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January 10, 2025 Leadership

2024–2025 ABA Forum on Communications Law Leadership Roster

A listing of key people in the ABA Forum on Communications Law, including the governing committee, committee chairs, liaisons, editors, and Eastern, Central, and Western, Division chairs.

Chair

Laura Lee Prather
Haynes and Boone LLP

Chair-Elect

To be elected in February 2025

Immediate Past Chair

Robb S. Harvey
Holland & Knight LLP

Governing Committee At-Large Members (terms end on 8/31 of year noted)

Lee Brenner (2027)
Venable LLP

Claire M. Ferguson (2026)
Gray Television

Lauren Fisher (2027)
Heather Goldman (2026)
Yahoo Inc.

Evynne Grover (2027)
QBE NA

Bernard T. Gugar (2026)

Terence Keegan (2025)
Conde Nast

Daniel A. Laidman (2027)
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Leslie A. Pedernales (2027)
Moore & Van Allen

Jacquelyn Nicole Schell (2025)
Ballard Spahr LLP

Drew Shenkman (2025)
Cable News Network

COMMITTEES

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

Budget Chair

James T. Borelli
Nations Media Partners

Communications Lawyer

Michael C. Godino (Co-Editor to 8/31/26)
Venable LLP

Alexandra Settelmayer (Co-Editor to 8/31/26)
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Daniela Abratt-Cohen (Deputy Editor to 8/31/26)
Thomas & LoCicero PL

Anna Kaul (Deputy Editor to 8/31/26)
Ballard Spahr LLP

Anna Napolitan (Deputy Editor to 8/31/26)
QBE Insurance

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 to 8/31/25)
Thomas & LoCicero PL

Amy Kristin Sanders (Co-Chair to 8/31/26)
The University of Texas at Austin, Moody College of Communication

Natalie Harris (Co-Chair to 8/31/25)
Baron Harris Healey

In-House Counsel Committee

Adrianna Rodriguez (Co-Chair to 8/31/25)
TelevisaUnivision Inc.

David Seiden (Co-Chair to 8/31/26)
A+E Networks

Claire M. Ferguson (Vice Chair)
Gray Television

Insurance Committee

Alex Gulledge (Co-Chair)
QBE Insurance

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

Emily Caron (Vice Chair)
Skyward Insurance

Intellectual Property Committee

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

James Rosenfeld (Co-Chair)
Davis Wright Tremaine

Michael Beylkin (Vice Chair)
Zansberg Beylkin, LLC

Media Advocacy Program

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

Giselle Girones (Co-Chair to 8/31/26)
NBCUniversal Media LLC

Membership Committee

Heather Goldman (Co-Chair)
Yahoo Inc.

Kaitlin Gurney (Co-Chair)
Ballard Spahr LLP

Kristel Tupja Barnett (Vice Chair)
AudioChuck

Nonprofit and 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)
Zansberg Beylkin, LLC

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

Sponsorship Committee

Lincoln Bandlow (Chair)
Law Offices of Lincoln Bandlow

Strategic Planning Committee/Division Chair Coordinator

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

Teach Media Law and Scholarship Committees

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

Technology Committee

Jennifer A. Dukarski (Co-Chair)
Butzel Long

Rebecca Hughes Parker (Co-Chair)
Dentons

Webinar Committee

Sara Tesoriero (Co-Chair)
Cameron Stracher Law

Alison Lovelady (Co-Chair)
Shullman Fugate PLLC

Erin Malone (Vice Chair)
Butzel Long

Women in Communications Law Committee

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

Lyndsey Wajert (Co-Chair to 8/31/26)
Vedder Price

Adriana Rodriguez (Vice Chair)
TelevisaUnivision Inc.

Young Lawyers Committee

Kristel Tupja Barnett (Co-Chair to 8/31/25)
AudioChuck

Brian Underwood (Co-Chair to 8/31/26)
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP

Ojasvinee Singh (Vice Chair)
Penguin Random House

LIAISONS

Liaison, Federal Communications Bar Association (FCBA)

Kathleen Kirby
Wiley

Liaison, ABA Board of Governors

Cynthia Nance
University of Arkansas

Liaison, ABA Law Student Division

Angela Li
Harvard Law

Liaison, ABA Young Lawyers Division

Katie Mellinger
Federal Communications Commission

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

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 Napolitan
QBE Insurance

Joanne Richardson
Mutual Insurance

Western

Jonathan Anschell
Mattel Inc.

Chase A. Bales
Sinclair Broadcast Group

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

Annual Conference Planning Committee Co-Chairs

Carolyn Y. Forrest
Tubi Inc.

David M. Giles
The E.W. Scripps Company

Charles D. Tobin
Ballard Spahr LLP

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Carolyn Y. Forrest
Tubi Inc.

David M. Giles
The E.W. Scripps Company

Robb S. Harvey
Holland & Knight LLP

Gregg P. Leslie
Finance Director

Laura Lee Prather
Haynes and Boone LLP

Charles D. Tobin
Ballard Spahr LLP

ABA STAFF

Forum Director

Lee Swanson
[email protected]

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