New Partners 2020: Listed by firm

NEW PARTNERS 2020: Listed by firm

Firm	Name	Title	Practice area	City	Law School	Promoted or lateral
Armstrong Teasdale	Maureen Bryan	Equity Partner*	Litigation, mass tort and catastrophic loss, health care and life sciences	St. Louis	Washburn U	Promoted
Armstrong Teasdale	Daniel Burke	Equity Partner*	Real estate, public finance	St. Louis	Wash U	Promoted
Armstrong Teasdale	Steve Foristal	Equity Partner*	M&A, corporate law, antitrust	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Armstrong Teasdale	Jim Heinen Jr.	Equity Partner*	Intellectual property, patent law, higher education	St. Louis	U of Maryland	Promoted
Armstrong Teasdale	Travis Kearbey	Equity Partner*	Litigation, employment and labor	St. Louis	Vanderbilt	Promoted
Armstrong Teasdale	Christopher LaRose	Equity Partner*	Litigation, banking litigation, white-collar criminal defense	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Armstrong Teasdale	Eric Walter	Equity Partner*	Marijuana and hemp law, litigation, class action litigation	St. Louis	MU	Promoted
Armstrong Teasdale	Laura Bentele	Partner	Litigation, agribusiness and food	St. Louis	Wash U	Promoted
Armstrong Teasdale	Jeremy Brenner	Partner	Litigation, employment and labor, wage and hour	St. Louis	MU	Promoted
Armstrong Teasdale	Patrick Coyle	Partner	Intellectual property, patent law	St. Louis	Wash U	Promoted
Armstrong Teasdale	Thor Mathison	Partner	Corporate law, M&A, technology	St. Louis	Georgetown	Promoted
Armstrong Teasdale	Megan Ochs	Partner	Litigation, fire and electrical liability litigation	Kansas City	KU	Promoted
Armstrong Teasdale	Rachel Orr	Partner	Real estate, development, public finance, tax	Kansas City	U of Arkansas (JD), New York U (LLM)	Promoted
Armstrong Teasdale	Matthew Shorey	Partner	Medical malpractice defense, construction litigation, commercial litigation, general litigation	St. Louis	SLU	Lateral
Armstrong Teasdale	Tod Stephens	Partner	Litigation, government contracting, industrial security and security clearance	St. Louis	Wash U	Promoted
Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice	Joshua Davis	Equity Member*	Litigation	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice	Laura Beasley	Member	Litigation	Belleville, IL	Southern Illinois U	Lateral
Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice	Jennifer Maloney	Member	Litigation	St. Louis	Southern Illinois U	Lateral
Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice	Gregory Odom	Member	Litigation	Belleville, IL	Southern Illinois U	Lateral
Baty Otto Coronado	Erica L. Briscoe	Partner	Construction, insurance coverage, products liability, retail and hospitality, transportation	St. Louis	UMKC	Promoted
Baty Otto Coronado	Steven F. Coronado	Partner	Construction, governmental liability, mediation and arbitration, products liability, and retail and hospitality	Kansas City	UMKC	Lateral
Baty Otto Coronado	Andrew J. Donelan	Partner	Construction, corporate and commercial litigation, employment, products liability, retail and hospitality, transportation	Springfield	Wash U	Promoted
Baty Otto Coronado	Paul F. Gordon	Partner	Construction, employment, governmental liability, products liability, transportation	Kansas City	UMKC	Lateral
Baty Otto Coronado	Christopher L. Heigele	Partner	Construction, governmental liability, insurance coverage, products liability	Kansas City	UMKC	Lateral
Baty Otto Coronado	Mark D. Katz	Partner	Corporate and commercial litigation, employment, governmental liability, mediation and arbitration, products liability	Kansas City	SUNY at Buffalo	Lateral
Baty Otto Coronado	Elizabeth A. Murray	Partner	Construction, corporate and commercial litigation, insurance coverage, professional liability, retail and hospitality, transportation, workers’ compensation	Kansas City	UMKC	Promoted
Berkowitz Oliver	Jim Humphrey	Partner	Trial attorney	Kansas City	Creighton University	Lateral
Boggs, Avellino, Lach & Boggs	Nancy Stokley Martin	Partner	Bankruptcy and restructuring, creditors’ rights, commercial law, civil and commercial litigation	St. Louis	Wash U	Lateral
Boyd Kenter Thomas & Parrish	Jason Iezzi	Partner	Workers’ compensation, personal injury, labor law	Independence	UMKC	Promoted
Boyd Kenter Thomas & Parrish	Raymond Salva Jr.	Partner	Civil litigation, consumer protection, labor law	Independence	UMKC	Promoted
Brinker & Doyen	James L. Hodges	Partner	Auto liability, insurance defense, civil litigation	St. Louis	John Marshall	Promoted
Brown & Ruprecht	Brian L. Palmer	Partner	Commercial litigation	Kansas City	KU	Promoted
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner	Cathryn R. Benedict	Partner	Tax	St. Louis	Wash U	Promoted
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner	Jennifer L. Berhorst	Partner	Commercial disputes	Kansas City	UMKC	Promoted
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner	Erin L. Brooks	Partner	Energy, environment and infrastructure	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner	Elizabeth A. Haden	Partner	Banking	Kansas City	MU (JD), Boston U (LLM)	Promoted
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner	Reginald L. Harris	Partner	Investigations, financial regulation and white collar	St. Louis	U of Iowa	Lateral
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner	Timothy J. Hasken	Partner	Product liability	St. Louis	U of Iowa	Promoted
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner	Jarriot L. Rook	Partner	Private client	St. Louis	Wash U	Promoted
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner	Barbara A. Smith	Partner	Commercial disputes	St. Louis	Stanford	Promoted
Capes Sokol	R. Thomas Avery	Shareholder	Commercial, construction and debtors’ rights	St. Louis	Wash U	Lateral
Capes Sokol	Traci Dale Pupillo	Shareholder	Real estate, land use and employment litigation	St. Louis	Wash U	Lateral
Capes Sokol	Kelley F. Farrell	Shareholder	Commercial, employment, and trust and estate litigation	St. Louis	Wash U	Lateral
Capes Sokol	David H. Luce	Shareholder	Commercial, employment and real estate litigation	St. Louis	KU	Lateral
Carmody MacDonald	Tyler C. Schaeffer	Partner	Commercial litigation, financial restructuring and bankruptcy	St. Louis	MU	Promoted
Carmody MacDonald	Tina N. Babel	Shareholder	Trusts and estates litigation, corporate litigation, Title IX	St. Louis	U of California, Hastings	Promoted
Carmody MacDonald	Angela L. Drumm	Shareholder	Banking and finance, real estate	St. Louis	Wash U	Promoted
Carmody MacDonald	Cary J. Mogerman	Shareholder	Family law	St. Louis	Wash U	Lateral
Carmody MacDonald	Brian J. Nolan	Shareholder	Real estate, banking, private equity	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Carson & Coil	Gretchen L. Yancey	Partner	Family law	Jefferson City and Columbia	MU	Promoted
Dentons	Sarah Armendariz	Partner	Real estate	Kansas City	Wash U	Promoted
Dentons	Wade Carr	Partner	Commercial litigation	Kansas City	Wash U	Promoted
Dowd Bennett	Sheena R. Hamilton	Partner	Employment litigation, corporate internal investigations	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Dowd Bennett	Michael J. Kuhn	Partner	Complex commercial litigation and class action litigation	St. Louis	U of Nebraska	Promoted
Dowd Bennett	Caitlin E. O’Connell	Partner	Complex commercial litigation, appellate litigation	St. Louis	Wash U	Promoted
Dysart Taylor Cotter McMonigle & Montemore	John Thompson	Shareholder	Business and corporate	Kansas City	KU	Lateral
Evans & Dixon	Maria W. Daugherty	Partner	Workers’ compensation	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Evans & Dixon	Sean P. Dolan	Partner	Civil litigation, workers’ compensation	St. Louis	MU	Promoted
Evans & Dixon	Brent A. Jepson	Partner	Workers’ compensation	Kansas City	Washburn U	Promoted
Evans & Dixon	Matthew M. McArthur	Partner	Large loss subrogation, catastrophic loss, business litigation	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Foland, Wickens, Roper, Hofer & Crawford	James Maloney	Principal	Bad faith and extra-contractual liability, civil litigation, insurance coverage	Kansas City	MU	Promoted
Foland, Wickens, Roper, Hofer & Crawford	Philip Sumner	Principal	Commercial and business litigation, construction litigation, insurance defense, products liability	Kansas City	U of Oklahoma	Promoted
Foland, Wickens, Roper, Hofer & Crawford	John Brigg	Shareholder	Civil litigation, insurance coverage	Kansas City	KU	Promoted
Foland, Wickens, Roper, Hofer & Crawford	Christopher Mirakian	Shareholder	Construction litigation, insurance defense, products liability	Kansas City	UMKC	Promoted
Foley & Mansfield	John G. Beseau	Partner	Construction, commercial litigation	St. Louis	DePaul	Promoted
Fox Smith	Margaret (Meggie) Devereux Gentzen	Partner	Commercial litigation, employment law	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Franke Schultz & Mullen	Heather Hatley	Partner	Insurance coverage, insurance defense, general civil litigation	Kansas City	St. Thomas U	Promoted
Franke Schultz & Mullen	Nick Savio	Partner	Insurance coverage, insurance defense, general civil litigation	Kansas City	SLU	Promoted
Franke Schultz & Mullen	Joan Sheridan	Partner	Insurance coverage, insurance defense, general civil litigation	Kansas City	UMKC	Promoted
GilmoreBell	Erick S. Creach	Director	Public finance	St. Louis	MU (JD), New York U (LLM)	Promoted
GilmoreBell	Haden R. Crumpton	Shareholder	Public finance	Kansas City	MU	Promoted
GilmoreBell	Kevin J. Wempe	Shareholder	Public finance	Kansas City	KU	Promoted
Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale	Cassie Barr	Officer	Business services	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale	Jody Forsee	Officer	Trusts and estates	St. Louis	UMKC	Promoted
Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale	Heather Mehta	Officer	Employee benefits	St. Louis	Wash U	Promoted
Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale	David Weder	Officer	Litigation	St. Louis	SLU	Lateral
HeplerBroom	Alemayehu Ayanaw	Partner	Asbestos, premises, products liability, toxic tort	Edwardsville, IL	Wash U	Promoted
HeplerBroom	Alexandra Haar	Partner	Personal injury, pharmaceutical and medical devices, premises, cannabis law	St. Louis	Wash U	Promoted
HeplerBroom	Tara Kuchar	Partner	Medical and dental malpractice, nursing home, professional liability	Edwardsville, IL	SLU	Promoted
Husch Blackwell	Jacque Albus	Partner	Private wealth	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Husch Blackwell	Tiffany Hetland	Partner	Healthcare regulatory	Kansas City	SLU	Promoted
Husch Blackwell	Timothy Hilton	Partner	Labor and employment	Kansas City	U of Iowa	Promoted
Husch Blackwell	Jennifer E. Hoekel	Partner	Intellectual property	St. Louis	Wash U	Lateral
Husch Blackwell	Crystal L. Howard	Partner	Tax law	Kansas City	UMKC	Lateral
Husch Blackwell	Anna Kimbrell	Partner	Real estate and development	Kansas City	KU	Promoted
Husch Blackwell	Tanya Maerz	Partner	Commercial litigation	St. Louis	MU	Promoted
Husch Blackwell	Ben McMillen	Partner	Labor and employment	Kansas City	UMKC	Promoted
Husch Blackwell	Kelli Meilink	Partner	Labor and employment	Kansas City	Seton Hall U	Promoted
Husch Blackwell	Jill M. Palmquist	Partner	Private wealth	St. Louis	SLU	Lateral
Husch Blackwell	Christina Pyle Engle	Partner	Commercial litigation	Kansas City	Notre Dame	Promoted
Husch Blackwell	Eric Rakestraw	Partner	Intellectual property	St. Louis	Southern Illinois U	Promoted
Husch Blackwell	Corey M. Schaecher	Partner	Mass tort and product liability	St. Louis	SLU	Lateral
Husch Blackwell	Brian J. Zickefoose	Partner	Labor and employment	Kansas City	Florida State U	Lateral
Jackson Lewis	Carrie L. Kinsella	Principal	General employment litigation	St. Louis	Southern Illinois U	Promoted
Kutak Rock	Andrew G. Borders	Partner	Corporate banking	Kansas City	U of Iowa	Lateral
Kutak Rock	Jacy J. Hurst	Partner	Healthcare	Kansas City	KU	Lateral
Kutak Rock	James H. Jeffries	Partner	Intellectual property	Springfield	SLU	Lateral
Kutak Rock	Brian L. Main	Partner	Intellectual property	Kansas City	Washburn U	Promoted
Kutak Rock	Justin M. Nichols	Partner	Litigation, financial services	Kansas City	U of Michigan	Lateral
Kutak Rock	Michael D. Textor	Partner	Litigation, commercial trial practice	Springfield	MU	Lateral
Kutak Rock	Randell D. Wallace	Partner	Corporate M&A	Springfield	Vanderbilt	Lateral
Kutak Rock	Meredith A. Webster	Partner	Litigation, insurance	Kansas City	SLU	Promoted
Lashly & Baer	Brian J. Malone	Shareholder	Government and public agencies, zoning, real estate development, election law, taxation, constitutional law, sunshine law, litigation and general government operations	St. Louis	Washburn U	Promoted
Lashly & Baer	James P. Reinert	Shareholder	Litigation, medical malpractice defense	St. Louis	SLU	Lateral
Lathrop GPM	Allyson Cunningham	Partner	Environmental law, class action	Kansas City	MU	Promoted
Lathrop GPM	Gizie Hirsh	Partner	Employment and labor, immigration	Kansas City	UMKC	Promoted
Levy Craig	Andrew W. Lonard	Shareholder	Transaction law	Kansas City	UMKC	Promoted
Lewis Rice	Michael H. Durbin	Member	Intellectual property, information technology	St. Louis	Wash U	Promoted
Lewis Rice	Jacqueline K. Graves	Member	Commercial litigation, banking litigation, trust and estate litigation, municipal law, zoning and finance, appellate litigation	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Lewis Rice	Sonette T. Magnus	Member	Intellectual property, advertising, promotions and social media, business finance, restructuring and workouts, commercial litigation, media and communications, information technology, government solutions, administrative law	St. Louis	Emory U	Promoted
Lewis Rice	Missy A. McCoy	Member	Real estate, construction law, opportunity zones	St. Louis	MU	Promoted
Lewis Rice	Sarah A. Milunski	Member	Commercial litigation, alcohol distribution, class action, medical negligence, municipal law, zoning and finance, products liability	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Lewis Rice	Andie M. Patton	Member	M&A, corporate, alcohol distribution, real estate	St. Louis	U of Chicago	Promoted
Lewis Rice	Jerina D. Phillips	Member	Commercial litigation, labor and employment, education law, media and communications	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
McDowell Rice Smith & Buchanan	Colby L. Rieke	Shareholder	Family law and divorce, wills, trusts and estate planning	Kansas City	UMKC	Lateral
Morrow Willnauer Church	Hillary Hyde	Partner	Products liability, malpractice, attorney disciplinary matters, general civil litigation defense	Kansas City	UMKC	Promoted
Neale & Newman	Melissa Bade	Partner	Business and commercial litigation, adoption, banking and finance	Springfield	U of Arkansas	Promoted
Neale & Newman	Anne Sallee Mason	Partner	Estate planning and probate	Springfield	UMKC	Promoted
Newman Comley Ruth	Michael G. Berry	Partner	Civil litigation	Jefferson City	MU	Lateral
Pitzer Snodgrass	Nicholas Meriage	Principal	Civil defense litigation	St. Louis	MU	Promoted
Polsinelli	Wallace Brockhoff	Shareholder	Corporate and transactions, employee stock ownership plan	Kansas City	KU	Lateral
Polsinelli	Jenny Cascone Mosh	Shareholder	Employee benefits and executive compensation	Kansas City	KU	Lateral
Polsinelli	Lilian Doan Davis	Shareholder	Employment disputes, litigation, arbitration	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Polsinelli	Robert D. Grossman	Shareholder	Corporate and transactions, employee stock ownership plan	Kansas City	MU (JD), New York U (LLM)	Lateral
Polsinelli	Garrett T. Jackson	Shareholder	Health care alignment and organizations	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Polsinelli	Joseph R. Mantovani	Shareholder	Corporate and transactional	St. Louis	Wash U	Promoted
Polsinelli	Jessica Norris	Shareholder	Corporate and transactional	Kansas City	MU	Lateral
Polsinelli	Sean Power	Shareholder	Corporate and transactions, employee stock ownership plan	Kansas City	UMKC	Lateral
Polsinelli	Andrew J. Smolik	Shareholder	Corporate and transactional	St. Louis	MU	Promoted
Polsinelli	Britton St. Onge	Shareholder	Commercial litigation	St. Louis	Notre Dame	Promoted
Rouse Frets White Goss Gentile Rhodes	John Larigan	Partner	Renewable energy, real estate and corporate transactions	Leawood, KS	Washburn U	Promoted
Sandberg Phoenix & Von Gontard	James Neeld	Equity Shareholder*	Transactional and finance	Kansas City	U of Oklahoma	Promoted
Sandberg Phoenix & Von Gontard	Ross Boden	Shareholder	Business litigation	Kansas City	KU	Promoted
Sandberg Phoenix & Von Gontard	Jamie Bracewell	Shareholder	Health care	St. Louis	DePaul	Promoted
Sandberg Phoenix & Von Gontard	Christi Coleman	Shareholder	Labor and employment	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Sandberg Phoenix & Von Gontard	Loren Ettinger	Shareholder	Commercial real estate, banking, accounting	Clayton	Wash U	Promoted
Sandberg Phoenix & Von Gontard	Larry Hall	Shareholder	Product liability	St. Louis	MU	Promoted
Sandberg Phoenix & Von Gontard	Meghan Lewis	Shareholder	Civil litigation	Kansas City	MU	Promoted
Sandberg Phoenix & Von Gontard	Jason Salinardi	Shareholder	Estate, trust and tax law	Kansas City	MU	Promoted
Sandberg Phoenix & Von Gontard	Sharon Stolte	Shareholder	Bankruptcy	Kansas City	KU	Promoted
Seigfreid Bingham	James H. Maggard	Shareholder	Litigation	Kansas City	UMKC	Promoted
Seigfreid Bingham	Julie E. Parisi	Shareholder	Litigation	Kansas City	KU	Promoted
Shook, Hardy & Bacon	Keith Bae	Partner	Intellectual property	Kansas City	New England	Promoted
Shook, Hardy & Bacon	Jennifer Blues Kenyon	Partner	Product liability	Kansas City	SLU	Promoted
Shook, Hardy & Bacon	Anne Hannah, M.D.	Partner	Intellectual property	Kansas City	UMKC	Promoted
Shook, Hardy & Bacon	Maria Salcedo	Partner	Product liability	Kansas City	KU	Promoted
Simmons Hanly Conroy	Michael Hibey	Shareholder	Mesothelioma and asbestos	Alton, IL	Georgetown	Promoted
Spencer Fane	Derek Ankrom	Partner	Litigation and dispute resolution	Springfield	MU	Promoted
Spencer Fane	Mark Cole	Partner	Healthcare	Overland Park, KS	KU	Promoted
Spencer Fane	Brent Erwood	Partner	Banking and financial services	Kansas City	U of Iowa	Lateral
Spencer Fane	Brian Markley	Partner	Litigation	Kansas City	KU	Lateral
Spencer Fane	Patrick McAndrews	Partner	Litigation and dispute resolution	Kansas City	Michigan State U	Promoted
Spencer Fane	Jessica Merrigan	Partner	Environmental and Energy	Kansas City	Wash U	Lateral
Spencer Fane	Heather Morris	Partner	Banking and financial services, bankruptcy, restructuring and creditors’ rights	Kansas City	UMKC	Promoted
Stinson	Ryan Brunton	Partner	Real estate and public finance	Kansas City	KU	Lateral
Stinson	Kyle Gottuso	Partner	Intellectual property and technology	St. Louis	MU	Promoted
Stinson	Barry Haith	Partner	Commercial, real estate, construction, probate and trust, fraud litigation	St. Louis	Wash U	Lateral
Stinson	Jonathan Waldron	Partner	Environmental, construction and environmental litigation, insurance recovery	St. Louis	MU	Lateral
Stueve Siegel Hanson	J. Austin Moore	Partner	Data breach and privacy litigation	Kansas City	Wash U	Promoted
Summers Compton Wells	Mallory L. Fisk	Member	Intellectual property and technology, acquisitions, sales, corporate and business law, capital markets and securities, real estate transactions, financial institutions, cannabis law	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Summers Compton Wells	Bridget L. Halquist	Member	Employment discrimination, sexual harassment, whistleblowing and retaliation, breach of contract and tortious interference, trade secret misappropriation, employment contracts, severance negotiations, non-compete agreements	St. Louis	SLU	Lateral
The Limbaugh Firm	Christopher B. Sides	Partner	Corporate transaction law, federal and state tax representation, estate and trust administration, estate planning	Cape Girardeau	Southern Illinois U	Promoted
Thompson Coburn	Robyn Ast-Gmoser	Partner	Intellectual property	St. Louis	Chicago-Kent	Promoted
Thompson Coburn	Renee Cipriano	Partner	Environmental	St. Louis	Loyola	Lateral
Thompson Coburn	David Deterding	Partner	Human resource and corporate risk	St. Louis	SLU	Lateral
Thompson Coburn	Garrett Fischer	Partner	Banking and commercial finance	St. Louis	Wash U	Promoted
Thompson Coburn	John Galvin	Partner	Business litigation	St. Louis	Wash U	Lateral
Thompson Coburn	Suzanne Galvin	Partner	Business litigation	St. Louis	U of Iowa	Lateral
Thompson Coburn	Bill Metzinger	Partner	Real estate	St. Louis	Loyola	Promoted
Thompson Coburn	Shoko Naruo	Partner	Intellectual property	St. Louis	Wash U	Promoted
Tueth Keeney Cooper Mohan Jackstadt	Diane E. Metzger	Shareholder	Immigration	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Tueth Keeney Cooper Mohan Jackstadt	Mollie G. Mohan	Shareholder	Litigation, labor and employment, higher education, appellate	St. Louis	Charleston	Promoted
Van Camp	Tammy S. Kearns	Attorney/Member	Workers’ compensation	Jefferson City	Oklahoma City U	Promoted