Anne W. Schiavone

My entire legal life has been in spent in Kansas City. The first four years in the profession were spent working for defense firms. I defended corporations in environmental disputes, product defect and personal injury cases. After four years I took my knowledge of the law, and the defense perspective and opened a personal injury and employment firm. We only represent individuals. There is no comparison between working for a corporation and working for an individual. I have truly enjoyed each client with whom I have had the opportunity to work. The scope of my practice includes representing plaintiffs who have been injured by the negligence or intentional act of others. This encompasses claims involving injury from products such as medical devices, single event personal injury claims, as well as claims involving discrimination in employment or wrongful termination. I also represent adult and child victims of sexual abuse/assault. In addition to my day-to-day litigation practice I have the honor of serving on several committees. In 2016 I was appointed to the Executive Committee of The Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys. We work to protect the civil justice system and the 7th amendment. This commitment includes making frequent visits to our state Capitol to advocate for and protect the rights of individuals within our state. I am honored to currently serve as the President of MATA. I am one of only five females to hold this position in the 70 plus years of the organization. I am a state delegate in the American Association for Justice, a national organization working to promote justice for injured persons, and to safeguard victims’ rights. In 2017 I was appointed to the Executive Committee of a Multi District Litigation pending in The United States District Court of New Hampshire. I along with four colleagues from various parts of the country were tasked with overseeing the litigation of thousands of cases pending in the MDL relating to hernia mesh products. The litigation concluded in 2023. In September of 2023, I was appointed to the Executive Committee of a Multi District Litigation pending in The United States District Court of Arizona. The current litigation involves implantable port catheters. I was privileged to serve on the merit selection panel for the reappointment of a magistrate judge for the United States District Court of the Western District of Missouri as well as the selection of a new magistrate to fill a vacancy within the Court. In May of 2023, I was awarded the Distinguished Counselor Award from the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association which recognizes a member who demonstrates professionalism, collegiality, and courtesy in the practice of law. I enjoy practicing in the Kansas City legal community and have met many outstanding attorneys in my 25 years of practice. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Anne W. Schiavone included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors "Best of the Bar", Kansas City Business Journal Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers Top 50 Women Attorneys in Kansas and Missouri Super Lawyers Top 50 attorney in Kansas City Super Lawyers Recognition Top 50 Attorneys Kansas and Missouri Super Lawyers Recognition 2020 Honoree of Kansas City Business Journal Women Who Mean Business Award Distinguished Counselor Award, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (KCMBA) 2023 Other Sources of Feedback About Anne W. Schiavone Included on the 2025Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2024 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list 2023 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list 2022 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list 2021 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list 2020 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list 2019 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list 2018 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list 2017 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list 2016 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list 2015 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list 2014 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list 2013 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list 2012 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list 2011 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list 2010 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list 2009 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list

• Managing Partner

• Harris Martin JMPL Conference, Presenter on Port Catheter Litigation, July 2023
• KCMBA Bench Bar Conference on Congeniality/Professionalism, May 2023
• MATA Annual Conference Employment and Sexual Abuse Claims
• May 2021 CLE Presentation of Navigating COVID 19
• Spring 2019 Presenter at Harris Martin 3M Combat Ear Plugs Seminar
• Spring 2018 Presenter at Harris Martin Hernia Mesh Seminar
• Fall 2018 Presenter at Mass Torts Made Perfect Seminar
• Employment Law Presentation at Judicial College Seminar, March 2013
• MATA Annual Conference Presenting Damages at Trial
• Trial Master for Ross T Roberts Trial Academy
• Coach/Presenter at NITA Deposition Seminar
• Speaker at the Advanced Trial Skills Seminar for the Judiciary

• Humane Society of Greater Kansas City, Board Member, 2005 - 2022
• Inns of Court Master, UMKC School of Law, 2006 - 2007
• Appointed to Board of Trustees for the UMKC Law Foundation 2019 – present
• Mentor in AWL Foundations Program, 2017 - 2022

• Missouri, 1999
• Kansas, 2000
• U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri, 1999
• U.S. District Court District of Kansas, 2000
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 2001
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri, 2015

• Missouri Association of Trial Lawyers, 2012 - Present (Board of Directors)
• Association for Women Lawyers of Greater Kansas City, 2009 - 2012 (Board of Directors)
• Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (KCMBA), 2002 - 2005 (Young Lawyers Section, Board Member)
• National Employment Law Association, 2004 - Present (Member)
• Association of Women Lawyers, 2004 - Present (Member)
• Missouri Bar (Member)
• Kansas Bar (Member)
• National Employment Lawyers Association, 2008 - Present (National Chapter and Kansas City Chapter)
• Serve as Mentor in the AWLF Connections Program 2018 – 2021
• Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys (President, June 2024 – Present)
• Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, 2016 - Present (Executive Committee Member)
• Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, CLE Committee and Legislative Committee (Member)
• American Association for Justice, Missouri State Delegate, 2022 - Present
• American Association for Justice, Implantable Port Catheter Litigation Group (Co-Founder and Co-Committee Chair, 2023 to present)
• American Association for Justice, Leaders Forum, 2021 - Present (Member)
• American Association for Justice (Member of Presidents’ Counsel, June 2023 to present)
• American Association for Justice (AAJ PAC Member)