2025 AFS Fellows Class Announced

Program Builds Leadership Across ArentFox Schiff

ArentFox Schiff proudly announces its 2025 class of AFS Fellows, featuring exceptional attorneys from across our industry teams, practice groups, and offices, who will begin a three-year professional development program.

As part of the program, the Fellows attend leadership retreats, participate in seminars, identify key issues at the firm, and help develop strategies for addressing those challenges. Established in 2017, the Fellows program includes attorneys with diverse perspectives who are committed to making a difference.

The selection committee includes Brian P. Waldman, Cristina A. Carvalho, Joseph J. Krasovec, III, Christine A. McGuinness, Aram Ordubegian, David C. Blickenstaff, Annie Chang Lee, Kirsten A. Hart, and M. Scott Peeler, who founded and leads the AFS Fellows Program. The committee is supported by Jessica Salvaterra Grondine.

“In the nine years since our first class of Fellows in 2017, we have selected 91 extraordinary attorneys (approximately 15% of the firm) to participate in the AFS Fellows Program. The Class of 2025 is an incredible addition to that group. Next year, we look forward to celebrating a decade of the AFS Fellows Program and helping over 100 of our lawyers become extraordinary, successful, and inspiring leaders.”

— M. Scott Peeler, Co-Chair, Associate Development Committee and Leader, AFS Fellows Program

2025 AFS Fellows Class

Kelly K. Ballentine - Partner, Boston

Alex J. Becker - Associate, Chicago

Alexandra Coppola - Associate, New York

Cameron Custard - Associate, Lake Forest

Hanna R. Dameron - Associate, New York

Patrick Feeney - Associate, New York

Raida “Maggie” Lopez - Associate, Boston

Anna Mandel - Associate, New York

Andrew Sevanian - Associate, Los Angeles

Kevin E. Timson - Associate, New York

Brett Young - Associate, Los Angeles

Fellows

Program Overview

Year One: During a weekend retreat Fellows will learn key concepts of effective leadership and gain insights into personal leadership styles through the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and Skillscope 360-degree assessment.
 
Year Two: Current and former firm leaders will give the Fellows a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to lead a major law firm, strategies for overcoming challenges, and the importance of protecting a culture of inclusion and empowerment.
 
Year Three: Fellows will identify a meaningful issue at AFS and suggest a strategy to improve it. They will spend the final year of the program implementing a strategy and reporting on their progress.

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