Shook, Hardy & Bacon welcomes 14 associates in Kansas City

Shook, Hardy & Bacon announced that 25 recent law school graduates and associate laterals have joined the firm’s offices across the country, including 14 in Kansas City. Members of the Fall Class who have graduated from law school and have taken the bar but are not yet admitted to practice join as senior law clerks include:

Oluwasayo “Sayo” Ayeomoni joins the general liability litigation group as a senior law clerk. She earned her law degree from the William & Mary Law School. 

Katherine “Kate” Bourk joins the product liability litigation group as a senior law clerk. She earned her law degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

Nancy “Betsy” Donahue joins the product liability litigation group as a senior law clerk. She earned her law degree from the University of Kansas.

Philip “Phil” Eckert joins the intellectual property litigation group as a senior law clerk. He earned his law degree from Washington University in St. Louis.

Burcu Erbaz joins the business litigation group as a senior law clerk. He earned his law degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

Michael Essma joins the class action and appellate group as an associate. He earned his law degree from the University of Missouri.

Tyler “Ty” Gardner joins the business litigation group as a senior law clerk. He earned his law degree from the University of Kansas.

Marissa Gonzalez-Mason joins the general liability litigation group as a senior law clerk. She earned her law degree from the University of Missouri.

Luke Hartman joins the intellectual property group as an associate. Hartman originally joined Shook last year as a patent analyst prior to earning his law degree from the University of California, Irvine. 

Robert McClendon will join the intellectual property litigation group in October as an associate. He earned his law degree at The University of Tulsa. 

Emily Otte joins the environmental and toxic tort group as an associate. She earned her law degree from the University of Kansas.

Allison Pope joins the class action and appellate group as an associate. She earned her law degree from the University of Notre Dame.  

Sarah Rieth joins the intellectual property prosecution and counseling group as an associate. She earned her law degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

Emily Sosolik joins the intellectual property litigation group as an associate. She earned her law degree from Michigan State University. 

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