Casey Crawford

Casey G. Crawford is a long-time resident of the Kansas City area, attending Blue Valley North High School in Overland Park, Kansas and graduating from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a bachelor’s degree (with honors) in Political Science. While in college, Casey was a member of the Men’s Basketball team at the University of Colorado at Boulder, playing professional international basketball in Canada, Europe and Asia after graduation.

Casey attended the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, graduating with honors. While in law school, Casey was a member of the UMKC Law Review, a research assistant for Dean Nancy Levit, served on the Law Review Board as a Comments Editor, and participated in many other student organizations. Casey was a Dean’s List honoree, received the Top Appellate Advocate award, the CALI award winner for Construction Law, and was a recipient of the Judge David T. and Hope Cavanaugh Scholarship.

After law school, Casey practiced with a prominent civil defense firm, practicing in the areas of insurance defense, personal injury, subrogation, contractual analysis, insurance investigation and real estate. After joining Chinnery, Evans & Nail in 2018, Casey focused his practice on civil litigation, general business and real estate law, probate, and estate planning. Casey is licensed to practice in the Missouri and Kansas state courts, as well as the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri and the United States District Court for Kansas.

In 2017, Casey was recognized as an “Up and Coming” lawyer and awarded the “Law Firm Leader” by the Missouri Lawyers Media Association. From 2019 to 2024, Casey has been nominated and recognized as a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers magazine, receiving special recognition in business litigation. Casey has litigated and tried cases in both federal and state courts, handling numerous bench and jury trials on behalf of clients.

Casey is active in the community, having previously during law school been an assistant basketball coach at Lee’s Summit High School, and a longtime member of the Knights of Columbus Council #6819, achieving in 2020 the honor of a Fourth Degree Knight of Columbus. Casey is also a member of the Lee’s Summit Chamber of Commerce (2017 – Present), Advisory Board Member for the Truman Heartland Community Foundation (2019 – 2023), Lee’s Summit Rotary Club (2018-Present), President of Legacy Wood Property Owners’ Association (2020 – 2022), and was appointed by the Mayor of Lee’s Summit to serve as a member of the Board for the Lee’s Summit Parks and Recreation (2018 – Present).