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Klein Thomas Lee & Fresard is pleased to announce that Cleo Scott has joined the firm’s Richmond office as an associate. Prior to joining the firm, Cleo served as a law clerk to Chief Justice Cleo E. Powell of the Supreme Court of Virginia from 2025 to 2026. She also clerked for Judges Robert B…. Read more

Klein Thomas Lee & Fresard is pleased to announce that Trevor Potter has joined the firm’s Michigan office as an associate. Prior to joining the firm, Trevor practiced as a litigation associate at a Michigan-based insurance and municipal defense firm, focusing on civil rights, personal injury, and casualty litigation. Trevor earned his J.D. from Loyola… Read more

Klein Thomas Lee & Fresard is pleased to announce that Stoyna Novakova has joined the firm’s Michigan office as an associate.  Prior to joining the firm, Stoyna was a litigation associate at an insurance defense law firm in Michigan, where she developed experience in first-party auto No-Fault (PIP) claims, third-party auto negligence actions, and insurance… Read more

Klein Thomas Lee & Fresard is pleased to announce that Taylor Sprehe has joined the firm’s St. Louis office as an associate. Prior to joining the firm, Taylor served as a law clerk to the Honorable Judge Staci M. Yandle in the Southern District of Illinois. He then spent six years practicing law for plaintiff’s… Read more

Klein Thomas Lee & Fresard is pleased to announce that Courtney Stirrat has joined the firm’s St. Louis office as Counsel.  Over the last two decades, Courtney represented maritime and trucking companies, as well as individual drivers, in the defense of commercial, personal injury, and insurance litigation.  Prior to joining Klein Thomas Lee & Fresard,… Read more

Klein Thomas Lee & Fresard is pleased to announce that Michelle “Shelley” Mikeska has joined the firm’s Richmond, VA office as the Director of Revenue Operations.  Shelley earned her Bachelor of Science from the University of Maryland. She has over 25 years of experience in accounting and financial management servicing the legal, transportation, and consumer… Read more

Klein Thomas Lee & Fresard is pleased to announce that Aiza Siddiqi has join the firm’s Irvine, CA office as a Partner.  Aiza is a litigator and focuses her practice on commercial civil litigation, class actions, and appellate matters.  Before joining Klein Thomas Lee & Fresard, Aiza practiced commercial litigation for several years at a… Read more

Klein Thomas Lee & Fresard is pleased to announce that Melinda Palmer has joined the firm’s Phoenix office as a Paralegal.  Melinda is a Litigation Paralegal with 30 plus years of complex litigation and trial experience in both state and federal court.  She is competent in all areas of litigation from inception through trial.

Klein Thomas Lee & Fresard are pleased to announce that Shawn Greene has joined the firm’s Richmond office as an associate in the firm’s Appeals and Advanced Motions Practice Group.  His practice draws on a wealth and breath of judicial and government experience, including five federal and international clerkships across appellate, district and bankruptcy courts,… Read more

In a Law360 article discussing how the circuit courts fared during the most recent Supreme Court term, Brandon L. Boxler provides insights into why one solidly conservative circuit seems out-of-sync with the solidly conservative Supreme Court.  He explains that the Supreme Court might be taking a relatively large number of cases from the Fifth Circuit because litigants are increasingly… Read more