The POWER List 2023: John W. Grimm
Staff Report//May 10, 2023//

John Grimm has been entrenched in the legal community throughout his career.
Grimm is a past president of The Missouri Bar. He has served on its Board of Governors since 2010.
In 2013, he represented a bar facing claims that it allegedly offered too much alcohol to a driver before a car accident that killed a passenger. The family of the accident victim settled for $450,000 with the bar and the other driver.
Grimm earned his law degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 1987. He clerked for U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Sr. of the Eastern District of Missouri before he joined the Limbaugh Firm in 1989, which was founded by Stephen’s father, Rush Limbaugh Sr. He later served as circuit judge for the 32nd Judicial Circuit before returning to the firm in 2003.
Grimm is a mediator in state and federal courts and serves on panels for the American Arbitration Association.
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