Scott M. Mann, Partner

Assistant: Lucia Circello

Practice Areas:

• Family law

Experience:

Mr. Mann handles all aspects of Family Law matters, including divorce, spousal and child support, child custody, and premarital agreements.  He accepts both traditional litigation and collaborative law cases.  Mr. Mann is an American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Fellow and is Past-President of the Kansas Bar Association Family Law Section.  He is experienced in cases involving closely held business interests.  He chairs the firm’s Family Law Practice Group, which is one of the largest Family Law Practice Groups in Johnson County, Kansas.  Mr. Mann practices throughout Northwest Missouri and Northeast Kansas.

Education:

• University of Missouri at Columbia, J.D., 1990
• Texas Christian University, B.A., 1987

Admissions:

• 1991, Missouri and Kansas
• 1994, U.S. Supreme Court

Memberships & Professional Organizations:

• Johnson County Bar Association (Member, Family Law Bench; Bar Committee)
• Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (Member, Domestic Law Committee; Executive Committee Member, Section of Family and the Law 2011)
• Kansas Bar Association (President, Family Law Section, 2008-2009; Chair, Aviation Law Section, 1994-1995)
• The Missouri Bar (Chair, Transportation Law Committee, 1995-1997; Member, Family Law Section)
• American Bar Association (Chair, Bankruptcy Committee of the Family Law Section, 2009-2012); Member, Editorial Board of “Family Advocate,” 2011-Present)
• Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Membership Committee, 2007-Present)
• Treasurer, Kansas Chapter of AAML (2011-2012)
• Member, Impact KC (2008 – Present)
• Chair, Public Works Committee, City of Fairway, Kansas (2005-2007)
• Member, City Council, City of Fairway, Kansas (2003-2007)
• Chair, Parks & Recreation Committee, City of Fairway, Kansas (2003-2005)
• Member, Board of Zoning Appeals, City of Fairway, Kansas (2001-2003)
• Chair, Board of Trustees, The Mercury Club Welfare Fund (2005)
• President, The Mercury Club (2004)
• Board Member, Children’s Therapeutic Learning Center (1995-2001)

Honors:

• Selected by peers for “Best of the Bar,” Kansas City Business Journal, 2006 - 2010
• Selected for Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers, 2008-2011
• Martindale-Hubbell BV® Peer Review Rating
• AVVO "Superior" Rating (10.0)
• Member, Board of Advocates, University of Missouri (1990)

Articles & Presentations:

• Family Law, Vol. 6; Chapter 2, "Marriage"
• Editor, Kansas Bar Association “Practitioner’s Guide to Family Law,” 2nd Edition (2010)
• Frequent Lecturer at AAML, ABA, state and local bar association continuing legal education seminars