Type: News
Date: 09/08/2025

Taft Welcomes 33 New Associates

Taft is pleased to welcome 33 new associates to the firm. The lawyers will be located in the Albuquerque, New Mexico; Chicago, Illinois; Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, and Dayton, Ohio; Colorado Springs, Denver, Colorado; Detroit, Michigan.; Indianapolis, Indiana; Minneapolis, Minnesota; West Palm Beach, Florida; and Phoenix, Arizona offices of Taft.

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

  1. Kenneth Bellows / Litigation / Phoenix
  2. Alexander Chura / Business / Cleveland
  3. Elizabeth Dobbins / Employment & Labor Relations / Dayton
  4. Madison Duchesneau / Business / Cleveland
  5. Tad Elliott / Private Client / Denver
  6. Cameron Fair / Real Estate / Minneapolis
  7. Kathleen E. Fink / Litigation / Cincinnati
  8. Emily Garlock / Litigation / Colorado Springs
  9. Mason Gill / Litigation / Detroit
  10. Elizabeth Gorske / Private Client / Denver
  11. Steven Grotch / Litigation / West Palm Beach
  12. Camila Gutierrez-Writtenberry / Public Finance / Albuquerque
  13. Brooklyn M. Hayes / Litigation / Indianapolis
  14. Danielle J. Heinz / Business / Detroit
  15. Joseph Hamaker / Domestic Relations / Minneapolis
  16. Madelynn C. Jurasek / Business / Chicago
  17. Cameron Justice / Litigation / Columbus
  18. Rajan Kapoor / Energy / Indianapolis
  19. Cristofer Kelman / Finance / Denver
  20. Evan Meiselman / Litigation / West Palm Beach
  21. Ryan K. Moore / Litigation / Cincinnati
  22. Eric T. Murphy / Business / Indianapolis
  23. Kyle R. Nelson / Intellectual Property / Indianapolis
  24. Jovana Paic / Real Estate / Chicago
  25. Maria C. Palazzolo / Litigation / Chicago
  26. Zachary T. Powell / Business / Cincinnati
  27. Peyton Provenzano / Litigation / Phoenix
  28. Kylie Rhoton / Real Estate / Cincinnati
  29. Aliah Richter / Litigation / Columbus
  30. Jared Snow / Litigation / Cincinnati
  31. Andrea Thomas / Litigation / Denver
  32. Lilian Tapia Fernandez / Employment & Labor Relations / Cincinnati
  33. Lena Vushaj / Business / Detroit

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 inclusive attorney base with talent that unites Taft as a forward-thinking and contemporary law firm.

Learn more about Taft career paths for law students here.

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