Photos: Missouri Lawyers Media honors up-and-coming attorneys

A large group of people posing for a portrait on a curved staircase

The 2023 Up & Coming award winners gather for a group shot at the Maritz Event Center in Fenton. (Photo by T.L. Witt)

Rasmus S. Jorgensen//October 13, 2023//

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Missouri Lawyers Media on Thursday recognized 54 young attorneys with its annual Up & Coming Awards, held at the Maritz campus in Fenton.

The awards honor attorneys under the age of 40 or who have practiced law for less than 10 years and whose results early in their careers suggest we can expect to see even more from them as their careers progress.

Each year, the Up & Coming honorees are chosen from a large group of nominees. Those who come away with an award are early-career attorneys who get results at the highest levels for their clients, their firms and the public.

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Johnny Aguirre gestures after handing an award to Danielle Durban, right

Up & Coming honoree Danielle Durban of Capes Sokol accepts her award from Missouri Lawyers Media Associate Publisher Johnny Aguirre. (Photo by T.L. Witt)

John Collins holds his 10-week-old daughter Cecelia

John Collins, the husband of Up & Coming honoree Kaitlynn Donnelly, the assistant prosecuting attorney for the Platte County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, holds their 10-week old daughter Cecelia. (Photo by T.L. Witt)

Jonathan Barton (left) talks with Clayton Kuhn

Attorney Jonathan Barton of Stanton l Barton chats with Clayton Kuhn, a shareholder at Sandberg Phoenix, during the reception at the Up & Coming awards in Fenton Oct. 12. (Photo by T.L. Witt)

Jordan Yount (left) hands an award to Katherine Johnson

Honoree Katherine Johnson, a principal with Rogers, Ehrhardt, Weber & Howard, accepts her Up & Coming award from Missouri Lawyers Media Editor Jordan Yount. (Photo by T.L. Witt)

Ben McIntosh looks at a program in his hands while seated

Honoree Ben McIntosh of SWMW Law reads the Up & Coming program at the annual Up & Coming awards at the Maritz Event Center in Fenton Oct. 12. (Photo by T.L. Witt)