Leadership
AAJ Officers 2021-2022

Navan Ward
AAJ President
Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, PC
Atlanta, GA

Tad Thomas
AAJ President-Elect
Thomas Law Offices, PLLC
Louisville, KY

Sean Domnick
AAJ Vice President
Domnick Cunningham & Whalen
Palm Beach Gardens, FL

Lori Andrus
AAJ Secretary
Andrus Anderson LLP
San Francisco, CA

Bruce Plaxen
AAJ Treasurer
Plaxen Adler Muncy, P.A.
Columbia, MD

N. John Bey
AAJ Parliamentarian
Bey & Associates, LLC
Atlanta, GA

Tobi Millrood
AAJ Immediate Past President
Kline & Specter, P.C.
Philadelphia, PA

Linda Lipsen
American Association for Justice
Washington, DC
AAJ CEO
Executive Committee 2021-2022

Mike Arias
Arias Sanguinetti Wang Torrijos, LLP
Los Angeles, CA

Lauren Barnes
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP
Cambridge, MA

Rick Barrera, Jr.
Buckingham Barrera Vega Law Firm
Albuquerque, NM

Seth L. Cardeli
Levin & Perconti
Chicago, IL

Tom D’Amore
D'Amore Law Group
Portland, OR

Carla Ferrucci
Minnesota Association for Justice
Minneapolis, MN

Brandi Denton Gatewood
Gatewood Law, PLLC
Forest, MS

Jamie Goldstein
Arias Sanguinetti Wang & Torrijos, LLP
Emeryville, CA

J.D. Hays, Jr.
J.D. Hays Law, PLLC
Boulder, CO

Ira Leesfield
Leesfield Scolaro, PA
Miami, FL

Marion Munley
Munley Law
Scranton, PA

Chris Nace
Paulson & Nace, PLLC
Washington, DC

Shenoa L. Payne
Shenoa Payne, Attorney at Law, PC
Portland, OR

Jackalyn Olinger Rochelle
Maune Raichle Hartley French & Mudd, LLC
St. Louis, MO

Derrick L. Walker
Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen, PC
Richmond, VA