Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, has announced the promotion of 42 partners and three counsel across 22 of its offices in North America. 

“We congratulate our new partners and counsel in North America,” said Elliott Portnoy, global CEO of Dentons. “This talented group of diverse lawyers spans multiple practice areas, and is a clear indication that despite the challenges of the last year, they have continued to successfully navigate our clients’ needs wherever they do business.”

“I commend each of these newly elevated partners and counsel,” said Dentons global chairman Joe Andrew. “As this group demonstrates, we have a strong bench of talented lawyers who have both the legal acumen and business insight that clients need in the New Dynamic Decade.”

The new partners are:

• Jayme Alter, Media, Entertainment and Sports, Toronto
• Juliet Astbury, Corporate, Pittsburgh*
• Dina Awad, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Toronto
• Robert Barbarowicz, Corporate, Los Angeles
• Erin Bass, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Phoenix
• Adam Beckstrom, Intellectual Property and Technology, Salt Lake City
• Jeff Berkey, Corporate, Pittsburgh*
• Arianne Bouchard, Labour and Employment, Montréal
• Kathy Briere, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Edmonton
• Arik Broadbent, Corporate, Vancouver
• Joe Champion, Corporate, Indianapolis
• Pamela Chan Ebejer, Labour and Employment, Toronto
• Cullen Cochran, Corporate, Indianapolis
• Rob Condon, Venture Technology Group, New York
• Esme Cragg, Real Estate, Toronto
• Ausra Deluard, Health Care, Oakland
• Mike Dorelli, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Indianapolis
• Michael Dukes, Intellectual Property and Technology, Pittsburgh*
• Josh Fisher, Corporate, Kansas City
• Steven Harris, Corporate, Pittsburgh
• Gergely Hegedus, Tax, Edmonton
• Elizabeth Hennessy-Spencer, Corporate, Evansville, IN
• Thomas Hiesberger, Intellectual Property and Technology, Dallas
• Lucy Hill, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Pittsburgh*
• Mathieu Huot, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Montréal
• Emma Irving, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Vancouver
• Christy Lee, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Calgary
• Brian MacKinnon, Real Estate, San Francisco
• Sarah Matthews, Intellectual Property and Technology, Salt Lake City
• Kathleen McCain, Corporate, Los Angeles
• Michael McGee, Corporate, Louisville
• Lorna McGeorge, Trusts Estates and Wealth Preservation, Naples, FL*
• Jessica Meylor, Capital Markets, New York
• Melissa Minix, Employment and Labor, Indianapolis
• Sam Olens, Public Policy and Regulation, Atlanta
• Frank Paolini, Trusts Estates and Wealth Preservation, Chicago
• Julie Patter, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Pittsburgh*
• Gerald Roberts, Intellectual Property and Technology, Indianapolis
• David Tandy, Public Policy and Regulation, Louisville
• Danny Wakeling, Corporate, Edmonton
• Jacqueline Whipple, White Collar and Government Investigations, Kansas City
• Anna Shiran Youssefi, Employment and Labor, Oakland

The new counsel promotions are:

• Sylvia Chiu, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Los Angeles**
• Kelly Lloyd Lankford, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Short Hills, NJ
• Amber Morris, Real Estate, Chicago
• Diora Ziyaeva, International Dispute Resolution, New York

* elevated to shareholder effective November 1, 2020

** elevated to counsel effective March 1, 2021

About Dentons

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