John Fischesser

Attorney at Brown & Crouppen
St. Louis, MO23 years experienceAdmitted 2002

About John Fischesser

John J. Fischesser II is an attorney at Brown & Crouppen Law Firm with over 22 years of legal experience.

Fischesser earned his Juris Doctor from Saint Louis University School of Law in 2002. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Saint Louis University in 1999, graduating with honors.

He is admitted to practice in Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, and Louisiana. He is a member of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, and American Association for Justice.

During law school, he was named Intercollegiate All-American Attorney by the American Mock Trial Association in 1997 and 1998. He received the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis John C. Shepherd Professionalism Award (2012-2013), the Young Lawyers Division Award of Merit (2010-2012), and was designated as a Super Lawyers Rising Star (2013-2017).

Proven verdicts and settlements at Brown & Crouppen

These results are credited to Brown & Crouppen. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$119.5 millionVerdictTop 20 in Missouri · #10

A St. Louis jury awarded $462 million against trailer maker Wabash National after its defective rear-impact guard failed and allowed a car to slide beneath a trailer on I-55, killing Taron Tailor, 30, and Nicholas Perkins, 23, in 2019.

City of St. Louis Circuit Court · 2024Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$5.97 millionSettlement

Brown & Crouppen helped Zachary Patchin's family reach a $5.97 million settlement after an Ice Cream Factory box truck crossed into oncoming traffic in a no-passing zone and killed both drivers on U.S. 50 in Osage County, Missouri.

Franklin County Circuit Court, Missouri · 2022Truck AccidentsRead the full story →
$1.7 millionVerdict

A federal jury found that a snow-covered crack in a Family Video parking lot caused Rosemarie Waddy's broken ankle, awarding $2 million before a 15 percent fault finding cut her recovery to about $1.7 million.

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri (St. Louis) · 2024Slip & FallRead the full story →
$1.16 millionVerdict

A St. Louis City jury awarded Tara Straussner $1,168,829 after a city employee driving a concrete truck crossed the centerline and hit her head-on, leaving her with a permanent brain injury, though Missouri's sovereign-immunity cap held the city's payout near $517,000.

St. Louis City Circuit Court, Missouri · 2025Car AccidentsRead the full story →
$1 millionSettlement

Brown & Crouppen attorney Brett Williams resolved a wrongful death claim for $1 million after a Kansas City nursing home resident on a doctor-ordered soft diet choked on a piece of fruit and died.

Jackson County Circuit Court, Missouri · 2019Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Saint Louis University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Missouri, admitted 2002
State Bar of Illinois
State Bar of Kentucky
State Bar of Louisiana
Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys
American Association for Justice

Awards & recognition

Intercollegiate All-American Attorney - American Mock Trial Association (1997, 1998)
Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis John C. Shepherd Professionalism Award (2012-2013)
Bar Association YLD Award of Merit (2010-2012)
Super Lawyers Rising Stars (2013-2017)
Brown & Crouppen Million Dollar Club (2018-present)

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$119.5 million · $462 Million Verdict After Fatal Underride Crash Killed Two Young Fathers
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$24 Million Federal Class-Action Settlement for St. Louis Rams PSL Holders

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.