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John Campbell, born and raised in McKinney, Texas earned his undergraduate degree summa cum laude from Concordia University at Austin with a major in Secondary Education and minors in religion, Spanish and English. Prior to attending law school, John was a high school English and Spanish teacher, as well as a coach. He came to St. Louis to attend Saint Louis University School of Law, where he graduated summa cum laude. John was made a member of the Order of the Woolsack.

John’s practice at The Simon Law Firm consists primarily of working on class action litigation. Cases range from wage and hour violations to environmental claims to a variety of predatory lending. John also handles select employment discrimination claims and actions involving the mortgage industry. John has obtained settlements for hundreds of thousands of class members. John has been recognized as one of the “winningest” plaintiffs attorneys in Missouri.

John is an accomplished appellate attorney, having appeared before the Missouri Supreme Court on several occasions, the Missouri Court of Appeals, and the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. John was voted one of the “Most Influential Appellate Attorneys” in Missouri.

John Campbell is the chair of the Consumer Law Committee, a part of the Business Law Section of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis. John is also the state coordinator for Public Justice.

John has established a reputation for aggressive representation that is carried out in a professional manner. John received the John C. Shepherd Professionalism Award, given to one attorney in St. Louis each year.

John is licensed to practice law in Missouri, Illinois and New York as well as before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri and the Western District of Missouri, and the United States Supreme Court. John is a member of the Missouri Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, the Lawyers Association of St. Louis, the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, the National Association of Consumer Advocates, and the Hispanic National Bar Association.

John’s publications and presentations include:

Chapter 9, Binding Mandatory Arbitration, Missouri Consumer Law & Practice MOBAR CLE Deskbook (December, 2010) (Co-authored with Erich Vieth)

Huch V. Charter Communications Inc.: Consumer Prey, Corporate Predators and a Call For The Death Of The Voluntary Payment Doctrine Defense” – Accepted for publication by Valparaiso University Law Review (co-authored with Oliver Beatty). 

Be Succinct, Missouri Lawyers Weekly, 2010. 

Challenging Arbitration Provisions in Consumer Cases, The Missouri Trial Attorney, Summer 2007

Appellate Practice: Effective Persuasion in Writing and Argument, Annual Seminar to Benefit Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, June 2011.

Mortgage Law Symposium: Issues Affecting Consumers, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, February 2011.

The Alien Tort Statute: Addressing Human Rights Violations Committed Abroad in U.S. Courts, April 1, 2008, Saint Louis University

Current Issues in Class Action Litigation, June 24, 2008, The Simon Law Firm Seminar to Benefit Legal Services of Eastern Missouri

John was the recipient of Missouri Lawyers Media’s Up & Coming Lawyer in 2009, the John C. Shepherd Professionalism Award in 2010 and named to the Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers Rising Star list since 2009.