Joe Kronawitter


Member

Practice Areas

Bar Admissions

  • Missouri

  • Kansas

  • U.S. District Court, District of Kansas

  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Education

  • University of Missouri at Kansas City, J.D., 1999

  • University of Kansas, B.S., 1996

Past/Present Professional Affiliations

  • Adjunct Professor, University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School, Class Actions and MDL Practice/Complex Litigation

  • Board of Directors, Kansas City Metropolitan Board Foundation

  • Board Member, University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School Alumni Association

  • Volunteer, Legal Aid of Western Missouri’s Volunteer Attorney Project

  • Member, American Bar Association

  • Member, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association

  • Member, Kansas Bar Association

  • Member, Missouri Bar Association

Honors and Awards

  • “AV Preeminent” rating from Martindale-Hubbell, the “Highest Level of Professional Excellence”

  • Voted a “Superlawyer” in Class Actions/Mass Torts by Missouri-Kansas Super Lawyers (2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026)

  • Voted an “Outstanding Young Lawyer/Rising Star”, by Missouri-Kansas Super Lawyers (2009, 2010, 2012, 2013)

  • Selected as an “Up and Coming Lawyer”, by Missouri Lawyers Weekly

  • One of two annual recipients of the Robert C. Welch Pro Bono Award from Legal Aid of Western Missouri

  • Pro Bono Champion recognition from the Kansas City Missouri Bar Association