Board of Governors

FALL MEETING                                                                                                          
November 6-7, 2025
Le Merdien
Washington, DC.

WINTER                                                                         
February 20-24
San Diego, CA
Hotel Del Coronado

ANNUAL                                                                                                                      
July 24-28
Chicago, IL
Hyatt Regency Chicago

• AAJ President: Bruce M. Plaxen
• AAJ President-Elect: N. John Bey
• AAJ Vice President: Marion K. Munley
• AAJ Secretary: Christopher T. Nace
• AAJ Treasurer: Derrick L. Walker
• AAJ Parliamentarian: Laura Yaeger
• AAJ Immediate Past President: Lori Andrus

Alabama

• David L. Brown, Jr.
• Emily Hawk Mills
• Tempe Smith

Alaska

• Lisa Rosano
• Vacant

Arizona

• Jonathan Van O'Steen
• Frank Verderame

Arkansas

• Paul Byrd
• Bob Edwards

California

• Mike  Arias
• Ingrid M. Evans
• Laurel Halbany
• Srinivas Hanumadass
• Casey R. Johnson
• Micha Star Liberty
• Sarah London
• Craig M. Peters
• Frederick Schenk
• Brett Justin Schreiber
• Ibiere Seck
• Tiega N. Varlack

Colorado

• Molly L. Greenblatt
• Daniel Lipman
• Curt M. Zaner

Connecticut

• Erica Pilicy-Ryan
• Preston Tisdale
• Angelo A. Ziotas

Delaware

• Patrick C. Gallagher
• Timothy E. Lengkeek

District of Columbia

• Patrick M. Regan
• Allan M. Siegel

Florida

• Laurie J. Briggs
• Michael A. Haggard
• John (Jack) H. Hickey
• James R. Holland
• Jennifer M. Lipinski
• Ricardo M. Martinez-Cid
• Curry G. Pajcic
• Troy A. Rafferty
• Jeanmarie Whalen
• Laura V. Yaeger
• Edward H. Zebersky

Georgia

• Laura Lynne Voght

Hawaii

• Michael R. Cruise
• Ilana K. Waxman

Idaho

• Taylor L. Mossman-Fletcher
• Jarom A. Whitehead

Illinois

• Devon C. Bruce
• Randy Scott Cohn
• Keith A. Hebeisen
• Brian LaCien
• Kenneth H. Levinson
• Mark D. Prince
• Antonio M. Romanucci

Indiana

• Kathleen A. Farinas
• Betsy K. Greene

Iowa

• Brian P. Galligan
• Marc S. Harding

Kansas

• Bradley J. Prochaska
• Ryan A. Prochaska

Kentucky

• William D. Nefzger
• Joseph D. Satterley
• Kevin Weis

Louisiana

• Gary N. Boutwell, II
• Blake R. David
• Stephen Herman
• Brian Katz

Maine

• Michael T. Bigos
• Susan A. Faunce

Maryland

• Gwen-Marie Davis
• Ellen B. Flynn
• George S. Tolley, III

Massachusetts

• Marianne C. LeBlanc
• Douglas K. Sheff

Michigan

• Brian J. McKeen
• Jesse M. Reiter

Minnesota

• Yvonne M. Flaherty
• Kate E. Jaycox

Mississippi

• John W. Kitchens
• Chuck R. McRae

Missouri

• Anne-Marie Brockland
• Brett A. Emison
• Brian S. Franciskato
• Anne Schiavone
• David M. Zevan

Montana

• Mark M. Kovacich
• Jory C. Ruggiero

Nebraska

• Elizabeth Ann Govaerts
• Christopher P. Welsh

Nevada

• Christian M. Morris
• Matthew L. Sharp

New Hampshire

• Leslie C. Nixon
• Christopher Seufert

New Jersey

• E. Drew Britcher
• Michael G. Donahue
• Lynne M. Kizis

New Mexico

• Lisa K. Curtis
• Kathleen J. Love

New York

• Shoshana T. Bookson
• Justin T. Green
• Michael B. Ronemus
• Ingrid H. Heide
• Edward A. Steinberg
• Nicholas I. Timko
• Perry Weitz

North Carolina

• Douglas B. Abrams
• Lauren O. Newton

North Dakota

• Mark V. Larson
• Timothy M. O'Keeffe

Ohio

• Mark Kitrick
• John A. Lancione
• Jami S. Oliver

Oklahoma

• Frank Frasier
• Rachel E. Gusman

Oregon

• Thomas D'Amore
• Shenoa L. Payne

Pennsylvania

• Larry Bendesky
• Robert F. Daley
• Paul A. Lagnese
• Neil T. O'Donnell
• Matthew Rosenberg
• Vacant

Puerto Rico

• David Efron
• Hunter J. Shkolnik

Rhode Island

• Zachary Mandell

South Carolina

• Monier Abusaft
• Thomas A. Killoren, Jr.
• Pamela R. Mullis
• Robert V. Phillips

South Dakota

• Seamus W. Culhane
• Timothy J. Rensch

Tennessee

• Ronald J. Berke
• Troy B. Jones

Texas

• Erin K. Copeland
• Michael G. Guajardo
• Christopher Lester Johnson
• Peter A. Kraus
• James L. Mitchell
• Bryan D. Pope
• Nelson J. Roach
• Michael L. Slack
• Larry F. Taylor, Jr.
• Marc Whitehead

Utah

• Robert M. Henriksen
• Alyson Carter McAllister

Vermont

• Andrew Bryan Delaney
• D. James Mackall

Virgin Islands

• Lee J. Rohn

Virginia

• Bridget Long
• Michael G. Phelan

Washington

• Maria S. Diamond
• Michael Fisher
• Michael T. Pfau
• Leah S. Snyder

West Virginia

• Timothy C. Bailey
• Anthony J. Majestro

Wisconsin

• Noah D. Domnitz
• Robert L. Jaskulski

Wyoming

• Mel C. Orchard, III
• Bryan Ulmer, III

Alberta

• Vacant
• Vacant

Atlantic Provinces

• Michael Dull
• Raymond F. Wagner

British Columbia

• Edward L. Montague
• A.C. Richard Parsons

Manitoba & Saskatchewan

• Vacant
• Vacant

Ontario

• Jordan Assaraf
• Gary R. Will

Quebec

• Jeff Orenstein
• Vacant

Australia

• Nooraini Blumer
• Andrew M. Christopoulos

Balance of the World

• Bojan P. Dekker
• Carlos Villacorta

United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland

• Katherine Allen
• Liam S. Moloney

• Alabama: Christin R. French
• Arizona: Nicholas Verderame
• Arkansas: Joseph Dean Gates
• California: Tamarah Prevost
• Colorado: Amanda Francis Owen
• Connecticut: Erica Pilicy-Ryan
• Delaware: Rachel Diane Allen
• District of Columbia: Kelley B. Simoneaux
• Florida: Sara T. Papantonio
• Georgia: Alyssa Baskam
• Hawaii: Alyssa Segawa
• Idaho: Brooke Victoria Kenney
• Illinois: Eirene-Gin Nakamura Salvi
• Indiana: Robert A. Langer
• Iowa: Amber Haberl
• Kansas: Michael William Weber
• Kentucky: John E. Abaray
• Louisiana: Mary Watson Smith
• Maine: Taylor A. Asen
• Maryland: Megan L. Whiteside
• Massachusetts: Ingrid Alexandra Halstrom
• Michigan: Tiffany R. Ellis
• Minnesota: Grace I. Chanin
• Missouri: Brittany Sanders Robb
• Mississippi: Laurel Li Harris
• Montana: Caitlin Boland Aarab
• Nevada: Jamie McInelly
• New Hampshire: Nicholas G. Kline
• New Jersey: Bhaveen R. Jani
• New Mexico: Andre K. Archuleta
• North Carolina: Melissa N. Abrams
• North Dakota: Lindsay M. Wilz
• Ohio: Sean L. Walton, Jr.
• Oklahoma: Clay Rowe Zelbst
• Oregon: Nadia Dahab
• Pennsylvania: Andrea M. Sasso
• Rhode Island: Colleen P. Giles
• South Carolina: Mark D. Chappell, Jr.
• Tennessee: Audrey Collins Dolmovich
• Texas: Katherine Cornell
• Virgin Islands: Rhea R. Lawrence
• Virginia: Kevin Biniazan
• Washington: Carson Phillips-Spotts
• West Virginia: Taylor B. Downs
• Wisconsin: Cristina Wirth
• Wyoming: Sarah A. Kellogg
• British Columbia: John-Andrew Pankiw-Petty
• Ontario: Samantha Shatz
• Quebec: Andrea Erin Grass
• Australia: Philip A. Schubert
• Balance of the World: Kathleen Doyeux
• United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland: Cheryl Palmer-Hughes

Minority Caucus Board Representatives

• Brian Bailey
• Ava Marie M. Cavaco
• Elizabeth D. Connell
• Courtney Leigh Winston

New Lawyers Board Representatives

• Jenna DiBenedetto
• Elyse Lauren McKenna
• Jacob M. Morse
• Chinsu Shajan

Republican Caucus Board Representatives

• Elizabeth Middleton Burke
• Lauren Dawn Fraser

Women's Caucus Board Representatives

• Carolyn S. Daley
• Kelly Fitzpatrick
• Monica Greer
• Rachel Louise Sykes

Section Leaders Council Representatives

• Lydia Marie Floyd
• Donald H. Slavik

Litigation Group Leaders Council Representatives

• Amy E. Keller
• Jeffrey E. Marion

LGBT Caucus Board Representative

• Casey Johnson

• Robert E. Cartwright, Jr.
• Sidney W. Gilreath
• C. Richard Henriksen, Jr.
• T. Carroll McCarthy, Jr.
• William A. Rossbach
• Herman J. Russomanno
• Phillip Weidner

• Jennie Lee Anderson
• Howard Hamilton Ankin
• Rick Barrera, Jr.
• Seth Leventhal Cardeli
• Bhaveen R. Jani
• Priscilla Elsie Jimenez
• David Muncy
• Ervin B. Nevitt
• Jackalyn A. Olinger Rochelle
• Patrick A. Salvi, II
• Domenic B. Sanginiti, Jr.
• Frederick William Schultz

• Elizabeth J. Cabraser
• Robert A. Clifford
• Jayne Conroy
• Gregory S. Cusimano
• Brenda S. Fulmer
• Wayne Hogan
• W. Mark Lanier
• Sheldon L. Miller
• Linda Miller Atkinson
• Howard L. Nations
• Mary Beth Ramey
• Mark P. Robinson, Jr.
• Sandra H. Robinson
• Christine Spagnoli
• Gerry L. Spence
• John Eddie Williams, Jr.

• Mary E. Alexander
• Lisa Blue
• Leo V. Boyle
• David S. Casey, Jr.
• Roxanne Barton Conlin
• Sean C. Domnick
• Lewis S. "Mike" Eidson
• Kathleen Flynn Peterson
• Robert L. Habush
• Richard D. Hailey
• Russ M. Herman
• Julie Braman Kane
• J. Burton LeBlanc
• Pamela Anagnos Liapakis
• Michael C. Maher
• Mark S. Mandell
• Mary Alice McLarty
• Tobias L. Millrood
• Kathleen L. Nastri
• Gary M. Paul
• Peter Perlman
• Elise R. Sanguinetti
• Todd A. Smith
• Howard A. Specter
• Bruce H. Stern
• Larry S. Stewart
• Kenneth M. Suggs
• Anthony Tarricone
• Larry A. Tawwater
• Tad Thomas
• C. Gibson Vance
• Frederick William Wagner
• Navan Ward, Jr.
• Les Weisbrod

• Adrian O. Vega