John F. Edgar - a Kansas City, United States Class Actions Lawyer

Kansas City Class Actions Lawyer

Updated: 03/02/2026

Areas of Practice

Class Actions
Consumer Protection
Complex and Commercial Litigation
Legal Malpractice
Business Torts
Wage/Overtime
Antitrust
ERISA/Employee Benefits
Fraud/misrepresentation
Product Liability/Defective Products

Attorney Information

Overview

John F. Edgar is one of the founding partners of Edgar Law Firm LLC. The Firm was founded in 2002 to provide clients with the responsive, personal service they require in high-stakes, complex litigation.

Edgar is well known for his work in complex commercial and class action litigation in courts throughout the country. Clients turn to Edgar counting on his courtroom skills and strategy in high-profile litigation where the last thing the client needs is a large law firm charging massive hourly rates. Indeed, Edgar believes that the attorney and client create a team working together in order to reach the ultimate goals of the client. Edgar's clients receive personal and responsive communication, as well as regular updates about the client's pending matter. It is Edgar's philosophy to move the client's matter to trial in the most quick and efficient manner possible.

Over his extensive career, Edgar has served as lead counsel in a multitude of successful, highly publicized commercial and class actions against some of the largest corporations in the world, and also against some of the largest law firms in the world representing them. In one such case, Edgar served as co-lead trial counsel in one of the longest jury trials in the history of the United States. Edgar has successfully prosecuted matters in the areas of commercial litigation, fraud/misrepresentation, breach of contract, legal malpractice, securities, and other business torts. He has also prosecuted hundreds of class actions in the areas of consumer protection, product liability/defective products, environmental contamination, securities, wage/overtime, antitrust, and ERISA/employee benefits.

Edgar serves in key leadership roles throughout the legal and business communities and serves on the Board of Governors for the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys. He is a former Board member of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association. John F. Edgar was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. He currently lives in Leawood, Kansas with his wife Keiko, and his four children Isabella, Emma, Deya, and Sloane. Edgar enjoys spending time with his family, as well as playing an occasional round of golf.

Awards and Honors

Super Lawyers® Selectees

John F. Edgar included in a Super Lawyers® list

Honors

Martindale-Hubbell Rated AV Preeminent
Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers
Lawdragon 3000 Leading Lawyers in America
Best of the Bar, Kansas City Business Journal
Super Lawyers
The National Trial Lawyers Top 100

Other Sources of Feedback About John F. Edgar

Included on the 2025 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list

Past Lists

2024 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list
2023 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list
2022 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list
2021 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list
2020 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list
2019 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list
2018 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list
2017 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list
2016 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list
2015 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list
2014 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list
2013 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list
2012 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list
2011 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers list

Education

Legal Education
- University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law, Kansas City, Missouri, 1996
  Juris Doctorate
  Honors: AAJ National Trial Team
Non Legal Education
- University of Kansas
  Bachelor of Arts
  Honors: Kappa Sigma Social Fraternity
  Major: Communications/Public Speaking
  Major: Psychology

Current Employment Position(s)

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Partner
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Classes and Seminars

Emerging Trends in Class Actions (Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association Annual Conference 2016)
Insiders’ Guide to Class Action Litigation (Association of Women Lawyers of Greater Kansas City Annual Conference 2012)
Establishing a Theme in a Commercial Litigation Trial (Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys Annual Conference 2009)
Rainmaking: Practice Development for Young Lawyers (Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association 1999)

Pro Bono Activities

Civic Council of Greater Kansas City, Kansas City Tomorrow Class of 2001
Kansas City Symphony Society
Midwest Innocence Project – Board of Directors

Bar Admissions

Missouri
Kansas
U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri
U.S. District Court District of Kansas
U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit
Supreme Court of the United States of America
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri

Other Affiliations

American Bar Association (Member)
American Association for Justice (Member)
Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (Member)
Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section (Past President)
Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (Past Board Member)
Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys (Member)
Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys (Board of Governors)
Missouri Bar Association (Member)
Kansas Bar Association (Member)
Kansas Association for Justice (Member)
Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (Member)
Ross T. Roberts Inn of Court (Graduate)
Consumer Attorneys of California (Member)

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Contact

Kansas City, MO

2600 Grand Blvd
Suite 440
Kansas City, MO 64108

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Phone: 816-399-5158

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Website: https://www.edgarlawfirm.com

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