Shook Associate Selected for Missouri Bar Leadership Academy

Shook Associate Abby Fears has been selected to join the 2025 Missouri Bar Leadership Academy. The Leadership Academy’s mission is to recruit, train and retain Missouri lawyers who have been admitted for ten years or less for leadership positions in the Missouri Bar. 

During the one-year term at the academy, Fears will work closely with bar leaders, cultivate leadership skills and develop a public service project. Attorneys selected for the academy also undergo a leadership training program that includes a tour of The Missouri Bar Center, meeting with various members of The Missouri Bar and attending meetings of the Board of Governors. 

Fears is based in Shook’s St. Louis office and has experience as part of multiple product liability litigation teams. She is also a member of the firm’s Pro Bono Committee.