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Mentor: Courtney Green
Courtney Green focuses her practice on domestic relations matters, representing hundreds of clients in divorce, custody, adoption, guardianship and name change proceedings.
Mentor: Carol Jo Larkin
C.J. Larkin has more than 30 years of mediation experience spanning family, education, employment and civil disputes.
Mentor: Ellen Sue Levy
Judge Ellen Levy has spent more than 26 years on Missouri's judiciary with a commitment to strengthening the legal system from within.
Mentor: Michele M. O’Malley
Michele O'Malley brings a background as a trained educator to nine years of legal practice, approaching mentorship and client counsel with the patience and clarity of a teacher.
Mentor: Erica Perkin
Erica Perkin built her litigation practice on an unconventional foundation: years spent inside the insurance industry as an adjuster, investigating, evaluating and negotiating claims on behalf of insurance companies.
Pro Bono: Maysa Daoud
Maysa Daoud has developed a civil rights and pro bono practice over six years.
Pro Bono: Dedra Marie Moore
Dedra Moore brings a broad practice to her legal career, spanning insurance defense, criminal defense and juvenile law across both criminal and civil matters.
Pro Bono: Mary Louise Olson
Mary Louise Olson is a first-generation professional and product liability litigator whose work ethic and commitment to transgender legal rights have defined more than a decade of practice.
Public Service: Julianne Hand
Judge Juli Hand spent more than 25 years building and running her own law firm, practicing in Oklahoma, Wisconsin and Missouri, before serving 3.5 years as a municipal judge and transitioning to her current role as an associate circuit judge in Missouri's 23rd Judicial Circuit.
Public Service: Mary Hirsch
Mary Hirsch spent time before law school as a field organizer for Equality Florida, working to secure protections for sexual orientation and gender identity in municipal human rights ordinances.
Public Service: Elizabeth Byrne Hogan
Judge Elizabeth Hogan has served on the bench of Missouri's 22nd Judicial Circuit since March 2005, first as an associate circuit judge before her elevation to the circuit bench in 2012.
Public Service: Melesa Johnson
Melesa Johnson was sworn in on Jan. 3, 2025, as Jackson County's prosecuting attorney after a career in public service and community advocacy.
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