About James
James Meadows focuses his practice on contract disputes, real estate claims, construction payment and defect claims, insurance coverage actions, and employment cases. As a former law clerk for the Supreme Court of Missouri, Mr. Meadows has handled high-profile state and federal appeals as a replacement for trial counsel as well as handling litigation from start through jury trial to a verdict himself.
Practice Areas
Awards & Recognition
- Lawyer of the Year: Appellate Practice, Springfield, MO (2018)
- Recognized: Appellate Practice
- Recognized: Litigation - Real Estate
- Practice Area: Commercial Litigation
- Practice Area: Litigation - Construction
- Practice Area: Real Estate Law
- Order of the Coif
- Associate Editor-in-Chief and Note and Comment Editor, Missouri Law Review
- Selected among The Best Lawyers in America®, Appellate Practice, Litigation - Real Estate, 2016
- Recognized as “Forty Under 40” by Springfield Business Journal, 2014
- Selected for Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers “Rising Stars”, 2012, 2013, 2015
- Martindale-Hubbell® “AV Preeminent” Rating
- David J. Dixon Appellate Advocacy Award, Missouri Bar Foundation, 2009