McAnany Van Cleave & Phillips

What McAnany Van Cleave & Phillips does

McAnany Van Cleave & Phillips, operating publicly as MVP Law, is a privately held Midwest regional law firm founded in 1901 and headquartered in Kansas City, Kansas. The firm provides legal representation across five practice areas: workers' compensation defense, employment law, civil litigation and insurance defense, public sector law, and business litigation and transactions. Its core client base consists of insurance carriers, self-insured employers, third-party administrators, municipal and county governments, school districts, healthcare institutions, and transportation companies, with attorneys admitted to practice in seven states (Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Arkansas) and serving clients from eight physical offices.

The firm operates a traditional professional services model: revenue is generated through hourly billing on legal matters, with no public pricing disclosure and no subscription, product, or technology platform component. GTM relies on direct attorney-client relationships, CLE-accredited educational seminars across five cities, legislative update webinars, state bar association leadership positions, and community involvement (including Kids Chance charities). As a partner-owned professional association governed by a board of directors led by President and CEO Byron A. Bowles Jr., MVP Law has no external private equity, venture, or parent-company ownership.

MVP Law's growth has been entirely organic and geographic: from a single Kansas City office at founding, the firm expanded to St. Louis (1996), Springfield MO (2006), Tulsa and Omaha (2011), a Kansas-Missouri Bi-State campus (2013), and Springfield IL and West Des Moines (2019). The firm has no technology product, no AI/ML capability, no proprietary software, and no digital distribution channel of note; competitive advantage derives from brand longevity (125+ years), specialized expertise in high-volume workers' compensation defense, jurisdictional reach across seven states, and relationship-based client acquisition through education and bar association activity.

Name

McAnany Van Cleave & Phillips

Legal name

McAnany, Van Cleave & Phillips, P.A.

Website

https://mvplaw.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1901

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

McAnany Van Cleave & Phillips (MVP Law) is a privately held Midwest regional law firm founded in 1901, providing workers' compensation defense, employment law, civil litigation, insurance defense, and public sector legal services to insurers, self-insured employers, and government entities from eight offices across seven states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Legal Services (5411)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Employment & Labor Law (BPAHAAAD)

Keywords

• Workers compensation defense
• Civil litigation services
• Employment law counsel
• Public sector law
• Insurance defense law

Headquarters

HQ city

Kansas City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Services Billing: MVP Law generates revenue through billable legal services including hourly rates for attorneys working on workers' compensation defense, employment law matters, civil litigation, and insurance defense cases. Clients include insurers, self-insured corporations, government entities, and businesses.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

McAnany Van Cleave & Phillips (operating as MVP Law) is a Midwest-based law firm providing legal representation across five practice areas: workers' compensation defense, employment law, civil litigation and insurance defense, public sector law, and business litigation and transactions. The firm serves insurance carriers, self-insured employers, government entities, school districts, and corporate clients through 40+ attorneys across eight offices in seven states. Revenue is generated through billable legal services at hourly rates, with representation provided before state workers' compensation divisions, EEOC, and other administrative bodies.

Product overview

McAnany Van Cleave & Phillips, operating as MVP Law, is a regional law firm offering legal services rather than a technology product or SaaS platform. The firm provides legal representation across five practice areas: Workers' Compensation Defense (representing employers, insurers, and self-insured entities in workers' comp claims throughout the Midwest), Employment Law (defending employers in discrimination, FMLA, FLSA, and OSHA matters), Civil Litigation & Insurance Defense (handling tort liability, professional liability, trucking, product liability, and construction defect cases), Public Sector Law (serving municipal governments, school districts, and educational institutions), and Business Litigation & Transactions (covering business formation, banking, real estate, and bankruptcy matters). The firm operates eight offices across Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, and Oklahoma.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Workers' Compensation Defense
• Employment Law
• Civil Litigation and Insurance Defense
• Public Sector Law
• Business Litigation and Transactions

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully handles thousands of workers' compensation cases annually with timely communications and cost-effective representation

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Council on Litigation Management (CLM)minorOthersProfessional organization membership providing networking and professional development resources for litigation management professionals.
• National Restaurant and Retailers Defense Association (NRRDA)minorOthersIndustry association for restaurant and retail defense attorneys providing networking and industry-specific resources.
• Defense Research Institute (DRI)minorOthersInternational organization of defense lawyers providing educational resources, networking, and professional development for defense attorneys.
• Kids Chance of AmericaminorOthersCharity providing post-high school scholarships to children of workers killed or seriously injured on the job. MVP attorneys serve on Boards of Directors for state chapters and participate in fundraising events.
• Kansas Bar AssociationminorOthersProfessional bar association for Kansas attorneys.
• Missouri BarminorOthersMandatory professional organization for Missouri attorneys.
• Illinois State Bar AssociationminorOthersProfessional bar association for Illinois attorneys.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves14 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Ogletree Deakins: National labor and employment law firm with one of the largest dedicated practices in workers' compensation defense and employment law. Directly competes with MVP for enterprise employer and insurer clients across the Midwest and beyond.
• Jackson Lewis: One of the largest U.S. law firms focused exclusively on workplace law, with strength in employment litigation and workers' compensation defense. Overlaps directly with MVP's employment law and workers' compensation defense practices.
• Polsinelli: Kansas City-headquartered AmLaw 200 firm with significant Midwest presence and overlapping insurance defense, employment, and business litigation practices. Directly competes with MVP for enterprise and mid-market clients in the KC metro.
• Spencer Fane: Midwest-based full-service law firm with offices across Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, and Oklahoma. Closely comparable in size, geography, and practice mix, with strong insurance defense and employment practices competing for the same client base.
• Armstrong Teasdale: St. Louis-headquartered law firm with strong Midwest presence and overlapping insurance defense, employment, and business litigation practices. Directly competes with MVP's Missouri offices.
• Husch Blackwell: Midwest-based law firm with comparable geographic footprint (Kansas City, St. Louis, Omaha, Des Moines, Springfield) and overlapping practice areas in insurance defense, employment, and public sector work.
• Lathrop GPM: Midwest-rooted law firm with offices in Kansas City, St. Louis, and other Midwestern cities, competing in insurance defense, employment law, and business litigation with similar client mix.
• Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard: St. Louis-based regional defense firm with strong insurance defense, product liability, and civil litigation practices. Direct peer for MVP's Missouri caseload and trucking/transportation defense work.

Regional players

• Shook Hardy & Bacon: Kansas City-headquartered law firm with significant product liability, insurance defense, and civil litigation practices. Geographically overlapping with MVP though more nationally oriented in product liability.
• Stinson: Midwest-based full-service law firm with overlapping insurance defense, employment, and business litigation practices, plus offices in Kansas City, St. Louis, and Des Moines that directly compete with MVP locations.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/McAnanyVanCleaveandPhillips
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mvplaw
• Instagraminstagram.com/mvplaw

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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