Porter Wright is pleased to announce that five attorneys have been promoted to senior associate at the firm. Those attorneys include Blake Crow, Josh Dille, Katie McKinney, Katlyn Patton and Adanna Smith.

Blake Crow focuses his practice on corporate transactions, including assisting financial institutions and other commercial lenders in the firm's Columbus market. Blake was a member of the Capital University Law Review and served as a judicial extern for Judge Kathryn Preston of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of Ohio. He earned his J.D. from Capital University Law School and his B.B.A from Ohio University.

Josh Dille practices out of the firm’s Chicago market as part of the Litigation Department. He handles disputes of all kinds, with an emphasis on contract, insurance, antitrust and class-action litigation. Before joining the firm, Josh clerked for Judge Stephen R. Clark in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. He earned his J.D. cum laude from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law and his B.A. summa cum laude from Olivet Nazarene University.

Katie McKinney concentrates her practice on mergers and acquisitions, and corporate and securities matters out of the firm's Pittsburgh market. Katie was team lead for the publication of volume 58 of the Duquesne Law Review. She earned her J.D. cum laude from Duquesne University School of Law and her B.S.B.A. summa cum laude from Slippery Rock University.

Katlyn Patton is a member of the Litigation Department in the firm's Cincinnati market, where she leverages her federal court experience to represent clients in complex litigation matters. She previously served as a career law clerk to the Honorable Frank D. Whitney of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina and as a term law clerk to the Honorable J. Philip Calabrese of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Katlyn received her J.D. magna cum laude from Case Western Reserve University School of Law and her B.A. magna cum laude from Ohio University.

Adanna Smith practices in the Columbus market where she is a member of the Litigation Department. Previously, she was a career law clerk for the Honorable Julie R. Rubin at the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. Adanna earned her J.D. from University of Baltimore School of Law and her B.S. from University of Dayton.