ABA Section of Business Law

ABA Section of Business Law
Business Law Today
November/December 1998

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Joint Ventures

It's time to nominate

Whom do you think should be nominated for a leadership position in the Section?

The Nominating Committee of the Business Law Section needs your recommendations for leadership positions for 1999-2000 association year. Nominees will be selected for:

• chair-elect (who automatically assumes the position of chair the following year)
• secretary (who automatically assumes the position of vice-chair the following year)
• two Section delegates to the ABA House of Delegates for a three-year term expiring in 2002
• five additional Council members for a term expiring in 2003.

Historically, the preceding year's vice-chair has been nominated to serve as chair-elect the following year.

The Business Law Section recognizes that members of the Section represent unique backgrounds and bring a variety of valuable skills and perspectives. This diversity is a strength for the Section. We believe that the leadership also should reflect a spirit of inclusiveness and diversity. In light of this, the Nominating Committee will take into account the following principles in making its selections. It will:

• select nominees who have been substantial and active contributors to the Section.
• seek geographic diversity in the leadership of the Section.
• strive for representation from a broad cross-section of the areas of the law represented in the Section.
• seek to draw leaders from a broad cross-section of the various sectors of practice, including corporate law departments, government, academia and private law firms.
• actively recruit nominees who reflect the different dimensions of diversity in the Section.

The following officers and Council members already have been elected to serve during the 1999-2000 year:

Chair: Michael E. Flowers, Columbus, Ohio

Vice-chair: Thomas L. Ambro, Wilmington, Del.

Section delegates to the ABA House of Delegates: Barbara Mendel Mayden, Nashville, Tenn., and Frank J. Morris Jr., Columbus, Ohio.

In addition, Amelia H. Boss, Philadelphia, currently serves as vice-chair of the Section. Currently serving Council members: Terms expiring August 2000:

R. Franklin Balotti, Wilmington, Del.

Richard E. Cherin, Newark, N.J.

Jean E. Harris, Phoenix

Alan S. Kaplinsky, Philadelphia

Bruce A. Mann, San Francisco

Terms expiring in August 2001:

Harold S. Barron, Blue Bell, Penn.

Pamela M. Dashiell, Boston

Harry L. Henning, Columbus, Ohio

Hugh M. Ray Jr., Houston

Steven O. Weise, Los Angeles

Terms expiring in August 2002:

David G. Heiman, Cleveland

John W. Martin Jr., Dearborn, Mich.

Margaret L. Milroy, Arlington, Va.

John F. Olson, Washington

The Nominating Committee is chaired by George S. Frazza, New York City.

The slate of nominees will be announced at the Section's Spring Meeting in San Francisco, April 14-18, 1999. The formal election will take place at the 1999 Annual Meeting in Atlanta in August.