Professional Profile

Anthony has extensive experience in business litigation and, in particular, representing companies and professionals in the financial services industry including securities broker/dealers, accounting firms, tax preparation firms, banks and other financial service providers. He has served as lead counsel in hundreds of cases involving professional negligence claims, business torts, unfair competition, intellectual property and insurance coverage issues. His clients routinely entrust matters to him across the country. He has litigated cases in over twenty-five states in federal and state court, in FINRA and other arbitration forums and before the SEC, CFTC and state securities commissions.

He has successfully tried numerous cases and obtained other victories for his clients, including:

• defense verdicts and dismissals for clients in multi-million dollar to smaller claims by their former customers, employees and business competitors
• federal and state court-ordered injunctive relief and damages for unfair competition and violation of trademark and false advertising laws by competitors of business clients
• dismissals and no-action determinations for securities industry and accounting professionals following federal and state regulatory investigations
• multi-million dollar recoveries through both judgment and settlement for companies wrongly denied coverage by their insurers.

Anthony graduated cum laude from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law in 1995, and served as Note and Comment Editor for and was published in the Missouri Law Review. In addition, he has been recognized as a top litigator by his peers, including in the annual publication of Benchmark Litigation. He is also involved in several local community organizations and he served from 2007 to 2010 as the Co-Chair for the annual Kansas City Spirit Awards Gala, benefiting Gillis House for Families and Children.

Education

• University of Missouri (J.D., 1995) cum laude
  • Note and Comment Editor for the Missouri Law Review
  • Order of the Coif
• University of Missouri-Columbia (B.A. 1992)

Admissions & Qualifications

• Missouri, 1995
• Kansas, 1996
• U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri
• U.S. District Court, District of Kansas
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Publications

• Authored "The First Amendment and Private Property: A Sign for Free Speech," 60 Missouri Law Review 415