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Emily Bergmann

Associate Attorney at The Bruning Law Firm
Kansas City, MO

About Emily Bergmann

Emily Bergmann is an Associate Attorney at The Bruning Law Firm, focusing on personal injury.

Before joining the firm, Bergmann interned at an insurance defense firm during law school and worked in a Veterans Clinic, where she received a Certificate of Excellence for Outstanding Work and Achievement. Following graduation, she practiced at an insurance defense firm specializing in medical malpractice.

She earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Missouri School of Law. She earned her undergraduate degree in Chemistry with minors in Political Science and Psychology from Southeast Missouri State University, graduating Cum Laude.

She is admitted to the Illinois, Indiana, and Missouri bars and is a member of the Women Lawyers' Association of Greater St. Louis.

She published Parental Leave in the United States: Why the United States Should Follow France in Implementing Mandatory Paid Paternal Leave in the Child and Family Law Journal (2021).

Practice areas

Education

Southeast Missouri State University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Missouri
State Bar of Illinois
State Bar of Indiana
The Women Lawyers' Association of Greater St. Louis

Awards & recognition

Cum Laude (Southeast Missouri State University)
Veterans Clinic Certificate of Excellence for Outstanding Work and Achievement

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Kansas City firms

Brown & Crouppen
Brown & Crouppen
$119.5 million (approximately, as cut post-trial; $462 million gross verdict) · $462 Million Verdict Against Trailer Maker Wabash in a Fatal St. Louis Underride Crash
The Popham Law Firm
The Popham Law Firm
$57 million · $57 Million Settlement for 1,700 Sprint Workers in Landmark ADEA Collective Action
Dollar, Burns, Becker & Hershewe
Dollar, Burns, Becker & Hershewe
$82.3 million · $82.3 Million Verdict for I-70 Crash Victim Struck by Trucker Watching Videos on iPad
Shamberg Johnson & Bergman
Shamberg Johnson & Bergman
$15,275,000 (judgment after comparative-fault reduction; $23.5 million gross verdict) · $23.5 Million Verdict Against Swift Transportation for Meth-Impaired Driver Who Backed Into Highway Traffic
Wagstaff & Cartmell
Wagstaff & Cartmell
$235 million · Altria Pays $235 Million After Wagstaff & Cartmell Rests SFUSD's Case Mid-Trial