Taft is pleased to welcome 25 new associates to the firm. The lawyers will be located in the Chicago, Illinois; Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, and Dayton, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan.; Indianapolis, Indiana; and Minneapolis, Minnesota offices of Taft.

The new associates (admissions pending) will join the following Taft offices and practice groups:

1. Laura Allaben / Environmental / Indianapolis
2. Timothy Ryan Ashlock / Private Client / Indianapolis
3. Dominic Bayer / Litigation / Cincinnati
4. Stephen Damm / Intellectual Property / Indianapolis
5. Sydney Darnall / Litigation / Indianapolis
6. Celeste Friel / Government Contracts / Dayton
7. Rhea Govindadas / Intellectual Property / Indianapolis
8. Daniel Harwood / Real Estate / Detroit
9. Katherine Hussey / Health Care and Life Sciences / Business / Cincinnati
10. Kristina Knudsen / Finance / Minneapolis
11. Lauren Lambert / Business / Detroit
12. Taylor Lovejoy / Litigation / Cincinnati
13. Hakmat Manaa / Real Estate / Cleveland
14. Elisa Marrinan / Litigation / Cincinnati
15. Nadia Minor / Business / Chicago
16. Chase Morris / Business / Cincinnati
17. Theodore Motz / Environmental / Chicago
18. Eli Ravid / Litigation / Detroit
19. Spencer Rojas / Energy / Minneapolis
20. Connor Schram / Business / Detroit
21. Jenia Thompson / Litigation / Detroit
22. Julia Ware / Employment and Labor Relations / Indianapolis
23. Carley Weinberg / Business / Cincinnati
24. Jackson Willenborg / Litigation / Chicago
25. Rachel Wilson / Litigation / Employment and Labor Relations / Cleveland

Taft is dedicated to fostering a modern law firm environment that encourages continuous professional development for attorneys. All associates are assigned a partner mentor and an associate mentor. In addition, the firm has an entire professional development team to assist associates in their achievement of practice group milestones specific to their level of experience. The firm also has a robust first-year training program, called Catalyst, for all incoming lawyers.

Taft looks forward to welcoming the new associates across its offices and growing its attorney base with quality, diverse talent that unite Taft as a forward-thinking and contemporary law firm.

Learn more about Taft career paths for law students here.