Product Liability Leadership
Committee Chair
Fred E. Bourn (Trey), III
Butler Snow
Ridgeland, MS
Committee Vice Chair
Lindsay Lorimer
McMillan LLP
Toronto, ON
Immediate Past Chair
Gretchen N. Miller
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Chicago, IL
Board Liaison
Heidi G. Goebel
Goebel Anderson PC
Salt Lake City, UT
Law Institute Liaison
Roman Lifson
Christian & Barton LLP
Richmond, VA
Law Institute Liaison (Fire Science)
Sharon D. Stuart
Attorneys Insurance Mutual of the South
Hoover, AL
Law Institute Liaison (Strictly Auto)
James E. Weatherholtz
Womble Bond Dickinson
Charleston, SC
2024 Annual Meeting Liaison
W. Rick Griffin
Martin Pringle Oliver
Wichita, KS
YL Marketing Chair
Amber Bonnell
Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
Kitchener, ON
Marketing Chair
Frank Carson
Frost Brown Todd LLP
Columbus, OH
Marketing Vice Chair
Matthew D. Gurbach
Bricker Graydon LLP
Cleveland, OH
Membership Engagement Chair
Clyde Oates Adams
Gordon Rees
Houston, TX
Membership Chair
D. Christopher Robinson
Frost Brown Todd LLP
Louisville, KY
Welcoming Committee Chair
Robert A. Shields
Wilson Turner Kosmo LLP
San Diego, CA
Membership Vice Chair
Kate Mercer-Lawson
Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP
Denver, CO
Welcoming Committee Vice Chair
Adam M. Shienvold
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC
Harrisburg, PA
Membership Engagement Vice Chair
Andrew E. Stead
McMillan LLP
Calgary, AB
2024 Program Chair
Heather A. Bub
Amundsen Davis LLC
Saint Louis, MO
2025 Program Chair
Jeffrey A. Curran
Gable Gotwals
Oklahoma City, OK
2025 Program Vice Chair
Elizabeth L. Moyo
Porter Wright Morris
Columbus, OH
Sponsorship Chair
Kristen E. Dennison
Littleton Park Joyce
Merritt Island, FL
Sponsorship Chair
Peter J. Henein
HENEIN HUTCHISON ROBITAILLE LLP
TORONTO , ON
Sponsorship Vice Chair
Holiday Dreessen Powell
Koffman Kalef LLP
Vancouver, BC
Online Programming Chair
Sarah-Jane Dobson
Kennedys Law
London,
Online Programming Vice Chair
Sara Schiavone
Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
Columbus, OH
Publications Chair (FTD, IDQ)
David L. Campbell
Bowman and Brooke LLP
Troy, MI
Publications Vice Chair
Courtney Hunter
Bass Berry & Sims
Nashville, TN
Online Community Chair
Catherine Ava Leatherwood
Rogers Townsend LLC
Columbia, SC
Online Community Vice Chair
Rachel Cooper
McMillan LLP
Toronto, ON
Social Media Chair
Julia M. Beckley
Dentons LLP
Dallas, TX
Social Media Vice Chair
Maureen A. Bickley
Frost Brown Todd LLP
Cincinnati, OH
YLC SLC Contact
John Edward Alexander
Mitchell Williams Selig
Rogers, AR
Networking Chair
Brannon J. Arnold
Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial LLC
Atlanta, GA
Networking Chair
Dannel C. Duddy
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman PC
Richmond, VA
Networking Vice Chair
Jeffrey A. Holmstrand
Grove Holmstrand & Delk PLLC
Wheeling, WV
Panel Counsel Chair
Daniel M. Long
Quarles & Brady LLP
Indianapolis, IN
Guide/Ambassador Program Chair
Adam M. Shienvold
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC
Harrisburg, PA
Panel Counsel Vice Chair
Stephen J. Marshall
Franklin & Prokopik
Baltimore, MD
Aviation and Aerospace SLG Chair
S. Brad Brown, Jr.
Jackson Walker
Dallas, TX
Biomechanics and Injury Causation SLG Chair
Megan E. Cook
Teague Campbell Dennis & Gorham LLP
Raleigh, NC
Biomechanics and Injury Causation SLG Chair
Megan E. Cook
Teague Campbell Dennis & Gorham LLP
Raleigh, NC
Building Products SLG Chair
Rachel Cooper
McMillan LLP
Toronto, ON
Digital Evidence and Emerging Technologies Chair
James M. Dedman, IV
Gallivan White & Boyd
Charlotte, NC
ACMIE SLG Chair
Patrick A. Edwards
Stinson LLP
Wichita, KS
SLG Coordinator
Heather Russell Fine
Nelson Mullins
Berwyn, PA
YL SLG Chair
Xan Ingram Flowers
Butler Snow
Birmingham, AL
Food Law SLG Chair
Mike Gentine
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
Washington, DC
Recreational Products SLG Chair
Jared S. Hawk
Saul Ewing LLP
Pittsburgh, PA
Chemical Toxic Tort SLG Chair
Luis Arturo Leitzelar
Bienvenu Bonnecaze Foco
Baton Rouge, LA
SLG Coordinator
Enjolique Aytch Lett
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Miami, FL
International Legal Issues SLG Chair
Robert L. Love
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Toronto, ON
Scaffolds Cranes & Aerial Devices SLG Chair
Brandon M. Meyers
McCoy Leavitt Laskey LLC
Albuquerque, NM
Automotive SLG Chair
Elizabeth L. Moyo
Porter Wright Morris
Columbus, OH
Hand & Power Tools SLG Chair
Andrei Pascu
McMillan LLP
Montréal, QC
Automotive SLG In-House Chair
Anthony M. Ruffolo
Honda Canada Inc
Markham, ON
Manufacturers Risk SLG In-House Chair
Marie-Claude Simard, LL.B. MBA
Bombardier Recreational Products Inc
Valcourt, QC
Fire Science & Litigation SLG Chair
Andrew E. Stead
McMillan LLP
Calgary, AB
Trial Techniques & Technology SLG Chair
Jeffrey C. Warren
Bowman and Brooke LLP
Phoenix, AZ
SLG Vice Coordinator
Joshua H. Abramson
Porzio Bromberg & Newman PC
New York, NY
Manufacturers' Risk SLG Vice Chair
Denis F. Alia
Cetrulo LLP
Boston, MA
Trial Techniques & Technology SLG Vice Chair
Thomas E. Bazemore, III
Huie Fernambucq & Stewart
Birmingham, AL
Hand & Power Tools SLG Vice Chair
Patrick P. Clyder
McGuireWoods LLP
Chicago, IL
Children's Products SLG Marketing
Brandon D. Cox
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Atlanta, GA
Digital Evidence and Emerging Technologies SLG Vice Chair
Patrick M. Delaney
Rumberger Kirk
Orlando, FL
Automotive SLG Vice Chair
Natalie J. Eschbach
Litchfield Cavo LLP
Chicago, IL
Scaffolds Cranes and Aerial Devices SLG Vice Chair
Mary London Fuller
Frost Brown Todd LLP
Houston, TX
Mass Torts and Class Actions SLG Vice Chair
Jonathan L.S. Hodes
Virgin Law Group
Vancouver, BC
YL SLG Vice Chair
Jason Ryan Hodge
Nelson Mullins
Richmond, VA
Recreational Products SLG Marketing Liaison
Chris Horkins
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Toronto, ON
Recreational Products SLG Vice Chair
Christopher Lyle Jackson
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Lexington, KY
Automotive SLG Marketing
Haley Johnston
Frost Brown Todd LLP
Indianapolis, IN
Biomechanics & Injury Causation SLG Vice Chair
Brian D. King
Bush Seyferth PLLC
Troy, MI
ACMIE SLG Marketing
Ryan J. Lucinski
Hodgson Russ LLP
Buffalo, NY
Aviation and Aerospace SLG Vice Chair
Conor A. McLaughlin
Thompson Hine LLP
Cleveland, OH
International Legal Issues SLG Vice Chair
Lisa Parliament
McMillan LLP
Toronto, ON
Chemical/Toxic Tort SLG Marketing
Jonathan E. Schulz
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Charlotte, NC
ACMIE SLG Vice Chair
Sean W. Shirley
Balch & Bingham LLP
Birmingham, AL
Aviation and Aerospace Marketing
Clinton T. Speegle
Lightfoot Franklin & White LLC
Birmingham, AL
Children's Products SLG Vice Chair
Mitchell W. Taraschi
Connell Foley LLP
Roseland, NJ
Hand and Power Tools SLG Marketing
Jay T. Thompson
Murphy & Grantland
Columbia, SC
Fire Science & Litigation SLG Vice Chair
Allison A. Waase
Wilson Elser
New York, NY
Chemical/Toxic Tort SLG Vice Chair
George Wray
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Toronto, ON
Building Products SLG Vice Chair
Lindsay Zanello
Dechert LLP
New York, NY
SLC Membership Liaison
Marie E. Chafe
Conn Kavanaugh Rosenthal Peisch & Ford LLP
Boston, MA
CC SLC Liaison
Nate Walker
Husqvarna Group
Charlotte, NC
DRI for Life Liaison
Harris Neal Feldman
Parker McCay
Mount Laurel, NJ
DRI Cares Liaison
Joshua H. Abramson
Porzio Bromberg & Newman PC
New York, NY
DRI Cares Vice Liaison
Anthony J. Novak
Larson King LLP
Saint Paul, MN
Diversity SLC Liaison
Edderek L. Cole
Butler Snow
Ridgeland, MS
Women in the Law SLC Liaison
Kristin L. Wedell
Dickie McCamey & Chilcote
Cleveland, OH
Young Lawyers Liaison
Xan Ingram Flowers
Butler Snow
Birmingham, AL
Young Lawyer Liaison
Frederick King
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders
Atlanta, GA
Steering Committee Member
Lynne Jones Blain
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman PC
Richmond, VA
Steering Committee Member
Joseph D. Cohen
Porter Hedges LLP
Houston, TX
Steering Committee Member
Denise A. Dickerson
Sutter O'Connell
Cleveland, OH
Steering Committee Member
Baxter D. Drennon
Hall Booth Smith PC
Little Rock, AR
Steering Committee Member
Sarah T. Eibling
Nelson Mullins
Columbia, SC
Steering Committee
Suzanne P. Galvin
Thompson Coburn
Saint Louis, MO
Steering Committee Member
Ryan Grantham
S-E-A
Glen Burnie, MD
Steering Committee Member
John W. Halpin
Laffey Leitner & Goode LLC
Milwaukee, WI
Steering Committee Member
Jennifer Snyder Heis
UB Greensfelder LLP
Cincinnati, OH
Steering Committee Member
James T. Irvin, III
Nelson Mullins
Columbia, SC
Steering Committee
Nilda M. Isidro
Greenberg Traurig LLP
New York, NY
Steering Committee Member
Mark D. Katz
Fisher Patterson Sayler & Smith
Overland Park, KS
Steering Committee Member
Shannon M. Nessier
Hanson Bridgett LLP
San Francisco, CA
Steering Committee Member
Nicholas C. Pappas
Frost Brown Todd LLP
Indianapolis, IN
Steering Committee Member
John C.S. Pierce
Dentons Sirote LLP
Mobile, AL
Steering Committee
Heather L. Slatton
ESi
Atlanta, GA
Steering Committee Member
Sara M. Turner
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC
Birmingham, AL
Steering Committee
Michael F. Walker
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Birmingham, AL
Steering Committee Member
Jason T. Wasserman
Silverman Thompson Slutkin
Baltimore, MD
Steering Committee Member
James E. Weatherholtz
Womble Bond Dickinson
Charleston, SC
Steering Committee Member
Glenn M. Zakaib
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Toronto, ON