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Date: October 28, 2020

Foley & Mansfield Elevates 19 Attorneys in the Firm’s Partnership

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Date: October 28, 2020
by foleyandmansfield

Foley & Mansfield Elevates 19 Attorneys in the Firm’s Partnership

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National law firm Foley & Mansfield announced today that it has elected 14 new partners and promoted 5 partners to equity status, effective on January 1, 2021.

“These 10 women and 9 men are among the most talented of their generation, and I am pleased to announce their promotions to partner,” said firm managing partner, Kyle Mansfield. They represent a diverse partner class and highlight the Firm’s strengths across our practice areas.

The new and promoted partners are based in the Firm’s Chicago, Detroit, Edwardsville, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, New York, Seattle, St. Louis, and Walnut Creek offices.

The elected partners are:

PARTNERS

Justin Borawski – Chicago

Julie Brummond – Chicago

Elizabeth Carpenter – Los Angeles

H. Wayne Clark – Miami

James Hicks – Seattle

Anna Kohut – St. Louis

Kasia Nowak – Chicago

Zackary Paal – Seattle

Ann Park – Los Angeles

Thomas Priebe – Minneapolis

Katie Pritchard – Edwardsville

Whitney Seltzer – New York

Andrew Sharp – Walnut Creek

Matthew Wise – Detroit

EQUITY PARTNERS

Timothy Ferguson – Miami

Jennifer McCormick – Walnut Creek

Alexa Newton – St. Louis

Steve Novakidis*- New York

Joanna Salmen – Minneapolis

*Novakidis has also been promoted to managing partner of Foley & Mansfield’s New York office. He will succeed partner Jim Lotz who will retire from the Firm in July 2021.

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