Staff Report//August 2, 2021
Missouri Lawyers Media will honor 51 attorneys from around the state with its 2020 Up & Coming Awards, which will recognize early-career lawyers who demonstrate professional excellence while making a positive impact on their profession and communities.
The annual Up & Coming awards celebrate outstanding legal professionals who are 40 or younger or who are within their first 10 years of practice. Honorees have demonstrated professional accomplishment, skill and leadership beyond their years, as well as extraordinary commitment to their communities through volunteer service and leadership.
The 2021 honorees will be recognized during a lunch event Wednesday, Sept. 29 at Hyatt Regency St. Louis At the Arch. Click here to buy tickets and to get more information.
Wale Akinmoladun, Spencer Fane
Amanda Blackwood, Montee Law Firm
Thad Blenke, Thompson Coburn
Portia Britt, Maryville University
Paul Brusati, Armstrong Teasdale
Wade Carr, Dentons US
Allyson Cunningham, Lathrop GPM
Lillian Davis, Polsinelli
Jillian Dent, Stueve Siegel Hanson
Jason Finkes, Finkes Legal
Jared Frick, Law Office of Young, Kuhl & Frick
Kehl Friesen, Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice
Brandon Gutshall, Shook, Hardy & Bacon
Patrick Hunt, Baty Otto Coronado
Ryan Hyde, Behr McCarter Potter
Jamaal Jordan, Stinson
Anne Kerns, Mickes O’Toole
Tanner Kirksey, Stanton | Barton
Jeffrey Klaus, Lashly & Baer
Alex Ledbetter, Finney Injury Law
Elizabeth Lillis, Growe Eisen Karlen Eilerts
Matthew Martin, BHaar & Woods
Matthew Mueller, Graves Garrett
Ian Murphy, Margulis Gelfand
Bethany Parsons, Turner, Reid, Duncan, Loomer & Patton
Diedre Peters, Blanton, Nickell, Collins, Douglas and Hanschen
Jamiel Peterson, The Law Offices of Jamiel J. Peterson
Duvel (DJ) Pierre, Spencer Fane
Andrew Robb, Robb & Robb
Brittany Robb, Robb & Robb
Nick Savio, Franke Schultz & Mullen
Tyler Schaeffer, Carmody MacDonald
Christopher Seibold, Brown & James
Shaun Stallworth, Holman Schiavone
Courtney Steelman, Husch Blackwell
Courtney Stout, Williams Dirks Dameron
Samantha J. Wenger, Dentons US
Greg Whiston, Seigfreid Bingham
Chris Wray, Shook, Hardy & Bacon
Lindsay Wuller Aggarwal, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Sophie Zavaglia, SWMW Law
Hissan Anis, Avant Law Group
Sarah E. Lynn Baltzell, Shook, Hardy & Bacon
Jennifer Therrien, Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale
Elizabeth Wente, Spencer Fane
Kelsey Blackwell, Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office
John D. Hatcher, Newton County Prosecutor’s Officee
Lesley Smith, Federal Public Defender, Western District of Missouri
Judith Westmoreland, Jackson County CASA
Roger McCrummen, McCrummen Immigration Law Group
Ali Ragsdale Olszeski, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
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