Jacob D. Bielenberg
Of Counsel
About
Prior to joining FPS&S as Of Counsel, Jake served as an associate in a civil litigation firm in the Kansas City area from 2020 – 2024. Prior to his experience there, Jake served his clients from private-practice firms in Erie and Overland Park, Kansas. Jake provides experienced counsel in quasi-municipal, local, and state government defense and focuses primarily on constitution litigation, employment defense and general insurance defense matters. Jake also counsel clients on issues of Kansas and Missouri open records and meetings. During his career, Jake has written on and presented open records and meetings issues to numerous groups across Kansas and Missouri.
While in law school, Jake served as technical editor and notes editor of the Washburn Law Journal and as an editor of Family Law Quarterly. While serving as a staff member, the Journal published his Comment: “When Heavyweights Get Thirsty, Contracts Fall to the Wayside: A Case for Common Contract Principles and Stare Decisis” [Kansas v. Nebraska, 135 S. Ct. 1042 (2015)], 55 Washburn L.J. 759 (2016). Among other law school honors, Jake was named as one of National Jurist Magazine’s 2017 Top 25 Law Students in America and graduated with Distinguished Pro Bono Honors and Dean’s Honors upon graduation.
About
Prior to joining FPS&S as Of Counsel, Jake served as an associate in a civil litigation firm in the Kansas City area from 2020 – 2024. Prior to his experience there, Jake served his clients from private-practice firms in Erie and Overland Park, Kansas. Jake provides experienced counsel in quasi-municipal, local, and state government defense and focuses primarily on constitution litigation, employment defense and general insurance defense matters. Jake also counsel clients on issues of Kansas and Missouri open records and meetings. During his career, Jake has written on and presented open records and meetings issues to numerous groups across Kansas and Missouri.
While in law school, Jake served as technical editor and notes editor of the Washburn Law Journal and as an editor of Family Law Quarterly. While serving as a staff member, the Journal published his Comment: “When Heavyweights Get Thirsty, Contracts Fall to the Wayside: A Case for Common Contract Principles and Stare Decisis” [Kansas v. Nebraska, 135 S. Ct. 1042 (2015)], 55 Washburn L.J. 759 (2016). Among other law school honors, Jake was named as one of National Jurist Magazine’s 2017 Top 25 Law Students in America and graduated with Distinguished Pro Bono Honors and Dean’s Honors upon graduation.
About
Prior to joining FPS&S as Of Counsel, Jake served as an associate in a civil litigation firm in the Kansas City area from 2020 – 2024. Prior to his experience there, Jake served his clients from private-practice firms in Erie and Overland Park, Kansas. Jake provides experienced counsel in quasi-municipal, local, and state government defense and focuses primarily on constitution litigation, employment defense and general insurance defense matters. Jake also counsel clients on issues of Kansas and Missouri open records and meetings. During his career, Jake has written on and presented open records and meetings issues to numerous groups across Kansas and Missouri.
While in law school, Jake served as technical editor and notes editor of the Washburn Law Journal and as an editor of Family Law Quarterly. While serving as a staff member, the Journal published his Comment: “When Heavyweights Get Thirsty, Contracts Fall to the Wayside: A Case for Common Contract Principles and Stare Decisis” [Kansas v. Nebraska, 135 S. Ct. 1042 (2015)], 55 Washburn L.J. 759 (2016). Among other law school honors, Jake was named as one of National Jurist Magazine’s 2017 Top 25 Law Students in America and graduated with Distinguished Pro Bono Honors and Dean’s Honors upon graduation.
Practice Areas
Education
- University of Northern Colorado (cum laude)
- Washburn University School of Law (Dean's Honors)
Awards and Recognition
- Member, MODL Board of Directors
- 2023 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers® Rising Stars
Bar Admissions
- Missouri
- Kansas
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri
- U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Professional Affiliations
- The Missouri Bar
- Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers
- Kansas Bar Association
- Johnson County Bar Association
- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
Publications & Presentations
Ann Elliott and Jacob Bielenberg, CLE, Kansas Sunshine Laws: But, Do I Have To Produce It?!, Kansas Association of Defense Counsel Annual Conference, December 1, 2023.
Jacob Bielenberg and Evan Schodowski, M.O. v. Geico General Insurance Company, et al., Misreported by the national media but does it have any effect on the Missouri legal community? Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers Quarterly Report (Fall 2022).
Jacob Bielenberg, Presentation, The Sunshine Law – A Defense Litigation Perspective, Missouri Municipal Attorneys Association Summer Seminar, July 24, 2021.
Jacob Bielenberg, Presentation, Recent developments related to the Missouri Sunshine law in both the open records and open meetings contexts, KCMBA Governmental Law Committee, November 19, 2020.
Jacob Bielenberg and Stephen Jones, Presentation, A View from Both Sides of the Aisle, Washburn School of Law, April 19, 2019.
Comment: Jacob Bielenberg, When Heavyweights Get Thirsty, Contracts Fall to the Wayside: A Case for Common Contract Principles and Stare Decisis [Kansas v. Nebraska, 135 S. Ct. 1042 (2015)], 55 Washburn L.J. 759 (2016).