Shook Announces 2019 Fall Class

Shook, Hardy & Bacon is pleased to announce that 19 new law school graduates have joined the firm in its Chicago, Houston, Kansas City, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C. offices.

Chicago

Kathleen M. Ryan | Kathleen joins the Business Litigation group as a law clerk. She received her J.D. from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; a M.S.Ed. from Northwestern University; and a B.A. in English from the University of Notre Dame.

Houston

Ashleigh Nwanguma | Ashleigh joins the Product Liability group as a law clerk. She received her J.D. from South Texas College of Law Houston, and a B.A. in Psychology from Houston Baptist University.

Kansas City

Jaclyn S. Alcantara | Jaclyn joins the Intellectual Property group as a law clerk. She received her J.D. from the University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law, and has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Miami. Before graduating from law school, Jaclyn worked at Shook as a patent agent.

Angelica Andreoli | Angelica joins the Intellectual Property group as a law clerk. She received her J.D. from Michigan State University College of Law, and a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Pittsburgh.

Daniel E. Cummings | Daniel joins the Product Liability group as an Associate. He received his J.D. from Creighton University School of Law and both a B.A and a B.Th. from Nebraska Christian College. 

Jennifer O. Hatcher | Jenn joins the Class Action and Complex Litigation group as an Associate. She received her J.D. from the William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; an M.Ed. from the American College of Education; and a B.S. in English and Secondary Education, also from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Cathryn Johns | Cat joins the Business Litigation group as an Associate. She received her J.D. from the University of Arkansas School of Law, and a B.A. in Psychology from Hendrix College. 

Alec V. Larsen | Alec joins the Intellectual Property group as a law clerk. He received his J.D. from the University of Missouri – Columbia School of Law; a M.S. in Chemistry from The Pennsylvania State University; and a B.S. in Chemistry from Brigham Young University – Idaho.

Abilgail Lawson | Abby joins the Product Liability group as a law clerk. She received her J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School, and a B.A. in Conflict Studies from DePauw University.

Stephen Nichols | Stephen joins the Product Liability group as an Associate. He received his J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law, and a B.A. in Strategic Communications, also from from the University of Kansas. 

Emily Pedersen | Emily joins the Business Litigation group as an Associate. She received her J.D. from the University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law, and a B.A. in Political Science and Philosophy, also from the University of Missouri – Kansas City,

Charles A. Rosebrough | Charlie joins the Business Litigation group as an Associate. He received his J.D. from Saint Louis University School of Law, and a B.A. in Classics and Philosophy from Xavier University.

Sangeeta Shastry | Sangeeta joins the Product Liability group as a law clerk. She received her J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law, and a B.A. in Journalism and Political Science from the University of Missouri - Columbia.

Connor Smith | Connor joins the General Liability group as a law clerk. He received his J.D. from the University of Missouri – Columbia School of Law, and a B.J. in Broadcast Journalism, also from the University of Missouri – Columbia.

Joshua Taylor | Joshua joins the Environmental and Toxic Tort Litigation group as a law clerk. He received his J.D. from the University of Iowa College of Law, and a B.S. in Political Science, Public Administration and Policy Analysis from the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point. 

San Francisco

Sarah F. Glendon | Sarah joins the Class Action and Complex Litigation group as a law clerk. She received her J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, and both a B.A. in Political Science and a B.A. in Communications from California Polytechnic State University. 

Ambria D. Mahomes | Ambria joins the General Liability group as a law clerk. She received her J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law, and a B.S. in Business Management from DePaul University.

Seattle

Matthew Hohn | Matthew joins the Intellectual Property group as a law clerk. He received his J.D. from the University of Washington School of Law, and a B.S. in Computer Engineering from Purdue University.

Washington, D.C.

Tatiana Rice | Tatiana joins the Data and Discovery Strategies group in Washington, D.C. as a law clerk. She received her J.D. from Washington University School of Law, and a B.A. in Criminology from the University of Northern Iowa.

At Shook, Hardy & Bacon, recent graduates who are already admitted to practice begin as Associates. Members of the Fall Class who have graduated from law school and have taken the bar but are not yet admitted to practice join our firm as Law Clerks.