SOC Committees/Liaisons

The SOC Chair by appointment, or the Executive Committee or the SOC majority vote, may establish committees of the SOC, special and standing. The SOC Chair shall appoint members of these committees and SOC liaisons to other ABA entities. The SOC Chair-Elect shall make similar appointments of persons who will serve during his or her term as SOC Chair.

The appointees need not be members of the SOC but shall be members in good standing of the ABA unless approved by the Executive Committee.

SOC Committee Liaisons

Kim R. Jessum, Chair, 2023-2025
Intellectual Property Law Section
E: [email protected]

Joseph L. Raia, Immediate Past Chair, 2024-2025
International Law Section
E: [email protected]

Susan Guthrie, Chair Class Representative, 2024-2025
Dispute Resolution Section
E: [email protected]

Elizabeth Schwartz Hill, Chair-Elect Class Representative, 2024-2025
Dispute Resolution Section
E: [email protected]

Kari Petrasek, Vice-Chair Class Representative, 2024-2025
Judicial Division Lawyers Conference
E: [email protected]

Lisa Jill Dickinson, Secretary Class Representative, 2024-2025
Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Section
E: [email protected]

Michelle Philo, Finance Class Representative, 2024-2025
Civil Rights & Social Justice Section
E: [email protected]

Mark Schickman, Delegates Class Representative, 2024-2025
Conference of Section and Division Delegates
E: [email protected]

Arlan D. Lewis, SOC Membership Committee Chair, 2024-2025
Forum on Construction Law
E: [email protected]

Jonathan Nwagbaraocha, Member-at-Large, 2024-2025
Section of Environment, Energy & Resources
E: [email protected]

Amy Lin Meyerson, Member-at-Large, 2024-2025
Judicial Division - National Conference of Specialized Court Judges
E: [email protected]

SOC Representatives to the ABA Board of Governors

ABA Day Planning Committee

Deniz Tamer – International Law Section

ABA Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Council

Nicole Galli – Intellectual Property Law Section, Litigation Section

ABA Standing Committee on Continuing Legal Education (SCOCLE)

Vacant

ABA Standing Committee on Meetings & Travel

Susan Warshaw Ebner-Public Contract Law Section

ABA Standing Committee on Membership (SCOM)

Arlan Lewis – Forum on Construction Law (Membership Committee Chair)
Steve Curley- Solo, Small Firm and General Practice Division
Ruth Hill Bro-Science & Technology Law Section

ABA Standing Committee on Publishing Oversight (SCOPO)

Darrell Motley – Intellectual Property Law Section
Andy Gowder– State and Local Government Law
Randi Brent Starrett, Judicial Division
Alexandra Graves, Young Lawyers Division
Pamela Garman, Young Lawyers Division

House of Delegates Committee on Scope and Correlation of Work

Kim Jessum – Intellectual Property Law Section

Law Student Advisory Committee

Vacant

Standing Committee on Technology and Information Systems (SCOTIS)

Daniel J. Siegel, Law Practice Division
Thomas Zych – Antitrust Law Section

FY2023 BOG Liaisons:

Jon Rubens-Business Law Section, SOC Liaison to the BOG Member Services Committee, 2023-2025
Danny Van Horn, SOC Liaison to the BOG Profession, Public Service and Diversity Committee, 2023-2025
Kim Jessum (SOC Chair/IPLS), SOC Liaison to the BOG Finance Committee, 2023-2025
Rob Lytle -Intellectual Property Law Section, SOC Liaison to the BOG Subcommittee on Investments, 2023-2025