New Partners 2024: Sortable and searchable list

Staff Report//February 15, 2024//

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NEW PARTNERS 2024: Sortable, searchable list

Firm	Name	Title	Practice area	City	Law school	Promoted or Lateral
Armstrong Teasdale	Wendi Alper-Pressman	Partner	Financial services and banking	St. Louis	Wash U	Lateral
Armstrong Teasdale	Patricia Beckerle	Partner	Real estate	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Armstrong Teasdale	Keith Grissom	Partner	Trusts and estates	St. Louis	Suffolk University	Lateral
Armstrong Teasdale	Alexandra Martinez	Partner	Intellectual property	St. Louis	Chicago-Kent	Promoted
Armstrong Teasdale	John Moore	Partner	Real estate transactions	St. Louis	Wash U	Promoted
Armstrong Teasdale	Michael Mullen	Partner	Litigation	St. Louis	MU	Lateral
Armstrong Teasdale	Daniel O’Brien	Partner	Litigation	St. Louis	Wash U	Promoted
Armstrong Teasdale	Mark Ohlms	Partner	Litigation	St. Louis	MU	Promoted
Armstrong Teasdale	Gregory Omer	Partner	Financial services and banking	St. Louis	Duke University	Lateral
Armstrong Teasdale	Abigail Twenter	Partner	Litigation	St. Louis	University of Illinois	Promoted
Armstrong Teasdale	John Willard	Equity Partner	Debt finance	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice	Nicholas Ruble	Partner	Civil litigation	Kansas City	UMKC	Promoted
BCLP	Stephen J. Evans	Partner	Employee benefits and executive compensation	St. Louis	University of California – Irvine	Promoted
BCLP	Jacob B. Simon	Partner	Business and commercial Disputes	St. Louis	Columbia University	Promoted
Berkowitz Oliver	Carson Hinderks	Partner	Business litigation	Kansas City	KU	Promoted
Brinker & Doyen	D. Michael Bell	Partner	Insurance defense, community associations, construction litigation	St. Louis	Wash U	Promoted
Brown & James	Matthew Lakamp	Principal	Healthcare liability/medical malpractice	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Carmody MacDonald	Bradley W. Crandall	Partner	M&A and corporate law	St. Louis	Wash U	Lateral
Carmody MacDonald	Joseph D. Palumbo	Partner	Banking and finance, real estate and corporate law	St. Louis	MU	Promoted
Carmody MacDonald	Branden S. Stein	Partner	Litigation	St. Louis	Northwestern University	Promoted
Carnahan Evans	Shawn P. Battagler	Shareholder	Corporate and rural electric cooperative law	Springfield	MU	Promoted
Carnahan Evans	James E. Meadows	Shareholder	Litigation	Springfield	MU	Promoted
Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete	John F. Doyle	Partner	Labor and employment	Kansas City	Washburn University	Promoted
Cosgrove Law Group	Max Simpson	Partner	Securities, civil litigation	St. Louis	UMKC	Promoted
Dentons	Clay Counts	Partner	Real estate	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Dentons	Nikki Hutson	Partner	Labor and employment	Kansas City	MU	Promoted
Dowd Bennett	Stacy Connelly	Partner	Commercial litigation	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Dowd Bennett	Jimmy Martin	Partner	Commercial litigation	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Dowd Bennett	Terry O’Toole, Jr.	Partner	Commercial litigation, healthcare litigation and white collar criminal defense	St. Louis	SLU	Lateral
Evans & Dixon	Molly Anderson	Member	Workers’ compensation	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Evans & Dixon	Joshua Baker	Member	Business litigation	Springfield	UMKC	Promoted
Evans & Dixon	Katelyn Gannon	Member	Civil litigation	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Evans & Dixon	Marjorie Lewis	Equity Member	Civil litigation and business law	Columbia	MU	Promoted
Evans & Dixon	Marc Middleton	Member	Civil litigation and business law	Kansas City	MU	Lateral
Evans & Dixon	Brittany Perry	Member	Workers’ compensation	Springfield	UMKC	Promoted
Evans & Dixon	John Ryan Jr.	Member	Workers’ compensation	Kansas City	UMKC	Promoted
Evans & Dixon	Andrew Wiles	Member	Workers’ compensation	Kansas City	MU	Promoted
Evans & Dixon	Heather Williams	Member	Workers’ compensation	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Ford, Parshall & Baker	Ted Lynch	Partner	Insurance defense	Columbia	MU	Promoted
GilmoreBell	Jason Schurke	Director	Public finance	Kansas City	UMKC	Promoted
GM Law	Benjamin D. Mooneyham	Shareholder	Litigation	Kansas City	University of Chicago	Promoted
Hall Ansley	Cheryl P. Hom	Shareholder	Personal injury, workers’ compensation, medical malpractice, employment law	Springfield	UMKC	Lateral
Hall Ansley	Adam Pihana	Managing Shareholder	Personal injury, employment law, medical malpractice	Springfield	MU	Promoted
HeplerBroom	Brendhan Flynn	Partner	Insurance coverage, professional liability defense, and professional ethics	St. Louis	Indiana University	Promoted
HeplerBroom	Sean Sheehan	Partner	Complex litigation	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Hughes Hubbard & Reed	Brendan Franzoni	Partner	Litigation	Kansas City	University of Florida	Promoted
Husch Blackwell	Jon Beeman	Partner	Corporate, M&A and securities	Kansas City	UMKC	Promoted
Husch Blackwell	Aaron Chickos	Partner	Commercial litigation	St. Louis	UMKC	Promoted
Husch Blackwell	Catherine “Kate” Dickenson	Partner	Product liability and toxic tort litigation	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Husch Blackwell	Andrew Eastman	Partner	Energy and natural resources	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Husch Blackwell	Brian Marstall	Partner	Intellectual property	St. Louis	SLU	Lateral
Husch Blackwell	Scott Meyers	Partner	Labor and employment	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Husch Blackwell	Katie Putnam	Partner	Product liability and toxic tort litigation	St. Louis	MU	Promoted
Husch Blackwell	Aleks Rushing	Partner	Education	St. Louis	University of Illinois	Promoted
Lathrop GPM	Jessica K. Rosell	Partner	Tort, insurance and environmental	Kansas City	Wash U	Promoted
Lathrop GPM	Issaku Yamaashi	Partner	Business transactions	Kansas City	KU	Lateral
Levy Craig Law Firm	Kimberly Hatch	Shareholder	Family law	Kansas City	UMKC	Promoted
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith	Jonathan Craig	Partner	Complex business and commercial litigation	Kansas City	KU	Promoted
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith	Vincent Gunter	Partner	Labor and employment	Kansas City	UMKC	Lateral
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith	James McKain	Partner	Business practice, estate planning	Kansas City	KU	Lateral
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith	Cary Miller	Partner	Insurance, labor and employment	Kansas City	University of Iowa	Lateral
Lewis Rice	Benjamin M. Farley	Member	Litigation	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Lewis Rice	Ryan C. Furtick	Member	Taxation	St. Louis	Wash U	Promoted
Lewis Rice	Shevon L. Harris-Holyfield	Member	Litigation	St. Louis	SLU	Lateral
Lewis Rice	Lauren Rouse Carey	Member	Corporate	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Littler	Alyssa Gonnerman	Shareholder	Labor and employment	Kansas City	University of Iowa	Promoted
Lowther Johnson	Austin Fax	Managing member	Personal injury, real estate and property law,	Springfield	MU	Promoted
McCarthy, Leonard & Kaemmerer	Michael P. Herrmann	Partner	Construction law, labor and employment, litigation	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
McCarthy, Leonard & Kaemmerer	Matthew G. Koehler	Partner	Construction law and litigation	St. Louis	UMKC	Lateral
McCarthy, Leonard & Kaemmerer	Alexander J. Lindley	Partner	Insurance defense, litigation, and personal injury	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Monsees & Mayer	Charles “Chip” Lee	Shareholder	Sexual abuse, personal injury, auto accidents, construction/industrial accidents, product liability, workers compensations, wrongful death	Springfield	UMKC	Promoted
MVP Law	Kelsy Allison	Equity Shareholder	Workers’ compensation	Kansas City	Washburn University	Promoted
MVP Law	Danielle Farha	Equity Shareholder	Workers’ compensation	Kansas City	KU	Promoted
MVP Law	Spencer Low	Shareholder	Labor and employment	Kansas City	Tulane University	Promoted
MVP Law	Kristina Mulvany	Equity Shareholder	Workers’ compensation	Kansas City	UMKC	Promoted
Ogletree Deakins	Thomas Chibnall	Shareholder	Labor and employment	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Polsinelli	Mark F. Brady	Shareholder	Real estate	St. Louis	Wash U	Promoted
Polsinelli	Benjamin Busboom	Shareholder	Environmental	Kansas City	Washburn University	Lateral
Polsinelli	Christopher T. Campbell	Shareholder	Real estate finance	Kansas City	UMKC	Promoted
Polsinelli	Powell Carman	Shareholder	Corporate M&A	St. Louis	UMKC	Lateral
Polsinelli	Brendan Johnson	Shareholder	Venture capital and Emerging Growth Companies	St. Louis	Georgetown University	Lateral
Polsinelli	Steve Munch	Shareholder	Private equity	Kansas City	Northwestern University	Promoted
Polsinelli	David Reintjes	Shareholder	Private equity	Kansas City	KU	Lateral
Polsinelli	Arnold A. Ressin	Shareholder	Real estate finance	Kansas City	KU	Promoted
Polsinelli	Amber J. Simon	Shareholder	Commercial litigation	Kansas City	UMKC	Promoted
Polsinelli	Erin L. Thimmesch	Shareholder	Health care	St. Louis	University of Virginia	Promoted
Polsinelli	Adam Troutwine	Shareholder	Environmental	Kansas City	University of Tulsa	Lateral
Polsinelli	Reed Williams	Shareholder	Corporate M&A	Kansas City	University of Iowa	Lateral
Quarles & Brady	Robert Browning	Partner	Taxation	St. Louis	Pepperdine	Lateral
Quarles & Brady	Mary Kate Hogan	Partner	Transactional	St. Louis	New York University	Lateral
Quarles & Brady	Travis Kearbey	Partner	Employment	St. Louis	Vanderbilt	Lateral
Quarles & Brady	Camille Roe	Partner	Labor and employment	Kansas City	MU	Lateral
Quarles & Brady	Lauren Schuster	Partner	Employee benefits	St. Louis	Loyola University Chicago	Lateral
Quarles & Brady	Beth Silker	Partner	Employment	St. Louis	University of Notre Dame	Lateral
Quarles & Brady	Sarah Sise	Partner	Employee benefits	St. Louis	University of Illinois	Lateral
Quarles & Brady	Jason Stavely	Partner	Labor and employment	St. Louis	UCLA	Lateral
Riezman Berger	Deborah Carter Dearing	Principal	Real estate, business law, estate planning	St. Louis	Wash U	Merger
Riezman Berger	Theodore (“Ted”) D. Dearing	Principal	General civil practice	St. Louis	Wash U	Merger
Rynearson, Suess, Schnurbusch & Champion	Ellen Jean Brooke	Partner	Insurance defense	St. Louis	MU	Promoted
Rynearson, Suess, Schnurbusch & Champion	Victor H. Essen	Equity Partner	Litigation	St. Louis	Wash U	Promoted
Rynearson, Suess, Schnurbusch & Champion	Brian McChesney	Equity Partner	Litigation	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard	Riley Atwood	Shareholder	Business and corporate law	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard	Todd Billy	Shareholder	Community association law	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard	Anastassia Dambrouskaya	Shareholder	Development and real estate	Kansas City	UMKC	Promoted
Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard	Loren Ettinger	Equity Shareholder	Commercial real estate, banking and finance	St. Louis	Wash U	Promoted
Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard	Zachary Merkle	Shareholder	Business litigation, appellate	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard	Tracey Truitt	Shareholder	Intellectual property law	Kansas City	Franklin Pierce	Lateral
Seigfreid Bingham	Joel H. (Hank) Driskell	Shareholder	Litigation	Kansas City	Washburn University	Promoted
Seigfreid Bingham	Michael E. Griffin	Shareholder	Corporate, estate planning	Kansas City	UMKC	Lateral
Seigfreid Bingham	Robert D. Maher	Shareholder	Corporate, bankruptcy, litigation	Kansas City	KU	Lateral
Seigfreid Bingham	Jonathan A. Margolies	Shareholder	Corporate, bankruptcy	Kansas City	College of William and Mary	Lateral
Seyferth Blumenthal & Harris	John Bullock	Partner	Employment litigation, commercial litigation, personal injury defense	Kansas City	KU	Lateral
Seyferth Blumenthal & Harris	Nick Daugherty	Partner	Employment litigation, commercial litigation	Kansas City	Washburn University	Promoted
Shook, Hardy & Bacon	Joseph Cruz	Partner	Intellectual property	Kansas City	University of Minnesota	Promoted
Shook, Hardy & Bacon	Mitchell Engel	Partner	Environmental and toxic tort litigation	Kansas City	Creighton University	Promoted
Shook, Hardy & Bacon	Bryan Meyer	Partner	Intellectual property	Kansas City	KU	Promoted
Shook, Hardy & Bacon	Brice Nengsu Kenfack	Partner	General liability litigation	Kansas City	Creighton University	Promoted
Shook, Hardy & Bacon	Mary Olson	Partner	Product liability litigation	Kansas City	KU	Promoted
Shook, Hardy & Bacon	Daniel Schwaller	Partner	Corporate services	Kansas City	UMKC	Promoted
Shook, Hardy & Bacon	Alexandra Sorenson	Partner	Product liability litigation	Kansas City	University of Iowa	Promoted
Simmons Hanly Conroy	Philip Proud	Partner	Asbestos-related diseases	St. Louis	Southern Illinois University	Promoted
Spencer Fane	Jay Ji	Partner	Corporate and business transactions	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
Spencer Fane	Hillary Martel	Partner	Health care	Kansas City	UMKC	Promoted
Spencer Fane	Shelby Wood	Partner	Real estate	Springfield	University of Iowa	Promoted
Stanton \| Barton	Jonathan Garside	Partner	Complex litigation	St. Louis	Wash U	Lateral
Stinson	Alexander Barrett	Partner	Business litigation, class action, government contracts and investigations	Jefferson City	Boston University	Promoted
Stinson	Courtney Harrison	Partner	Business litigation	Kansas City	Wash U	Promoted
Summers Compton Wells	Courtney Mitchell	Member	Trusts and estates and elder law	St. Louis	SLU	Promoted
SWMW Law	Stephanie Gold	Partner	Asbestos litigation, personal injury	St. Louis	Yeshiva University	Promoted
Thompson Coburn	Thaddeus Blenke	Partner	Intellectual property	St. Louis	Valparaiso University	Promoted
Thompson Coburn	John Howard	Partner	Health care	St. Louis	SLU	Lateral
Thompson Coburn	Nick Kappas	Partner	Tax	St. Louis	New York Law School	Lateral
Thompson Coburn	Erik Lewis	Partner	Business litigation	St. Louis	University of Illinois	Promoted
Thompson Coburn	Thomas Rea	Partner	Business litigation, white collar defense and investigation	St. Louis	Wash U	Lateral
Turner, Reid, Duncan, Loomer & Patton	Warren E. Harris	Partner	Personal Injury defense, insurance defense and coverage, “bad faith,” construction defect defense, business litigation, civil trial and appellate practice.	St. Louis	MU	Lateral