Anne Schiavone represents plaintiffs in national product liability multi-district litigations, class actions, and single-plaintiff cases involving personal injury, sexual abuse, and employment discrimination. Anne has served as an executive committee member and steering committee member in national multi-district litigations. Anne has been recognized as a Super Lawyer for 14 consecutive years, and as among the Top 50 Women Attorneys in Kansas and Missouri for the past 12 years. She has been recognized as Best of the Bar in the Kansas City Business Journal for 15 consecutive years and was inducted into Women Who Mean Business in 2020. Anne has spoken at various national and statewide conferences on mass tort topics and litigating single-plaintiff cases. She is President-Elect of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, is a state delegate for Missouri for the American Association of Justice and is the managing partner of Holman Schiavone, LLC.
Education
Juris Doctorate
University of Missouri – Kansas City, May 1999
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology and Political Science
Rutgers College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Division I Scholarship Athlete in Gymnastics
Registrations and Awards
Distinguished Counselor Award, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (KCMBA) 2023
Top 50 Women Attorneys in Kansas and Missouri Super Lawyers 2012 – 2023
Top 50 Attorneys Kansas and Missouri Super Lawyers 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021
Top 100 Attorneys in Kansas and Missouri 2014 – 2017, 2020, 2021
Super Lawyer Recognition 2009 – 2023
Best of the Bar Kansas City Business Journal 2008 – 2023
Selected for Women Who Mean Business Class of 2020, Kansas City Business Journal
Member of the Missouri Bar
Member of the Kansas Bar
Admitted in multiple federal court jurisdictions
Community and Professional Service
Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys
President-Elect of MATA June 2023 – June 2024 (1 of only 5 female Presidents in 70 years)
Executive Committee Member of MATA Board June 2016 – present
MATA Board of Directors Member, 2012 – present
Member of the MATA CLE Committee and Legislative Committee
Association for Women Lawyers of Greater Kansas City
Mentor in AWL Foundations Program 2017 – 2022
Board of Directors Member, 2009 – 2012
Association for Women Lawyers Firm of the Year, 2009 & 2013
American Association for Justice
Missouri State Delegate 2022 – present
Implantable Port Catheter Litigation Group, Co-Founder and Co-Committee Chair, 2023
Member of Leaders Forum 2021 – present
Member of Presidents’ Counsel
AAJ PAC Member
University of Missouri Kansas City School of Law
Member of the Board of Trustees for the Law Foundation 2018 – present
Speaking Engagements
Harris Martin JMPL Conference, Presenter on Port Catheter Litigation, July 2023
KCMBA Bench Bar Conference on Congeniality/Professionalism, May 2023
MATA Annual Conference Presenting Damages at Trial
MATA Annual Conference Employment and Sexual Abuse Claims
Mass Torts Made Perfect Hernia Mesh Litigation Update
Harris Martin Conference Hernia Mesh Litigation Update
Trial Master for Ross T Roberts Trial Academy
Coach/Presenter at NITA Deposition Seminar
Speaker at the Advanced Trial Skills Seminar for the Judiciary
