About Jonathan Sternberg

Education

• Juris Doctor, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, 2007

  • CALI Awards (top grades) in both Criminal Procedure and Constitutional Interpretation

  • Externship, Federal Defender for the Western District of Missouri
     

• Bachelor of Arts, History, with honors, University of Kansas, 2003

Bar Admissions

• State courts:

  • Missouri, 2007

  • Kansas, 2013

  • Illinois, 2019
     

• Federal appellate courts:

  • Supreme Court of the United States, 2010

  • United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (Boston), 2014

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (New York City), 2014

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (Philadelphia), 2014

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (Richmond), 2014

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (New Orleans), 2014

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (Cincinnati), 2014

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (Chicago), 2014

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (St. Louis), 2007

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (San Francisco), 2009

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (Denver), 2008

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (Atlanta), 2014

  • United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (Washington, D.C.), 2014

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 2014

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 2014
     

• Federal district courts:

  • United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, 2007

  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, 2008

  • United States District Court for the District of Kansas, 2008

  • United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, 2019

  • United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 2019

  • United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois, 2019

  • United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, 2019

Awards & Recognition

Professional Affiliations

Works Published

• Editor, Practical Aspects of Practicing Law: A Manual for New Missouri Lawyers (The Missouri Bar: 2011)

  • (and author of § 2, The Missouri Nonpartisan Court Plan)
     

• Deciding Not to Decide: The Judiciary Act of 1925 and the Discretionary Court, 33(1) J. Sup. Ct. Hist. 1 (Mar. 2008)

Professional Presentations

• “Nuts and Bolts of Missouri Appellate Practice and Procedure,” numerous times before numerous audiences, most recently in June 2021

• “Ethical Issues in Deciding Whether to Appeal,” numerous times before numerous audiences, most recently in June 2021

• “21st Century Advocacy: Live and Remote,” Annual David Prager Appellate Institute, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (May 2021: Kansas City, Mo.)

• “Nuts and Bolts of Kansas Appellate Practice and Procedure,” Kansas Trial Lawyers Association (February 2021: Wichita, Kan.)

• “Interlocutory Review in Missouri, Kansas, and Federal Courts,” Annual David Prager Appellate Institute, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (June 2019: Kansas City, Mo.)

• “Oral and Written Advocacy for Bankruptcy Practitioners,” Kansas City Bankruptcy Bar Association (July 2018: Kansas City, Kan.)

• “Appellate Practice Update,” University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law (June 2018: St. Louis, Mo.)

• “New State and Federal Appellate Rules,” Annual David Prager Appellate Institute, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (May 2018: Kansas City, Mo.)

• “Appellate Practice 101,” Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (June 2017: Independence, Mo.)

• “The Art of Persuasive Modern Brief-Writing,” Annual David Prager Appellate Institute, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (June 2016: Kansas City, Mo.)

• “Protecting the Record on Appeal & Preserving Issues for Appeal,” Annual Bench, Bar, and Boardroom Conference, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (May 2016: Branson, Mo.)

• “Preparing the Best Records and Briefs for eFiling and eReading,” Annual Bench, Bar, and Boardroom Conference, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association  (May 2016: Branson, Mo.)

• “Preparing the Best Records and Briefs for eFiling and eReading,” The Missouri Bar (Nov. 2015: Jefferson City, Mo.)

• “Issues and Ethics in Managing an Appellate Practice,” Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (Oct. 2014: Kansas City, Mo.)

• “Obtaining Review in the Supreme Courts of Kansas and Missouri,” Annual David Prager Appellate Institute, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (May 2014: Kansas City, Mo.)

• “How to Protect the Record for Appeal,” Annual Bench, Bar, and Boardroom Conference, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (May 2014: Branson, Mo.)

• “Jones, Jardines, and Fourth Amendment Privacy in the Information Age,” Annual Bench, Bar, and Boardroom Conference, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (May 2014: Branson, Mo.)

• “Appellate Oral Argument Workshop,” Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (Apr. 2014: Kansas City, Mo.)

• “Constructing a Winning Appeal,” The Missouri Bar (Mar. 2014: Kansas City, Mo.)

• “Electronically Filing ‘Tablet-Friendly’ Briefs and Records,” Annual David Prager Appellate Institute, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (June 2013: Kansas City, Mo.)

• “A Proposal for Modernizing Aspects of Missouri Civil Appellate Procedure,” The Missouri Bar (Nov. 2012: Jefferson City, Mo.)

• “Missouri E-Filing from a Practitioner’s Perspective,” Annual David Prager Appellate Institute, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (Nov. 2012)

• “2d Annual Oral Argument Workshop,” Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association / Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District (June 2012: Kansas City, Mo.)

• “The Law of State and Local Smoking Bans,” National Business Institute (Apr. 2012: Overland Park, Kan.)

• “Oral Argument Workshop,” Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association / Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District (June 2011: Kansas City, Mo.)