Alemayehu Ayanaw, Kelly Libbra, and George Kiser recently attended the 2024 Unity Dinner hosted by the Missouri Asian American Bar Association (MAABA). The Unity Dinner celebrates diversity within the legal profession and provides opportunities for members of diverse bar associations and organizations in the St. Louis area to network with each other.

All three HeplerBroom attorneys are partners in the firm’s Edwardsville office and focus their practices on trials involving complex business litigation, including the defense of asbestos, premises and products liability, and toxic tort matters. Libbra is currently Chair of the Illinois Defense Counsel’s Toxic Tort Committee and volunteers for the Madison County Bar Association’s Pro Bono Clinic. Kiser is rated an AV Preeminent Attorney by Martindale-Hubbell. Law Bulletin Media has named him to the list of Illinois Leading Lawyers, while Ayanaw has been named to their list of Emerging Lawyers.

HeplerBroom partners attending the April 25, 2024, Unity Dinner hosted by the Missouri Asian American Bar Association: (L-R) Alemayehu Ayanaw, Kelly Libbra, and George Kiser.