Shook Announces Annual Fall Associates Class – 23 for ’23

Shook is pleased to announce the addition of 23 recent law school graduates and associate laterals to form the firm’s 2023 Class of Fall Associates. The new hires will be located in the firm’s Boston, Chicago, Hartford, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, San Francisco, St. Louis and Tampa offices.

New hires who are already admitted to practice begin as associates. Those who have taken the bar but are not yet admitted join the firm as senior law clerks. Shook welcomes the contributions of the full class, with information on each as follows. 

BOSTON

Anne Krache* | Krache joined the Product Liability Litigation group as an associate. She earned her J.D. from Georgia State University College of Law. 

CHICAGO

Kailin Liu | Liu joins the Business Litigation group as an associate. She earned her J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School. 

Yasin Muhammad | Muhammad joins the Business Litigation group as a senior law clerk. He earned his J.D. from Howard University School of Law. 

HARTFORD

James Geisler | Geisler joins the Product Liability Litigation group as an associate. He earned his J.D. from the University of Connecticut School of Law. 

HOUSTON

Joshua Hunter | Hunter joins the Intellectual Property Litigation group as a senior law clerk. He earned his J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center. 

LaTheena “Bebe” Thomas | Thomas joins the Product Liability Litigation group as a senior law clerk. She earned her J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center. 

KANSAS CITY

Jacquelyn Aguirre | Aguirre joins the Product Liability Litigation group as a senior law clerk. She earned her J.D. from Notre Dame Law School. 

Rhakeem Brown | Brown joins the General Liability Litigation group as a senior law clerk. He earned his J.D. from Emory University School of Law.

Joseph Gjelaj | Gjelaj joins the Intellectual Property Prosecution group as a senior law clerk. He earned his J.D. from Michigan State University College of Law.

Jacob Holland | Holland joins the Class Action and Appellate group as a senior law clerk. He earned his J.D. from the University of Arkansas School of Law.

Minha Jutt* | Jutt joined the Business Litigation group as an associate. She earned her J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law.

Brenna Kingyon | Kingyon joins the Intellectual Property Litigation group as a senior law clerk. She earned her J.D. from the University of Iowa College of Law.

Parris Mayhood | Mayhood joins the Intellectual Property Prosecution group as a senior law clerk. She earned her J.D. from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law.

Colin Murphy | Murphy joins the Product Liability Litigation group as a senior law clerk. He earned his J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law.

Lauren Reynolds | Reynolds joins the Product Liability Litigation group as a senior law clerk. She earned her J.D. from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law.

Jaycob “Jayke” Simsheuser | Simsheuser joins the Business Litigation group as a senior law clerk. He earned his J.D. from the University of Missouri School of Law.

Mackenzie Stout | Stout joins the General Liability Litigation group as an associate. She earned her J.D. from the University of Missouri School of Law.

LOS ANGELES

Laurel Scott | Scott joins the Business Litigation and Data Privacy  groups as an associate. She earned her J.D. from Washington University School of Law. 

MIAMI

Daria Pietropaolo | Pietropaolo joins the Business Litigation group as a senior law clerk. She earned her J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law. 

SAN FRANCISCO

Petra Fakhouri* | Fakhouri joined the General Liability Litigation group as an associate. She earned her J.D. from the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco. 

Russell Taylor** | Taylor will join the Class Action and Appellate group as an associate. He earned his J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law.  

ST. LOUIS

Abigail Greene | Greene joins the Environmental and Toxic Tort group as an associate. She earned her J.D. from the University of Missouri School of Law. 

TAMPA

Jarvis James | James joins the Product Liability Litigation group as a senior law clerk. He earned his J.D. from Washington and Lee University School of Law.

* Krache, Jutt, and Fakhouri joined Shook earlier in the year. 
** Taylor will join Shook in October.