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Committee Vice Chair

W. Rick Griffin
Martin Pringle Oliver
Wichita, KS

Immediate Past Chair

Fred E. (Trey) Bourn III
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Jackson, MS

Board Liaison

A. Johnston Cox
Gallivan White & Boyd
Columbia, SC

Board Liaison

Michelle Thurber Czapski
Bodman PLC
Troy, MI

Law Institute Liaison

Mindy Brickman
Christovich & Kearney
New Orleans, LA

SLC Membership Liaison

Fred E. (Trey) Bourn III
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Jackson, MS

2026 Annual Meeting Chair

Clyde Oates Adams
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP
Houston, TX

Membership Vice Chair

David L. Campbell
Bowman and Brooke LLP
Troy, MI

Marketing Chair

Dannel C. Duddy
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman PC
Richmond, VA

2027 Program Chair

Daniel M. Long
Quarles & Brady LLP
Indianapolis, IN

Marketing Vice Chair

Andrew E. Stead
McMillan LLP
Calgary, AB

Welcoming & Engagement Subcommittee Chair

Robert A. Shields
Wilson Turner Kosmo LLP
San Diego, CA

Membership Chair

Andrew E. Stead
McMillan LLP
Calgary, AB

Ambassador Chair

Adam M. Shienvold
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott
Harrisburg, PA

2027 Program Vice Chair

Rachel Cooper
McMillan LLP
Toronto, ON

Sponsorship Chair

Imoh Emmanuel Akpan
Goldberg Segalla LLP
Baltimore, MD

Sponsorship Vice Chair

Gabrielle Ilaria
Quarles & Brady LLP
Chicago, IL

Publications Chair

Courtney Hunter
Bass Berry & Sims
Nashville, TN

Publications Vice Chair

Sidney Elbaz
McMillan LLP
Montreal, QC

Social Media/Online Community Vice Chair

Narmada P. Sapkota
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
Dallas, TX

Social Media/Online Community Chair

Matthew D. Gurbach
Bricker Graydon LLP
Cleveland, OH

Conference Ambassador

Evelyn Fletcher Davis
Hawkins Parnell & Young LLP
Atlanta, GA

Interactive Presentation Sponsor Co-Chair

Ryan Grantham
YA Group
Glen Burnie, MD

Networking Chair

Jeffrey A. Holmstrand
Grove Holmstrand & Delk PLLC
Wheeling, WV

Conference Ambassador

Colin Kamrath Kelly
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
Atlanta, GA

Interactive Presentation Subcocommittee Chair

Joseph C. Megariotis
Connell Foley LLP
Roseland, NJ

Client Concierge Subcomittee Chair

Anthony J. Novak
Larson King LLP
Saint Paul, MN

Interactive Presentation Sponsor Co-Chair

Heather L. Slatton
ESi
Peachtree Corners, GA

Networking Vice Chair

Jason T. Wasserman
Silverman Thompson Slutkin & White
Baltimore, MD

Client Concierge Subcommittee Vice Chair

George Wray
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Toronto, ON

Mass Torts & Class Actions SLG Chair

Noah Boudreau
Fasken Martineau
Montreal, QC

Digital Evidence and Litigation Technology Chair

Patrick M. Delaney
Rumberger Kirk
Orlando, FL

International Legal Issues SLG Chair

Sarah-Jane Dobson
Ashurst LLP
London, United Kingdom

Specialized Litigation Group (SLG) Coordinator Chair

Sarah T. Eibling
Dykema Gossett PLLC
Chapin, SC

Children's Products SLG Chair

Michael Gentine
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
Washington, DC

Young Lawyers SLG Chair

Jason Ryan Hodge
Nelson Mullins
Richmond, VA

Recreational Products SLG Chair

Chris Horkins
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Toronto, ON

Regulatory, Risk and Safety SLG Chair

Merton A. Howard
Hanson Bridgett LLP
San Francisco, CA

Automotive SLG Chair

Haley Johnston
FBT Gibbons
Indianapolis, IN

Construction Devices and Building Products SLG Chair

Catherine Ava Leatherwood
Rogers Townsend
Columbia, SC

Automotive SLG, In-House Co-Chair

Joanna Mei Hing Leong
Honda Canada Inc
Markham, ON

Hand and Power Tools SLG Chair

Robert L. Love
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Toronto, ON

ACMIE SLG Chair

Ryan J. Lucinski
Hodgson Russ LLP
Buffalo, NY

Food Law SLG Chair

Rachel Allis Remke
ArentFox Schiff LLP
Chicago, IL

Chemical/Toxic Tort SLG Chair

Jonathan E. Schulz
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Charlotte, NC

Regulatory, Risk and Safety SLG In-House Co-Chair

Warren Jeffrey Sefton
GE Appliances
Louisville, KY

Aviation and Aerospace SLG Chair

Clinton T. Speegle
Lightfoot Franklin & White LLC
Birmingham, AL

Biomechanics and Injury Causation SLG Chair

Jeffrey C. Warren
Bowman and Brooke LLP
Phoenix, AZ

Fire Science & Litigation SLG Chair

Allison W. Weyand
FBT Gibbons
Louisville, KY

Marketing, Children's Products SLG

Sofia Alvarez
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Jackson, MS

Regulatory, Risk and Safety SLG Vice Chair

Maureen A. Bickley
FBT Gibbons
Cincinnati, OH

Mass Torts & Class Actions SLG Vice Chair

Kip T. Bollin
Thompson Hine LLP
Cleveland, OH

Food Law SLG Vice Chair

Kimberly Bousquet
Thompson Coburn
Saint Louis, MO

Aviation and Aerospace SLG Vice Chair

Jessica Campbell
Fasken Martineau
Vancouver, BC

Marketing, Mass Torts & Class Actions SLG

Nicholas Ryan Carmichael
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Toronto, ON

Digital Evidence and Litigation Technology Vice Chair

James M. Dedman IV
Gallivan White & Boyd
Charlotte, NC

Marketing, Food Law SLG

Christopher P. Fitzgerald
Conn Kavanaugh Rosenthal Peisch & Ford LLP
Boston, MA

Hand & Power Tools SLG Vice Chair

Glenn A. Gordon
Miles & Stockbridge
Baltimore, MD

ACMIE SLG Vice Chair

Nicole Grimes
Litchfield Cavo LLP
Charleston, WV

Marketing, Aviation and Aerospce SLG

Timothy Heisterhagen
Burr & Forman LLP
Mobile, AL

Construction Devices and Building Products SLG Vice Chair

Sezen Izer
McMillan LLP
Toronto, ON

Children's Products SLG Vice Chair

Scott Kaiser
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
Kansas City, MO

Marketing, ACMIE SLG

Jacob Kratt
Margolis Edelstein
Philadelphia, PA

Fire Science & Litigation SLG Vice Chair

Kyle W. LeClere
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Indianapolis, IN

Biomechanics and Injury Causation SLG Vice Chair

Scottie Forbes Lee
Ellis & Winters LLP
Greensboro, NC

Marketing, Automotive SLG

Tanya M. Murray
Dykema Gossett PLLC
Bloomfield Hills, MI

Marketing, Regulatory, Risk, and Safety SLG

William A. Neinast
Nelson Mullins
Greenville, SC

Recreational Products SLG Vice Chair

Shane O'Dell
Naman Howell Smith & Lee PLLC
Fort Worth, TX

Automotive SLG Vice Chair

Michael Ohly
Bush Seyferth PLLC
Troy, MI

Marketing, International Legal Issues SLG

Thomas Panter
Ashurst LLP
London, United Kingdom

Marketing, Construction Devices & Building Products SLG

Simon Paransky
McMillan LLP
Montréal, QC

Chemical/Toxic Tort SLG Vice Chair

Sheldon R. Poole
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
Hartford, CT

Young Lawyer SLG Vice Chair

Ryan Savercool
McCarter & English
Newark, NJ

Marketing, Fire Science & Litigation

Hallie Semmel
McCoy Leavitt Laskey LLC
Falmouth, ME

Specialized Litigation Group (SLG) Coordinator Vice Chair

Robert A. Shields
Wilson Turner Kosmo LLP
San Diego, CA

Marketing, Recreational Products SLG

Madison Clare Stewart
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Lexington, KY

Marketing, Young Lawyers

Meredith Taylor
Butler Snow
Birmingham, AL

Marketing, Digital Evidence and Litigation Technology

Evan Thomsen
Amundsen Davis LLC
Milwaukee, WI

Marketing, Biomechanics & Injury Causation

Morgan Turner
Huie Fernambucq & Stewart
Vestavia, AL

International Legal Issues SLG Vice Chair

Ed Turtle
Cooley
London, United Kingdom

Marketing, Chemical/Toxic Tort SLG

Janelle N. Winters
Landman Corsi Ballaine
Newark, NJ

Corporate Counsel SLC Liaison

Mohamed N. Bakry
Chubb
Philadelphia, PA

Corporate Counsel SLC Liaison

Marie-Hélène Cantin
Bombardier Recreational Products
Valcourt, QC

Corporate Counsel SLC Liaison

Nate Walker
Husqvarna Group
Charlotte, NC

DRI for Life Liaison

Elizabeth L. Moyo
Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
Columbus, OH

Diversity Liaison

Andrei Pascu
McMillan LLP
Montréal, QC

DRI Cares Liaison

Michael F. Walker
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Birmingham, AL

DRI Cares Vice Liaison

Heather A. Bub
Amundsen Davis LLC
Saint Louis, MO

Women in Law Liaison

Kristen E. Dennison
Littleton Joyce Ughetta & Kelly LLP
Merritt Island, FL

Young Lawyer Liaison

Christopher McKeon
Dechert LLP
San Francisco, CA

Young Lawyer Vice Liaison

Andre A. Revaz
Carlton Fields PA
Tampa, FL

Steering Committee Member

Joshua H. Abramson
Porzio Bromberg & Newman
New York, NY

Steering Committee Member

Denis F. Alia
Cetrulo LLP
Boston, MA

Steering Committee

Brannon J. Arnold
Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial LLC
Atlanta, GA

Steering Committee

Brad Brad Brown Jr.
Jackson Walker
Dallas, TX

Steering Committee Member

Frank Carson
FBT Gibbons
Columbus, OH

Steering Committee Member

Marie E. Chafe
Conn Kavanaugh Rosenthal Peisch & Ford LLP
Boston, MA

Steering Committee Member

Joseph D. Cohen
Porter Hedges LLP
Houston, TX

Steering Committee Member

Edderek L. Cole
Butler Snow
Ridgeland, MS

Steering Committee Member

Jeffrey A. Curran
Gable Gotwals
Oklahoma City, OK

Steering Committee Member

Baxter D. Drennon
Hall Booth Smith PC
Little Rock, AR

Steering Committee Member

Patrick A. Edwards
Stinson LLP
Wichita, KS

Steering Committee

Harris Neal Feldman
Parker McCay
Mount Laurel, NJ

Steering Committee Member

Heather Russell Fine
Nelson Mullins
Berwyn, PA

Steering Committee Member

Xan Ingram Flowers
Butler Snow
Birmingham, AL

Steering Committee

Jared S. Hawk
Saul Ewing LLP
Pittsburgh, PA

Steering Committee Member

Jennifer Snyder Heis
UB Greensfelder LLP
Cincinnati, OH

Steering Committee Member

James T. Irvin III
Nelson Mullins
Columbia, SC

Steering Committee Member

Christopher Lyle Jackson
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Lexington, KY

Steering Committee Member

Mark D. Katz
Fisher Patterson Sayler & Smith
Overland Park, KS

Steering Committee Member

Frederick King
Troutman Pepper Locke
Atlanta, GA

Steering Committee Member

Brian D. King
Bush Seyferth PLLC
Troy, MI

Steering Committee Member

Brandon M. Meyers
McCoy Leavitt Laskey LLC
Albuquerque, NM

Steering Committee Member

Nicholas C. Pappas
FBT Gibbons
Indianapolis, IN

Steering Committee Member

Lisa Parliament
McMillan LLP
Toronto, ON

Steering Committee Member

John C.S. Pierce
Dentons Sirote LLP
Mobile, AL

Steering Committee

Marlon A. Primes
Brennan Manna & Diamond
Cleveland, OH

Steering Committee Member

D. Christopher Robinson
FBT Gibbons
Louisville, KY

Steering Committee Member

Sean W. Shirley
Balch & Bingham
Birmingham, AL

Steering Committee

Marie-Claude Simard
Bombardier Recreational Products
Valcourt, QC

Steering Committee Member

Jay T. Thompson
Murphy & Grantland
Columbia, SC

Steering Committee Member

Sara M. Turner
Baker Donelson
Birmingham, AL

Steering Committee Member

James E. Weatherholtz
Harper Warnock Weatherholtz & Wilson, LLC
Charleston, SC

Steering Committee Member

Kristin L. Wedell
Dickie McCamey & Chilcote
Cleveland, OH

Steering Committee

Lindsay Zanello
Dechert LLP
New York, NY