Husch Blackwell welcomes Anne D. Cartwright as Senior Counsel in the firm’s Kansas City office, where she will represent Educational Institutions, handling governance, risk-management, compliance, faculty, student and general employment matters.
Prior to joining Husch Blackwell, Cartwright was a Judicial Clerk for the Hon. Nanette Laughrey, U.S. District Court, Western District Court of Missouri (2008-2010). Prior to her clerkship, Cartwright spent six years as a litigator in Chicago and Kansas City firms; on secondment, she served as in-house litigation counsel to a Fortune 100 company. Cartwright began her legal career as a Judicial Clerk for the Hon. Charles Norgle, Sr., U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois (1995-1997).
Cartwright received her J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law (1995), where she was a member of the National Moot Court Team. Cartwright received her B.A. from Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Ill. (1991).
With more than 85 years of experience in education law, Husch Blackwell's Educational Institutions group is a recognized leader in representing public and private educational institutions. Attorneys in the education practice devote substantially all of their time to serving the needs of public and private elementary schools, secondary schools, institutions of higher education and other education-related businesses and organizations.