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Jonathan Sternberg
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Summary
Jonathan Sternberg is an appellate lawyer in Kansas City, Missouri. He focuses his practice on civil and criminal appellate litigation at every point in a case, not only briefing and arguing appeals, writs, post-judgment and post-conviction proceedings, and similar matters, but also advising trial attorneys on procedure and strategy at all stages. Since opening his practice immediately after his admission to the bar in 2007, Jonathan has had more than 125 reported appellate decisions to his name, representing businesses and individuals in appeals throughout America in a wide array of subjects, including successfully pursuing commercial, constitutional, criminal, estate, family, insurance, tax, and tort cases, among others. The total amount in controversy of all of his cases exceeds $600 million. His clients have included everything from Fortune 500® companies to indigent people. He has written more than 250 appellate briefs and presented more than 100 appellate oral arguments, including 13 before the Supreme Court of Missouri. Jonathan is admitted to practice before Missouri, Kansas, and Illinois state courts, all federal district courts in Missouri and Kansas, every U.S. Court of Appeals circuit nationwide, and the U.S. Supreme Court. Jonathan was the only solo practitioner (and youngest person) who Missouri Lawyers Weekly selected as an "Up & Coming Lawyer" in 2009 and was named to the Kansas City Business Journal's "Best of the Bar" list in 2013-2016. He has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America© for appellate practice every year since 2015, listed in Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers every year since 2014 (and on its "Rising Stars" list from 2010-2013), and has received Martindale-Hubbell®'s highest peer review rating, AV® Preeminent™, every year since 2012.
Practice Areas
- Appeals & Appellate
- Municipal Law
Additional Practice Areas
- Attorney/judicial discipline
- Writs
- Post-conviction remedies
- Post-judgment proceedings
- Constitutional Law
Fees
- Free Consultation
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- Illinois
- Supreme Court of Illinois
- ID Number: 6331607
- Kansas
- Missouri
- U.S. Dist. Kansas
- U.S. E. Dist. Missouri
- U.S. W. Dist. Arkansas
- U.S. W. Dist. Missouri
- 1st Circuit
- 2nd Circuit
- 3rd Circuit
- 4th Circuit
- 5th Circuit
- 6th Circuit
- 7th Circuit
- 8th Circuit
- 9th Circuit
- 10th Circuit
- 11th Circuit
- D.C. Circuit
- Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
- U.S. Supreme Court
Professional Experience
- Attorney
- Jonathan Sternberg, Attorney, P.C.
- - Current
Education
- University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law
- J.D.
- -
- Honors: Dean's List; CALI Awards in Criminal Procedure and Constitutional Interpretation
- University of Kansas
- B.A. | History
- -
- Honors: With Honors
Awards
- Listed in Appellate Practice
- The Best Lawyers in America©
- Peer-selected as one of top 4% of attorneys nationwide
- Listed
- Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers
- Top 5% of lawyers in Missouri and Kansas
- Listed in Appellate Practice
- The Best Lawyers in America©
- Peer-selected as one of top 4% of attorneys nationwide
- Listed
- Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers
- Top 5% of lawyers in Missouri and Kansas
- Listed in Appellate Practice and Criminal Defense
- The Best Lawyers in America©
- Peer-selected as one of top 4% of attorneys nationwide
- Listed in Appellate Practice and Criminal Defense
- The Best Lawyers in America©
- Peer-selected as one of top 4% of attorneys nationwide
- Listed
- Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers
- Top 5% of lawyers in Missouri and Kansas
- Top 100
- Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers
- Top 100 attorneys in both Missouri and Kansas
- Top 50 Kansas City Super Lawyers
- Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers
- Top 50 attorneys in Kansas City metropolitan area
- Best of the Bar
- Kansas City Business Journal
- Peer-elected as one of top 200 lawyers in Kansas City metropolitan area
- Best of the Bar
- Kansas City Business Journal
- Peer-elected as one of top 200 lawyers in Kansas City metropolitan area
- Listed
- Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers
- Top 5% of lawyers in Missouri
- Listed in Appellate Practice
- The Best Lawyers in America©
- Best of the Bar
- Kansas City Business Journal
- Peer-elected as one of top 200 lawyers in Kansas City metropolitan area
- Listed
- Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers
- Top 5% of lawyers in Missouri
- Best of the Bar
- Kansas City Business Journal
- Peer-elected as one of top 200 lawyers in Kansas City metropolitan area (youngest solo practitioner selected)
- Rising Stars
- Missouri & Kansas Superlawyers
- Top 2.5% of Missouri lawyers under 40 years of age
- Rising Stars
- Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers
- Top 2.5% of Missouri lawyers under 40 years of age
- Rising Stars
- Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers
- Top 2.5% of Missouri lawyers under 40 years of age
- Member, Leadership Academy
- The Missouri Bar
- Rising Stars
- Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers
- Top 2.5% of Missouri lawyers under 40 years of age
- Up & Coming Lawyer
- Missouri Lawyers Weekly
- Only solo practitioner selected; youngest overall awardee
- Peer-review rated AV® Preeminent™, 2012-2017
- Martindale-Hubble®
- Highest possible rating for professional ethics and ability
Professional Associations
- Eighth Circuit Bar Association
- Member
- - Current
- Kansas Bar Association
- Member
- - Current
- Activities: Appellate Practice Section
- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
- Member
- - Current
- Activities: Board of Directors, 2016; Section of Civil Litigation (President, 2016; President-Elect, 2015); CLE Advisory Committee, 2015-2016; Appellate Practice Committee (Chair, 2017, 2011-2014; Vice-Chair, 2009-2010)
- American Bar Association
- Member
- - Current
- Activities: Council of Appellate Lawyers; Section of Litigation; Appellate Practice Committee
- The Missouri Bar
- Member
- - Current
- Activities: Civil Practice and Procedure Committee (Vice Chair, 2012-2016); Appellate Practice Subcommittee (Chair, 2012-2016)
Publications
Articles & Publications
- Practical Aspects of Practicing Law: A Manual for New Missouri Lawyers
- The Missouri Bar
- Deciding Not to Decide: The Judiciary Act of 1925 and the Discretionary Court
- Journal of Supreme Court History
Speaking Engagements
- Appellate Practice and Procedure in a Nutshell, Liberty, Missouri
- Clay County Bar Association
- Oral Argument Workshop, Kansas City, Missouri
- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
- The Law of State and Local Smoking Bans, Overland Park, Kansas
- National Business Institute
- 2d Annual Oral Argument Workshop, Kansas City, Missouri
- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
- Basics of Missouri Appellate Procedure, Kansas City, Missouri
- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
- Missouri E-Filing from a Practitioner's Perspective, Annual David Prager Appellate Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
- A Proposal for Modernizing Aspects of Missouri Civil Appellate Procedure, Jefferson City, Missouri
- The Missouri Bar
- E-filing "Tablet-Friendly" Briefs and Records, Annual David Prager Appellate Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
- Constructing a Winning Appeal, Kansas City, Missouri
- The Missouri Bar
- Appellate Oral Argument Workshop, Kansas City, Missouri
- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
- Fourth Amendment Privacy in the Information Age, Annual Bench, Bar, and Boardroom Conference, Branson, Missouri
- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
- Making the Best Record on Appeal, Annual Bench, Bar, and Boardroom Conference, Branson, Missouri
- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
- Review in the Supreme Courts of Missouri and Kansas, Annual David Prager Appellate Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
- Nuts and Bolts of Appellate Practice, Kansas City, Missouri
- Jackson County Law Library
- Issues and Ethics in Managing an Appellate Practice, Kansas City, Missouri
- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
- To Appeal or Not to Appeal, that is the Ethical Question, Annual David Prager Appellate Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
- Preparing the Best Briefs and Records for eFiling and eReading, Jefferson City, Missouri
- The Missouri Bar
- Preparing the Best Briefs and Records for eFiling and eReading, Annual Bench, Bar, and Boardroom Conference, Branson, Missouri
- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
- Protecting the Record on Appeal and Preserving Issues, Annual Bench, Bar, and Boardroom Conference, Branson, Missouri
- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
- Nuts and Bolts of Missouri Appellate Practice and Procedure, Liberty, Missouri
- Clay County Bar Association
- The Art of Persuasive Modern Brief-Writing, Annual David Prager Appellate Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
- Nuts and Bolts of Missouri Appellate Practice and Procedure, Platte City, Missouri
- Platte County Bar Association
- Appellate Practice 101, Independence, Missouri
- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
- Ethical Issues in Deciding Whether to Appeal, Kansas City, Missouri
- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
- New State and Federal Appellate Rules, Annual David Prager Appellate Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
- Nuts and Bolts of Missouri Appellate Practice and Procedure, Independence, Missouri
- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
- Appellate Practice Update, St. Louis, Missouri
- University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law
- Ethical Issues in Deciding Whether to Appeal, Kansas City, Missouri
- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
- Oral and Written Advocacy for Bankruptcy Practitioners, Kansas City, Kansas
- Kansas City Bankruptcy Bar Association
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