John Kilper

Attorney Profile
Top Rated Business Litigation Attorney in St. Charles, MO
- Business Litigation (30%),
- Civil Litigation: Defense (40%),
- Personal Injury - General: Defense (20%),
- Appellate (10%)
Focusing his practice on complex civil litigation, John Kilper is a partner at Saint Charles, Missouri-based Hamilton Weber LLC. He represents individual and business clients throughout the greater St. Louis metropolitan area, including Madison and St. Clair counties in Illinois. Admitted to practice before all Missouri and Illinois state courts, Mr. Kilper is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri.
Mr. Kilper has worked with both plaintiffs and defendants in a wide variety of matters. His defense experience includes premises liability and other types of personal injury and wrongful death litigation, class actions and civil rights lawsuits. In the latter, he has represented law enforcement officers as well as other government employees and officials in cases involving excessive force and other deprivations of rights under the Civil Rights Act of 1871. Mr. Kilper's trial experience has also included construction and real estate disputes, and he has been trial counsel for a subsidiary of a leading global bank in federal and state lender liability lawsuits. He has received a great deal of recognition from his colleagues for his successful track record, including being a St. Louis Business Journal 30 Under 30 honoree in 2012.
As an undergraduate, Mr. Kilper attended Tulane University in New Orleans, where he majored in political science and history and received a Bachelor of Arts cum laude in 2005. He then pursued a legal education at the University of Missouri School of Law, and he was the notes and comments editor of the Missouri Law Review before being awarded his Juris Doctor in 2008. His professional memberships include the The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, the Federal Bar Association, and the St. Charles Bar Association.
- 30%Business Litigation
- 40%Civil Litigation: Defense
- 20%Personal Injury - General: Defense
- 10%Appellate
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About John Kilper
Admitted: 2008, Missouri
Professional Webpage: http://hamiltonweber.com/professionals/john-h-kilper/
Honors/Awards:
- 30 Under 30 Award, St. Louis Business Journal, 2012
- Super Lawyers®, Rising Stars list for Missouri and Kansas, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019
Bar/Professional Activity:
- United States District Court, Western District of Missouri
- United States District Court, Eastern District of Missouri
- Illinois
- The Missouri Bar
- Missouri
- Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, 2008-10
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Federal Bar Association
- Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
- American Bar Association
- St. Louis County Bar Association
- Illinois State Bar Association
- St. Charles County Bar Association
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Focus St. Louis, Emerging Leaders Program, Fall, 2017
- Town and Country Symphonic Orchestra, Violin
- Parkway Alumni Association, Past-President and Current Board Member
- Parkway School District, Steering Committee Member
Educational Background:
- Tulane University, B.A., cum laude, 2005
- University of Missouri, Columbia, J.D., 2008
- John Kilper Named One of STL's "Best Attorneys" by St. Louis Small Business Monthly. https://t.co/y4l0LR3Wzl
- Gross v. Parson https://t.co/Yzseht0Fcj
- Hamilton Weber Remains Open to Serve Clients During the COVID-19 Pandemic https://t.co/95wuWrR402
- Missouri Supreme Court Makes Dramatic Shift in Determining What Constitutes a Special Law https://t.co/DPOGI3EPv3
- Hamilton Weber Included Among “Best Law Firms” by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers. https://t.co/3vCw6qrYxz
- Gross v. Parson https://t.co/Yzseht0Fcj
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Last Updated: 12/22/2020