Attorney
Michael T. Crabb
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BIO
Michael Crabb believes clients should see their lawyer as a trusted partner rather than a hired hand. Through this personal approach and collaboration, clients achieve results.
Mike started his litigation career in 2009 at the national law firm Husch Blackwell. There, he gained experience representing a diversity of clients in a wide variety of matters, ranging from individuals tangled in probate disputes to Fortune 500 companies involved in multi-district class action lawsuits.
Now, Mike specializes in complex commercial disputes and catastrophic personal injury cases. These cases often involve complicated insurance coverage problems, which Mike excels at solving to his clients’ advantage.
Civic & Philanthropic Involvement:
- Steps of Faith Foundation, Board Secretary
- Christ Church Anglican, Parish Chancellor
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EXPERIENCE
- Appeals
- Civil rights actions
- Commercial disputes including breach of contract and business torts
- Complex insurance coverage disputes and bad faith claims
- Consumer Protection Act claims
- Franchise disputes
- Fraud claims
- Medical negligence
- Personal injury and wrongful death claims
- Professional negligence claims
- Trade secret and non-compete claims
- Toxic substances exposure claims
- Wrongful Conviction
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PROFESSIONAL
Awards & Recognitions:
- Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers, 2020 – 2023
- Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2013 – 2019
- Top 40 Under 40, American Society of Legal Advocates, 2016 – 2019
- Top 10 Under 40, National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys
- Missouri Pro Bono Wall of Fame, 2011
- Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Award for Excellence in Appellate Advocacy
Bar admissions:
- Missouri, 2009
- Kansas, 2010
- United States District Court for the District of Kansas
- United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
- United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- United States Supreme Court
Professional Associations & Memberships:
- Past Chair, Civil Litigation Section, Johnson County Bar Association
- Johnson County Ethics & Grievance Committee
- Earl O’Connor Inn of Court
- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
- Kansas Bar Association
- The Missouri Bar
Publications:
- “The Executive Branch Shall Construe: The Canon of Constitutional Avoidance and the Presidential Signing Statement,” 56 Kansas Law Review 711, 2008.
- “Child Victim, Adult Plaintiff: How Kansas Attorney-Client Privilege Law Can Harm Teens and Their Parents,” 18 Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy 73, 2008.
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EDUCATION
Undergraduate:
Kansas State University, BS 2001
Law School:
University of Kansas School of Law, 2009
- Order of the Coif
- National Moot Court Finalist
- Kansas Law Review, Articles Editor
National Trial Advocacy College, University of Virginia School of Law