John Steward brings over 25 years of legal experience to Klenofsky & Steward. He concentrates his practice on serious personal injury cases, complex litigation, class actions, and commercial, consumer, and privacy protection cases. His past work comprises a wide array of complex, constitutional, consumer, and class action lawsuits. In fact, state and federal courts have appointed him class counsel in several cases across the nation.
BAR ADMISSIONS
The Missouri Bar
Colorado Bar Association
U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri
U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
Melton M. Lewis Equal Justice Award
PROTECTING AND UPLIFTING THE COMMUNITY
Attorney Steward has a genuine passion for bettering his community. This is shown in his legal advocacy, as well as in how he shares his award-winning knowledge with others in the legal field.
For example, Attorney Steward was a faculty speaker at HarrisMartin’s 2015 Data Breach Litigation Conference in San Diego, California, where he spoke on “The Coming of Age - Evolving Theories in Data Breach Cases: Theories of Recovery, Damages and Injuries.” Further, he was the sole lecturer and program developer for The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis’ continuing legal education (CLE) seminar, “The Basics of Using the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) to Protect Your Clients.” The St. Louis Bar Journal even published an article of his, “Pre-Dispute Mandatory Binding Arbitration Clauses in Consumer Contracts.”
This is all in addition to the work he does in the office and in court. A sample of his most notable legal victories include the following:
$2.443 million car crash case, Top 50 Verdicts in Missouri 2018
$4 million premises liability case, Top 50 Bench Awards in United States 2019
$19.4 million consumer rights case against timesharehare company
$10 million consumer rights case against telemarketer
$8.37 million consumer rights case against telemarketer
$8 million insurance bad faith case
$3.9 million consumer rights case against telemarketer
$3.4 million consumer rights sales tax refund case
$3.1 million consumer rights case over a data breach
$2.85 million consumer rights case against telemarketer
$1.8 million consumer rights case against telemarketer
$950,000 consumer rights case against telemarketer
$750,000 consumer rights case against telemarketer
$600,000 consumer rights case against telemarketer
$312,000 premises liability case
$150,000 consumer rights case against telemarketer
Attorney Steward’s fearless advocacy does not go unnoticed. He recently had the honor of receiving the Melton M. Lewis Equal Justice Award, which recognizes attorneys who have demonstrated a steadfast commitment to ensuring everyone has equal access to justice.
