Elected to serve in the steering committees of the Bar’s 21 sections are the following:
Administrative Law and Agency Practice Section—Attorneys Edwin E. Huddleson III and Michael L. Stern, and Adina H. Rosenbaum, an attorney with Public Citizen Litigation Group.
Antitrust and Consumer Law Section—Grace H. Kwon, an associate at Mayer Brown LLP; Karin Moore, vice president and co-general counsel for litigation and regulatory affairs at Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America; and Clarence Lee Peeler of the Council of Better Business Bureaus.
Arts, Entertainment, Media and Sports Law Section—Philip J. Cardinale Jr., an associate at Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP; attorney David R. Johnstone; and Andrew T. Mirsky of Mirsky & Kong PLLC.
Computer and Telecommunications Law Section—Nicholas G. Alexander, legal advisor in the Wireline Competition Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Matthew A. Brill, a partner at Latham & Watkins LLP; and Joy M. Ragsdale, an attorney advisor at the FCC.
Corporation, Finance and Securities Law Section—Felicia C. Battista, senior managing director for forensic and litigation consulting at FTI Consulting, Inc.; James E. Day of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority; and Linda C. Thomsen, a partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell.
Courts, Lawyers and the Administration of Justice Section—Brigida Benitez, a partner at WilmerHale LLP; Dorene M. Haney of the D.C. Law Students in Court; and David Tedhams of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
Criminal Law and Individual Rights Section—Ashley N. Bailey, counsel at Crowell & Moring LLP; Todd E. Edelman of Georgetown University Law Center’s Criminal Justice Clinic; and Jon W. Norris of the Law Offices of Jon W. Norris.
District of Columbia Affairs Section—Claudia L. McKoin, intergovernmental relations liaison for the Council of the District of Columbia; Lawrence H. Mirel, a partner at Wiley Rein LLP; and Edward J. Rich of the Law Office of Edward Rich, PC.
Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Section—Bernice I. Corman, general counsel for the D.C. Department of the Environment; Patrice L. Simms, senior project attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council; and Michele L. Walter, an associate at Patton Boggs LLP.
Estates, Trusts and Probate Law Section—Leroy M. Fykes Jr., founder and principal of Expert Legal Services Chartered; Ellen M. Klem of the American Bar Association’s Commission on Law and Aging; and Catherine Mary Rafferty of the Law Offices of Catherine Mary Rafferty.
Family Law Section—Robin C. Murphy, a supervising attorney at the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia; Katherine A. O’Rourke, an associate at Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP; Rebecca C. Shankman, an associate at Ain & Bank, P.C. (one-year term, replacing Jane Stoever who resigned before the end of her term); and Lisa Vollendorf Martin of The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law.
Government Contracts and Litigation Section—Edward B. Hanel Jr. of the U.S. Navy; Kevin J. Maynard, a partner at Wiley Rein LLP; and Mary Ita Snyder, counsel at GE Aviation.
Health Law Section—Lori K. Mihalich-Levin, senior policy analyst for health care affairs at the Association of American Medical Colleges; Stuart I. Silverman of the Office of the Inspector General for the District of Columbia; and Cathy Zeman Scheineson, a partner at McDermott Will & Emery LLP.
Intellectual Property Law Section—Leigh Ann Lindquist, a partner at Sughrue Mion, PLLC, and Karyn Temple Claggett of the U.S. Department of Justice.
International Law Section—Geoffrey M. Goodale, senior counsel at Foley & Lardner LLP; Mary Ann McGrail of the U.S. Department of Justice; and attorney Penny Wakefield.
Labor and Employment Law Section—Jeffrey A. Bartos of Guerrieri, Edmond, Clayman & Bartos, P.C.; Patricia E. Connelly, a member at Trout Cacheris PLLC; attorney Lily M. Garcia; and Joyce E. Taber, an associate at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (one-year term, replacing Terrence Canela who resigned before the end of his term).
Law Practice Management Section—Heather C. Bupp-Habuda, adjunct professor of law at the University of the District of Columbia David E. Clarke School of Law; Garrett M. Heenan, an associate at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP; and Stephen H. Marcus of The Law Offices of Stephen H. Marcus.
Litigation Section—Theresa A. Coetzee, vice president and senior counsel at Marriott International, Inc.; Joshua A. Levy, a partner at Stein, Mitchell & Muse LLP; and Lucy E. Newton, staff attorney and director of the Community-Based Lawyering Project at the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia.
Real Estate, Housing and Land Use Section—Jerald S. Cohn, a shareholder at Greenberg Traurig, LLP; Arthur F. Konopka of the Law Offices of Arthur F. Konopka; and Meridith H. Moldenhauer, a partner at Griffin & Murphy, LLP.
Taxation Section—Linda E. Carlisle, a partner at White & Case LLP; Danielle E. Rolfes, a partner at Ivins, Phillips & Barker Chartered; and Carolyn O. Ward, counsel at Ropes & Gray LLP.
Tort Law Section—Catherine D. Bertram of Regan Zambri
& Long, PLLC; Christopher T. Nace, an associate at Paulson &
Nace; and Angela Williams Russell, a partner at Wilson Elser Moskowitz
Edelman & Dicker LLP.
