Jonathan Sternberg

Recipient: "Top 100 Power List," Mo. Lawyers Media, 2022-2025; "The Power List: Appellate Law," Mo. Lawyers Media, 2021-2026; Mo. & Kan. Super Lawyers, 2014-2025 ("Top 100," 2016, 2019-2025; "Top 50 Kan. City Super Lawyers," 2016, 2019-2025; "Rising Stars," 2010-2013); The Best Lawyers in America©, Appellate Practice, 2015-2026; "Best of the Bar," Kan. City Bus. Journal, 2013-2016; "Up & Coming Lawyer," Mo. Lawyers Weekly, 2009; CALI Awards in Criminal Procedure and Constitutional Interpretation. Fellow, Am. Bar Found., 2020. Member, Mo. Bar Leadership Academy, 2011. Editor, "Practical Aspects of Practicing Law: A Manual for New Missouri Lawyers" (Mo. Bar 2011) (and author of § 2, "The Missouri Nonpartisan Court Plan"). Author, "Deciding Not To Decide: The Judiciary Act of 1925 and the Discretionary Court," 33(1) J. Sup. Ct. Hist. 1, March 2008. Presentations: "Ethical Issues in Deciding Whether to Appeal," various, most recently June 2025; "Nuts and Bolts of Missouri Appellate Practice and Procedure," various, most recently June 2025; "Real-World Examples of Complex Appellate Practice and Procedure Issues," Clay County Bar Association (Mar. 2026: Liberty, Mo.); "Preserving Error for Appeal in Kansas and Missouri Trial Courts," Johnson County Bar Association (June 2024: Overland Park, Kan.); "Procedural and Strategic Differences – and Ethical Considerations – Between Civil, Criminal, and Domestic Appeals," David Prager Appellate Institute, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (June 2024: Kansas City, Mo.); "Appeals Across State Lines: Ethical Considerations in Multi-Jurisdictional Practice," Annual David Prager Appellate Institute, Kan. City Metro. Bar Ass'n (May 2023: Kan. City, Mo.); "A Review, not a Retrial: Perfecting the Record for Appellate Review," Annual David Prager Appellate Institute, Kan. City Metro. Bar Ass'n (June 2022: Kan. City, Mo.); "21st Century Advocacy: Live and Remote," Annual David Prager Appellate Institute, Kan. City Metro. Bar Ass'n (May 2021: Kan. City, Mo.); "Nuts and Bolts of Kansas Appellate Practice and Procedure," Kan. Trial Lawyers Ass'n (Feb. 2021: Wichita, Kan.); "Interlocutory Review in Missouri, Kansas, and Federal Courts," Annual David Prager Appellate Institute, Kan. City Metro. Bar Ass'n (June 2019: Kan. City, Mo.); "Oral and Written Advocacy for Bankruptcy Practitioners," Kan. City Bankr. Bar Ass'n (July 2018: Kan. City, Kan.); "Appellate Practice Update," Univ. of Mo.-Kan. City Sch. of Law (June 2018: St. Louis, Mo.); "New State and Federal Appellate Rules," Annual David Prager Appellate Institute, Kan. City Metro. Bar Ass'n (May 2018: Kan. City, Mo.); "The Art of Persuasive Modern Brief-Writing," Annual David Prager Appellate Institute, Kan. City Metro. Bar Ass'n (June 2016: Kan. City, Mo.); "Protecting the Record on Appeal and Preserving Issues," Annual Bench, Bar, and Boardroom Conference, Kan. City Metro. Bar Ass'n (May 2016: Branson, Mo.); "Preparing the Best Briefs and Records for eFiling and eReading," Annual Bench, Bar, & Boardroom Conference, Kan. City Metro. Bar Ass'n (May 2016: Branson, Mo.); "Preparing the Best Briefs and Records for eFiling and eReading," Mo. Bar (Nov. 2015: Jefferson City, Mo.); "Issues and Ethics in Managing an Appellate Practice," Kan. City Metro. Bar Ass'n (Oct. 2014: Kan. City, Mo.); "Review in the Supreme Courts of Missouri and Kansas," Annual David Prager Appellate Institute, Kan. City Metro. Bar Ass'n (May 2014: Kan. City, Mo.); "Making the Best Record on Appeal," Annual Bench, Bar, & Boardroom Conference, Kan. City Metro. Bar Ass'n (May 2014: Branson, Mo.); "Fourth Amendment Privacy in the Information Age," Annual Bench, Bar, & Boardroom Conference, Kan. City Metro. Bar Ass'n (May 2014: Branson, Mo.); "Appellate Oral Argument Workshop," Kan. City Metro. Bar Ass'n (Apr. 2014: Kan. City, Mo.); "Constructing a Winning Appeal", Mo. Bar (Mar. 2014: Kan. City, Mo.); "E-filing 'Tablet-Friendly' Briefs and Records," Annual David Prager Appellate Institute, Kan. City Metro. Bar Ass'n (June 2013: Kan. City, Mo.); "A Proposal for Modernizing Aspects of Missouri Civil Appellate Procedure," Mo. Bar (Nov. 2012: Jefferson City, Mo.); "Missouri E-Filing from a Practitioner's Perspective," Annual David Prager Appellate Institute, Kan. City Metro. Bar Ass'n (Nov. 2012: Kan. City, Mo.); "2d Annual Oral Argument Workshop," Kan. City Metro. Bar Ass'n / Mo. Court of Appeals, W.D. (June 2012: Kan. City, Mo.); "The Law of State and Local Smoking Bans," Nat'l Bus. Inst. (Apr. 2012: Overland Park, Kan.); "Oral Argument Workshop", Kan. City Metro. Bar Ass'n / Mo. Court of Appeals, W.D. (June 2011: Kan. City, Mo.)