Seminar Speaker J. Kent Emison Has Spent His Career Fighting for Justice

J. Kent Emison belongs to an elite 1% of lawyers in the world as a Fellow in the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. He has taken a case to the U.S. Supreme Court, is a founding partner of Langdon & Emison, and, this year, is a featured speaker at the “Winning Truck Wreck Cases” Seminar in Indianapolis.

Craig, Kelley & Faultless is honored to announce that Emison will be presenting at the seminar on August 4, 2025. The “Winning Truck Wreck Cases” Seminar is co-chaired by David W. Craig and Scott A. Faultless of Craig, Kelley & Faultless and presented by the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association.

For more than 30 years, Emison has served as a trial attorney fighting for injured people and their families.

Seminar Speaker J. Kent Emison

At the “Winning Truck Wreck Cases” Seminar, on August 4, 2025, Emison will present “Collision Mitigation Product Liability Claims: Finding Additional Recoveries for Your Clients.” His lecture is scheduled for the morning session.

David Craig, managing partner of Craig, Kelley & Faultless and co-chair of the seminar, invited Emison to speak because he has extensive trial experience and represents the victims of commercial motor vehicle wrecks.

This seminar will cover a range of trucking-law topics, from broker liability to telematics discovery. Semi-truck wreck cases are complex and must be treated differently than other injury cases. Each seminar speaker will share valuable information about these cases with attendees.

From Dairy Farming to Multi-Million-Dollar Verdicts

Emison grew up on a dairy farm and most of his family members were farmers. One of the outliers was his great uncle—a law professor who inspired him, Emison told the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

By his junior year of high school, Emison knew he wanted to be an attorney.

He graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the University of Missouri, Columbia, in 1978. Then, in 1981, Emison received his Juris Doctor degree with distinction from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. He was admitted to the Missouri Bar the same year.

For the past 30 years, Emison has practiced law alongside Bob Langdon at Langdon & Emison. The firm is headquartered in Lexington, Missouri, and has offices in Kansas City, St. Louis, Independence and Chicago.

The firm has won more than $750 million in verdicts and settlements. The attorneys represent the victims of defective vehicles, trucking accidents, and other serious injury or wrongful death cases.

Emison’s Qualifications, Awards and Professional Associations

Emison is one of only 500 trial lawyers in the United States serving as Fellows in the International Academy of Trial Lawyers.  The Academy’s mission is “to protect and promote the Rule of Law”, and members are selected through a comprehensive vetting process.

The Law Aim website reports:

The IATL is the premier group of trial lawyers in the world and comprises defense and plaintiff’s counsel from more than 30 countries. The criteria for admission are rigorous. Nominees must possess superior trial skills and extensive trial experience and be of unimpeachable character. Fellows are selected based on their integrity and professionalism, and they must also exhibit the highest ethical standards. To join the IATL, a trial lawyer must be admitted to the organization through invitation only.

Emison’s devotion to his clients has earned him recognition by local and national organizations. Here are a few of his accolades:

• “Lawyer of the Year” in 2018 for personal injury plaintiff’s litigation in the Kansas City metro area by Best Lawyers in America
• Thomas G. Strong Trial Attorney Award in 2017 from the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys
• Top 100 lawyers in Missouri and Kansas for the past three years by Super Lawyers
• President of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys from 2005-2006

Emison has written on dozens of topics, including truck driver fatigue, trial strategies, trucking company negligence, and truck accident litigation.

About Craig, Kelley & Faultless and the Trucking Seminar

The “Winning Truck Wreck Cases” Seminar will be held on August 4, 2025, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Embassy Suites Noblesville Indianapolis Conference Center. Register for the seminar today at the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association website.

Craig, Kelley & Faultless is a personal injury law firm headquartered in Indianapolis with offices throughout Indiana and in St. Louis. The firm has 10 attorneys, some of whom are licensed to practice in various states in addition to Indiana, including Ohio, Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa and Tennessee. They handle commercial motor vehicle wrecks throughout the country.

David W. Craig and Scott A. Faultless are board-certified in truck accident law and serve on the Board of Regents of the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys. They have been named Top 100 Indiana Trial Lawyers by The National Trial Lawyers.