Leadership

Officers:

Chair – Hon. Ira Sandron, National Labor Relations Board, Washington, DC

Chair-Elect – Liani Reeves, Partner, Miller Nash LLP, Portland Oregon 

Vice-Chair – Matthew Archer-Beck, Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, DC

Secretary – Paula Frederick, General Counsel, State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta Georgia

Treasurer - Tim Nemechek, Attorney, McCollum Crowley, Lakewood , CO

Division Delegate to House of Delegates – Hon. Joan M. Burke, Administrative Law Judge, New Jersey Office of Administrative Law, Trenton, NJ 

Division Delegate to House of Delegates – Darcee Siegel, Civil Court Mediator, Florida Supreme Court Certified, Bal Harbour, Florida

Immediate Past Chair – Adele Rapport, Federal Government Attorney, Chicago, IL

Council Members:

Molly Askin, Counsel for International Antitrust,  Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC

Sanjeev Bhasker, U.S. Digital Currency Counsel, Department of Justice, Washington, DC

Trish Conners, Shareholder, Stearns Weaver Miller, Tallahassee, FL

Hon. Joel deJesus, Administrative Law Judge, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Office of Administrative Law Judges, Washington, DC

James M. Durant III, Chief Counsel, Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy, Lemont, IL

Judge Ed Felter, Senior Administrative Law Judge (Retired), Centennial, CO

Donna Y. Frazier, Caddo Parish Attorney, Shreveport, LA

Will Glasson, Senior Assistant County Attorney, Multnomah County, Portland OR

Peter Handy, Deputy Director, Nevada Department of Indigent Defense Services, Carson City, NV

Sylloris Lampkin, Attorney-Advisor, Jacksonville Office of Counsel, U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development, Atlanta, GA

Regina Nassen, Principal Assistant City Attorney, City of Tucson, AZ

Richard Nunes, Assistant Public Defender, Bergen County Public Defender's Office, Hackensack, NJ

Sharon Pandak, Greehan, Taves, and Pandak PLLC, Woodbridge, VA

Shama Puranik, Judicial Clerk, Judge Bridget Stecher, Essex County, New Jersey

Alexander W. Purdue, Santa Fe, NM

Linda Santiago, Attorney-Advisor, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC

Melissa Smart, Director of Education, Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission, Chicago, IL

Jaime Villarreal, Legislative Director, Senator Carol Alvarado, Texas State Senate, Fort Worth, TX

Captain Matthew Wallace, United States Army Judge Advocate General Corps, El Paso, TX

Major Amanda R.M. Williams, United States Army Judge Advocate General Corps, Alexandria, VA

Board of Governors Liaison: Samuel Lester Tate III, Akin & Tate, Cartersville, GA

Young Lawyers Division Liaison: Daniel Halsig, Arlington, VA 

Former Division Chairs:

Kenneth J. Hodson, Washington, DC
Ernest D. Preate, Jr., Scranton, PA
J. Edwin Dietel, Bethesda, MD
Pamila J. Brown, Ellicott City, MD
General Earl E. Anderson, Vienna, VA
Hon. John R. Tunheim, Minneapolis, MN
Brenda P. Murray, Chevy Chase, MD
Daniel Lawrence Skoler, Bethesda, MD
John J. Copelan, Jr., Coral Springs, FL
Cynthia Rapp, Washington, DC
David J. DeVries, Mechanicsburg, PA
Maureen Essex, Baltimore, MD
Joseph W. Downey, Arlington, VA
David A. Anderson, Dunn Loring, VA
Allen E. Giles, Saint Paul, MN
Jacquelynn B. Rothstein, Madison, WI
Jorge L. Fernandez, Miami, FL
Darcee S. Siegel, North Miami Beach, FL
General Kenneth D. Gray, Morgantown, WV
Gwendolyn D. Hodge, Little Rock, AR
Gary L. Anderson, San Antonio, TX
Susan A. Low, Des Moines, IA
Hon. Edwin L. Felter, Jr., Denver, CO
Col. Alexander W. Purdue, Los Alamos, NM
Gregory G. Brooker, Minneapolis, MN
Joan M. Burke, Trenton, NJ
Pauline A. Weaver, Fremont, CA
Janet M. Coulter, Long Beach, CA
Hon. Susan N. Burke, Minneapolis, MN
Sharon E. Pandak, Woodbridge, VA
Steve Vieux, San Francisco, CA
Ed Monahan, Lexington, KY
Wendy Muchman, Chicago, IL
Adele Rapport, Chicago, IL

Information about Serving on Council

In the spring, the Division contacts state bars, relevant ABA entities and ABA affiliated organizations seeking nominations to council. The Division’s Nominating Committee also nominates at-large members to council. Nominees then stand for election in August at the ABA Annual Meeting. Council member terms are three years and they are eligible to serve two three-year terms. Council members are required to attend three council meetings per year.