2023–2024 ABA Forum on Communications Law Leadership Roster

Chair-Elect

Laura Lee Prather

Haynes and Boone LLP

Immediate Past Chair

Lynn D. Carrillo

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)

FOX News Media

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

Non-Profit & 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)

Evans & Dixon LLC

Mark Caramanica (Co-Chair)

Thomas & LoCicero PL

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)

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 (Chair)

Coalition Inc./Cyber Product Counsel

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)

The Law Office of Steven D. Zansberg, LLC

Joshua Koltun (Co-Chair)

Law Office of Josh Koltun

LIAISONS

Liaison, Federal Communications Bar Association (FCBA)

Kathleen Kirby

Wiley

Liaison, ABA Senior Lawyers Division

David Bodney

Ballard Spahr LLP

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

Robin Luce Herrmann

Butzel Long

Steve P. Mandell

Mandell Menkes LLC

Anna Smith Napolitan

Axis Pro Insurance

Western

Jonathan Anschell

Mattel Inc.

Rachael Johnson

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

Steven D. Zansberg

The Law Office of Steven D. Zansberg, LLC

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

Annual Conference Coordinator

Timothy J. Conner

Holland & Knight LLP

Conference Planning

Lynn D. Carrillo

Carolyn Y. Forrest

Tubi Inc.

David M. Giles

The E. W. Scripps Company

Robb S. Harvey

Holland & Knight LLP

Gregg P. Leslie (Finance Director)

First Amendment Clinic, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law

Laura Lee Prather

Haynes and Boone LLP

Charles D. Tobin

Ballard Spahr LLP

ABA STAFF

Forum Director

Lee Swanson

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Project Associate

Antoinette Gray

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