Isabella Crutchfield
As a member of the firm’s complex torts team, Isabella assists legal teams at Langdon & Emison in critical legal matters nationwide for personal injury clients. Her diverse practice focuses on a variety of areas such as product liability, truck accident litigation, and the firm’s full array of personal injury litigation.
While at UMKC Law School, she was the champion of the Last 1L Standing Trial Competition, and received Best Direct Examination distinctions as well. She was an active member of the school’s national championship mock court team.
While serving as a legal assistant before becoming an associate attorney, Isabella was able to assist the attorneys with research and drafting, and completed research across various jurisdictions on a variety of issues. She also drafted motions, briefs, petitions, and discovery. She was also a member of the mass torts team, working on the Zantac, Bair Hugger, and Paraquat MDLs. She handled intake, initial case investigations and research; case filings; review and summary of medical records; and she worked with clients on obtaining case information, evidence, and discovery responses.
Education
University of Missouri – Kansas City, 2025 – Juris Doctorate
- Member of the university’s trial advocacy team
- Last 1L Standing Trial Competition Champion and Best Direct Examination
- National Military Trial Competition Champion
- CALI Award in Readings in Legal Scholarship
University of Central Missouri, 2021 – Bachelor of Science in Political Science
Professional memberships
Association for Women Lawyers
Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys