Jonathan Sternberg, Attorney, P.C., 2323 Grand Boulevard, Ste 1100, Kansas City, MO (2026)

Jonathan Sternberg is an appellate lawyer based in Kansas City and St. Louis, Missouri, representing businesses and individuals in civil and criminal appeals and related matters before state and federal courts nationwide. His practice is focused exclusively on appellate litigation, including briefing and arguing appeals and related actions and advising trial lawyers on procedural and strategic iss

ues at all stages of a case. Since opening his practice upon his admission to the bar in 2007, Jonathan has served as counsel of record in more than 250 reported appellate decisions across a wide array of legal subjects. He has written over 500 appellate briefs and presented more than 225 appellate oral arguments, including 17 before the Supreme Court of Missouri. The total amount in controversy across all his cases exceeds $1 billion. He is admitted to all state and federal courts in Missouri, Kansas, and Illinois, as well as every federal appellate court in the United States. Jonathan has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America for appellate practice every year since 2015, and by Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers every year since 2014, including multiple selections to its "Top 100" and "Top 50 Kansas City" lists, often as the youngest lawyer named. He holds an AV Preeminent peer-review rating from Martindale-Hubbell (2012-present). Missouri Lawyers Media has included him on its "Power List" for appellate law since 2021 and its statewide "Top 100 Power List" since 2022, making Jonathan by far the youngest of only eleven people named to both of Missouri's major top 100 lawyer lists every year since 2022. Earlier in his career, he was the youngest person - and only solo practitioner - recognized as an "Up & Coming Lawyer" by Missouri Lawyers Weekly in 2009, and was named to the Kansas City Business Journal's "Best of the Bar" in 2013-2016.

06/18/2026

Today, the Kansas Court of Appeals reversed all 17 of our client's convictions for violating a "protection from abuse" order based on communications he sent to the protected party and ordered a new trial. The Court agreed with us that the district court abused its discretion by denying our client's request for a bill of particulars, which would have required the prosecution to identify the specific messages on which it relied in charging him. Because the prosecution brought the charges based on hundreds of communications exchanged over a year, the Court agreed with us that our client was improperly left guessing which messages allegedly constituted crimes and how the prosecution claimed they violated the order. The case is State v. Bee, No. 128,336.

06/02/2026

Today, the Supreme Court of Missouri agreed to transfer a land use appeal on Jonathan Sternberg's application. The case concerns a claimed prescriptive easement over private property in Kansas City, which the property owner challenges. The Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, did not reach the merits and instead dismissed the appeal, holding that an amended judgment was void because it was electronically filed three minutes after an order denying a post-judgment motion. The Supreme Court will now rehear the appeal. Jonathan previously has argued 17 cases before the Supreme Court. The case is 200 W Armour Boulevard, LLC v. Judson, No. SC101621.

04/25/2026

We are excited to announce that Bill Madden has joined us as our newest associate attorney. Bill received his law degree from the University of Kansas in 2017, where he graduated in the top 10% of his class, and received his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College in 2008. He previously practiced as a litigation attorney for several different firms, including a large national firm, handling complex civil matters across the country. Welcome, Bill!

Appellate lawyer in Kansas City & St. Louis, Missouri, representing businesses and individuals in civil and criminal appeals and related matters nationwide.

04/17/2026

Today, the Kansas Court of Appeals reversed a dismissal of our client's neglicence claim for against a pizza delivery company after our client settled with the employee-driver. The client was injured when the driver struck him while he was riding a bicycle. The Court agreed with us that under Kansas law, a general release that does not specifically identify an employer does not extinguish the employer's liability for its own independent negligence, and that boilerplate language alone is insufficient to do so. It remanded the case for further proceedings on that claim. The case is Szerwinski v. Main Street Associates, Inc., No. 128,438.

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2323 Grand Boulevard, Ste 1100
Kansas City, MO
64108

Telephone

+18162927020

Website

http://www.sternberg-law.com/

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