L. Annette Griggs

L. Annette Griggs grew up near Clinton, Missouri but has spent her adult life in the greater Kansas City area. She finished her undergraduate degree at the University of Missouri where she graduated with honors and received awards for outstanding achievement in her graduating class.  She then started law school when her daughter was four months old. After completing law school at the University of Missouri – Kansas City, Annette went into private practice working primarily with personal injury victims.

Being a female attorney has shaped Annette’s career as a partner at McCollum & Griggs, LLC. Annette is devoted to protecting privacy rights of plaintiffs throughout the litigation process. She is aware of the sensitive nature of information contained in medical records – especially for women – and fights diligently to protect those rights.

Annette has dedicated her practice to the representation of all injured people. That representation includes helping those injured in vehicle and truck accidents, those with traumatic brain injuries, representing victims of drunk drivers, helping families in wrongful death actions, pursuing dram shop cases, premises liability cases and lawsuits against insurance companies.

Annette is an active member in numerous bar organizations, including the Clay County Bar, the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys (MATA), MATA Women’s group, the Association for Women Lawyers of Greater Kansas City (AWL) and the Kansas City Progressive Women’s Coalition.

Annette is also passionate about providing volunteer aid to the underprivileged members of her community. She has devoted part of her practice to Pro Bono work and has volunteered for the Missouri Public Defender’s Office, NBC Action News “Ask A Lawyer Night” through KCMBA-Young Lawyers Section and has the American Red Cross Members through MATA. Further, she was privileged to assist fellow women lawyers in the Kansas City, KS Habitat for Humanity program through the Association of Women Lawyers.

Outside of the legal profession, Annette enjoys spending time with her husband, Gary, and their daughter, Emma. As a family they enjoy hiking, fishing and other outdoor activities. They are active in their church and numerous community and political organizations.