NEW PARTNERS 2022: Sortable, searchable list
Name | Firm | Title | Practice area | City | School | Promoted or lateral |
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Friel, Joshua | Andereck Evans | Partner | Workers’ compensation defense, condemnation/eminent domain, probate law | St. Louis | MU | Promoted |
Battern, Lori | Andereck Evans | Partner | Personal injury, contract disputes, and civil defense | Smithville | UMKC | Promoted |
Goessling, Lynn | Armstrong Teasdale | Equity Partner | Real estate | St. Louis | SLU | Promoted |
Sharp, Darren | Armstrong Teasdale | Equity Partner | Litigation, franchising and distribution | Kansas City | Drake | Promoted |
Amodio, Lucas | Armstrong Teasdale | Partner | Intellectual property, patent, cybersecurity | St. Louis | Indiana U | Promoted |
Cejas, Nicolas | Armstrong Teasdale | Partner | Litigation, mass tort and catastrophic loss | St. Louis | SLU | Promoted |
Musholt, Benjamin | Armstrong Teasdale | Partner | Public finance, real estate | Jefferson City | UMKC | Promoted |
Odlum, Angela | Armstrong Teasdale | Partner | Public finance, real estate | St. Louis | SLU | Promoted |
Prewitt, Kevin | Armstrong Teasdale | Partner | Litigation | Kansas City | UMKC | Promoted |
Shafaie, Ida | Armstrong Teasdale | Partner | Litigation, employment and labor | St. Louis | MU | Promoted |
Goff Jr., Joseph | Armstrong Teasdale | Partner | Litigation | St. Louis | SLU | Lateral |
Echols, Kelly | Armstrong Teasdale | Partner | Intellectual property, patent | Kansas City | Brigham Young U | Lateral |
Cozart, Jessica B. | Baker Sterchi Cowden and Rice | Member | Litigation | St. Louis | Mississippi College | Promoted |
Donovan, Noemi F. | Baker Sterchi Cowden and Rice | Member | Litigation | Kansas City | U of Minnesota | Promoted |
Friesen, Kehl D. | Baker Sterchi Cowden and Rice | Member | Litigation | Kansas City | UMKC | Promoted |
Hill, Douglas P. | Baker Sterchi Cowden and Rice | Member | Litigation | Kansas City | Southern Methodist U | Promoted |
Kellogg, John L. | Baker Sterchi Cowden and Rice | Member | Litigation | Kansas City | Wash U | Promoted |
Scheer, Randy | Baty Otto Coronado Scheer | Partner/Shareholder | construction, products liability, corporate and commercial, insurance coverage, real estate, professional liability, transportation | Springfield | KU | Lateral |
Sappington, S. Jacob | Baty Otto Coronado Scheer | Partner/Shareholder | construction, products liability, employment, retail and hospitality, insurance coverage, professional liability, transportation | Springfield | MU | Lateral |
Neely, Joseph T. | Behr, McCarter and Potter | Partner | Tort and commercial litigation, internal investigations | St. Louis | U of Michigan | Promoted |
Hyde, Ryan M. | Behr, McCarter and Potter | Partner | Tort and commercial litigation | St. Louis | MU | Promoted |
Costello, Megan | Berkowitz Oliver | Partner | Labor and employment | Kansas City | U of Colorado | Promoted |
Temper, Matt | Boggs, Avellino, Lach & Boggs | Partner | Toxic Tort | St. Louis | SLU | Lateral |
Howell, Jennifer L. | Brinker and Doyen | Partner | Civil litigation, insurance defense, personal injury defense | Jefferson City | MU | Promoted |
Fu, Bridgette N. | Brinker and Doyen | Partner | Auto liability, insurance defense, medical malpractice defense, professional liability | St. Louis | SLU | Promoted |
Burke, Kara | Brown and James | Principal | Environmental insurance, health care liability, premises and retail liability | Belleville, IL | SLU | Promoted |
Chapman, Shane | Brown and James | Principal | Health care liability, environmental insurance, construction law, product liability | Belleville, IL | Wash U | Promoted |
Connolly, Taylor | Brown and James | Principal | Insurance law, construction law, premises and retail liability, product liability | Kansas City | William and Mary | Promoted |
McIntosh, Benjamin | Brown and James | Principal | Class action, insurance law, appellate | St. Louis | SLU | Promoted |
Perron, David | Brown and James | Principal | Health care liability | St. Louis | SLU | Promoted |
Moeller, Elizabeth D. | Brown and Ruprecht | Shareholder/Vice President | Aging services defense, complex commercial civil litigation, insurance defense, long term care defense, medical malpractice defense, personal injury defense, professional liability defense, product liability litigation | Kansas City | MU | Promoted |
Wuller Aggarwal, Lindsay | Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner | Partner | Financial services disputes and investigations group | St. Louis | SLU | Promoted |
Archibald, Chris | Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner | Partner | Employment and labor group | Kansas City | Pepperdine | Promoted |
Cline, Tim | Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner | Partner | Commercial real estate group | St. Louis | Wash U | Promoted |
Heaney, Mike | Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner | Partner | Commercial real estate group | St. Louis | Wash U | Promoted |
Ragsdale Olszeski, Ali | Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner | Partner | Commercial disputes group | St. Louis | SLU | Promoted |
Unseth, David | Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner | Partner | Finance transactions group | St. Louis | Wash U | Promoted |
Rehagen, Stephen A. | Brydon, Swearengen & England | Shareholder | Estate planning, probate and trust administration, liquor licensing and administrative law | Jefferson City | SLU | Promoted |
Carmody, Patrick G. | Carmody MacDonald | Partner | Litigation | St. Louis | Wash U | Promoted |
Williams, Andrew J. | Carmody MacDonald | Partner | Real estate, corporate, mergers and acquisitions | St. Louis | Indiana U | Promoted |
Peebles, Andrew T. | Carnahan Evans | Shareholder | Estate planning, trusts and wills, probate and trust administration, asset protection planning, business formation, business succession planning | Springfield | MU | Promoted |
Olive, David K. | Carnahan Evans | Shareholder | Tax and estate planning, corporate, real estate, financial institutions, business succession planning, employee benefits, medical marijuana and hemp | Springfield | MU | Promoted |
Blasé, Rosemarie | Dowd Bennett | Partner | Multiple | St. Louis | Notre Dame | Promoted |
Burch, Joseph S. | Dowd Bennett | Partner | Electronic discovery | St. Louis | MU | Promoted |
Cantwell, Philip A. | Dowd Bennett | Partner | Commercial litigation | St. Louis | Wash U | Promoted |
Hoops, Jeffrey R. | Dowd Bennett | Partner | Commercial litigation, appellate | St. Louis | Wash U | Promoted |
Fletcher, Ben | Evans and Dixon | Member | Civil litigation, intellectual property, cyber security | St. Louis | SLU | Promoted |
Combs, Haley | Foley and Mansfield | Partner | Toxic tort, mass tort, product liability | St. Louis | Western Michigan U | Promoted |
Uzelac, Danielle | Franke Schultz and Mullen | Partner | Insurance defense | Kansas City | UMKC | Promoted |
Knott, Keaton | Franke Schultz and Mullen | Partner | Insurance defense | Kansas City | UMKC | Promoted |
Mehill, Chantal | Greensfelder | Officer | Construction | St. Louis | MU | Promoted |
Daming, Lauren | Greensfelder | Officer | Employment and labor | St. Louis | Wash U | Promoted |
McGonigle, Kelsey | Greensfelder | Officer | Business services | St. Louis | William and Mary | Promoted |
Marusic, Irene | HeplerBroom | Partner | Insurance, personal injury, premises, product liability, sexual abuse claims | St. Louis | SLU | Lateral |
Zobrist, Audra | HeplerBroom | Partner | Asbestos, product liability, toxic tort | Edwardsville, IL | SLU | Promoted |
McClain, Lauren E. | Humphrey, Farrington and McClain | Shareholder | Litigation | Independence | MU | Promoted |
McClain, Colin W. | Humphrey, Farrington and McClain | Shareholder | Personal injury | Independence | UMKC | Promoted |
McClain Pierce, Chelsea | Humphrey, Farrington and McClain | Shareholder | Mass tort, product liability | Independence | UMKC | Promoted |
Oxley, Nichelle L. | Humphrey, Farrington and McClain | Shareholder | Personal injury | Independence | U of Iowa | Promoted |
Kingsbury, Timothy J. | Humphrey, Farrington and McClain | Shareholder | Sports litigation | Independence | MU | Promoted |
Anderson, Paul D. | Humphrey, Farrington and McClain | Shareholder | Sports litigation | Independence | UMKC | Promoted |
Garrison, Tim | Husch Blackwell | Partner | White collar, internal investigations, compliance | Springfield | MU | Lateral |
Birkenmeier, Kevin | Husch Blackwell | Partner | Mass tort, product liability | The Link Virtual Office (St. Louis) | SLU | Lateral |
Chase Lubitz, Jeffrey | Husch Blackwell | Partner | Healthcare regulatory | Providence | Vanderbilt | Lateral |
Ahlers, Matthew | Husch Blackwell | Partner | Real estate, development | St. Louis | SLU | Promoted |
Bergkamp, Jordan | Husch Blackwell | Partner | Benefits, compensation | Kansas City | KU | Promoted |
Dill, Myers | Husch Blackwell | Partner | Intellectual property | St. Louis | U of Illinois | Promoted |
Eckelkamp, Patrick | Husch Blackwell | Partner | Real estate, development | St. Louis | SLU | Promoted |
Edwards, Ashley | Husch Blackwell | Partner | Corporate, mergers and acquistions, securities | St. Louis | Wash U | Promoted |
Hurtt, Robert | Husch Blackwell | Partner | Commercial litigation | St. Louis | SLU | Promoted |
Juedemann, Cynthia | Husch Blackwell | Partner | Commercial litigation | St. Louis | MU | Promoted |
Kopen, Kaytlin | Husch Blackwell | Partner | Labor and employment | St. Louis | Wash U | Promoted |
Larkin, Timothy | Husch Blackwell | Partner | Mass tort, product liability | The Link Virtual Office (St. Louis) | SLU | Promoted |
Martinich-Sauter, Michael | Husch Blackwell | Partner | White collar, internal investigations | St. Louis | Wash U | Promoted |
Metzler, Josie | Husch Blackwell | Partner | Private wealth | St. Louis | Wake Forest U | Promoted |
Moore, Christina | Husch Blackwell | Partner | Commercial litigation | St. Louis | SLU | Promoted |
Samples, Elizabeth | Husch Blackwell | Partner | Education | Kansas City | U of Wisconsin | Promoted |
Witt, Jennifer | Husch Blackwell | Partner | Corporate, mergers and acquistions, securities | Kansas City | Wash U | Promoted |
Kirkland, Aaron | Kirkland Woods & Martinsen | Partner | Trust and estate litigation and administration | Kansas City | UMKC | Promoted |
Meadows, James E. | Kutak Rock | Partner | Litigation, commercial trial practice | Springfield | MU | Lateral |
Reid, W. Joseph | Kutak Rock | Partner | Litigation, insurance | Springfield | U of Mississippi | Lateral |
Hill, Richard W. | Lashly and Baer | Member | Health care and corporate | St. Louis | SLU | Promoted |
Atkinson, Jeffrey E. | Lashly and Baer | Member | Civil litigation and medical malpractice | St. Louis | Wash U | Promoted |
Pummell, Scott A. | Lashly and Baer | Member | Health care and corporate | St. Louis | UMKC | Promoted |
Hansen, Lisa | Lathrop GPM | Partner | income taxation | Kansas City | KU | Lateral |
Ridlen, Andrea | Levy Craig | Shareholder | Real estate acquistions, estate planning | Kansas City | UMKC | Promoted |
Christi L. Coleman | Lewis Brisbois | Partner | labor and employment | Edwardsville, IL | SLU | Lateral |
Michael P. McGinley | Lewis Brisbois | Partner | government relations, asbestos litigation, consumer and commercial collection practice | Edwardsville, IL | SLU | Lateral |
Haas, Matthew J. | Lewis Rice | Member | Commercial litigation, labor and employment, insurance, cyber liability insuance | St. Louis | SLU | Promoted |
Armstrong, Michael | Lewis Rice | Member | Commercial litigation, labor and employment, intellectual property | St. Louis | Wash U | Promoted |
Kevin Looby | McCausland Barrett & Bartalos | Partner | general negligence defense, construction, personal injury, breach of contract | Kansas City | MU | Promoted |
Frazier, Ryan | Monsees and Mayer | Shareholder | Sexual abuse, personal injury | Springfield | UMKC | Promoted |
Fogleman, Alan | MVP Law | Equity shareholder | Civil litigation and insurance defense | Kansas City, KS | KU | Promoted |
Goodnight, Catherine | MVP Law | Shareholder | Workers’ compensation defense | Springfield | U of Arkansas | Promoted |
Guthrie, Kimberly J.Z. | Newman Comley and Ruth | Shareholder | Estate and incapacity planning, probate, trust administration, estate and trust litigation, business and general transactional law | Jefferson City | MU | Promoted |
Metcalf, Andrew | Ogletree Deakins | Shareholder | Employment law | St. Louis | Wash U | Promoted |
Johnson, Daniel | Ogletree Deakins | Shareholder | Employment law | Kansas City | U of Oklahoma | Promoted |
Johnson, Amy Rebecca | Paule, Camazine and Blumenthal | Shareholder | Family law | St. Louis | SLU | Promoted |
Flood, Michael T. | Polsinelli | Shareholder | Health care operations | St. Louis | SLU | Promoted |
Hillman, Margaret H. | Polsinelli | Shareholder | Alignment | St. Louis | U of Wisconsin | Promoted |
Hoffman, William P. | Polsinelli | Shareholder | Alignment | St. Louis | SLU | Promoted |
Krepel, Allison N. | Polsinelli | Shareholder | Medical device | St. Louis | SLU | Promoted |
Vincent, Mark P. | Polsinelli | Shareholder | Securities and corporate finance | St. Louis | Duke | Promoted |
Boyd, Alexander D. | Polsinelli | Shareholder | Technology transactions and data privacy | Kansas City | Creighton U | Promoted |
Brazeal, Gerri H. | Polsinelli | Shareholder | Real estate finance | Kansas City | UMKC | Promoted |
Brockhoff, Wallace E. | Polsinelli | Shareholder | Corporate and transactional | Kansas City | KU | Promoted |
Lee, Michael K. | Polsinelli | Shareholder | Real estate | Kansas City | Wash U | Promoted |
O’Bryan, Patrick S. | Polsinelli | Shareholder | Tax | Kansas City | KU | Promoted |
Osborn, Jennifer L. | Polsinelli | Shareholder | Insurance | Kansas City | Wash U | Promoted |
Richardson, Kristie R. | Polsinelli | Shareholder | Real estate | Kansas City | MU | Promoted |
Simpson, Anna D. | Polsinelli | Shareholder | Capital markets | Kansas City | Notre Dame | Promoted |
VanDyke, Cory C. | Polsinelli | Shareholder | Corporate and transactional | Kansas City | UMKC | Promoted |
Weigel, Tanner L. | Polsinelli | Shareholder | Corporate and transactional | Kansas City | MU | Promoted |
Weigel, Tyler L. | Polsinelli | Shareholder | Securities and corporate finance | Kansas City | UMKC | Promoted |
Wilcox, Andrew M. | Polsinelli | Shareholder | Corporate and transactional | Kansas City | Drake | Promoted |
Wolf, Brian A. | Polsinelli | Shareholder | Corporate and transactional | Kansas City | KU | Promoted |
Pour, Travis | Rasmussen Dickey Moore | Partner | toxic torts, products liability defense, insurance defense | St. Louis | Southern Illinois U | Promoted |
Powell, Brandon | Rasmussen Dickey Moore | Partner | toxic torts, products liability defense, insurance defense | St. Louis | Southern Illinois U | Promoted |
Renovitch, David | Rynearson, Seuss, Schnurbusch and Champion | Partner | Civil litigation, commercial litigation, municipal litigation, real estate litigation | St. Louis | U of Wisconsin | Promoted |
Woulfe, Jennifer | Rynearson, Seuss, Schnurbusch and Champion | Partner | Insurance defense, premises liability, automobile liability, toxic torts, highway design and construction, general litigation | St. Louis | SLU | Promoted |
Bradley, Dan | Rynearson, Seuss, Schnurbusch and Champion | Partner | Civil litigation, insurance defense, premises liability | Fairview Heights | Southern Illinois U | Lateral |
DeFranco, James | Rynearson, Seuss, Schnurbusch and Champion | Partner | Personal injury defense and insurance coverage | Fairview Heights | Southern Illinois U | Lateral |
Franklin, David | Sandberg Phoenix | Counsel | health law | St. Louis | MU | Lateral |
Dowd, Stacey | Sanders Warren & Russell | Partner | general civil litigation | St. Louis | SLU | Promoted |
May, Jordan | Seigfreid Bingham | Shareholder | Litigation | Kansas City | Washburn U | Promoted |
Sterbenz, Rachel | Seigfreid Bingham | Shareholder | Corporate law | Kansas City | UMKC | Promoted |
Bax, Marty | Shook, Hardy and Bacon | Partner | Product liability litigation | Kansas City | MU | Promoted |
Cappo, Mike | Shook, Hardy and Bacon | Partner | Product liability litigation | Kansas City | KU | Promoted |
DePaz, Matt | Shook, Hardy and Bacon | Partner | Product liability litigation | Kansas City | Northern Illinois U | Promoted |
Harrison, Ashley | Shook, Hardy and Bacon | Partner | Business litigation | Kansas City | SLU | Promoted |
Hatten, Madison | Shook, Hardy and Bacon | Partner | Product liability litigation | Kansas City | MU | Promoted |
Mastrucci, Katherine | Shook, Hardy and Bacon | Partner | Product liability litigation | Kansas City | U of Miami | Promoted |
McCarthy, Colman | Shook, Hardy and Bacon | Partner | Business litigation | Kansas City | Wash U | Promoted |
Cooley, Drey | Shook, Hardy and Bacon | Partner | Environmental and toxic tort litigation | St. Louis | U of Michigan | Lateral |
Cromwell, Michael | Shook, Hardy and Bacon | Partner | Environmental and toxic tort litigation | St. Louis | The U of Oklahoma | Lateral |
DeBord, Lisa | Shook, Hardy and Bacon | Partner | Environmental and toxic tort litigation | St. Louis | Wash U | Lateral |
Miller, Adam | Shook, Hardy and Bacon | Managing partner | Environmental and toxic tort litigation | St. Louis | Wash U | Lateral |
Werstak, Susan | Shook, Hardy and Bacon | Partner | Environmental and toxic tort litigation | St. Louis | Villanova U | Lateral |
Bear, Brian | Spencer Fane | Partner | Government relations | Kansas City | MU | Promoted |
Chase, Andrea | Spencer Fane | Partner | Financial services | Kansas City | U of Iowa | Promoted |
Ward, Mindy | Spencer Fane | Partner | Tax, trusts and estates | Overland Park | UMKC | Lateral |
Klevorn, John | Spencer Fane | Partner | Business transactions | St. Louis | SLU | Lateral |
Flower, Jason | Spencer Fane | Partner | Environmental and energy | St. Louis | Wash U | Lateral |
Felker, Liz | Spencer Fane | Partner | Business transactions | St. Louis | SLU | Promoted |
Gregg, Arthur | Spencer Fane | Partner | Litigation and dispute resolution | St. Louis | Notre Dame | Promoted |
Sundara, Ravi | Spencer Fane | Partner | Business transactions | St. Louis | Wash U | Promoted |
Butler, Sam | Stinson | Partner | Labor, employment and benefits | Kansas City | KU | Promoted |
Frantze, Chris | Stinson | Partner | Real estate | Kansas City | U of Oklahoma | Promoted |
Moderson, Matt | Stinson | Partner | Commercial litigation | Kansas City | UMKC | Promoted |
Scheipeter, Julie | Stinson | Partner | Intellectual property | St. Louis | SLU | Promoted |
Woodard, Ben | Stinson | Partner | Litigation | St. Louis | SLU | Promoted |
Lange, Ethan | Stueve Siegel Hanson | Partner | Class Actions and business litigation | Kansas City | Baylor U | Promoted |
Dilly, Jonathan N. | Swanson Bernard | Partner | Corporate, real estate, estate planning | Kansas City | KU | Promoted |
Morgan, Scott | Thompson Coburn | Partner | Business litigation | St. Louis | Michigan State U | Lateral |
Magnus, Sonette | Thompson Coburn | Partner | Business litigation | St. Louis | Emory U | Lateral |
Khan, Fatima | Thompson Coburn | Partner | Labor and employment | St. Louis | American U Washington | Lateral |
Broeker, Shaun | Thompson Coburn | Partner | Business litigation | St. Louis | Wash U | Promoted |
Colvin, Katherine | Thompson Coburn | Partner | Intellectual property | St. Louis | U of Illinois | Promoted |
Fonda, Nathan | Thompson Coburn | Partner | Intellectual property | St. Louis | Duke | Promoted |
Harner, Ben | Thompson Coburn | Partner | Product liability litigation | St. Louis | MU | Promoted |
Larson, Sarah | Thompson Coburn | Partner | Corporate and securities | St. Louis | SLU | Promoted |
Upp, Jeffrey | Turner, Reid, Duncan, Loomer and Patton | Partner | Civil defense | Springfield | MU | Promoted |
Cutler, Michael P. | Wagstaff and Cartmell | Shareholder | Mass actions and personal injury | Kansas City | Wash U | Lateral |
New Partners 2022
Law firms promote more partners, but fewer women | Some new partners now help lead their firms
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