Neutral
Joshua Schindler
Professional Experience:
Josh Schindler is the founder of Schindler Law Firm, P.C. Over the course of his legal career, Josh represented hundreds of individuals and companies in all phases of litigation, including jury trials in state circuit courts and federal district courts; and well over 100 non-jury trials. Josh has a wide range of trial experiences, from trying one of the longest and most complex trials in Missouri history, involving a billion dollar school funding issue, to associate circuit and small claims matters; and from arguing before the Missouri Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, to the federal Eighth Circuit Court of Appeal. Josh also has a wide range of practice area experiences, including personal injury, domestic matters, collection work, constmction, fair housing issues, employment and wage/hour matters; and he has frequent dealings with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Missouri Commission on Human Rights (MCHR), and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Having been in the trenches on a day-to-day basis throughout his career, representing plaintiffs and defendants, while also participating in numerous mediations on his clients' behalves, Josh has acquired a unique ability to lmderstand the dynamic relationships between counsel and their clients, and to move parties towards resolving their disputes. Indeed, Josh's upbringing inspired him to devote his career to problem solving. His father was a rabbi who mediated many disputes, which provided to Josh a fertile training ground for conflict resolution as a lawyer and a mediator.
Josh also took a keen interest in the mediation practice while clerking for the then Chief Justice of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Edward L Filippine, as he watched efforts by federal judges to resolve disputes without appearing to favor the position of any of the litigants. Thus, it almost seemed inevitable that Josh would become a court certified neutral for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
Education:
- B.A., George Washington University, 1985
- J.D., Washington University, 1988
Admissions:
- Missouri, 1988
- Massachusetts, 1991
- Illinois, 1993