Creative, Authentic, Vibrant Entrepreneur & Change Maker

In 2003, Crystal graduated with a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, one of the top ten law schools in the U.S.  She also holds a Master of Environmental Management from Duke University and a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Geology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.   

Following law school, Crystal clerked for the Honorable Henry Coke Morgan, Jr., of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. In 2008, she was named an Up and Coming Lawyer by Missouri Lawyers Weekly. 

Crystal practiced law in St. Louis at Husch Blackwell LLP for five years before heading to Jefferson City to lobby for the Department of Natural Resources as Legislative Liaison and Assistant General Counsel.  At Husch, Crystal focused on environmental litigation and white collar criminal defense.  She has also prosecuted cases for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington, DC, and the Commonwealth of Virginia in Staunton, Virginia.  

Crystal was the Compliance Officer for American Trust Bank (now Connections Bank) before opening Lovett Law LLC in 2015.  Over eight years, Lovett Law LLC had the privilege of employing a paralegal, two legal secretaries, and two administrative assistants to whom Crystal owes much of the firm's success. 

Crystal is licensed to practice law in Missouri, Iowa, and Illinois* and practices law under her maiden name Crystal G. Lovett.

*License in Illinois is voluntarily inactive and may be reactivated.

 In addition to the law and helping entrepreneurs, Crystal has a passion for animals, travel, fitness, dance, woodcraft, art, and design.  She lives in downtown Des Moines with her husband Nathan, who is a middle school special education teacher for the Des Moines Public School District.  They have four fur children, Coraline, a German Shepherd/Siberian Husky sweetheart, Myrtle, a curious tuxedo cat, Baby Boy, a Russian Blue monster, and Orange Fluff, a scaredy cat. 

 Crystal has always believed in giving her time to the community in which she lives and works. Her civic activities include:
Vice President: Water Street Brownstones HOA Board

Public Relations Chair: Iowa State Bar Association & Iowa Organization of Women Attorneys

Education Chair: Des Moines Woodworkers Association

Member: Polk County Bar Association, Polk County Women Attorneys, Iowa National Bar Association, American Bar Association, The Missouri Bar, Downtown Neighborhood Association
Past Officer: 9th Circuit Bar Association, Adair County Bar Association, RISE UP Foundation, Milan Rotary Club, Take Root Café
Past Board Member: Hospice of Northeast Missouri; High Hope Employment Services, Inc.; Adair County Humane Society; National Alliance on Mental Illness - Missouri; Indie Author Book Expo. 

Crystal has previously been an ACSM Certified Personal Trainer and a Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT 200).