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AAJ Board of Governors

The Board of Governors is the governing body of the Association, charged under the AAJ Bylaws with establishing and approving Association policies, including the adoption of a three-year Association budget on an annual basis. The Board meets regularly, four times a year, at the Annual and Winter Conventions and at a Spring and Fall Meeting. On rare occasions, special meetings of the Board may be called by order of the President, but only one such meeting has been called during the past decade. Each affiliated state trial lawyer organization is represented on the Board by two or more Governors; and Governors are also chosen by international jurisdictions and by various caucuses, organizations and groups within the Association. The elected AAJ national officers, plus the Immediate Past President, also serve on the Board.

The Board of Governors list is ordered by the jurisdiction each member represents

United States of America

Alabama

James R. Moncus, III      
Steven L. Nicholas
Emily Hawk Raley


Alaska

Ward M. Merdes
Phillip Paul Weidner

Arizona

John E. Osborne
Frank Verderame

Arkansas

Paul Byrd
John Patterson

California

Mike Arias    
Robert E. Cartwright, Jr.               
Thomas M. Dempsey    
Ingrid M. Evans
Shawn F. Khorrami         
David A. Rosen
Elise R. Sanguinetti         
Frederick Schenk 
James W. Vititoe  

Colorado

J. Kyle Bachus
Jim Leventhal

Connecticut

Stewart M. Casper
Kathleen L. Nastri

District of Columbia

Patrick A. Malone
Patrick M. Regan

Delaware

Beverly L. Bove
Joseph W. Weik

Florida

Sean C. Domnick   
Brenda S. Fulmer             
Rodney G. Gregory  
Michael A. Haggard        
Stephen A. Marino          
Herman J. Russomanno   
Kirk Wagar          
Andrew J. Weinstein      
Jeanmarie Whalen          
Edward H. Zebersky        
 

Georgia

Joseph A. Fried
Stephen G. Lowry           
Adam Malone  
Michael J. Warshauer
    

Hawaii

Mark S. Davis
Wayne D. Parsons

Idaho

Darrel W. Aherin
David E. Comstock

Illinois

Kennith W. Blan, Jr.
Kathy Byrne
Randy Scott Cohn
Martin J. Healy, Jr
Keith A. Hebeisen
Antonio M. Romanucci

Indiana

Thomas C. Doehrman   
Mary Beth Ramey
           

Iowa

Brian P. Galligan
Marc S. Harding

Kansas

Dan Lykins
John M. Parisi

Kentucky

Michael R. Hance
Richard D. Lawrence 

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NLD/Revitalization Board Seats

Lauren  Barnes, Cambridge, MA
Jessica G. Bhagan, Greenbelt, MD
Matthew E. Birch, Kansas City, MO
Laura Anne Carney, Chatham, NJ
Alyson  Carter, Salt Lake City, UT
Patricia M. Cruz, Danbury, CT
Noah D. Domnitz, Milwaukee, WI
Roshawn  Donahue, New Orleans, LA
Leah  Donaldson, Providence, RI
Thomas. L. Douglas, Portland, ME
Amy  Eddy, Kalispell, MT
Jennifer A. Farrell, Manchester, NH
Trudy  Fenster, Saint Croix, VI
G. C. French, Birmingham, AL
Daniel H. Friedman, Lincoln, NE
Joseph Michael Galligan, Des Moines, IA
R. Christopher Gilreath, Memphis, TN
Kathryn Eidson Griffin, Oklahoma City, OK
Ingrid H. Heide, Brooklyn, NY
Jorge A. Herrera, San Antonio, TX
Laura  Hillyer, Burlington, ON
Ashley Welch Hudson, North Little Rock, AR
Kate E. Jaycox, Minneapolis, MN
Lawrence L. Jones, II, Louisville, KY
Greta  Kemp, Jackson, MS
Sam D. Krahulik, Indianapolis, IN
Timothy E Lengkeek, Wilmington, DE
Bridget N. Long, Richmond, VA
Donna M. MacKenzie, Berkley, MI
W. Hugh McAngus, Jr., Columbia, SC
Samuel R. Mirkovich, Henderson, NV
Christopher T. Nace, Washington, DC
Stephen P. New, Beckley, WV
A. C. Richard  Parsons, Vancouver, BC
Robert E. Pastor, Phoenix, AZ
Lyssa Amy Roberts, Long Beach, CA
Patrick A. Salvi, II, Chicago, IL
Steven L. Shaw, Kirkland, WA
Steven S. Siegel, Sioux Falls, SD
M. Brandon Smith, Atlanta, GA
Deborah L. Taussig, Boulder, CO
Daniel A. Thomas, Lee's Summit, MO
Calvin Sylvester Tregre, Jr., Cincinnati, OH
Adrian O. Vega, Albuquerque, NM
Whitney V. Wallace, Salisbury, NC
Adrianne E. Walvoord, Philadelphia, PA
Aaron  Watson, Pensacola, FL
Ilana  Waxman, Honolulu, HI
Timothy L. Williams, Bend, OR

Award Recipient Board Seats

Gregory S. Cusimano
O. Fayrell  Furr, Jr.
Ronald L. Motley

 

Louisiana

Scott R. Bickford
John W. deGravelles
Robert E. Kleinpeter
Donald W. Price

Maine

Daniel G. Kagan,
Samuel W. Lanham

Maryland

Andrew E. Bederman    
Bruce Martin Plaxen 
 
Massachusetts
 

Frederic N. Halstrom
Douglas K. Sheff

Michigan

Linda Miller Atkinson
Brian J. McKeen

Minnesota

Yvonne M. Flaherty
Gale D. Pearson

Mississippi

John W. Kitchens
Chuck R. McRae

Missouri

Daniel J. Brown
Leland F. Dempsey         
James H. Thompson, Jr.               
David M. Zevan

Montana

Lawrence A. Anderson
William A. Rossbach

Nebraska

James R. Harris
Vincent M. Powers
 

Nevada

Brian D. Nettles
Matthew L. Sharp

New Hampshire

Thomas R. Watson
Finis E. Williams, III

New Jersey

E. Drew Britcher
Christopher Placitella
Bruce H. Stern

New Mexico

David J. Jaramillo          
Kathleen J. Love 
    

New York

Shoshana T. Bookson
Benedict P. Morelli
Stephan H. Peskin
Nicolas I. Timko
Perry Weitz

North Carolina

Douglas B. Abrams         
Wade E. Byrd    
 

North Dakota

David R. Bliss
Thomas A. Dickson

Ohio

Tom Henretta
Mark Kitrick
Richard W. Schulte
A. Russell Smith

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oklahoma

James E. Frasier
Bradley C. West

Oregon

Kathryn H. Clarke
Thomas D'Amore

Pennsylvania

Stewart J. Eisenberg      
Michael J. Foley               
Tobi L. Millrood
Steven E. Riley, Jr.                 
Robert L. Sachs, Jr.         
Marc P. Weingarten       
Sol H. Weiss       
 

Puerto Rico

David Efron
Alberto J. Perez Hernandez

Rhode Island

Patrick C. Barry
Donald A. Migliori
           

South Carolina

Mark D. Chappell
Pamela R. Mullis
Joseph P. Strom, Jr. 

South Dakota

Terence R. Quinn
Clint Lee Sargent

Tennessee

Ronald J. Berke
Sidney W. Gilreath

Texas

Jack B. Baldwin 
Ed Blizzard          
Debbie D. Branson         
Russell W. Budd               
James E. Girards              
Peter A. Kraus            
Michael L. Slack
Melissa R. Smith                       
John Eddie Williams, Jr.    


Utah

John F. Fay
C. Richard Henriksen, Jr.

Vermont

Jerome F. O'Neill
Todd D. Schlossberg

Virgin Islands

K. Glenda Cameron
Lee J. Rohn

Virginia

W. Coleman Allen Jr.
Derrick L. Walker
Charles J. Zauzig, III

Washington

Maria S. Diamond
Karen Koehler

West Virginia

Timothy C. Bailey
T. Carroll McCarthy, Jr.

Wisconsin

Robert L. Jaskulski
Edward J. Vopal

Wyoming

Mel C. Orchard III
G. Bryan Ulmer III

 

Australia

Peter Carter
Simon Morrison

Canada

Alberta

James D. Cuming
Clint G. Docken

Atlantic Provinces

Chesley F. Crosbie
Raymond F. Wagner

British Columbia

Robert D. Holmes
Edward L. Montague     


Manitoba/Saskatchewan

Ronald J. Balacko
Reginald A. Watson

Ontario

Judith A. Hull
Gary R. Will

Quebec

Vacant

U.K./Republic of Ireland

Clive A.W. Garner
Mark A. Harvey

Balance of the World

Bruno Paris
Henry M. Shields

Member Group Board Representatives

Litigation Group Leaders Council

Michael R. Hugo
Karen Barth Menzies 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minority Caucus

Navan Ward, Jr.                
Simona A. Farrise             
Michael D. Brown            
Marcus L. Stevenson     

New Lawyers Division

Melissa Hague  
Shawn McCann
Jackalyn A. Olinger               
Matthew Rosenberg      
             

 

Republican Caucus

Miriam R. Bourdette      
Philip C. Bourdette         


Section Leaders Council

Lawrence M. Simon 
Donald H. Slavik                
      

Women's Caucus

Jennie Lee Anderson    
Vicki L. Gilliam   
Marianne C. LeBlanc      
Elizabeth Ann Morgan  

 

 
 
 
 
 

 

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