Leadership and Governance
Governance
The Judicial Division is governed by a Council consisting of the JD officers and the Chairs from each of its six Conferences. The Council sets policy for the Division, coordinates the activities of the Conferences, fills unexpired terms and annually reviews its Bylaws. The Council has general supervision and control of Division affairs subject to the provisions of the Constitution and Bylaws of the ABA and Bylaws of the Division.
Officers
- Chair: James A. Wynn, Jr. (Raleigh, NC) (Biography)
- Chair-Elect: Barbara M.G. Lynn (Dallas, TX) (Biography)
- Vice-Chair: Jack Brown (Tulsa, OK) (Biography)
Council
- Immediate Past Chair: Leslie B. Miller (Tucson, AZ)
- Conference Chairs:
- Appellate Judges Conference: Ronald L. Gilman (Memphis, TN))
- Lawyers Conference: Gloria Wilson Shelton (Baltimore, MD)
- National Conference of Administrative Law Judiciary: Larry Craddock (Austin, TX)
- National Conference of Federal Trial Judges: Barbara M.G. Lynn (Dallas, TX)
- National Conference of Specialized Court Judges: Linda Strite Murnane (Louisville, KY)
- National Conference of State Trial Judges: William T. Ruckriegle (Breckenridge, CO)
- Chair, National Judicial College Board of Trustees: Thomas M. Susman (Washington, DC)
- President, Conference of Chief Justices: Jean Hoefer Toal (Columbia, SC)
- Board of Governors Liaison: Louraine C. Arkfeld (Tempe, AZ)
- Delegate to the ABA House of Delegates: Richard N. Bien (Kansas City, MO)
- Liaison from the Law Student Division: Michael J. Hooi (Gainesville, FL)
- Liaison from the Young Lawyers Division: Benes Z. Aldana (Seattle, WA)
