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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 |
New Partners 2022
Law firms promote more partners, but fewer women | Some new partners now help lead their firms
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