Taft is pleased to welcome 29 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:

• Erik Allerson / Litigation / Minneapolis
• Chloe Altman / Real Estate / Cincinnati
• UJ Bhowmik / Business / Minneapolis
• Logan Boyle / Business / Cincinnati
• Evan Deig / Litigation / Indianapolis
• Nicole Dosamantes / Business / Chicago
• Jeremy Ellis / Business / Detroit
• Hannah Fereshtehkhou / Intellectual Property / Minneapolis
• Jack Hawkins / Environmental / Cincinnati
• Sam Huff / Business / Indianapolis
• JP Jarecki / Litigation / Dayton
• Courtney Kabbes / Litigation / Chicago
• Nicole Martin / Business / Health Care and Life Sciences / Columbus
• Kenny Nelson / Litigation / Detroit
• Arnold Owusu / Finance / Columbus
• Trisha Palermo / Litigation / Minneapolis
• Devina Patel / Litigation / Cleveland
• Daniel Platek / Litigation / Cleveland
• Samantha Scott / Private Client / Detroit
• Hayley Sears / Litigation / Indianapolis
• Sean Smallwood / Employment and Labor Relations / Minneapolis
• Grayson Trepeck / Business / Detroit
• Christine Walsh / Intellectual Property / Indianapolis
• Elizabeth Wellhausen / Employment and Labor Relations / Chicago
• Ben White / Litigation / Cincinnati
• Luke Wiese / Litigation / Indianapolis
• Nermy Winner / Business / Indianapolis
• Helen Wu / Business / Chicago
• Nicole Zawilinski / Real Estate / Chicago

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.