Katten Announces New Partner Class of 2025

CHICAGO, Aug. 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Katten announced today that the firm is promoting a cohort of 11 attorneys to join the partnership, effective September 1.

"This is a career-defining moment for this group of talented attorneys. Their promotion reflects the firm's recognition of the years they have spent honing their excellent legal skills, producing high-quality work and fostering trusted relationships with clients and colleagues," said Katten Chair Gil M. Soffer. "We are confident they will build on the firm's strengths in how we work together to deliver exceptional service and strategic counsel that our clients value."

The firm's Executive Committee unanimously approved the promotion of the following attorneys to partner:

• Ava R. Alim, Real Estate Investment and Finance, Charlotte
• Christopher Collins, Financial Markets and Regulation, London
• Christopher T. Cook, Insurance and Health Care Fraud Litigation, New York
• Fabiola Fox, Capital Markets, Dallas
• Michaela C. Holcombe, Commercial Litigation, Charlotte
• Kelly N. Hutchinson, Government and Public Finance, Chicago
• Matthew R. Jennings, Structured Finance and Securitization, New York
• Elise W. Michael, Investment Management and Trading, New York
• Michelle R. Poncetta, Real Estate Investment and Finance, Los Angeles
• Zachary M. Schmitz, Financial Markets Litigation and Enforcement, Chicago
• Karolen S. Younan, Health Care, Chicago

Katten is a full-service law firm with approximately 700 attorneys in locations across the United States and in London and Shanghai. Clients seeking sophisticated, high-value legal services turn to Katten for counsel locally, nationally and internationally. The firm's core areas of practice include corporate, financial markets and funds, insolvency and restructuring, intellectual property, litigation, real estate, structured finance and securitization, transactional tax planning, private credit and private wealth. Katten represents public and private companies in numerous industries, as well as a number of government and nonprofit organizations and individuals. For more information, visit katten.com.

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