Jonathan Sternberg
Jonathan Sternberg, Attorney, P.C.Jonathan Sternberg is an appellate lawyer in Kansas City, Missouri. He focuses his practice on civil and criminal appellate litigation at all points of a case, including briefing and arguing appeals, writs, post-judgment and post-conviction proceedings, and similar matters, as well as advising trial attorneys on procedure and strategy. Since opening his practice immediately after his admission to the bar in 2007, Jonathan has represented businesses and individuals in dozens of state and federal appeals throughout America in a wide array of subjects, 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 $575 million. His clients have included everything from Fortune 500® companies to indigent people. He has written more than 190 appellate briefs and presented more than 90 appellate oral arguments, including eleven before the Supreme Court of Missouri. Jonathan is admitted to practice before Missouri and Kansas 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 who Missouri Lawyers Weekly selected as an "Up & Coming Lawyer" in 2009, was named to the Kansas City Business Journal's "Best of the Bar" list in 2013-2016, and has been named by The National Trial Lawyers to both its "Top 100" and "Top 40 Under 40" lists every year since 2013. He was listed in Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers in 2014-2016, previously was listed in its "Rising Stars" from 2010-2013, was listed in The Best Lawyers in America© for Appellate Practice in 2015-2018 and Criminal Defense in 2016-2017, was a member of the Missouri Bar Leadership Academy's 2011 class, and has received Martindale-Hubbell®'s highest peer review rating, AV® Preeminent™, every year since 2012.
- Appeals & Appellate
- Municipal Law
- Constitutional Law
- Post-judgment proceedings
- Post-conviction remedies
- Writs
- Attorney/judicial discipline
- Free Consultation
- Kansas
- Missouri
- U.S. Dist. Kansas
- U.S. E. Dist. Missouri
- 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
- Attorney
- Jonathan Sternberg, Attorney, P.C.
- - Current
- University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law
- J.D.
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- Honors: Dean's List; CALI Awards in Criminal Procedure and Constitutional Interpretation
- University of Kansas
- B.A. / History
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- Honors: With Honors
- Listed in Appellate Practice
- 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 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
- Top 100
- The National Trial Lawyers
- Top 100 criminal defense litigators in Missouri
- Top 40 Under 40
- The National Trial Lawyers
- Top 40 litigators in Missouri under 40 years of age
- Best of the Bar
- Kansas City Business Journal
- Peer-elected as one of top 200 lawyers in Kansas City metropolitan area
- Top 100
- The National Trial Lawyers
- Top 100 criminal defense litigators in Missouri
- Best of the Bar
- Kansas City Business Journal
- Peer-elected as one of top 200 lawyers in Kansas City metropolitan area
- Top 40 Under 40
- The National Trial Lawyers
- Top 40 litigators in Missouri under 40 years of age
- Listed
- Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers
- Top 5% of lawyers in Missouri
- Listed in Appellate Practice
- The Best Lawyers in America©
- Top 40 Under 40
- The National Trial Lawyers
- Top 40 litigators in Missouri under 40 years of age
- 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
- Top 100
- The National Trial Lawyers
- Top 100 criminal defense litigators 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)
- Top 100
- The National Trial Lawyers
- Top 100 criminal defense litigators in Missouri
- Rising Stars
- Missouri & Kansas Superlawyers
- Top 2.5% of Missouri lawyers under 40 years of age
- Top 40 Under 40
- The National Trial Lawyers
- Top 40 litigators in Missouri 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™, 2012-2016
- Martindale-Hubble®
- Highest possible rating for professional ethics and ability
- 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-present); Appellate Practice Subcommittee (Chair, 2012-present)
- 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
- Website
- Website
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