McGuireWoods elected 13 new partners effective Jan. 1, 2025. The class spans many of the firm’s offices and covers a range of practice areas.
Matthew L.C. Cox (Corporate & Private Equity, Charlotte) focuses on mergers and acquisitions and private equity investments.
Nicholas A. Dantonio (Regulatory & Compliance, Raleigh) primarily represents energy clients and other regulated industries in a range of matters before the North Carolina Utilities Commission and other federal and state agencies.
Jasmine K. Gardner (Financial Services & Securities Enforcement, Charlotte) has represented Fortune 100 companies in the financial services, construction, trucking and healthcare industries in a range of disputes in federal and state court, mediation, and arbitration.
Miles O. Indest (Commercial Litigation, Houston), a litigator with an MBA, represents energy and technology companies in complex disputes involving contracts, environmental issues and trade secret theft.
Christopher M. Keegan (Mergers & Acquisitions & Energy Transactional, Richmond) focuses his practice on advising buyers, sellers and developers on transactional and advisory matters with an emphasis on energy transactions.
Chelsie A. Kidd (Corporate & Private Equity, Dallas) focuses her practice on mergers and acquisitions and private equity.
Brian T. Robertson (Corporate & Private Equity, Dallas) serves clients in a range of business transactions including mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, securities transactions, strategic contracting and corporate compliance.
Amanda K. Roenius (Healthcare, Chicago) advises clients on a range of compliance and regulatory issues, including the Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark Law, fraud and abuse laws, state corporate practice of medicine doctrines and state licensure laws.
Alexandra Shipley (Debt Finance, Chicago) concentrates her practice on restructuring, bankruptcy and workout matters. She represents administrative agents and lenders in syndicated and bilateral facilities in in-court and out-of-court restructurings.
Brooks H. Spears (Commercial Litigation, Tysons) litigates complex cases in courts throughout the country, principally for clients in the real estate, hospitality and construction industries.
Jonathan T. Tan (Environmental & Mass Tort, Richmond) represents clients in product liability and consumer class action matters in state and federal courts across the country. He has experience serving as national coordinating counsel for product manufacturers in high-exposure product liability matters.
Kelly A. Warlich (Financial Services & Securities Enforcement, Charlotte) advises banking institutions, private equity funds and other corporate entities in all phases of litigation in state and federal courts across the country, including appeals.
Melissa M. Weiss (Labor & Employment, Chicago) counsels companies, public entities and educational institutions on labor and employment issues. She defends employers in state and federal court against employment-related claims.
“We congratulate this wonderful group of lawyers,” said McGuireWoods managing partner J. Tracy Walker IV. “They have demonstrated great success as associates and will continue to drive the firm’s trajectory upward as partners. They are committed to the firm’s core values and they have a track record of outstanding client service and growing client relationships. We look forward to seeing their careers continue to blossom.”