CHICAGO (January 6, 2021) — Seyfarth is pleased to announce today the promotion of 21 of the firm's lawyers to partners across nine offices and six practice departments, effective January 1, 2021.

The following have been promoted to partner:

Corporate

Whitney Schmidt

Chicago

Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation

Danita Merlau

Chicago

International

Jesse Pauker

New York

Laurence Harvey Wood

London

Labor & Employment

Anne Dana

New York

John Drury

Chicago

Sara Fowler

Chicago

James Hlawek

Boston

Tim Hoppe

San Francisco

David Jacobson

Los Angeles

Paul Leaf

Los Angeles

Leo Li

Los Angeles

Ryan McCoy

San Francisco

Joshua Seidman

New York

Adam Young

Chicago

Litigation

Teddie Arnold

Washington D.C.

Puya Partow-Navid

Los Angeles

Real Estate

Justice Barber

Atlanta

Julie Connelly

Boston

Elizabeth Dahill

New York

Michael Merar

Chicago

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