New Partners 2022: Sortable and searchable list

Staff Report//February 14, 2022//

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NEW PARTNERS 2022: Sortable, searchable list

Name	Firm	Title	Practice area	City	School	Promoted or lateral
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