Jonathan Sternberg

Jonathan Sternberg is a highly skilled appellate attorney based in Kansas City and St. Louis, Missouri. His practice is exclusively dedicated to appellate litigation, representing both businesses and individuals in civil and criminal appeals across state and federal courts nationwide. Jonathan's expertise includes briefing and arguing appeals, as well as advising trial lawyers on procedural and strategic issues at various stages of a case.

Since being admitted to the bar in 2007, Jonathan has served as counsel of record in over 250 reported appellate decisions, spanning a diverse range of legal subjects. He has crafted more than 475 appellate briefs and delivered over 200 appellate oral arguments, including 17 appearances before the Supreme Court of Missouri. The total financial stakes in his cases exceed $1 billion.

Jonathan is admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in Missouri, Kansas, and Illinois, as well as every federal appellate court in the United States. His exceptional skill has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America for appellate practice every year since 2015, and by Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers annually since 2014. He has been frequently named to its "Top 100" and "Top 50 Kansas City" lists, often as the youngest honoree. He holds an AV Preeminent peer-review rating from Martindale-Hubbell since 2012.

In addition, Missouri Lawyers Media has featured him on its "Power List" for appellate law since 2021 and its statewide "Top 100 Power List" since 2022, where he stands out as the youngest of only eleven attorneys named to both lists annually since 2022. Earlier, he was the youngest and sole solo practitioner recognized as an "Up & Coming Lawyer" by Missouri Lawyers Weekly in 2009 and was listed in the Kansas City Business Journal's "Best of the Bar" from 2013 to 2016.