Committee Leadership
Committee Chair
Megan S. Peterson
Simon Peragine Smith & Redfearn LLP
New Orleans, LA
Committee Vice Chair
Joseph C. Megariotis
Connell Foley LLP
Newark, NJ
Board Liaison
Christopher J. Pyles
Sulloway & Hollis PLLC
Concord, NH
Marketing Chair
Jonathan E. Schulz
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Charlotte, NC
Membership Chair
Robert Ernest Noble, III
Chartwell Law
Norcross, GA
2025 Program Chair
Shawn Y. Libman
Clarke Silverglate
Miami, FL
2025 Program Vice Chair
Michael L. Pivor
Kiernan Trebach LLP
Washington, DC
Publications Co-Chair
Robert M. Bodzin
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP
San Francisco, CA
Publications Co-Chair
Jay T. Thompson
Murphy & Grantland
Columbia, SC
Path to Practice Chair
Nicholas A. Adair
Roetzel & Andress
Akron, OH
Industry Relations Chair
Bradford D. Box
Rainey Kizer Reviere & Bell PLC
Jackson, TN
Cybersecurity Chair
Yanai Z. Siegel
Appliance Dealers Cooperative
Marlboro, NJ
Industry Relations Vice Chair
Christian Stegmaier
Collins & Lacy PC
Columbia, SC
Specialized Litigation Group (SLG) Coordinator
Eileen E. Buholtz
Connors Corcoran & Buholtz PLLC
Rochester, NY
Amusement SLG Chair
Kristie S. Crawford
Brown & James PC
Springfield, MO
Premises Liability SLG Chair
Stephanie B. Gitnik
Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan LLP
Valhalla, NY
Employment SLG Chair
Karen R. Glickstein
Jackson Lewis PC
Overland Park, KS
Food Safety SLG Chair
Michelle Lynn Harden
Messner Reeves LLP
Denver, CO
Hotels/Resorts SLG Chair
Pamela Newsom Lee
Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers LLP
Atlanta, GA
Insurance Coverage SLG Chair
William H. McKenzie, IV
Norman Wood Kendrick & Turner
Birmingham, AL
Franchising SLG Chair
Jonathan E. Schulz
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Charlotte, NC
Premises Liability SLG Co-Vice Chair
Katherine B. Johnson
Sutton Booker PC
Denver, CO
Premises Liability SLG Co-Vice Chair
Melody Kiella
McAngus Goudelock & Courie
Atlanta, GA
Amusement SLG Vice Chair
Thomas E. Liptak
Kenney Shelton Liptak Nowak
Buffalo, NY
Hotels/Resorts SLG Vice Chair
William J. Martin
Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP
Atlanta, GA
Employment SLG Vice Chair
Kevin Joseph O'Connor
Peckar & Abramson
River Edge, NJ
Insurance Coverage SLG Vice Chair
Natalie C. Schaefer
Shuman McCuskey & Slicer PLLC
Charleston, WV
Alcohol/Dram Shop SLG Vice Chair
Rebecca R. Thornton
Michael Best & Friedrich
Raleigh, NC
Retail Liaison
Sean J. Milano
Morrison Mahoney LLP
Boston, MA
SLC Membership Liaison
Graham C. Zorn
Beveridge & Diamond PC
Washington, DC
DRI Cares Liaison
Nicholas A. Adair
Roetzel & Andress
Akron, OH
Diversity Liaison
Imoh Emmanuel Akpan
Goldberg Segalla LLP
Baltimore, MD
WITL SLC Liaison
Kelsey Brudvig
Collins & Lacy
Columbia, SC
Young Lawyer Liaison
Nicholas A. Adair
Roetzel & Andress
Akron, OH
Young Lawyer Vice Liaison
Alexi Doft
Wilson Turner Kosmo LLP
San Diego, CA
Steering Committee
Bradford D. Box
Rainey Kizer Reviere & Bell PLC
Jackson, TN
Steering Committee
Jennifer Anderson Hoffman
Carr Allison
Orlando, FL
Steering Committee
Curt L. Rome
Barry Rome & Scott
New Orleans, LA
Steering Committee
Leon B. Silver
Silver Cain PLC
Phoenix, AZ
Steering Committee Member
Christian Stegmaier
Collins & Lacy PC
Columbia, SC
Steering Committee
Sara M. Turner
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC
Birmingham, AL