2023–2024 ABA Forum on Communications Law Leadership Roster

Chair

Robb S. Harvey
Holland & Knight LLP

Chair-Elect

Laura Lee Prather
Haynes and Boone LLP

Immediate Past Chair

Lynn D. Carrillo
FIFA

Governing Committee At-Large Members

Jennifer A. Dukarski (2024)
Butzel Long

Claire M. Ferguson (2026)
Gray Television

Heather Goldman (2026)
Yahoo Inc.

Bernard T. Gugar (2026)

Natalie Harris (2024)
Baron Harris Healey

Akin Harrison (2024)
FGS Global

Terence Keegan (2025)
Conde Nast

Leah Montesano (2024)
Discovery Inc.

Catherine Lewis Robb (2024)
Haynes and Boone LLP

Jacquelyn Nicole Schell (2025)
Ballard Spahr LLP

Drew Shenkman (2025)
Cable News Network

Positions below serve for one-year terms unless otherwise noted (subject to reappointment by the Chair).

Budget Chair

James T. Borelli
Nations Media Partners

Diversity Committee

Michael Lambert (Co-Chair)
Haynes and Boone LLP

Charlyn Stanberry (Co-Chair)
National Association of Broadcasters

Sponsorship Committee

Lincoln Bandlow (Chair)
Law Offices of Lincoln Bandlow

In-House Counsel Committee

Adrianna Rodriguez (Co-Chair)
TelevisaUnivision Inc.

David Seiden (Co-Chair)
A+E Networks

Membership Committee

Heather Goldman (Co-Chair)
Yahoo

Kaitlin Gurney (Co-Chair)
Ballard Spahr LLP

Nonprofit and Public Interest Committee

David A. Greene (Co-Chair)
Electronic Frontier Foundation

Paul McAdoo (Co-Chair)
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

Teach Media Law and Scholarship Committees

Leonard M. Niehoff (Chair)
Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP & University of Michigan Law School

Women in Communications Law Committee

Dana Green (Co-Chair to 8/31/25)
The New York Times Company Legal Department

Alison Schary (Co-Chair to 8/31/24)
Davis Wright Tremaine

Lyndsey Wajert (Vice Chair to 8/31/24)
Vedder Price

Young Lawyers Committee

Andy Pauwels (Co-Chair to 8/31/24)
Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP

Kristel Tupja Barnett (Co-Chair to 8/31/25)
Audacy Inc.

Brian Underwood (Vice Chair to 8/31/24)
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP

Teleconference/Webinar Committee

Leslie A. Pedernales (Chair)
Moore & Van Allen

Representing Your Local Broadcaster CLE Program

Kathleen Kirby (Co-Chair)
Wiley

Joshua Pila (Co-Chair)
Gray Television Inc.

Privacy and Data Security CLE Program

Jennifer A. Dukarski (Co-Chair)
Butzel Long

Kathleen E. Scott (Co-Chair)
Wiley

Training & Development, i.e., Media Advocacy Program

Keith Allen (Co-Chair to 8/31/25)
Evans & Dixon LLC

Mark Caramanica (Co-Chair to 8/31/24)
Thomas & LoCicero PL

Giselle Girones (Vice Chair to 8/31/24)
NBCUniversal Media

Diversity Moot Court Competition Committee

Natalie Harris (Co-Chair to 8/31/24)
Baron Harris Healey

Linda Norbut (Co-Chair to 8/31/24)
Thomas & LoCicero PL

Amy Kristin Sanders (Vice Chair to 8/31/24)
The University of Texas at Austin, Moody College of Communication

Strategic Planning Committee

Eric P. Schroeder (Chair)
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP

Subject Matter Committees

Insurance Committee

Michelle Worrall Tilton (Co-Chair)
Coalition Inc./Cyber Product Counsel

Alexandra Gulledge (Co-Chair)
QBE NA

Intellectual Property Committee

Lincoln Bandlow (Co-Chair)
Law Offices of Lincoln Bandlow

James Rosenfeld (Co-Chair)
Davis Wright Tremaine

Solo and Small Firm Committee

Steven D. Zansberg (Co-Chair)
Zansberg Beylkin, LLC

Joshua Koltun (Co-Chair)
Law Office of Josh Koltun

Liaisons

Liaison, Federal Communications Bar Association (FCBA)

Kathleen Kirby
Wiley

Liaison, ABA Young Lawyers Division

Katie Mellinger
Federal Communications Commission

Liaison, ABA Law Student Division

Cat Reid
Duke Law

Liaison, ABA Board of Governors

Thomas G. Wilkinson
Cozen O’Connor

Liaison, ABA Section of Litigation and ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section (TIPS)

Derek Bauer
Baker Hostetler

Publications

Internet, Social Media, and Publicity Committee

Cat Reid (Chair)
Duke Law

Communications Lawyer

Maxwell S. Mishkin (Editor to August 2024)
Ballard Spahr LLP

Joseph A. Tomain (Editor to August 2024)
Indiana University Maurer School of Law

Michael C. Godino (Associate Editor to August 2024)
Venable LLP

Alexandra Settelmayer (Associate Editor to August 2024)
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Division Chairs

Eastern

Chase A. Bales
Sinclair Broadcast Group

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
MIC Ltd./Mutual Insurance Company

Western

Jonathan Anschell
Mattel Inc.

Rachael Johnson
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Local Legal Initiative Attorney (Colorado)

Steven D. Zansberg
Zansberg Beylkin, LLC

2024 Annual Conference Planning Committee Co-Chairs

Carolyn Y. Forrest
Tubi Inc.

Charles D. Tobin
Ballard Spahr LLP

David M. Giles
The E. W. Scripps Company

2024 Annual Conference Coordinator

Timothy J. Conner
Holland & Knight LLP

ABA Staff

Forum Director

Lee Swanson
[email protected]

Project Associate

Antoinette Gray
[email protected]