Join this in-person career conversation with Chief Growth Officer Dean Boeschen on Monday, November 6th @ 12PM in the Career Center.

RSVP in Symplicity.

As Chief Growth Officer, Dean is responsible for driving the firm growth that ensures that we can meet clients’ expanding needs. Husch Blackwell’s recent growth trajectory is thanks in part to Dean’s leadership and his active role in identifying talent. During Dean’s tenure as CGO, Husch Blackwell has routinely attracted lateral hires on an annual basis that exceed some of the legal industry’s largest mergers and business combinations, allowing the firm to identify, recruit, hire, and onboard precisely the talent we know our clients will need. Dean has also overseen exponential growth in Husch Blackwell’s summer associate program, an important diverse pipeline of talent that allows us to transform new graduates into gifted, collaborative, client-focused professionals.

Alongside his focus on lateral growth strategies, Dean also has the responsibility to expand into new markets across the country. While our fully remote Link office—part of our commitment to a progressive vision of the future of work—allows us the flexibility to recruit professionals anywhere and offer our clients on-the-ground
services in a wide variety of locations, we also recognize the need for a brick-and-mortar presence in key regions where our clients are experiencing growth of their own. Dean oversees targeted location growth in the places where our clients need us to be, ensuring that the firm expands in ways that fit our growing, successful, national client base.

Dean’s growth responsibilities also have an individual, personal focus: he serves as strategic business unit leader of the firm’s general assignment associates, with a commitment to helping these new attorneys grow professionally and develop their careers, with Husch Blackwell’s emphasis on client service at the center. The firm has embraced innovation and an entrepreneurial spirit to create solutions for our clients as well as opportunities even for our youngest associates. Dean’s team also works with business leaders to manage our paralegals and other professionals, an important and growing resource for our clients.

After more than 20 years in leadership at other law firms, Dean first joined Husch Blackwell in 2013, excited about being part of an organization enthusiastically looking to be different through a clientcentered focus structure. The firm had recently launched its new strategic plan, with an emphasis on reorganization around client industries, and Dean took an active role in the leadership of industry teams and rewarding behaviors at all levels to move the firm forward in conjunction with our clients’ success. Today, he continues to value Husch Blackwell’s unusually entrepreneurial nature and its dedication to letting businesspeople do their best work for the business of the firm, while attorneys focus on offering the highest level of legal services to clients.

Recognition:
• Association of Corporate Counsel, Value Champion, 2018 Education
• M.B.A., Saint Louis University
• B.S., Southern Illinois University ○ Accounting Community Leadership
• Family Forward, Advocacy Board, 2012-present; Past Finance Committee and Audit Chair
• Family Resource Center, Governance Board, 2005-2011
• Family Support Council, Past Chairman, Board of Directors, 1997-2005

Employers participating in the First Chance Reception want to make the most of their trip and make their connections with you count. Many of the employers are hosting events surrounding the reception and hope to see you in attendance. As always, be sure to RSVP!

Full details of the following employer events can be viewed in Symplicity.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Faegre Drinker
Vinson & Elkins

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Alston & Bird
Frost Brown Todd
Gibson Dunn
Hogan Lovells
Ice Miller
King & Spalding
Norton Rose Fulbright
Locke Lord
Stinson LLP
Summer Associate Hub
Vinson & Elkins

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Cooley LLP
Haynes Boone
Land of Lincoln Legal Aid
Marion County Public Defender Agency
Office of the St .Louis County Counselor

The Career Center has been busy with planning the upcoming 1L First Chance Employer Showcase on Thursday, November 2^nd. This is your “First Chance” to meet, mingle and connect with law firm, government, and public interest attorneys from around the country, representing 50+ legal employers. This event is for all 1Ls in the Class of 2026. The expectation is that all will attend the reception. If you cannot attend, please let Stacie Reardon or Tanya Bishop know. Check your emails for detailed information about check-in for the event.

The time is now to prepare for this networking opportunity. You can do so by:

• Reviewing the First Chance Reception Guide.
• Reviewing the list of participating employers and attendees here (new employers could be added through next week. and attendees are updated as they come in). Remember, every attorney attending has a network in the private and public sectors. Do not miss out on this easy opportunity to quickly expand your network.

Please reach out if you have any question about the networking reception or events next week.