New Partners 2020: Listed by name

Staff Report//February 17, 2020//

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NEW PARTNERS 2020: Listed by name

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