New Partners 2023: Sortable and searchable list

Staff Report//February 13, 2023//

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NEW PARTNERS 2023: Sortable, searchable list

Firm	Name	Title	Practice area	City	Law School	Promoted or lateral
Armstrong Teasdale	Kennedy, Angela	Income Partner	Litigation	St. Louis	MU	Promoted
Armstrong Teasdale	Mudd, Margaret	Income Partner	Corporate services	St. Louis	Wash U	Promoted
Armstrong Teasdale	Edelman, Erin	Equity Partner	Financial and real estate services	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Armstrong Teasdale	Tessier, Wakaba	Income Partner	Corporate services	Kansas City	Wash U	Lateral
Armstrong Teasdale	Mansfield, Jaimie L.	Income Partner	Financial and real estate services	St. Louis	U of Denver	Lateral
Armstrong Teasdale	Deschler, Greg	Income Partner	Financial and real estate services	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Armstrong Teasdale	Brusati, Paul	Income Partner	Litigation	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Armstrong Teasdale	Mahon, Rob	Income Partner	Corporate services	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Armstrong Teasdale	Walsh, Jared	Income Partner	Litigation	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Armstrong Teasdale	McConnell, Rick	Equity Partner	Financial and real estate services	Kansas City	UMKC	Promoted
Armstrong Teasdale	Iken, Gregory	Equity Partner	Litigation	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Armstrong Teasdale	Nicholson, Bryan	Equity Partner	Litigation	St. Louis	Southern Illinois U	Promoted
Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice	Sterchi-Lammert, Megan	Member	Civil litigation	Kansas City	MU	Promoted
Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice	Silva, Gregorio	Member	Transportation litigation, fire and explosion investigation and defense	Kansas City	U of Nevada Las Vegas	Promoted
Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice	Shunk, Michael	Member	Civil defense litigation	Kansas City	California Western U	Lateral
Berkowitz Oliver	Tallent, Lauren	Partner	Business defense	Kansas City	Washington and Lee U	Promoted
Brinker & Doyen	Griffith, Michael D.	Partner	Medical malpractice, personal injury defense	St. Louis	MU	Promoted
Brown & James	McElroy, Tyler	Principal	Insurance law	St. Louis	MU	Promoted
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner	Finneran, Richard E.	Partner	White collar	St. Louis	Wash U	Promoted
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner	Emanuel Jr., James P.	Partner	Class actions, mass torts	St. Louis	Notre Dame	Promoted
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner	Jump, Anne H.	Partner	International tax and estate planning	St. Louis	Wash U	Promoted
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner	Rutherford, Logan M.	Partner	Business and commercial disputes	Kansas City	KU	Promoted
Brydon, Swearingen & England	Rehagen, Stephen A.	Shareholder	Estate planning, probate and trust administration	Jefferson City	Notre Dame	Promoted
Capes Sokol	Miller, Francis X. (Butch)	Shareholder	Business and finance, real estate	St. Louis	SLU	Lateral
Capes Sokol	Remis, William B.	Shareholder	Business and finance, real estate	St. Louis	SLU	Lateral
Capes Sokol	Engles Wipfler, Stacy	Shareholder	Business and finance, real estate	St. Louis	SLU	Lateral
Carmody MacDonald	Fedder, David M.	Partner	Real estate and commercial litigation	St. Louis	SLU	Lateral
Carmody MacDonald	Welply, Justin A.	Partner	Business litigation	St. Louis	SLU	Lateral
Carmody MacDonald	Mulchek, Mark A.	Shareholder	Estate planning	St. Louis	MU	Promoted
Carmody MacDonald	Wittenbrink, Patrick T.	Shareholder	Real estate and business law	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Carmody MacDonald	Barrett, Elizabeth A.	Partner	Banking and finance, real estate	St. Louis	MU	Promoted
Carmody MacDonald	Brown, Brittany A.	Partner	Family law	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Carmody MacDonald	Connor, Brennan P.	Partner	Business law, estate planning	St. Louis	MU	Promoted
Carmody MacDonald	Poole, Jordan A.	Partner	Family law	St. Louis	MU	Promoted
Carmody MacDonald	Zimmerman, Brad D.	Partner	Business law, estate planning	St. Louis	MU	Promoted
Cunningham, Vogel & Rost	Eveker Meisel, Margaret	Principal	Municipal law, government litigation, taxation, land use, zoning	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Danna McKitrick	Flett, Katherine M.	Principal	Bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, employment, insurance, real estate	St. Louis	MU	Promoted
Danna McKitrick	Wood, Lauren L.	Principal	Employment law, insurance, appeals, professional liability defense	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Danna McKitrick	Atwell, Tabitha A.	Principal	Estate planning, probate	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Davis, Bethune & Jones	Carroll, John S.	Partner	Personal injury, railroad litigation, product liability	Kansas City	UMKC	Promoted
Dollar, Burns, Becker & Hershewe	Becker, Josh	Partner	Personal injury, insurance bad faith and truck crash litigation	Kansas City	UMKC	Promoted
Dowd Bennett	Crane, Matthew K.	Partner	Commercial litigation	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Dowd Bennett	Jackson, J. Russell	Partner	Class actions, commercial litigation	St. Louis	William & Mary	Promoted
Dowd Bennett	Mims, Arsenio L.	Partner	Complex commercial litigation, products liability, sports law	St. Louis	MU	Promoted
Dowd Bennett	Simon, Adam L.	Partner	Civil litigation	St. Louis	Wash U	Promoted
Dowd Bennett	Smith, Arin L.	Partner	Commercial litigation	St. Louis	New York U	Promoted
Dowd Bennett	Wilkins, Milton P.	Partner	Complex commercial litigation	St. Louis	Harvard	Promoted
Doyle & Bruce	Bruce, Robert A.	Partner	Work injuries, discrimination, retaliation, wrongful discharge	Kansas City	UMKC	Promoted
Dysart Taylor	Linder Saghir, Anne	Shareholder/Director	Insurance defense, litigation and dispute resolution	Kansas City	SLU	Promoted
Dysart Taylor	Alsobrook, Kathryn T.	Shareholder/Director	Employment law, insurance defense, litigation, dispute resolution, transportation and logistics	Kansas City	St. Mary’s U	Promoted
Evans & Dixon	LaBarge, Alexandra	Partner	Workers’ compensation	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Evans & Dixon	Banahan Dagestad, Kerry	Partner	Workers’ compensation	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Evans & Dixon	Lewis, Marjorie	Partner	Civil litigation, business law	Columbia	MU	Promoted
Farrell & Martin	Jansson, Edie Hope	Partner	Family law	St. Peters	SLU	Promoted
Foley & Mansfield	Chumbley, Joshua M.	Partner	Toxic and mass tort	St. Louis	Southern Illinois U	Promoted
Fox Rothschilld	Walker, Nicholas J.	Partner	Employment law	Kansas City	MU	Lateral
Franke Schultz & Mullen	Bub, Michael E.	Partner	Insurance defense	St. Louis	SLU	Lateral
GilmoreBell	Crumpton, Haden	Director	Public finance	Kansas City	MU	Promoted
GilmoreBell	Wempe, Kevin	Director	Public finance	Kansas City	KU	Promoted
GilmoreBell	Exposito, Shelby	Shareholder	Public finance	Kansas City	Notre Dame	Promoted
Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale	Ord, Sanja	Officer	Health care	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale	Pack, Elizabeth	Officer	Trusts and estates	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale	Courtway, Jessica	Officer	Construction	St. Louis	Wash U	Promoted
Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale	Specht Browning, Sally	Officer	Business services, health care	St. Louis	Wash U	Promoted
Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale	Zobel, David	Officer	Business services	St. Louis	SLU	Lateral
Harness IP	Samuels, Joel	Equity Principal	Intellectual property	St. Louis	Pennsylvania State U	Promoted
HeplerBroom	McGonigle, Adam	Partner	Personal injury, insurance, trucking and transportation, asbestos, benzene, toxic tort	St. Louis	William & Mary	Promoted
Hinshaw & Culbertson	Keltner, Blair P.	Partner	Health care	Belleville	Southern Illinois U	Promoted
Husch Blackwell	Seefeldt, Robert A.	Fixed Income Partner	Corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, securities	Kansas City	SLU	Promoted
Husch Blackwell	Miles, Christopher C.	Fixed Income Partner	Insolvency	The Link Virtual Office (Kansas City)	Tulane U	Promoted
Husch Blackwell	Concannon Hausmann, Taylor	Fixed Income Partner	Commercial litigation	Kansas City	Washburn U	Promoted
Husch Blackwell	Peters, Shannon D.	Fixed Income Partner	Mass tort and product liability	The Link Virtual Office (Clayton)	U of Illinois	Promoted
Husch Blackwell	Fezzi, Justin T.	Fixed Income Partner	Tax credit finance and development	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Husch Blackwell	Ellenbecker, Max	Fixed Income Partner	Intellectual property, business	Kansas City	KU	Promoted
Husch Blackwell	Kline, Christopher M.	Fixed Income Partner	Real estate and development	Kansas City	UMKC	Promoted
Husch Blackwell	Brofsky, Jenna	Fixed Income Partner	Labor and employment	Kansas City	George Washington U	Promoted
Husch Blackwell	Otto, Jackson K.	Fixed Income Partner	Mass tort and product liability	The Link Virtual Office (St. Louis)	Wash U	Promoted
Husch Blackwell	Kelly, Michael J.	Fixed Income Partner	Commercial litigation	Kansas City	KU	Promoted
Husch Blackwell	Peterson, Christopher W.	Fixed Income Partner	Corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, securities	Springfield	U of Nebraska	Promoted
Husch Blackwell	Vergara, Noreen K.	Fixed Income Partner	Health care regulatory matters	The Link Virtual Office (Kansas City)	SLU	Promoted
Husch Blackwell	Lemkemeier, David B.	Equity Partner	Real estate and development	St. Louis	Wash U	Lateral
Husch Blackwell	Erker, Christopher E.	Fixed Income Partner	Environmental law	St. Louis	SLU	Lateral
Kirkland Woods & Martinsen	Selsor, Robert J.	Partner	Fiduciary litigation, alternative dispute resolution	St. Louis	MU	Lateral
Kutak Rock	White, Taylor	Partner	Litigation, financial services	Springfield	U of Arkansas	Promoted
Lashly & Baer	Betner, Brian R.	Shareholder	Litigation, personal injury, premises liability, transportation, insurance, construction, business	St. Louis	U of Baltimore	Promoted
Lashly & Baer	Wells, Alexandra C.	Shareholder	Litigation, personal injury, premises liability, transportation, insurance, construction	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Lathrop GPM	Struby, Benjamin	Partner	Bankruptcy, restructuring and creditors’ rights	Kansas City	UMKC	Promoted
Lathrop GPM	Haden, Beth	Partner	Business transactions	Kansas City	MU	Lateral
Lewis Brisbois	Wiegel, Karly	Partner	Labor and employment and general liability	Kansas City	KU	Promoted
Lewis Brisbois	Edwards, Blake	Partner	Labor and employment	Kansas City	Marquette U	Promoted
Lewis Rice	Gorman, Kelly M.	Member	Corporate, benefits, health care, real estate	St. Louis	MU	Promoted
Lewis Rice	Ladendorf, Justin M.	Member	Commercial litigation, labor and employment, bankruptcy, workouts	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Littler	Christensen, Becky	Shareholder	Labor and employment	St. Louis	Wash U	Promoted
Littler	Cundiff, Traer	Shareholder	E-discovery	Kansas City	UMKC	Lateral
MG+M The Law Firm	Stockmann, Kevin M.	Partner	complex civil litigation	O’Fallon, IL	MU	Promoted
Mickes O’Toole	Renken, Melanie A.	Partner	labor and employment, education	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Morrow Willnauer Church	Schuman, Aaron R.	Partner	Civil litigation	Kansas City	UMKC	Promoted
MVP Law	Farha, Danielle R.	Shareholder	Workers’ compensation defense	Kansas City, KS	KU	Promoted
Padberg Appelbaum Knepper	Burlison Knepper, Nicole	Principal and partner	Civil litigation	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Pitzer Snodgrass	Boyce, Sarah	Partner	Premises liability, product liability, criminal	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Polsinelli	Fisher, Michael L.	Shareholder	Real estate	Kansas City	Northwestern U	Promoted
Polsinelli	Gallen, Kaitlin E.	Shareholder	Employment litigation	Kansas City	MU	Promoted
Polsinelli	Martin, Christopher W.	Shareholder	Corporate and transactional	Kansas City	U of Pennsylvania	Promoted
Polsinelli	Sprecker, Mark L.	Shareholder	Real estate	Kansas City	KU	Promoted
Polsinelli	Stoker, Chad E.	Shareholder	Construction	Kansas City	Southern Methodist U	Promoted
Polsinelli	Izaguirre Wolfe, Brisa	Shareholder	Commercial litigation	Kansas City	KU	Promoted
Polsinelli	Wait, Gavin C.	Shareholder	Real estate finance	Kansas City	U of Virginia	Lateral
Polsinelli	Hogan, Kevin M.	Shareholder	Corporate and transactional practice	St. Louis	Michigan State	Promoted
Polsinelli	Muensterman, Kelly J.	Shareholder	Employment litigation	St. Louis	Wash U	Promoted
Polsinelli	Burkhart, Nicholas L.	Shareholder	Tax Credit	St. Louis	SLU	Lateral
Polsinelli	Smithson Jr., Scott L.	Shareholder	Real estate	St. Louis	MU	Lateral
Polsinelli	Longmeyer, Michael H.	Shareholder	Electrical engineering and computer science patent prosecution	St. Louis	Ave Maria	Lateral
Polsinelli	Kar, Arindam	Shareholder	Antitrust litigation	St. Louis	U of Iowa	Lateral
Rosenblum Goldenhersh	Mispagel, Diane	Shareholder	Real estate	St. Louis	SLU	Lateral
Rouse Frets White Goss Gentile Rhodes	Coulter, Mark	Shareholder	Public law and government relations	Kansas City	Washburn U	Lateral
Rynearson, Suess, Schnurbusch & Champion	McChesney, Brian	Partner	Litigation	St. Louis	SLU	Lateral
Rynearson, Suess, Schnurbusch & Champion	Doherty, Mimi	Partner	Litigation	Kansas City	UC Hastings	Lateral
Rynearson, Suess, Schnurbusch & Champion	Stark, Dean	Partner	Litigation	St. Louis	SLU	Lateral
Rynearson, Suess, Schnurbusch & Champion	White, Michelle	Partner	Litigation	St. Louis	Suffolk U	Lateral
Sandberg Phoenix & Von Gontard	Applegate, Todd	Income Shareholder	Product liability group	Edwardsville, IL	Southern Methodist U	Promoted
Sandberg Phoenix & Von Gontard	Rathjen-Decker, Erin	Income Shareholder	Family law	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Sandberg Phoenix & Von Gontard	McCrary, Jonathan	Income Shareholder	Health law	St. Louis	Washington and Lee U	Promoted
Sandberg Phoenix & Von Gontard	Wesselschmidt, Ben	Income Shareholder	Employment, non-compete litigation, class-action defense, appellate litigation	St. Louis	DePaul	Promoted
Sandberg Phoenix & Von Gontard	Haltenhof, Ben	Equity Shareholder	Business	St. Louis	Vanderbilt	Promoted
Sandberg Phoenix & Von Gontard	Ruben, Andrew	Equity Shareholder	Business, real estate, finance, construction, economic development issues	St. Louis	Wash U	Promoted
Sandberg Phoenix & Von Gontard	Moeller, Elizabeth	Shareholder	Health care defense	Kansas City	MU	Lateral
Sandberg Phoenix & Von Gontard	Merrill, Matthew	Shareholder	Health care defense	Kansas City	KU	Lateral
Schmitt Law Firm	Templin, Nick	Partner	Employment discrimination, personal injury	Kansas City	Washburn U	Promoted
Shaffer Lombardo Shurin	Barzee, Michael F.	Equity Partner	Insurance defense, construction defects, appellate litigation	Kansas City	UMKC	Promoted
Shaffer Lombardo Shurin	Danner, Audrey L.	Partner	Employment disputes, insurance defense, personal injury, construction	Kansas City	MU	Promoted
Shaffer Lombardo Shurin	Hughes, Michael L.	Partner	Business litigation, construction defects	Kansas City	UMKC	Lateral
Shaffer Lombardo Shurin	Rottgers, Peter F.	Partner	Insurance defense and civil, business and governmental litigation	Kansas City	U of Kentucky	Promoted
Shook, Hardy & Bacon	Cassis, Kerensa	Partner	General litigation liability	Kansas City	UMKC	Promoted
Shook, Hardy & Bacon	Lucas, Elizabeth “Liz”	Partner	Intellectual property	Kansas City	MU	Promoted
Shook, Hardy & Bacon	Richardson, W. Clark	Partner	Product and general liability litigation	Kansas City	KU	Promoted
Shook, Hardy & Bacon	Schafer, Mark	Partner	Intellectual property	Denver, Kansas City	Wash U	Promoted
Shook, Hardy & Bacon	Truesdale, Angela	Partner	Intellectual property	Kansas City	Yeshiva U	Promoted
Shook, Hardy & Bacon	Wikler, Jeremy	Partner	Pharmaceutical and medical device litigation	Kansas City	UMKC	Promoted
Simmons Hanly Conroy	Hausmann, Jared	Shareholder	Asbestos, mesothelioma	Alton, IL	SLU	Promoted
Spencer Fane	Waters, David E.	Partner	Real estate	Overland Park	KU	Lateral
Spencer Fane	Fairlie, Zach	Partner	Financial services	Kansas City	U of Iowa	Promoted
Spencer Fane	Hiatt, Thomas	Partner	Litigation and dispute resolution	Kansas City	KU	Promoted
Spencer Fane	Siemer, Beth	Partner	Health care	St. Louis	Wash U	Promoted
Stanton Barton	Benoist, Ashley	Partner	product liability and transportation defense	St. Louis	MU	Promoted
Stinson	Price, Rachel	Partner	Real estate transactions	Kansas City	UMKC	Promoted
Stinson	Sevedge, Christopher B.	Partner	Insurance recovery, complex commercial litigation	Kansas City	U of Virginia	Promoted
Stinson	Templeton, Chelsea	Partner	Corporate governance, general business law, venture capital investments, mergers and acquisitions	Kansas City	UMKC	Promoted
Stinson	Harry, Rob	Partner	Real estate	St. Louis	MU	Promoted
Stinson	Hueneger, Jenna	Partner	Complex business transactions	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Stinson	Johnson, Morgan	Partner	Patent preparation and prosecution	St. Louis	Northern Illinois U	Promoted
Stinson	Schroeder, John	Partner	Patent, trademark and trade secrets litigation	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Stinson	Ostakpo, Andrew	Partner	Corporate finance	Kansas City	Southern Methodist U	Lateral
Strong-Garner-Bauer	Lewis, Jacob	Partner	Catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death	Springfield	UMKC	Promoted
Stueve Siegel Hanson	Ricke, Alexander T.	Partner	Wage and hour and employment, class actions, commercial litigation	Kansas City	MU	Promoted
SWMW Law	Theil, John	Partner	Asbestos, mesothelioma, consumer litigation	St. Louis	Southern Illinois U	Promoted
Thompson Coburn	Looney, Bryan	Partner	Health care	St. Louis	U of Tulsa	Lateral
Thompson Coburn	Barbieri, Mariquita	Partner	Tax	St. Louis	SLU	Lateral
Thompson Coburn	Edwards, Misty	Partner	Railroad litigation	Belleville	Southern Illinois U	Promoted
Thompson Coburn	Mulligan, Justin	Partner	Intellectual property	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Thompson Coburn	Neusel, Conor	Partner	Labor and employment	St. Louis	MU	Promoted
Thompson Coburn	Sanocki, Kristen	Partner	Labor and employment	St. Louis	MU	Promoted
TuckerAllen	Windsor, Nina L.	Partner	estate and tax planning, probate	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Tueth Keeney Cooper Mohan & Jackstadt	Moutray, Mandi	Shareholder	Education, labor and employment	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Wagstaff & Cartmell	Brane, Austin	Partner	Class actions, mass actions and commercial litigation	Kansas City	KU	Promoted
Wagstaff & Cartmell	Scarcello, Lindsey	Partner	Mass actions and personal injury	Kansas City	UMKC	Promoted
Watters Wolf Bub Hansmann	Roper, Joseph J.	Principal	Litigation	Kansas City	U of Tulsa	Lateral
Zevan Davidson Roman	Murphy, Morgan	Partner	Personal injury, medical malpractice	St. Louis	Wash U	Promoted