Up & Coming Lawyers – 2013

St. Louis attorneys Castor Armesto and Johnny Wang chat at the reception for the 2013 Up and Coming Missouri Lawyers at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel Friday. Forty eight attorneys from around the state were chosen for the honor, including Armesto and Wang. KAREN ELSHOUT/photo

Shook, Hardy & Bacon attorneys and 2013 Up and Coming honorees, Scott kaiser, Holly Pauling Smith, Mentor Madeleine McDonough, and Ann Peper Havelka enjoy a good laugh out on the balcony of the Chase Park Plaza Hotel Friday. Forty eight attorneys from around the state were chosen for the honor. KAREN ELSHOUT/photo

Honoree Benjamin Thompson and his wife Jessica check out the list of honorees as they settle in at the luncheon for the 2013 Up and Coming Awards at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel Friday. KAREN ELSHOUT/PHOTO

The 2013 Up and Coming Honorees that are St. Louis University Law School Alumni with Dean Michael Wolff at the reception Friday at the Chase Park Plaza in St. Louis, Missouri. KAREN ELSHOUT/PHOTO

Honorees Nathan Leming, on left, and Zach Bickel check the seating chart as they head into the luncheon of the 2013 Up and Coming Awards at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel Friday. KAREN ELSHOUT/PHOTO

The Mentors of the Year for 2013 are l-r Mark Leadlove, Madeleine McDonough, and Joel Poole. The luncheon for the 2013 Up and Coming Lawyers event Friday was held at the Chase Park Plaza. KAREN ELSHOUT

Bhavik Patel and Aaron French of Sandberg, Phoenix and Von Gontard check their phones together at the reception before the luncheon for the 2013 Up and Coming Lawyers Friday at the Chase Park Plaza. They are both honorees. KAREN ELSHOUT

Mary Patt McInnis of St. Louis University reaches out to give Aaron Haber a hug for his being honored as one of the 2013 Up and Coming Lawyers Friday at the luncheon in their honor. Haber is a SLU law school alum. Fellow honoree and SLU alum Melanie Renken is at right. KAREN ELSHOUT

Up and Coming Honoree Matt Kitzi, partner at Armstrong Teasdale, center, enjoys a chat with St. Louis University Dean Michael Wolff at the reception prior to the luncheon Friday at the Chase Park Plaza. Missouri Lawyers Media publisher and host Richard Gard is at left. KAREN ELSHOUT/photo

Up and Coming Honoree Matt Kitzi, partner at Armstrong Teasdale, has a chat with e-Missouri Secretary of State, Robin Carnahan, at the luncheon Friday at the Chase Park Plaza. KAREN ELSHOUT/photo

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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