Officers
Chair
Laura Lee Prather
Haynes and Boone, LLP
Chair-Elect
Open
Immediate Past Chair
Robb S. Harvey
Holland & Knight LLP
Leadership
Governing Committee
Lee Brenner (2027)
Butzel Long
Claire M. Ferguson (2026)
Gray Television
Lauren Fisher (2027)
TEGNA
Heather Goldman (2026)
Yahoo Inc.
Evynne Grover (2027)
QBE NA
Bernard T. Gugar (2026)
Terence Keegan (2025)
Condé Nast
Dan Laidman (2027)
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Leslie Pedernales (2027)
Moore & Van Allen
Jacquelyn Nicole Schell (2025)
Ballard Spahr LLP
Drew Shenkman (2025)
Cable News Network
Committees
Budget Chair
James T. Borelli
Nations Media Partners
Communications Lawyer
Michael C. Godino (Editor to August 2027)
Venable LLP
Alexandra Settelmayer (Editor to August 2027)
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Vacant (Deputy Editor to August 2027)
Diversity Committee
Michael Lambert (Co-chair)
Haynes and Boone LLP
Charlyn Stanberry (Co-chair)
National Association of Broadcasters
John Cobb (Vice-Chair)
Covington & Burling LLP
Diversity Moot Court Competition Committee
Linda Norbut (Co-chair)
Thomas & LoCicero PL
Amy K. Sanders, JD/PhD (Co-chair)
The University of Texas at Austin
Moody College of Communication
In-House Counsel Committee
Adrianna Rodriguez (Co-chair)
TelevisaUnivision, Inc.
David Seiden (Co-chair)
A+E Networks
Insurance Committee
Michelle Worral Tilton (Co-chair)
Coalition, Inc./Cyber Product Counsel
Alexandra Gulledge (Co-chair)
QBE Insurance
Intellectual Property Committee
Lincoln Bandlow (Chair)
Law Offices of Lincoln Bandlow
James Rosenfeld (Co-Chair)
Davis Wright Tremaine
Media Advocacy Program
Keith Allen (Co-chair)
Evans & Dixon, LLC
Giselle Girones (Co-chair)
NBCUniversal Young Lawyers Committee
Membership Committee
Heather Goldman (Co-chair)
Yahoo Inc.
Kaitlin Gurney (Co-chair)
Ballard Spahr LLP
Kristel Tupja Barnett (Vice-Chair)
Audacy, Inc.
Non-Profit & Public Interest Committee
David A. Greene (Co-chair)
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Paul McAdoo (Co-chair)
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Representing Your Local Broadcaster CLE Program
Kathleen Kirby (Co-chair)
Wiley
Joshua Pila (Co-Chair)
Gray Television Inc.
Social Media and Publicity Committee
Cat Reid (Chair)
Solo and Small Firm Committee
Steve Zansberg (Co-chair)
Law Office of Steven D. Zansberg, LLC
Josh Koltun (Co-chair)
Law office of Josh Koltun
Sponsorship Committee
Lincoln Bandlow (Chair)
Law Offices of Lincoln Bandlow
Strategic Planning Committee
Eric Schroeder (Chair)
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
Teach Media Law & Scholarship Committees
Leonard M. Niehoff (Chair)
Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP & University
Technology Committee
Jennifer A. Dukarski (Chair)
Butzel Long
Webinar Committee
Alison Lovelady (Co-chair)
Shullman Fugate PLLC
Sara Tesoriero (Co-chair)
Moore & Van Allen
Erin Malone (Vice Chair)
Butzel Long
Women in Communications Law Committee
Dana Green (Co-chair)
The New York Times Company Legal Department
Lyndsey Wajert (Co-chair)
Vedder Price
Adrianna Rodriguez (Vice-Chair)
TelevisaUnivision, Inc.
Young Lawyers Committee
Kristel Tupja Barnett (Co-Chair)
Audacy, Inc.
Brian Underwood (Co-Chair)
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
Liaisons
Liaison, Federal Communications Bar Association (FCBA)
Kathleen Kirby
Wiley
ABA Board of Governors
Cynthia Nance (JD)
National Conference of State Judges
Univ of Arkansas School of Law - Robert A Leflar Law Center
ABA Law Student Division
Angela Li
Harvard Law
ABA Young Lawyers Division
Katie Mellinger
Federal Communications Commission
ABA Section of Litigation and Trial Tort & Insurance
Derek Bauer
Baker Hostetler
Division Chairs
Eastern
David S. Korzenik
Miller Korzenik Sommers Rayman LLP
Carol J. LoCicero
Thomas & LoCicero PL
Christine Walz
Holland & Knight LLP
Central
Ashley Heilprin
Phelps Dunbar LLP
Steve P. Mandell
Mandell Menkes LLC
Anna Smith Napolitan
Axis Pro Insurance
Joanne Richardson
Mutual Insurance
Western
Jonathan Anschell
Mattel, Inc.
Rachael Johnson
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Local Legal Initiative Attorney (Colorado)
Chase A. Bales
Sinclair Broadcast Group
Annual Conference Planning Committee
Carolyn Y. Forrest
Tubi , Inc..
Charles D. Tobin
Ballard Spahr, LLP
David M. Giles
The E. W. Scripps Company
Annual Conference Coordinator
Jennifer A. Dukarski
Butzel Long
Executive Committee
Carolyn Y. Forrest
TubiTV Corp
David M. Giles
The E. W. Scripps Company
Robb S. Harvey
Holland & knight LLP
Gregg P. Leslie
Finance Director
Executive Director, First Amendment Clinic
Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law Arizona State University
Laura L. Prather
Haynes and Boone LLP
Charles D. Tobin
Ballard Spahr, LLP
Past Forum Chairs
Richard M. Schmidt, Jr. (1982 – 1984) (RIP)
Cohn & Marks, LLP
P. Cameron Devore (1984 – 1986) (RIP)
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Richard E. Wiley (1986 – 1988)
Wiley
R. Clark Wadlow (1988 – 1990)
Sidley Austin Brown & Wood
Patricia M. Reilly (1990 – 1992)
Daniel M. Waggoner (1992 -- 1994)
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Lee Levine (1994 -- 1996)
Ballard Spahr LLP (Ret.)
Barbara W. Wall (1996 -- 1998)
Gannett Co., Inc. (Ret.)
Kelli L. Sager (1998 -- 2000)
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
George Freeman (2000 -- 2002)
Media Law Resource Center
Thomas B. Kelley (2002-2004)
Killmer, Lane & Newman LLP
Jerry S. Birenz (2004 -- 2006)
Advance (retired from Sabin, Bermant & Gould, LLP)
Richard M. Goehler (2006 --- 2008) (RIP)
Frost Brown Todd LLC
Guylyn Cummins (2008 -- 2010)
(Former) Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
Charles D. Tobin (2010 – 2012)
Ballard Spahr LLP
Steven D. Zansberg (2012 -- 2014)
Law Office of Steven D. Zansberg, LLC
David J. Bodney (2014 – 2016)
Ballard Spahr LLP
Carolyn Forrest (2016 -- 2018)
Tubi , Inc..
David M. Giles (2018 -- 2020)
The E. W. Scripps Company
Lynn D. Carrillo (2020 -- 2022)
Robb Harvey (2022 - 2024)
Holland & Knight LLP
ABA Forums Dept.
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Staff
Forum Director
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