Issues and Advocacy Committee

Chair

Jill Cranston Rice
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Morgantown, WV
Vice Chair

Amy Mass
The Hanover Insurance Group
Howell, MI
Officer Liaison

John F. Kuppens
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Columbia, SC
Ex-Officio

John R. Kouris
Special Assistant to DRI's Chief Executive Officer
Chicago, IL
DRI Liaison

Tim Kolly
DRI- Director of The Center for Law & Public Policy
Chicago, IL
Chair - ALI task Force

Michael F. Aylward
Morrison Mahoney LLP
Boston, MA
Member

Charles W. Browning
Plunkett Cooney PC
Bloomfield Hills, MI
Member

Ronald J. Clark
Bullivant Houser Bailey PC
Portland, OR
Member

Armand J. Della Porta, Jr.
Marshall Dennehey
Wilmington, DE
Member

Renee Dopplick

Arlington, VA
Member

Sarah T. Eibling
Nelson Mullins
Columbia, SC
Member - Third Party Funding Task Force

Sean C. Griffin
Dykema Gossett PLLC
Washington, DC
Vice Chair - Climate Change Task Force

John S. Guttmann
Beveridge & Diamond PC
Washington, DC
Member - ALI Task Force

Kirk C. Jenkins
Horvitz & Levy
Burbank, CA
Member- Judicial Task Force

Jeaneen J. Johnson
Semmes Bowen & Semmes PC
Baltimore, MD
Chair - National Poll Working Group

Michael G. Jones
Martin Pringle Oliver Wallace & Bauer LLP
Wichita, KS
Member

Mark D. Katz
Baty Otto Coronado PC
Kansas City, MO
Member

Joseph Dennis Leavens
Balch & Bingham
Birmingham, AL
Chair - Third Party Funding Task Force

David H. Levitt
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
Chicago, IL
Chair - Climate Change Task Force

Sean W. Martin
Carr Allison
Chattanooga, TN
Chair - Jury Preservation Task Force

Daniel W. McGrath
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
Chicago, IL
Member

Julia Ann Molander
JAMolander Consulting
San Francisco, CA
Member

Patrick J. Paul
Snell & Wilmer
Phoenix, AZ
Chair - Artificial Intelligence Working Group

Edward P. Perdue
Perdue Law Group
Grand Rapids, MI
Vice Chair - Jury Preservation Task Force

John C.S. Pierce
Sirote & Permutt PC
Mobile, AL
Member

F. James Robinson, Jr.
Hite Fanning & Honeyman
Wichita, KS
Member

James E. Robinson
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP
Philadelphia, PA
Member

Marta-Ann Schnabel
O'Bryon & Schnabel PLC
New Orleans, LA
Chair - Judicial Task Force

Thomas R. Schultz
Schultz & Pogue LLP
Indianapolis, IN
Member

Danielle M. Waltz
Jackson Kelly PLLC
Charleston, WV
Member

James M. Weiss
Ellis & Winters LLP
Raleigh, NC