Current Employment Position(s)

Attorney

Year Joined Organization: 2004

Lawyer Overview

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 served 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.

Since joining the firm in 2004, Brett has represented victims and families of victims in Missouri and across the country who have been seriously injured in lawsuits involving dangerous products, automobile collisions and fires, defective automobile design, semi-truck collisions and a variety of other cases. 

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.

Auto Defects

Fuel-Fed Fires

Restraint Systems

Defective Tires

Defective Auto Seats

Reclined Auto Seats

Rollovers

Child Car Seats

Other Product Defects

Car Accidents

Railroad Crossing Accidents

Truck Accidents

Wrongful Death

Areas of Practice

• Trucking Accidents
• Automobile Accidents
• Automobile Defects
• Aviation Accidents
• Child Restraint Defects
• Crane Accidents & Defects
• Electrocution Litigation
• Personal Injury Litigation
• Premesis Liability Litigation
• Products Liability Litigation
• Railroad / Train Accidents
• Wrongful Death Litigation

West Practice Categories

Litigation & Appeals, Complex Litigation, Federal Trial Practice, Multidistrict Litigation, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Aviation Accidents -- Plaintiff, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff, Premises Liability -- Plaintiff, Property Damage -- Plaintiff, Railroad Accidents -- Plaintiff, Wrongful Death -- Plaintiff, Products Liability Law, Machinery & Tools, Motor Vehicle Defects, Recreational Products, Aviation, Railroad, Trucking

Bar Admissions

• Missouri, 2002
• Kansas, 2003

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Association for Justice (AAJ)
• Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys (MATA)
• Attorneys Information Exchange Group (AIEG)
• Missouri Bar Association
• Kansas Bar Association
• Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (KCMBA)
• Lafayette County Bar Association
• Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys -- University of Missouri (Columbia) Student Chapter (Past President)

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

Classes and Seminars

• Crash Course on Crashworthiness, University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law

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

Education

• University of Missouri Columbia School of Law, Columbia, Missouri, 2002
  J.D.
  Honors: Order of the Coif
  Honors: J.B. Reynolds Foundation Prize for work in Insurance Law
  Honors: C.A.L.I. Award for work in Torts I
  Honors: C.A.L.I. Award for work in Insurance Law
  Honors: C.A.L.I. Award for work in Conflict of Laws
  Honors: C.A.L.I. Award for work in Health Care Law & Policy
  
  Law Review: Missouri Law Review, Associate Editor-in-Chief
• University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, 1999
  B.S.
  Honors: cum laude
  Major: Business Administration

Fraternities/Sororities

• Kappa Alpha

Offers Free Initial Consultation

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

Address

911 Main Street
P.O. Box 220
Lexington, MO 64067-1342

Office Hours

M-F: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Phones

(800) 397-4910 (Toll Free)
(660) 259-6175

Faxes

(660) 259-4571

Emails

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Websites

http://www.langdonemison.com