Thompson Coburn announced that litigator Sonette Magnus has joined the firm as a partner in its St. Louis office. Magnus was previously a partner in the St. Louis office of Lewis Rice. She began her legal career by serving as the law clerk to the chief judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. In 2020, Magnus was appointed by the Government of Canada, and confirmed by the State Department of the U.S., to serve as Canada’s Honorary Consul for the greater St. Louis area. Magnus serves on the board of directors for the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis and as a trustee of the Federal Practice Memorial Trust for the Eastern District of Missouri. She earned her J.D. from Emory University School of Law, and a B.A. in criminology and political science from the University of Toronto.
