Holman Schiavone, LLC

What Holman Schiavone, LLC does

Holman Schiavone, LLC is a Kansas City, Missouri-based plaintiff-side law firm founded in 2007 by Kirk D. Holman and Anne W. Schiavone, operating as a Missouri LLC with a single office at 4600 Madison Avenue. The firm employs approximately 13 people, including nine named attorneys across partner, associate, and of-counsel roles, and serves individual clients in Missouri and Kansas across five practice areas: Employment Law and Workplace Rights, Personal Injury, Sexual Abuse, Students' Rights, and Bullying and Harassment. The firm has secured multiple high-profile verdicts including a $13.9 million jury award in a false imprisonment claim, a $13 million benzene exposure verdict, and a $6.8 million sexual harassment verdict, and Anne Schiavone was appointed in Fall 2024 as one of three co-lead counsels for an MDL involving implantable port catheters.

The firm operates on a contingency-fee model for personal injury matters (no fee unless the case is won) and offers free initial consultations across practice areas, with bilingual Spanish-language intake supported by certified court interpreter Ashley Atwell-Soler. There is no proprietary technology platform disclosed; service delivery is built on direct attorney-client engagement through office consultations, phone, email, and home or hospital visits with weekend and evening availability. Marketing channels include an SEO-optimized website, active blog and articles, Facebook and LinkedIn presence, and speaking engagements at Missouri Bar, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, and national trial lawyer events. The firm holds BBB A+ accreditation, AV Preeminent Martindale-Hubbell rating, Super Lawyers and Top 50 Kansas City Super Lawyers recognition (consecutive years through 2025), Top 100 Trial Lawyers designation, and Best of the Bar for Employment Litigation from the Kansas City Business Journal.

Name

Holman Schiavone, LLC

Legal name

Holman Schiavone, LLC

Website

https://kdh-law.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Holman Schiavone, LLC is a Kansas City-based plaintiff-side law firm founded in 2007 that represents individuals in Missouri and Kansas across employment law, personal injury, sexual abuse, students' rights, and bullying and harassment matters on a contingency-fee and free-consultation basis.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Plaintiff Legal Services

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Litigation & Dispute Resolution (BPAHAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Employment & Labor Law (BPAHAAAD), Personal Injury & Insurance Defense (BPAHAAAM)

Keywords

• Employment law
• Personal injury
• Sexual abuse
• Students rights
• Trial lawyers

Headquarters

HQ city

Kansas City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Personal Injury Cases: Contingency fee basis - clients pay nothing upfront, firm takes percentage of settlement only after winning the case. If case is unsuccessful, no fee is charged.
2. Employment Law Services: Free initial consultation offered. Fee structure not publicly disclosed - likely hourly or contingency basis depending on case type.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Holman Schiavone, LLC is a plaintiff-side trial law firm representing individuals in Missouri and Kansas across five practice areas: Employment Law & Workplace Rights, Personal Injury, Sexual Abuse, Students' Rights, and Bullying & Harassment. The firm pursues damages and remedies for employees facing discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, and retaliation; for injury victims against negligent parties; for survivors of sexual abuse; and for students and parents asserting educational rights. Services are delivered via direct attorney-client engagement under contingency fee and traditional fee arrangements.

Product overview

Holman Schiavone, LLC is a Kansas City-based law firm offering legal services through five core practice areas: Employment Law & Workplace Rights, Personal Injury, Sexual Abuse, Students' Rights, and Bullying & Harassment. The firm operates on a contingency fee basis for personal injury cases and provides free consultations for potential clients. Founded in 2007, the firm serves clients in both Missouri and Kansas, focusing on representing employees and individuals who have been wronged rather than corporations or employers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Employment Law & Workplace Rights
• Personal Injury
• Sexual Abuse
• Students' Rights
• Bullying & Harassment

Quantifiable outcome

• $13.9 Million Jury verdict in false imprisonment claim
• +5 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Popham Law Firm: Kansas City personal injury and injury litigation firm. Closely comparable in regional plaintiff-side practice, contingency fee model, and trial-driven reputation.
• Wagstaff & Cartmell LLP: Kansas City-based plaintiff-side firm with a strong personal injury and complex litigation practice. Directly comparable as a regional trial-tested plaintiff firm operating in the same KC metro and case-type mix.
• OnderLaw, LLC: St. Louis-based plaintiff firm with personal injury, class action, and mass tort practice. Comparable in plaintiff-side trial approach and contingency model, with overlapping Missouri geographic reach.
• Bartimus Frickleton Robertson Rader: Midwest plaintiff-side catastrophic injury and complex litigation firm. Comparable in trial-tested positioning, contingency model, and mid-sized plaintiff firm operations.
• Knapp & Roberts PC: Kansas City plaintiff-side firm with civil litigation, personal injury, and employment focus. Comparable in regional scope, plaintiff-side orientation, and size tier.
• Outten & Golden LLP: National plaintiff-side employment law firm. Comparable in dedicated employee-side employment litigation work and contingency/plaintiff fee model, though at materially larger scale.
• Price Lang & McCauley: Kansas City plaintiff-side plaintiff firm with personal injury, mass tort, and complex litigation focus. Comparable in regional trial-tested plaintiff positioning and case-type mix.
• Dollar Burns & Becker LC: Kansas City plaintiff firm practicing personal injury, employment, and consumer protection. Directly comparable in regional plaintiff-side service mix and contingency model.

Broad incumbents

• Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP: National plaintiff-side firm with employment, personal injury, and mass tort practices. Comparable in plaintiff-side litigation expertise and MDL leadership, but operates at broader geographic and case scale.
• Spencer Fane LLP: Larger Kansas City-headquartered law firm with employment and litigation practices. Comparable on regional presence and employment law exposure, but represents a broader mix of clients including defendants.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/holman-schiavone-llc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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