Faculty Profile: Karen Crutchfield

Karen G. Crutchfield is Of Counsel with Bernstein, Stair & McAdams, LLP, which she joined in November of 2018. For the past 24 years, her law practice has focused on advising and representing businesses and employers of all sizes in general civil litigation, contracts, construction, premises liability, products liability, professional liability, environmental and workers' compensation claims. 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 Americar 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. Karen is Immediate Past President of the Tennessee Lawyers Association for Women 2018-2019, currently serves on the Anderson County Economic Development Board, and is also an active member of other legal, professional, and community organizations.