Crystal received her J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law in 2013.  During law school, Crystal was the Staff Editor and Co-Director of Alumni & Internal Relations of theKansas Journal of Law & Public Policy and a recipient of the CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Construction Law & Litigation. Throughout law school, Crystal clerked at the Kansas Department of Transportation in the Office of Chief Counsel.

Prior to law school, Crystal worked in Washington, D.C. for over three years as an Executive Assistant at the White House and then as a Legislative Assistant at an international law firm providing legislative and government relations assistance to numerous clients on environmental, transportation, health care, and educational issues.

Crystal received her undergraduate degree from Fort Hays State University, cum laude, in 2007, while earning a double major in Political Science and History.   

Crystal joined Stueve Siegel Hanson in 2013 where her practice includes class actions, antitrust litigation, and wage and hour litigation.