PRACTICE AREAS

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Appellate Practice

Business Litigation

John C. Holstein has more than 39 years of experience in the profession, including 27 years as a judge. Before joining the firm, Mr. Holstein served 12 years on the Supreme Court of Missouri, including as Chief Justice from 1995-1997.

His clients include financial institutions, government entities, utilities and not-for-profit agencies and he provides a broad range of alternative dispute resolution services (arbitration and mediation), including employment, tort, construction, real estate, probate and insurance disputes. He has substantial experience representing clients in both state and federal appellate matters.

Mr. Holstein's services have been used in the mediation and arbitration of hundreds of disputes. He serves as an arbitration and mediation panelist for the American Arbitration Association. He has also tried and defended complex tort cases, real estate litigation and unfair competition cases.

DISTINCTIONS

Listed in The Best Lawyers In America for Business and Commercial Litigation and Appellate Law

SMSU Outstanding Alumni Award (1996)

Recognized in 1995 for having been a founding member and first chairperson of the Central States Judicial Council on Child Support Enforcement

Honored in 1997 for having served as chairperson of the Appellate Judicial Commission from 1995-97

KC Magazine in 2005 recognized John as a Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyer

John was selected for inclusion in Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers 2008 for Alternative Dispute Resolution

COMMUNITY AND BAR INVOLVEMENT

The Missouri Bar

Professionalism Committee

Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee

Judicial Administration Committee

Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association

Board Member, 2007-2010

Springfield Bar Association

Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association

Leadership Springfield, Program Speaker

United Way of the Ozarks, Board Member

SMSU, Adjunct Professor in business law and education law

Southwest Baptist University, Adjunct Professor in business law and education law

Springfield Rotary Club

NOTABLE EXPERIENCE

More than 300 published opinions.

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

Spring 1996 |1997

State of the Judiciary Addresses

Missouri Bar Journal

Summer 1995|Spring 1996

Keynote Addresses to the Annual Meeting of the Missouri Bar

Missouri Bar Journal

EDUCATION

J.D., University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, 1970,

Order of the Coif

LL.M., University of Virginia, 1995

B.A., Political Science, Southwest Missouri State University, 1967

BAR ADMISSIONS

Missouri, 1970