee posts. While serving as 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. Phyllis 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 Phyllis 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 insupport of product liability clients. Phyllis helps lead the mass torts team at Langdon & Emison, with experience in representing plaintiffs in pharmaceutical and medical device litigation.  

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.