Shook Welcomes Fall 2021 Associates Class

Shook is pleased to announce that 25 new law school graduates have joined the firm in the Chicago, Denver, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, Philadelphia, San Francisco, St. Louis and Tampa offices.

Chicago

Jousef Shkoukani | Jousef joins the Product Liability Litigation group as a law clerk. He earned his J.D. from Michigan State University College of Law and a B.S. in accounting from Oakland University. 

Denver

Mariham Yaft* | Mariham will join the General Liability Litigation group as an associate. She earned her J.D. from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law and a B.Pharm. from The University of Sydney School of Pharmacy.

Houston

Lakshmi Achari | Lakshmi joins the Product Liability Litigation group as a law clerk. She earned her J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center and a B.S. in psychology from Texas A&M University.           

John Appel | John joins the Product Liability Litigation group as a law clerk. He earned his J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center and B.A. in interdisciplinary studies from Houston Baptist University.

Andrew Long** | Andrew has joined the Intellectual Property group as an associate. Andrew earned his J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center and a B.S.E. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.        

Kansas City

Margaret “Maggie” Buckley | Maggie joins the Product Liability Litigation group as a law clerk. She earned her J.D. from The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law and a B.A. in political science and international affairs from the University of Georgia. 

Anne Case-Halferty | Anne joins the Class Action and Appellate Litigation group as an associate. She earned her J.D. from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, an M.P.A. from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a B.A. in English literature and political science also from the University of Missouri-Columbia.                           

Bri’An “Bri” Davis | Bri joins the Environmental and Toxic Tort Litigation group as an associate. She earned her J.D. from the University of Iowa College of Law and a B.A. in sociology from the University of Michigan.

Jackson “Jack” Gilkey | Jack joins the Intellectual Property group as a law clerk. He earned his J.D. from the University of Missouri School of Law and a B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Missouri-Columbia. 

Richard “Henry” Hilliard | Henry joins the General Liability Litigation group as a law clerk. He earned his J.D. from Duke University School of Law and a B.S. in political science and business economics from the University of Notre Dame.

Curtis Keal | Curtis joins the Business Litigation group as a law clerk. He earned his J.D. from Washington University School of Law and his BBA in management from Texas A&M University.

Brandon Large | Brandon joins the Intellectual Property group as an associate. He earned his LL.M. from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, an LL.B. from the University of Birmingham in England and a B.A. in political science from Clemson University. Brandon has been working as a legal administrative assistant III for Shook. 

Lucia “Luci” McMurray | Luci joins the Business Litigation group as a law clerk. She earned her J.D. from New York Law School and a BBA in finance and management from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

Caleb Mickey | Caleb joins the Intellectual Property group as a law clerk. He earned his J.D. from Washington University School of Law and a B.S. in biology from Oregon State University.  

Ivelisse Saint-Clair | Ivelisse joins the Business Litigation group as a law clerk.  She earned her J.D. from Emory University School of Law and an MBA and a B.A. in business administration and management from Warner University.                     

Bobbi Sue Sell | Bobbi joins the General Liability Litigation group as a law clerk. Bobbi earned her J.D. from Michigan State University College of Law and a B.A. in legal studies and women studies from Hamline University.

Hannah Smith | Hannah joins the General Liability Litigation group as a law clerk. She earned her J.D. from the University of Arkansas School of Law, a MAcc (Master of Accountancy) and a BSBA in accounting from The University of Tulsa.                                

Omowunmi “Lucy” Soyinka | Lucy joins the Intellectual Property group as a law clerk. Lucy earned her J.D. from Washington University School of Law, an M.S. in finance from Southern Methodist University, an M.S. in applied cognition and neuroscience from the University of Texas-Dallas School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences and a B.A. in neuroscience from Vanderbilt University. 

Mary K. “Mary Kate” Workman | Mary Kate joins the Product Liability Litigation group as a law clerk. She earned her J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law and a B.A. in English and political science from the University of Mississippi.                           

Los Angeles

Makala Furse | Makala joins the Class Action and Appellate Litigation group as a law clerk. She earned her J.D. from the University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law, an MSW from UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs and a BSW from Florida State University-Tallahassee.

Miami

Sofia Perla | Sofia joins the Product Liability Litigation practice group as a law clerk. She earned her J.D. from the Florida International University College of Law and a B.S. in psychology from the University of Florida-Gainsville.                                    

Philadelphia

Amanda Saper | Amanda joins the Environmental and Toxic Tort Litigation group as a law clerk. She earned her J.D. from Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law and a B.A in political science from The Pennsylvania State University.

San Francisco

David Polyakov | David joins the Class Action and Appellate Litigation group as a law clerk. He earned his J.D. from UCLA School of Law and a B.A. in statistics from Northwestern University.

St. Louis

Trudy Wurm | Trudy joins the Environmental and Toxic Tort Litigation group as a law clerk. She earned her J.D. from Washington University School of Law and a B.A. in political and feminist theory from New York University.

Tampa

Natanel “Natu” Wainer | Natu joins the Product Liability Litigation Group as a law clerk. He earned his J.D. from the University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law and a B.A. in communication from Florida International University.

*Mariham will join Shook in October. 
**Andrew joined Shook in April. 

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.