14 Jan 2026
Baker Donelson Adds 27 Associates Firm‑Wide
"Baker Donelson has added 27 associates firm‑wide across practices including litigation, corporate restructuring and bankruptcy, corporate, real estate/finance, health law, intellectual property, and financial services."
Samuel Brodigan joins Baker Donelson's Atlanta office as an associate and will serve as a new litigator.
Daniela Eppler and Emmit F. Kellar join the Baltimore office as associates; Eppler as a new litigator and Kellar in Corporate Restructuring and Bankruptcy.
Mitchell E. Fillinger joins the Baton Rouge office as an associate and will serve as a new litigator.
Lillian C. Dickinson joins the Birmingham office as an associate and will serve as a new litigator.
J. Boone Aiken IV and Adelaide Heigel join the Charleston office as associates; Aiken IV in Commercial Litigation and Heigel as a new litigator.
William D. "Will" Curtis and Noah J. Raftogianis join the Charlotte office as associates; Curtis in Corporate Restructuring and Bankruptcy and Raftogianis as a new litigator.
Katie Philyaw Grayson joins the Chattanooga office as an associate and will serve as a new litigator.
Megan Wong joins the Fort Lauderdale office as an associate and will serve as a new litigator.
Savannah Hall and Thomas H. Jarvis join the Knoxville office as associates; Hall in Real Estate/Finance and Jarvis in Logistics, Energy, and Manufacturing Litigation.
Kaitlynn L. Isley joins the Macon office as an associate in Commercial Litigation.
Olivia Betterton, Alexis "Lexi" C. Hivner and Noor S. Obaji join the Memphis office as associates; Betterton and Hivner as new litigators and Obaji in Financial Services Litigation & Compliance.
Nicole Imhof, Michael W. Krupka, Noah Lipshie and K. Grant McClernon join the Nashville office as associates; Imhof in Intellectual Property, Krupka as a new litigator, and Lipshie and McClernon in Health Law.
Myles H. Sonnier and Ashley E. White join the New Orleans office as associates; Sonnier in Complex Litigation and Class Actions and White as a new litigator.
Annabelle "Lane" McKell joins the Raleigh office as an associate in Financial Services Transactions.
Brittany A. Puckett, Walker Helms and Hannah Mashburn join the Winston‑Salem office as associates; Puckett and Helms in Corporate and Mashburn in Real Estate/Finance.