About Karen Crutchfield
Karen G. Crutchfield joined Bernstein, Stair, McAdams, LLP as Of Counsel in November of 2018.
For the past 24 years, her law practice has focused on the defense and representation of businesses and employers, including regulatory compliance, contracts, construction, premises liability, products liability, professional liability, environmental and workers’ compensation claims involving occupational and toxic exposures. Karen received a B.S. in Communications from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and a MSW with emphasis in Economic Development and Policy from Washington University in St. Louis.
She received her Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1994. Karen is listed in the Best Lawyers of America® in the area of Workers' Compensation Law-Employers, and was named 2018 Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers for Workers' Compensation Law-Employers, Knoxville. She was selected to participate as a delegate to the OECD-NEA Nuclear Law Program in October of 2013, received the ETLAW Spirit of Justice Award in 2014, and has received the Tennessee Supreme Court Attorney for Justice Award from 2014-2018. In 2016, she was named to The Fellows of the American Bar Association, which admits only 1% of U.S. lawyers to its ranks, and was recently named a Fellow of the Tennessee Bar Association for the class of 2019. Karen is Immediate President of the Tennessee Lawyers Association for Women, currently serves on the Anderson County Economic Development Board, and is also an active member of other legal, professional, and community organizations.
For the past 24 years, her law practice has focused on the defense and representation of businesses and employers, including regulatory compliance, contracts, construction, premises liability, products liability, professional liability, environmental and workers’ compensation claims involving occupational and toxic exposures. Karen received a B.S. in Communications from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and a MSW with emphasis in Economic Development and Policy from Washington University in St. Louis.
She received her Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1994. Karen is listed in the Best Lawyers of America® in the area of Workers' Compensation Law-Employers, and was named 2018 Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers for Workers' Compensation Law-Employers, Knoxville. She was selected to participate as a delegate to the OECD-NEA Nuclear Law Program in October of 2013, received the ETLAW Spirit of Justice Award in 2014, and has received the Tennessee Supreme Court Attorney for Justice Award from 2014-2018. In 2016, she was named to The Fellows of the American Bar Association, which admits only 1% of U.S. lawyers to its ranks, and was recently named a Fellow of the Tennessee Bar Association for the class of 2019. Karen is Immediate President of the Tennessee Lawyers Association for Women, currently serves on the Anderson County Economic Development Board, and is also an active member of other legal, professional, and community organizations.
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Location
Knoxville, TN
Years of Experience
30
Expertise Area
Construction Law
Licenses
Tennessee