Stinson Welcomes 17 Associates to the Firm

11.09.2022

Stinson LLP is pleased to announce 17 new associates have joined the firm's Dallas, Denver, Minneapolis, Kansas City, St. Louis, Washington, DC and Wichita offices as members of the firm's 2022 fall associate class.

Dallas

Donta Dismuke is an associate in the Corporate Finance Practice Division. He earned his J.D. from the University of Arkansas School of Law in 2022. Dismuke was a Stinson summer associate in 2020 and 2021.

Quint Doan is an associate in the Health Care & Insurance Practice Division. He earned his J.D. from the Yale Law School in 2022. Prior to joining the firm, Doan was a judicial law clerk for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Bailey McGowan is an associate in the Litigation Associates Group. She earned her J.D. from Texas Tech University School of Law in 2018. Prior to joining the firm, McGowan served as a judicial law clerk for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Denver

Nathan Vasquez is an associate in the Litigation Associates Group. He earned his J.D. from the University of Colorado Law School in 2020. Prior to joining the firm, Vasquez served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Anthony J. Navarro of the Colorado Court of Appeals.

Minneapolis

Sharon (Maher) Beck is an associate in the Labor, Employment & Employee Benefits Practice Division. She earned her J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School in 2022. Beck was a Stinson summer associate in 2021.

Mark Ficken is an associate in the Real Estate and Public Finance Practice Division. He earned his J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School in 2020. Prior to joining the firm, Ficken served as a judicial law clerk or the Minnesota Court of Appeals.

Doug Lewis is an associate in the Litigation Associates Group. He earned his J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 2021. Prior to joining the firm, Lewis served as a judicial law clerk for the Milwaukee County Circuit Court.

Desiree McDowell is an associate in the in the Energy, Environmental, Mining and Transportation Practice Division. She earned her J.D. from the Mitchell Hamline School of Law in 2021. Prior to joining the firm, McDowell served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Jeffrey M. Bryan of the Minnesota Court of Appeals. Additionally, McDowell was a Stinson summer associate in 2018 and 2020.

Natalie Nelson is an associate in the Banking & Financial Services Practice Division. She earned her J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law in 2022. Nelson was a Stinson summer associate in 2020 and 2021.

Billy Price is an associate in the Private Business Practice Division. He earned his J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School in 2022. Price was a Stinson summer associate in 2021.

Zach Wright is an associate in the Energy, Environmental, Mining and Transportation Practice Division. He earned his J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School in 2021. Prior to joining the firm, Wright served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Louise Dovre Bjorkman of the Minnesota Court of Appeals. Additionally, Wright was a Stinson summer associate in 2021.

Kansas City

Shelby Horne is an associate in the Litigation Associates Group. She earned her J.D. from the Brooklyn Law School in 2019. Prior to joining the firm, Horne was an associate in a New York-based global law firm.

*Issued a temporary certificate in Missouri, based on Rule 8.06.

Austin Tapuro is an associate in the Litigation Associates Group. He earned his J.D. from the Washington University School of Law in 2022. Tapuro was a Stinson summer associate in 2021.

St. Louis

Ian Herrera is an associate in the Corporate Finance Practice Division. He earned his J.D. from the Washington University School of Law in 2022. Herrera was a Stinson summer associate in 2020 and 2021.

Jacob Schlueter is an associate in the Litigation Associates Group. He earned his J.D. from the Washington University School of Law in 2021. Prior to joining the firm, Schlueter served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Sarah E. Pitlyk of the District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.

Washington, DC

Kelsey Robinson is an associate in the Energy, Environmental, Mining and Transportation Practice Division. She earned her J.D. from the Washington University School of Law in 2020. Prior to joining the firm, Robinson served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Katherine G. Leonard of the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals in Honolulu.

*Admitted only in Missouri; Supervised by Jonathan Schneider, a member of the DC Bar.

Wichita

Audrey Koehler is an associate in the Litigation Associates Group. She earned her J.D. from the Washburn University School of Law in 2019. Prior to joining the firm, Koehler served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Eric F. Melgren of the U.S. District Court of the District of Kansas, in addition to working as an associate in a Wichita-based full-service law firm.