Draft As of 8/14/15
2015-2016
Board of Governors Liaison Assignments
Ruthe Catolico Ashley
Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Commission on Women in the Profession
Commission on Youth at Risk
William R. Bay
Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law
Standing Committee on Membership
Special Committee on Death Penalty Representation Project
David F. Bienvenu
Section of Litigation
Forum on Construction Law
Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants
Joseph B. Bluemel
Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice
Special Committee on Bioethics and the Law
Coalition on Racial and Ethnic Justice
Pamela A. Bresnahan
Section of Taxation
Standing Committee on Client Protection
Commission on the American Jury Project
VACANT
Section of Dispute Resolution
Center on Racial and Ethnic Diversity
Center for Human Rights
A. Vincent Buzard
Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section
Standing Committee on Governmental Affairs
Commission on Immigration
William C. Carpenter, Jr.
Section of Public Contract Law
Standing Committee on Legal Assistance for Military Personnel
G. Nicholas Casey, Jr.
ABARF
Standing Committee on Audit
Draft As of 8/14/15
Stephen E. Chappelear
Section of Intellectual Property Law
Forum on Communications Law
Forum on Entertainment and Sports Industries
Min K. Cho
Young Lawyers Division
Standing Committee on Group and Prepaid Legal Services
Herbert B. Dixon, Jr.
Section of International Law
(JD) National Conference of Specialized Court Judges
Standing Committee on Technology and Information Systems
Donald R. Dunner
(JD) Appellate Judges Conference
Standing Committee on Delivery of Legal Services
Standing Committee on Gun Violence
Pamela C. Enslen
Government and Public Sectors Lawyers Division
(JD) National Conference of State and Trial Judges
Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession
Robert T. Gonzales
Section of Family Law
Standing Committee on Bar Activities and Services
Standing Committee on Lawyer Referral and Information Services
Commission on Disability Rights
Jimmy K. Goodman
Section of Antitrust
Law Student Division
Commission on Domestic and Sexual Violence
Task Force on Human Trafficking
Ilene Knable Gotts
Criminal Justice Section
Standing Committee on Election Law
Standing Committee on Specialization
Erica R. Grinde
Section of State and Local Government Law
Commission on Homelessness and Poverty
Draft As of 8/14/15
William C. Hubbard
Section of Business Law
Rule of Law Initiative
Christopher Jennison
Law Student Division
Standing Committee on Paralegals
Bernard T. King
Health Law Section
Standing Committee on Public Education
Linda A. Klein
Commission on the Future of Legal Services
Wendell G. Large
Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources
National Conference of Lawyers and Certified Public Accountants
Standing Committee on Lawyers’ Professional Liability
Penina K. Lieber
Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law
Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility
Standing Committee on Law and National Security
Orlando Lucero
Law Practice Division
Council for Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Educational Pipeline
Commission on Hispanic Legal Rights and Responsibilities
John L. McDonnell, Jr.
Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice
Forum on Franchising
Standing Committee on American Judicial System
Harry Truman Moore
Senior Lawyers Division
Standing Committee on Continuing Legal Education
Standing Committee on Law Library of Congress
Draft As of 8/14/15
E. Fitzgerald Parnell, III
Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Standing Committee on Professionalism
Coordinating Council for the Center for Professional Responsibility
David Russell Poe
Section of Public Utility and Communications and Transportation Law
Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service
Standing Committee on Professional Discipline
Standing Committee on Publishing Oversight
Patricia Lee Refo
National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws
Marcia Milby Ridings
(JD) National Conference of the Administrative Law Judiciary
(JD) Lawyers Conference
Standing Committee on Meetings and Travel
Eduardo R. Rodriguez
Section of Labor and Employment Law
Special Committee on Disaster Response and Preparedness
Commission on Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts
John C. Schulte
Solo, Small Firm and General Practice Division
Death Penalty Due Process Review Project
Commission on Lawyers Assistance Programs
Ramona G. See
Judicial Division
Standing Committee on Gavel Awards
Mary T. Torres
Standing Committee on Constitution and Bylaws
Commission on Diversity and Inclusion 360
Alan Van Etten
(JD) National Conference of Federal Trial Judges
Standing Committee on Armed Forces Law
Standing Committee on Medical Professional Liability
Draft As of 8/14/15
Joe B. Whisler
Section of Science and Technology Law
Forum on Air and Space Law
Commission on Law and Aging
Draft As of 8/14/15
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
Board of Governors Liaison Assignments
By Section, Divisions and Forums
Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice
Bluemel
Antitrust
Goodman
Business Law
Hubbard
Civil Rights and Social Justice
McDonnell
Criminal Justice
Gotts
Dispute Resolution
VACANT
Environment, Energy, and Resources
Large
Family Law
Gonzales
Forum Committees
Affordable Housing and Community Development Law
Air and Space Law
Communications Law
Construction Law
Entertainment and Sports Industries
Franchising
Lieber
Whisler
Chappelear
Bievenu
Chappelear
McDonnell
Government and Public Sector Lawyers Division
Enslen
Health Law
King
Intellectual Property Law
Chappelear
International Law
Dixon
Judicial Division
See
Appellate Judges’ Conference
Dunner
Administrative Law Judiciary, National Conference of the
Ridings
Federal Trial Judges, National Conference of
Van Etten
Lawyers’ Conference
Ridings
Specialized Court Judges, National Conference of
Dixon
State Trial Judges, National Conference of
Enslen
Labor and Employment Law
Rodriguez
Law Practice Division
Lucero
Draft As of 8/14/15
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
Board of Governors Liaison Assignments
By Section, Divisions and Forums
Law Student Division
Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Jennison
Goodman
Parnell
Litigation
Bienvenu
Public Contract Law
Carpenter
Public Utility, Communications, and Transportation Law
Poe
Real Property, Trust and Estate Law
Bay
Science and Technology
Whisler
Senior Lawyers Division
Moore
Solo, Small Firm and General Practice Division
Schulte
State and Local Government Law
Grinde
Taxation
Bresnahan
Tort Trial & Insurance Practice
Buzard
Young Lawyers Division
Cho
Draft As of 8/14/15
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
Board of Governors Liaison Assignments
By Standing Committee
American Judicial System
McDonnell
Amicus Curiae Briefs
N/A
Armed Forces Law
Van Etten
Audit
Casey
Bar Activities and Services
Gonzales
Client Protection
Bresnahan
Constitution and Bylaws
Torres
Continuing Legal Education
Moore
Delivery of Legal Services
Dunner
Election Law
Gotts
Ethics and Professional Responsibility
Lieber
Federal Judiciary
N/A
Gavel Awards
See
Governmental Affairs
Buzard
Group and Prepaid Legal Services
Cho
Gun Violence
Dunner
Judicial Independence
Schulte
Law and National Security
Lieber
Draft As of 8/14/15
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
Board of Governors Liaison Assignments
By Standing Committee
Law Library of Congress
Moore
Lawyer Referral and Information Services
Gonzales
Lawyers’ Professional Liability
Large
Lawyers’ Title Guaranty Funds
N/A
Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants
Bienvenu
Legal Assistance for Military Personnel
Carpenter
Medical Professional Liability
Van Etten
Meetings and Travel
Ridings
Membership
Bay
National Conference of Lawyers and Certified Public Accounts
Large
Paralegals
Jennison
Pro Bono and Public Service
Poe
Professionalism
Parnell
Professional Discipline
Poe
Public Education
King
Publishing Oversight
Poe
Scope and Correlation of Work
Specialization
Enslen
Bay
Gotts
Technology and Information Systems
Dixon
Draft As of 8/14/15
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
Board of Governors Liaison Assignments
By Special Committee and Commission
American Jury Project, Commission on the
Bresnahan
Bioethics and the Law, Special Committee on
Bluemel
Center for Professional Responsibility, Coordinating Council for the
Parnell
Death Penalty Due Process Review Project
Schulte
Death Penalty Representation Project
Bay
Disability Rights, Commission on
Gonzales
Disaster Response and Preparedness. Special Committee on
Rodriguez
Diversity and Inclusion 360, Commission on
Torres
Domestic and Sexual Violence, Commission on
Goodman
Future of Legal Services, Commission on
Klein
Hispanic Legal Rights and Responsibilities
Lucero
Homelessness and Poverty, Commission on
Grinde
Human Rights, Center on
VACANT
Immigration, Commission on
Buzard
IOLTA, Commission on
Rodriguez
Lawyer Assistance Programs, Commission on
Schulte
Law and Aging, Commission on
Whisler
Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession, Commission on
Enslen
Racial and Ethnic Justice, Coalition on
Bluemel
Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Educational Pipeline, Council on
Lucero
Draft As of 8/14/15
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
Board of Governors Liaison Assignments
By Special Committee and Commission
Rule of Law Initiative
Hubbard
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, Commission on
Ashley
Women on the Profession, Commission on
Ashley
Youth at Risk, Commission on
Ashley