Committee Leadership
Committee Chair
Hillary A. Taylor
Keating Jones Hughes
Portland, OR
Immediate Past Chair
Sarah Elizabeth Spencer
Spencer Willson PLLC
Salt Lake City, UT
Board Liaison
Matthew T. Nelson
Warner Norcross + Judd LLP
Grand Rapids, MI
2024 Annual Meeting Chair
Rory D. Cosgrove
Carney Badley Spellman PS
Seattle, WA
Marketing Co-Chair
Tom Ludden
Lipson Neilson PC
Bloomfield Hills, MI
Membership Vice Chair
Breana Burgos
Hanson Bridgett LLP
San Francisco, CA
2025 Program Chair
Jason W. Anderson
Carney Badley Spellman PS
Seattle, WA
2025 Program Vice Chair
Derek Gillis
Barton Gilman
Boston, MA
Certworthy - Circuit Report Editor
Erik A. Goergen
Nixon Peabody
Buffalo, NY
In-House Defense Quarterly Chair
Amanda E. Heitz
Bowman and Brooke LLP
Phoenix, AZ
The Voice Chair
Hillary A. Taylor
Keating Jones Hughes
Portland, OR
Online Community Co-Chair
Todd S. Page
Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC
Lexington, KY
Appellate Rules Chair
Charles T. Frazier, Jr.
Alexander Dubose & Jefferson LLP
Dallas, TX
Committee Engagement Co-Chair
Taylor Barr Johnson
Burr & Forman LLP
Mobile, AL
Appellate Rules Vice Chair
Edward Robert Sherman
Lillig & Thorsness
Oak Brook, IL
Data Management & Security SLC Liaison
Joshua D. Dunlap
Pierce Atwood LLP
Portland, ME
Corporate Council SLC Liaison
Charles T. Frazier, Jr.
Alexander Dubose & Jefferson LLP
Dallas, TX
SLC Membership Liaison
Matthew T. Nelson
Warner Norcross + Judd LLP
Grand Rapids, MI
DRI for Life Liaison
Wendy Hermes
Thiebaud Remington Thornton Bailey
Dallas, TX
Steering Committee Member
Lisa M. Baird
Reed Smith LLP
Miami, FL
Steering Committee Member
Tillman J. Breckenridge
Breckenridge PLLC
Washington, DC
Steering Committee
C. Mitchell Brown
Nelson Mullins
Columbia, SC
Steering Committee Member
Melinda S. Kollross
Clausen Miller PC
Chicago, IL
Steering Committee
Mary Massaron
Plunkett Cooney PC
Bloomfield Hills, MI
Steering Committee
Scott P. Stolley
Stolley Law PC
Dallas, TX
Steering Committee
Michael B. Wallace
Wise Carter Child
Jackson, MS
Steering Committee Member
Robert L. Wise
Nelson Mullins
Richmond, VA