Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath executive partner Gina Kastel has just ascended to the position of firm chair, effective April 1, succeeding co-chairs Andrew Kassner and Tom Froehle.

Kastel has spent her entire legal career with Faegre Drinker, acting as a summer associate in 1999 and remaining with the firm for nearly 25 years even as it merged with Drinker Biddle & Reath in 2020.