TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 10, 2023

Law firm Baker Donelson has named two new group leaders. Nashville shareholder Michaela Poizner is the new chair of the Health Law Group. Poizner’s practice includes working with providers in the behavioral and long-term health sectors. She also founded the firm’s behavioral health initiative. Poizner joined Baker Donelson after graduating from Vanderbilt Law School in 2013. In addition, Memphis shareholder Whitney M. Dowdy has been named chair of the New Litigator Group, which is comprised litigation associates across the firm's footprint in their early years of practice. Dowdy will continue to practice employment law while serving in the role. She earned her law degree from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 2004.