Swanson, Martin & Bell of Chicago announced that lateral associate Mandi Ferguson will serve at its Edwardsville office.
Ferguson focuses her practice on the defense of product manufacturers and premises owners in asbestos litigation, product liability and toxic tort litigation.
She is admitted to practice in both Illinois and Missouri.
Ferguson serves as vice chair of the Tort Law Committee for the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel and Young Lawyers Liaison to the DRI Law Practice Management Committee.
She received her juris doctorate from Saint Louis University School of Law in 2007 and her bachelor of arts from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale in 2001.
Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP opened its Edwardsville and St. Louis offices in October 2014 when four attorneys from the Kernell Law Firm joined the firm.