John J. Ziegelmeyer is an attorney with the Law Offices of Mark A. Jess, L.L.C., a Kansas City-based employee rights law firm representing clients throughout the state of Missouri. John handles a wide range of labor and employment law matters in his practice at the firm, including cases of employment discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliatory discharge (wrongful termination), retaliation against whistleblowers and violations of federal laws such as the Fair Labor Standards Act.

John holds a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Kansas (B.A., 2002) and a law degree from the University of Tulsa College of Law (J.D., 2006). During his last semester of law school, John was both a visiting student at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and a law clerk at a local firm representing plaintiffs in complex civil litigation. John’s professional affiliations and memberships include the Kansas City Chapter of the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA), the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, where he is a member of the 7th Bar Leadership Academy class, the Alzheimer's Association (Heart of America Chapter), CASA (court-appointed special advocates for children) of Johnson and Wyandotte Counties and the state bars of both Missouri and Kansas.