Anne W. Schiavone - a Kansas City, Missouri (MO) Product Liability Lawyer

Kansas City Product Liability Lawyer

Updated: 05/11/2026

Areas of Practice

Product Liability
Class Actions
Personal Injury
Employment Discrimination
Sexual Abuse
Nursing Home Death or Injury
Medical Malpractice Injury or Death
Bullying / Harassment

Litigation: 100%

Attorney Information

Overview

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.

Anne has held leadership positions in Multi District Litigations (MDLs) for nearly ten years. As part of an MDL leadership team, she actively litigates the cases on behalf of all plaintiffs who are included in the MDL. Anne was first appointed to an MDL leadership position in 2017. At that time, she was appointed as an Executive Committee of an MDL pending in The United States District Court of New Hampshire. That leadership team was tasked with overseeing the litigation of thousands of cases pending in the MDL relating to hernia mesh products. Shortly after the 2017 appointment, Anne was recruited to be part of the leadership team in the Bard hernia mesh MDL pending in New Hampshire State Court. Following the conclusion of the hernia mesh litigations, and in September of 2023, Anne was appointed to the Executive Committee of an MDL in The United States District Court of Arizona, involving implantable port catheter devices. In the Fall of 2024, Anne was appointed as one of 3 co-lead counsels to litigate another MDL involving implantable port catheters in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. These leadership positions have imparted unique knowledge, which benefits the firm’s clients pursuing claims associated with medical device defects.

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

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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 2025 Missouri 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

Education

Legal Education
- University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law, Kansas City, Missouri, 1999
  J.D.
Non Legal Education
- Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
  B.A.
  Major: Political Science and Psychology

Current Employment Position(s)

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Managing Partner
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Classes and Seminars

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

Pro Bono Activities

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

Bar Admissions

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

Other Affiliations

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)

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Kansas City, MO

4600 Madison Avenue
Suite 810
Kansas City, MO 64112

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Phone: 888-493-5074

Fax: 816-283-8739

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Website: https://www.kdh-law.com

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