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.
January 10, 2025 Leadership
2024–2025 ABA Forum on Communications Law Leadership Roster
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
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