Council

    The Council is a representative group of leaders who meet quarterly, at least, to carry out the executive and administrative function for the ABA Young Lawyers Division.

    Officers

    Chair
    Christopher Brown

    Chair-Elect
    Choi T. Portis

    Secretary
    Josephine M. (Jo) Bahn

    Treasurer
    Brandon Lee Wolff

    Assembly Speaker
    Chris Jennison

    Assembly Clerk
    Abre’ Connor

    Constitutional Representatives

    ABA Board of Governors Rep 2021
    Sheena Hamilton

    ABA Board of Governors Rep 2022
    Shayda Le

    ABA Board of Governors Nominee
    Jamie Davis

    ABA House of Delegates Rep 2021
    Dana Hrelic

    ABA House of Delegates Reps 2022
    Daiquiri Steele
    Sheila Willis

    ABA House of Delegates Rep 2023
    Aastha Madaan

    ABA Nominating Committee Rep
    Tommy Preston

    Directors

    Administrative Director
    Tamara Nash

    Affiliates Director
    Samuel Segal

    Civic Engagement Director
    Andrew Jones

    Disaster Legal Services Director
    Linda Anderson Stanley

    Diversity & Inclusion Director
    Esther Hyun

    Law Student Outreach Director
    Rene Morency

    Legal Innovation Director
    Matthew Stubenberg

    Marketing & Communications Director
    Raymond Panneton

    Membership Director
    Danielle Borel

    National Conferences Director
    Selena Molina

    Practice Services Directors
    Brittany Faith
    Richard Rivera

    Professional Development Director
    Casey Payton

    Student Loan Debt and Financial Wellness Director
    Aaron Sohaski

    Wellness Director
    Whittney Dunn

    Immediate Past Chair
    Logan Murphy

    TYL Editorial Board

    Editor in Chief
    Eli Contreras

    District Representatives

    First District (ME & VT) 2022
    Eliza van Lennep

    Second District (CT & RI) 2021
    Choity Khan

    Third District (MA & NH) 2022
    Katerina Kalabokis

    Fourth District (NY) 2021
    Amanda Longo

    Fifth District (PA) 2022
    Triston "Chase" O'Savio

    Sixth District (NJ) 2021
    Brandon Wolff

    Seventh District (DC & DE) 2022
    Jennifer L. Cree

    Eighth District (MD & VA) 2021
    Kerri Smith

    Ninth District (NC) 2022
    Brandon Lee McPherson

    Tenth District (SC & US VI) 2021
    Sutania Fuller

    Eleventh District (FL) 2022
    Thomas Graham

    Twelfth District (AL & GA) 2021
    Jen Isaacs

    Thirteenth District (MS & PR) 2022
    Lindsay López Murillo

    Fourteenth District (LA) 2021
    TC Wicker

    Fifteenth District (IL & IN) 2022
    Bianca B Brown

    Sixteenth District (TN & KY) 2021
    Jack Phillips

    Seventeenth District (WI & MN) 2022
    Jose A. Castro

    Eighteenth District (OH & WV) 2021
    Scott Thomas Ciszewske

    Nineteenth District (IA & NE) 2022
    Ryan M. Ricke

    Twentieth District (MI) 2021
    Jerome Crawford

    Twenty First District (ND & SD) 2022
    Holly Farris

    Twenty Second District (KS & MO) 2021
    Chris Dandurand

    Twenty Third District (AZ & NM) 2022
    Lauren E. Riley

    Twenty Fourth District (OK & AR) 2021
    Caroline Shaffer

    Twenty Fifth District (South/Central TX) 2022
    Nicholas Guinn

    Twenty Sixth District (North/West TX) 2021
    Cali Franks

    Twenty Seventh District (UT & NV) 2022
    Allison Parks

    Twenty Eighth District (CO & WY) 2021
    Holli Welch

    Twenty Ninth District (WA & OR) 2022
    Sarah M. Lowe

    Thirtieth District (MT & ID) 2021
    Dylan Crouse

    Thirty First District (Northern CA) 2022
    Sophia Ahmad

    Thirty Second District (Southern CA) 2021
    Ben Aguilar

    Thirty Third District (AK & HI) 2022
    Jasmine Wong

    Thirty Fourth District (Federal & Military Bar Association) 2022
    Fabiani Duarte

    National Affiliate Representatives

    National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (2021)
    Peter Kang

    National LGBT Bar Association (2021)
    Ted Holmquist

    Hispanic National Bar Association (2022)
    Ela Hernandez

    National Bar Association, Inc. (2021)
    Shanita Coley

    National Native American Bar Association (2021)
    Colleen Lamarre

    South Asian Bar Association (2022)
    Soma Kaushik

    Law Student Division Chair

    Chair - 2020-2021
    Ayat Nizam, University of Detroit Mercy School of Law

    Scholars (Non-Voting)

    • Garry Brown
    • Luis Benitez Burgos
    • Kristoffer Butler
    • Jessica Mendez Colberg
    • Lucy Garcia
    • Heather Horn
    • Justin Jack
    • Nathaniel Lancaster
    • Denzel Okinedo
    • Jessica Perez
    • Brandi Pikes
    • Lawerance Pittman
    • Sarah Saint
    • Brandi Spates
    • Josephine Vanderhorst
    • Adriannettee Williams