John M. Reeves - a St. Louis, Missouri (MO) Litigation & Appeals Lawyer

St. Louis Litigation & Appeals Lawyer

Updated: 05/14/2026

Areas of Practice

Litigation & Appeals

Attorney Information

Overview

John Reeves is an appellate specialist. After serving as an Assistant Missouri Attorney General for over six years, he entered private practice in 2015 and opened his own firm in 2019.

He has personally authored over 270 appellate briefs and has conducted oral arguments in all three districts of the Missouri Court of Appeals, the Missouri Supreme Court, and the federal Eighth Circuit. In addition, Mr. Reeves has personally authored both certiorari petitions and applications for extraordinary relief before the Supreme Court of the United States. Mr. Reeves has also written numerous dispositive motions in both federal and state court.

Mr. Reeves also provides consulting services to trial attorneys about preserving matters for appeal and drafting dispositive motions.

In October 2019, Mr. Reeves co-founded the Missouri Bar’s Appellate Practice Committee, the first statewide organization in Missouri devoted to furthering professional development for attorneys in appellate matters. He presently serves as the committee’s co-chair. In 2021, Mr. Reeves received the Outstanding Service Award from the Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers for his amicus appellate briefing on MODL’s behalf. That same year, he also received the International Municipal Lawyers’ Association Amicus Service Award for an amicus brief he filed in support of a petition for a writ of certiorari in the Supreme Court of the United States.

Awards and Honors

Honors

Best Lawyers in America in the area of Appellate Law

Education

Legal Education
- Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri, 2007
  J.D.
Non Legal Education
- Washington University in St. Louis, 2004
  A.M.
- Washington University in St. Louis, 2004
  A.B.

Current Employment Position(s)

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Bar Admissions

Missouri
Illinois
Supreme Court of the United States of America
U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
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
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri
U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri

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St. Louis, MO

7733 Forsyth Blvd
Suite 1100 – #1192
St. Louis, MO 63105

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