Nominations for 1999-2000

John Hardin Young, chosen last year as Chair-Elect, will automatically assume the position of Chair. Mr. Young is General Counsel of the Smoot Corporation in Falls Church, Virginia, and of counsel to the firm of Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur in Washington, D.C. . Mr. Young has been an active member of the Section and is the author of several books and articles in the areas of litigation, antitrust, and evidence. He is a member of the ALI and is National Chair of the Democratic National Committee=s National Lawyers Council.

Ronald Levin, Professor of Law at the Washington University in St. Louis, chosen last year as Vice-Chair, will automatically assume the position of Chair-Elect. Professor Levin is coauthor of State and Federal Administrative Law (2d ed. 1998) (with Michael Asimow and Arthur Bonfield) and of Administrative Law and Process in a Nutshell (4th ed. 1997) (with Ernest Gellhorn). He has been active in the Section for nearly twenty years. He served on the Council from 1986-89 and chaired the Judicial Review Committee from 1982-86 and 1993-98. His most extensive project on behalf of the Section was his work as draftsman of the Section's "Restatement of Scope-of-Review Doctrine," published in the Administrative Law Review in 1986. He also has served as a consultant for the Administrative Conference of the United States and has chaired both the Section on Administrative Law (1993) and the Section on Legislation (1995) of the Association of American Law Schools.

C. Boyden Gray, who is a partner with Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, is nominated for the position of Vice-Chair. Starting in 1981, Mr. Gray served as Legal Counsel to Vice President Bush, later becoming Counselor to the Vice President, and upon President Bush=s election, Mr. Gray became Counsel to the President, where he served until President Clinton took office. Mr. Gray also served as Counsel to the Presidential Task Force on Regulatory Relief for a number of years under President Reagan. Mr. Gray is currently also the Chairman of the Citizens for a Sound Economy. Mr. Gray graduated from Harvard College, the University of North Carolina Law School, and clerked for Chief Justice Earl Warren.

Leonard Leo is nominated for the position of Budget Officer. Mr. Leo is Director of the Lawyers Division of the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies in Washington, D.C., where he manages the projects, publications, and programs of a nationwide network of 25,000 lawyers. Before coming to Washington, he practiced law at the New Jersey law firm of Sills Beck, having served in both the general litigation and regulatory practice sections. Mr. Leo has participated in the affairs of the Administrative Law Section as Budget Officer last year, Assistant Budget Officer for two years, and as chair and vice chair of the Government Organization and Separation of Powers Committee for three years.

Cynthia Drew is nominated for the position of Secretary. Ms. Drew is currently an attorney in the Environmental and Natural Resources Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. Ms. Drew has been active in the Section for a number of years, serving as Secretary of the Section last year and co-chair of Environmental and Natural Resources Regulation Committee.

The following are nominated to be Council Members for three year terms:

Stephen Calkins is Professor of Law at Wayne State University Law School, where he teaches courses and seminars in antitrust and trade regulation, consumer protection, corporations, and torts. Professor Calkins is also Special Counsel to Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C., where he practiced before entering academia. He has taught at Michigan, Pennsylvania, and at Utrecht in the Netherlands, as well as serving as Wayne State=s interim dean. Mr. Calkins also served as General Counsel to the Federal Trade Commission during the years 1995-97. Professor Calkins is a member of the ALI and is on the Council of the Antitrust Section of the ABA, as well as a co-chair of this Section=s Adjudication Committee.

H. Russell Frisby, Jr., is currently President of the Competitive Telecommunications Association (CompTel). Established in 1981, CompTel is the principal national industry association representing competitive telecommunications carriers and their suppliers. Mr. Frisby was Chair of the Maryland Public Service Commission from 1995 to 1998. Prior to that, he was a partner at Venable, Baetjer and Howard. Mr. Frisby has been active in the Section, most recently as Section Budget Officer.

Daniel B. Rodriguez is Dean of the San Diego School of Law. Previously, he had been a professor at UC Berkeley. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School and a member of the ALI.

Lynne K. Zusman practices law in Washington, DC, where she specializes in regulatory law and litigation, including qui tam litigation, whistleblower litigation, and inspector general investigations. She has served in both the Criminal and Civil Divisions in the U.S. Department of Justice and was Deputy General Counsel for Litigation in the Department of Health and Human Services. She chaired the Administrative Law Section of the Federal Bar Association from 1985 to 1980, and she has chaired this Section=s Defense and National Security Committee for the past two years.

The following have been recommended to the Chair for appointive positions on the Council:

For State Administrative Law BDavid Cardwell is currently serving as the Council Member for State Administrative Law. Mr. Cardwell is a partner in the Orlando office of Holland & Knight and is a member of the ABA=>s House of Delegates, a former Section Council Member, a former Chair of the State and Local Government Law Section, and a former Member of the ABA=s Board of Governors.

From the Judiciary -- Judge Stephen F. Williams was appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit by President Reagan in 1986. Before that he was a Professor of Law at the University of Colorado School of Law. A recognized expert on oil and gas law, he is one of the authors of the leading case book on oil and gas law. Prior to entering teaching, Judge Williams was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York and an associate with Debevoise, Plimpton, Lyons & Gates.

From the Administrative Judiciary B Judith Dodd is an Administrative Law Judge with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, but she has also served as an ALJ with the Social Security Administration, the U.S. Postal Service, and the NLRB. Prior to becoming an ALJ, Judge Dodd was an appellate attorney with the NLRB. She began her legal work after graduating from Georgetown Law School at the Office of Legal Counsel of the U.S. Department of Justice. In 1998-99, Judge Dodd served as President of the Federal Administrative Law Judges Conference.

From the Executive Branch B Raymond C. Fisher was appointed Associate Attorney General in 1997, an office that oversees the Civil, Civil Rights, Antitrust, Tax, and Environment & Natural Resources Divisions. Prior to this position, Mr. Fisher was a partner in the Los Angeles office of Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, where he specialized in complex litigation and alternative dispute resolution.