Committee Leadership
Committee Chair
Erika L. Amarante
Wiggin and Dana LLP
New Haven, CT
Committee Vice Chair
Andrew DeSimone
Sturgill Turner Barker & Moloney PLLC
Lexington, KY
Immediate Past Chair
Laura A. DeMartini
The DeMartini Firm PC
Mableton, GA
Board Liaison
Stephen O. Plunkett
Bassford Remele PA
Minneapolis, MN
Law Institute Liaison (Medical Liability and Health Care Law)
Thomas J. Hurney, Jr.
Jackson Kelly PLLC
Charleston, WV
Law Institute Liaison ( Senior Living)
Ted J. McDonald, III
McDonald Law Group PA
Kansas City, MO
2023 Annual Meeting Chair
Justin A. Hardin
Brown & James PC
Saint Louis, MO
Membership Chair
Ashley Sumner Heslop
Hall Booth Smith PC
Mount Pleasant, SC
2024 Program Chair - Medical Liability and Health Care Law
Edward J. Guardaro
Fullerton Beck LLP
White Plains, NY
2023 Program Chair - Medical Liability and Health Care Law
Katherine Otto
Recht Kornfeld PC
Denver, CO
2024 Program Chair - Senior LIving and Long Term Care Litigation
Rebecca Schafer
Dzenitis Newman PLLC
Louisville, KY
2024 Program Vice Chair - Senior Living and Long Term Care Litigation
Whitney Horak
Quintairos Prieto Wood & Boyer
Memphis, TN
2024 Program Vice Chair - Medical Liability and Health Care Law
Joseph G. Mattson
Devine Millimet & Branch
Manchester, NH
Online Programming Chair
Kevin S. Budge
Wiggin and Dana LLP
New Haven, CT
Online Programming Vice Chair
David Kaiser
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Lexington, KY
Publications Chair
Kevin T. McCarthy
Larson King LLP
St. Paul, MN
Publications Vice Chair
M Jansen Voss
Christian & Small
Birmingham, AL
Newsletter Chair
Katherine L. Vojas
Lashly & Baer
St. Louis, MO
Online Community Chair
Ethen R. Shapiro
Hill Ward Henderson
Tampa, FL
Online Community Vice Chair
John F. Mahon, Jr.
Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice
Saint Louis, MO
Social Media Chair
Whitney Leigh Burkett
HeplerBroom LLC
Chicago, IL
Fly-In Meeting Chair
A. Renee Mascareñas
Serpe Jones Andrews
Santa Fe, NM
Specialized Litigation Group (SLG) Chair
Margaret Caroline Binzer
Alliance for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
Lorton, VA
Specialized Litigation Group (SLG) Chair
Matthew L. Johnson
Johnson & Bell
Chicago, IL
SLC Membership Liaison
Brett A. Mason
Troutman Pepper
Atlanta, GA
Corporate Counsel Liaison
Jay D. Mitchell
Jackson Healthcare
Alpharetta, GA
Corporate Counsel Liaison
Stephen L. Rossetti, Jr.
Fresenius Medical Care
Waltham, MA
DRI for Life Liaison
Madeleine Loeffler
Sturgill Turner Barker & Moloney PLLC
Lexington, KY
DRI for Life Liaison
J. Richard Moore
Bleeke Dillon Crandall
Indianapolis, IN
DRI Cares Liaison
Lorie Hall
Hall Professional Consulting LLC
Sterling Heights, MI
DRI Cares Liaison
Jodi V. Terranova
Wilson Elser
Washington, DC
Diversity Liason
Heather Levinsky
Berkley Select
Chicago, IL
Women in the Law Liaison
Andrea L. Merolla-Simister
Gidley Sarli & Marusak
Providence, RI
Women in the Law Liaison
Kimberly Logue Woodland
Bendin Sumrall & Ladner LLC
Atlanta, GA
Young Lawyer Liaison
Joshua R. Baumann
Lamson Dugan and Murray
Omaha, NE
Young Lawyer Liason
John F. Floyd, Jr.
Wicker Smith
Nashville, TN
Young Lawyer Liaison
Laura Ann K. Froning
Wiggin and Dana LLP
New Haven, CT
Young Lawyer Vice Liaison
Madeleine Pfefferle
Ellis & Winters LLP
Raleigh, NC