Taft is pleased to welcome 28 new associates to the firm. The lawyers will be located in the Atlanta, Georgia; Chicago, Illinois; Cincinnati and Cleveland, Ohio; Denver, Colorado; Detroit, Michigan; Indianapolis, Indiana; Minneapolis, Minnesota; West Palm Beach, Florida; and Washington, D.C. offices of Taft.

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

1. Claudia Abbey-Mensah / Litigation / Employment and Labor Relations / Detroit
2. George Admire / Business / Indianapolis
3. Abby Adu / Employment and Labor Relations / Cincinnati
4. Kristina Barrett / Litigation / Chicago
5. Maria Bugher / Business / Cincinnati
6. Victoria Ekman / Litigation / Denver
7. Bridgette Boggs / Employment and Labor Relations / Chicago
8. Maddie Campbell / Employee Benefits / Denver
9. Ayelet Chavel / Real Estate / Chicago
10. Jack Donnelly / Litigation / Atlanta
11. Natalie Esshaki / Business / Detroit
12. Cornelius Foxworth / Business / Denver
13. Rylee Franko / Litigation / Minneapolis
14. Julia Greve / Litigation / Cincinnati
15. Sofia Higgins / Litigation / West Palm Beach
16. Kendra Ivery / Business / Cleveland
17. Abra Kaplan / Litigation / Chicago
18. Alli Koontz / Intellectual Property / Indianapolis
19. Lauren Latham / Real Estate / Indianapolis
20. Hillary Nienhouse / Environmental / Indianapolis
21. Emma Pham / Business / Denver
22. Olivia Salazar / Litigation / West Palm Beach
23. Amelia Schubert-Zhang / Tax / Denver
24. Sasha Shadrina / Public Finance / Denver
25. Sarah Sim / Business / Washington, D.C.
26. Sean Swistara / Private Client / Detroit
27. Isabelle Tyler / Intellectual Property / Denver
28. Peri Warren / Business / Chicago

Taft is dedicated to fostering a modern law firm environment that encourages continuous professional development for attorneys. All first year associates participate in a mentoring circle and 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 talent that unites Taft as a forward-thinking and modern law firm.

Learn more about Taft career paths for law students here.