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Faegre Drinker is proud to announce the firm’s 2025 new associate class, a group of 68 associates in 13 locations across several of the firm’s practice groups. The class includes both judicial clerks and first-year associates.
The associate class participated in an immersive development program as they started their careers with Faegre Drinker. Their first four weeks at the firm were split into two weeks of practical skills training and two weeks of practice-focused substantive training. Associates participated in interactive programs and learned from panel discussions on various topics. Mentoring is a critical component of Faegre Drinker’s development efforts. A partner advisor and associate mentor in the firm are assigned to each new associate to provide support, candid advice and guidance at each stage of the associate’s career.
The first-year associates include:
Chicago
- Natalie Abdou: Product Liability & Mass Torts, Michigan State University School of Law
- Royal Farley: Investment Management, Chicago-Kent College of Law
- Tyler Hoguet: Business Litigation, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
- Stella McMillan: Government & Regulatory Affairs, University of Illinois Chicago School of Law
- Emmanuella Mensah: Insurance, Washington University School of Law
- Shawn Podowski: Business Litigation, Washington University School of Law
- Devin Stein: Intellectual Property, Loyola University Chicago School of Law
- Sabrina Vera: Insurance, University of Chicago Law School
- Micaela Yarosh: Product Liability & Mass Torts, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Dallas
- Dazia Anderson: Insurance, Emory University School of Law
Denver
- Scott Bays: Intellectual Property, University of Michigan Law School
- Madeline Ehlinger: Business Litigation, University of Wisconsin Law School
- Caroline “Parker” Gilbert: Corporate, University of Denver Sturm College of Law
- Kate Kachmer: Intellectual Property, New York University School of Law
- Brennden Prohaska: Intellectual Property, University of Iowa College of Law
- Tristan Verghese: Insurance, University of Iowa College of Law
Des Moines, Iowa
- Matthew Moreland: Business Litigation, University of Iowa College of Law
- Thu Tran: Product Liability & Mass Torts, University of Iowa College of Law
Florham Park, N.J.
- Damiano Servidio: Business Litigation, Seton Hall Law School
Fort Wayne, Ind.
- Vanessa Wilson: Product Liability & Mass Torts, University of Michigan Law School
Indianapolis
- Thandar Thet: Corporate, Indiana University Maurer School of Law
- Mia Cvengros: Product Liability & Mass Torts, Indiana University McKinney School of Law
- Nyssa Kruse: Insurance, Indiana University Maurer School of Law
- Aiden Parker: Business Litigation, Indiana University Maurer School of Law
- Kathryn Powell: Construction & Real Estate Litigation, Vanderbilt Law School
London
- Emily Evans: Business Litigation, BPP University Law School
Minneapolis
- Abyen Aden: Corporate, Vanderbilt Law School
- Emily Byers Olson: Product Liability & Mass Torts, University of Minnesota Law School
- David Jiang: Business Litigation, Stanford Law School
- David Lee: Corporate, University of Minnesota Law School
- Marie Lundgren: Product Liability & Mass Torts, University of Minnesota Law School
- Layla Mahmood: Corporate, University of Minnesota Law School
- Lucille Moran: Product Liability & Mass Torts, University of Minnesota Law School
- TeeAaron “TJ” Powell: Product Liability & Mass Torts, Washington University School of Law
- Gabriel Richardson: Corporate, University of Minnesota Law School
- Isabel Wallace: Corporate, University of Iowa College of Law
New York
- Jack Biddle: Finance & Restructuring, Fordham University School of Law
- Linda Wang: Corporate, University of Denver Sturm College of Law
Philadelphia
- Brandon Burkhardt: Labor & Employment, Villanova University School of Law
- Zachary Fini: Corporate, Rutgers Law School
- Gabriella Gutierrez: Insurance, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
- Olivia Heffernan: Business Litigation, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
- Kevin Lambe: Corporate, Rutgers Law School
- Sophia Landress: Product Liabity & Mass Torts, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
- Makayla Laster: Corporate, Rutgers University Newark School of Law
- Emma Meister: Business Litigation, Temple University Beasley School of Law
- Brandon Smith: Corporate, Cornell Law School
- Ryan Wagner: Corporate, Washington and Lee University School of Law
Washington, D.C.
- Kristen Cain: Government & Regulatory Affairs, Howard University School of Law
- Clare Ennis: Insurance, Washington University School of Law
- Kate Goldberg: Business Litigation, Cardozo School of Law
- Caitlin Kwalwasser: Government & Regulatory Affairs, William & Mary Law School
- Emma LaFrance: Product Liability & Mass Torts, George Washington University Law School
- Maurice Roberson: Corporate, Georgetown University Law Center
- Tyler White: Business Litigation, Duke University School of Law
The former judicial clerks include:
Des Moines, Iowa
- Ethan Kinney: Labor & Employment, University of Iowa College of Law
- Samantha Savala: Business Litigation: University of Iowa College of Law
Fort Myers, Fla.
- Blake Bachman: Product Liability & Mass Torts, University of Florida Levin College of Law
Indianapolis
- William Clark: Business Litigation, Notre Dame Law School
- Lukas Stoutenour: Product Liability & Mass Torts, Indiana University McKinney School of Law
- Natalie Wichern Ditzler: Business Litigation, Indiana University McKinney School of Law
- Paige Wynkoop: Labor & Employment, Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Minneapolis
- Laura Gustafson: Business Litigation, University of Minnesota Law School
- Anthony Hernandez: Business Litigation, Stanford Law School
- Amy Hill Cosimini: Business Litigation, Mitchell Hamline School of Law
- Margaret Mills: Business Litigation, Yale Law School
New York
- Robert Molina: Business Litigation, Harvard Law School
Washington, D.C.
- Athanasius Sirilla: Business Litigation, Notre Dame Law School
