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On Sept. 9, Missouri Lawyers Weekly published its annual Up & Coming Lawyers special section. An Up & Coming Lawyer is 40 years old or younger as of September 2012 or has practiced law for 10 or fewer years. This high achiever epitomizes excellence in the legal community and is identified as a leader in the community-at-large.
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2013 Winners
Mentors
- Mark Leadlove, a partner at Bryan Cave
- Madeleine McDonough, a partner at Shook, Hardy & Bacon
- Joel Poole, chief counsel of the litigation division in the Missouri Attorney General’s Office
Up & Coming Nonprofit Leader
- Kate Nolen Proffitt, director of Legal Services for Jackson County
Up & Coming Law Firm Leader
- Bhavik Patel, Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard
Up & Coming lawyers
- Hope K. Abramov, Thompson Coburn, St. Louis
- Castor J. Armesto, Stinson Morrison Hecker, Clayton
- Tina N. Babel, Carmody MacDonald, Clayton
- Christopher O. Bauman, Blitz, Bardgett & Deutsch, St. Louis
- Carrie Bechtold, Bryan Cave, St. Louis
- Brian J. Beck, Rosenblum Goldenhersh, Clayton
- J. Zachary Bickel, The Robertson Law Group, Kansas City
- Jessica Blome, Missouri Attorney General’s Office, Jefferson City
- Anthony W. Bonuchi, Polsinelli, Kansas City
- Matthew A. Braunel, Thompson Coburn, St. Louis
- Kirsten A. Byrd, Husch Blackwell, Kansas City
- Matthew C. Casey, Casey & Devoti, St. Louis
- Nicole Cortés, The Migrant and Immigrant Community Action Project, St. Louis
- Aimee D.G. Davenport, Lathrop & Gage, Jefferson City
- Patrick Foppe, Lashly & Baer, St. Louis
- Aaron French, Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard, St. Louis
- Josef S. Glynias, Husch Blackwell, Clayton
- Shannon Grisham, Pratt & Jensen, Springfield
- Justin D. Guerra, Holloran, White, Schwartz & Gaertner, St. Louis
- Aaron Haber, Muchnick & Haber, St. Louis
- Ann Peper Havelka, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City
- Megan S. Heinsz, Dowd Bennett, Clayton
- Trevor A. Jenkins, Bryan Cave, Kansas City
- Scott D. Kaiser, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City
- Amanda Pennington Ketchum, Dysart Taylor Cotter McMonigle & Montemore, Kansas City
- Matthew Kitzi, Armstrong Teasdale, Jefferson City
- Corey L. Kraushaar, Brown & James, St. Louis
- Joel N. Lander, Bryan Cave, St. Louis
- Nathan D. Leming, Williams Venker & Sanders, St. Louis
- Amelia M. Lewis, Thompson Coburn, St. Louis
- Whitney Deacon Lloyd, Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice, Kansas City
- Jeffrey A. Masson, Thompson Coburn, St. Louis
- Jessica Mayo, The Migrant and Immigrant Community Action Project, St. Louis
- Joshua M. McCaig, Polsinelli, Kansas City
- Leanne M. Rakers, Harness Dickey & Pierce, Clayton
- Melanie A. Renken, Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, St. Louis
- Cephus Richard III, Johnson, Vorhees & Martucci, Joplin
- Katrina Richards, The Hershewe Law Firm, Joplin
- Shontaia J. Riley, Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, St. Louis
- Abby L. Risner, Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, St. Louis
- Christopher E. Roberts, Butsch Roberts & Associates, Clayton
- Douglas A. Robinson, Harness Dickey & Pierce, Clayton
- Andrew J. Scavotto, Stinson Morrison Hecker, Clayton
- Elizabeth J. Schlesinger, Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, St. Louis
- Christopher J. Schmidt, Bryan Cave, St. Louis
- Holly Pauling Smith, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City
- Benjamin C. Thompson, Bryan Cave, Kansas City
- Johnny S. Wang, Polsinelli, St. Louis