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The general executive and administrative authority over the Division resides in the Council, which acts as the functional counterpart of the ABA's Board of Governors. During the time between YLD Assembly meetings, the Council generally may take any action that the Assembly could take, except to rescind a previous action of the Assembly. The Council normally meets four times per year, and is composed of the Officers, the Constitutional Representatives, the Directors, the Coordinators, the District Representatives, and representatives of qualifying national affiliated organizations.

Officers

Chair
Attorney Christina Plum
P.O. Box 11756
Milwaukee, WI 53211
Phone: (414) 526-0805
Fax: (414) 332-3910
plumchristina@
yahoo.com

Chair Elect
Jay E. Ray
Moseley•Martens LLP
4949 Hedgcoxe Road, Suite #270
Plano, Texas 75024
Phone: 214-525-3902
Fax: (214) 387-9434
Email: jray@moseleymartens.com

Secretary Treasurer
Justin Brett Goldstein
National City Bank of Pennsylvania
20 Stanwix St
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4802
Phone: (412) 644-7605
Fax: (412) 644-8349
EMail: justin.goldstein@nationalcity.com



Assembly Speaker
Benes Z. Aldana
U.S. Coast Guard
Commander (dl),
13th Coast Guard District
915 Second Avenue,
RM 3462
Seattle, WA 98174-1067
Phone: (206) 220-7113
Fax: (206) 220-7119
EMail: benes.z.aldana@uscg.mil
Email 2: benesaldana@msn.com

Assembly Clerk
Danny Van Horn
Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada
6075 Poplar Ave., Ste. 500
Memphis, TN 38119
Phone: (901) 680-7331
Fax: (901) 680-7201
Email: danny.vanhorn@butlersnow.com


Immediate Past Chair
Barrett F. Watson
UOP, McGeorge School of Law
3200 Fifth Avenue, CA 95817
Phone: 916.739.7234
Fax: 916.739.7270
Email: bwatson@pacific.edu



Constitutional Representatives

ABA House of Delegates Representatives
Alan Olson
Olson Law Office, P.C.
3116 Ingersoll Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50312-3900
(515) 271-9100
(515) 271-8100
aoo@olson-law.net

Patricia Sexton
Polsinelli, Shalton, Welte, Suelthaus
700 W 47th St
Kansas City, MO 64112-1805
(816) 753-1536
psexton@pswlaw.com

Richard DeMichele
DeMichele & DeMmichele PC
1874 Marlton Pike E
Cherry Hill, NJ 08003-7005
(856) 751-4200
(853) 751-4230
rick@southjerseylawfirm.com

Barrett F. Watson
UOP, McGeorge School of Law
3200 Fifth Avenue, CA 95817
Phone: 916.739.7234
Fax: 916.739.7270
Email: bwatson@pacific.edu






Board of Governors

O’Kelly McWilliams
Mintz Levin Cohn et al PC
701 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington DC 20004-2608
Phone: (202) 434-7412
Fax: (202) 434-7400
Email: omcwilliams@mintz.com

Suzanne Gilbert
Holland & Knight LLP-Orlando
Ste 2600, 200 S Orange Ave
Orlando FL 32801-3453
Phone: (407) 244-1142
Fax: (407) 244-5288
Email: suzanne.gilbert@hklaw.com

ABA Nominating Committee Representative
David Sterling
Barber, McCaskill, Jones & Hale
400 W Capitol Ave Ste 2700
Little Rock,AR72201-3447
(501) 707-6148
(501) 375-2802
dwsterling@barberlawfirm.com

Directors

Affiliate Outreach and Program Director
Andrew J. Schaeffer
Greenbaum Doll & McDonald, PLLC
50 East Rivercenter Boulevard, Suite 1800
Covington, Kentucky 41011
Phone: 859.655.6885
Fax: 859.655.4239
E-mail: ajs@gdm.com

Committee Directors

Shawn Guse
TomoTherapy Incorporated
1240 Deming Way
Madison WI 53717
Phone: (608) 824-2800
Fax: (608) 824-2996
Email: sguse@tomotherapy.com

Alfreda Coward
201 SE 6th Street, Suite 3872
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
Phone: 954-653-0880
Fax: 954-831-6739
Email: alfreda@cowardlaw.com

Janine L. Smith
Burr & Forman LLP
420 N 20th St, 3100 Southtrust Tower
Birmingham AL 35203-3213
Phone: (205) 458-5412
Fax: (205) 458-5100
Email: jsmith@burr.com

Daniel Schwartz
Epstein Becker & Green PC
Ste 18001 Landmark Sq
Stamford CT 06901-2630
Phone: (203) 348-3737
Fax: (203) 324-9291
Email: daschwartz@ebglaw.com



Administrative Director

Elizabeth Andrews
Tyler Cooper & Alcorn LLP
PO Box 1936
205 Church Street
New Haven,CT06509-1910
(203) 784-8540
(203) 777-1181
eandrews@tylercooper.com

Diversity Director
Chauntis T.Jenkins
Porteous, Hainkel and Johnson
704 Carondelet St
New Orleans LA 70130-3774
Phone: (504) 581-3838
Fax: (504) 581-4069
Email: cjenkins@phjlaw.com

Communications Director
Paul T. Davis
Meyer & Davis LLC
Suite 601, 900 Massachusetts St
Lawrence KS 66044
Phone: (785) 843-7674
Fax: (785) 843-7672
Email: pauldavis@sunflower.com

Membership Director
Kyle V Mitchell
1624 Kuhlacre Dr
Tallahassee, FL 32308-4719

Phone: (850) 487-9717
Fax: (850) 922-1278
Email: kylemitchell@abanet.org

Affiliate Assistance Director
Sonia Miller-Van Oort
Affiliate Assistance Team Director
Flynn Gaskins & Bennett
Ste 2900, 333 S 7th St
Minneapolis MN 55402-2440
Phone: (612) 333-9525
Fax: (612) 333-9579
Email: smiller@flynngaskins.com

Law Student Division Chair
Vicki Goodman
23 Jonathan Morris Cir
Media, PA 19063-1069
E-Mail: vgoodman@abanet.org

District Representatives

District 1 (ME & VT)
Edward G. Adrian
Vermont Secretary of State
9 Baldwin Avenue
Montpelier, Vermont 05609
Phone: 802.828.1217
Fax: 802.828.2389
E-mail: eadrian@sec.state.vt.us

District 3 (MA & NH)
Ellen Rappaport Tanowitz
Attorney-at-Law
51 Harding Street
Newton, Massachusetts 02465
Phone: 617.527.6647
Fax: 617.249.0867
E-mail: ellen.tanowitz@verizon.net

District 5 (PA)
Nicole Gerson
Gerson, Capek & Voron Prozio
1420 Walnut Street, Suite 300
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102
Phone: 215.985.0700
Fax: 215.985.1666
E-mail: nicolegerson@aol.com

District 7 (DC & DE)
Kevin Guerke
Seitz, Van Ogtrop & Green, P.A.
222 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1500,
P.O. Box 68
Wilmington, Delaware 19899
(302) 888-0600
KGuerke@SVGLAW.com

District 9 (NC)
Craig Douglass Cannon
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice
One West Fourth Street
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101
Phone: 336.721.3694
Fax: 336.726.9089
E-mail: ccannon@wcsr.com

District 11 (FL)
Mark P. Arnold
Holland & Knight, LLP
701 Brickell Avenue, Suite 3000
Miami, Florida 33131
Phone: 305.349.2257
Fax: 305.679.6334
E-mail: mark.arnold@hklaw.com

District 13 (MS)
David F. Maron
Baker, Donelson, et al
4268 I-55 Canal Place
Jackson, Mississippi 39236
Phone: 601.351.2477
Fax: 601.592.2477
E-mail: dmaron@bakerdonelson.com

District 15 (IL & IN)
JOHN L NISIVACO
NISIVACO LAW OFFICES P C
Ste 2900
30 N LA SALLE ST
CHICAGO, IL 60602-2511
Phone: (312) 499-4545
Fax: (312) 263-5013
E-Mail: NISIVACO@NISOLAW.COM

District 17 (WI & MN)
Liesl E. Nelson
Office of the State Public Defender
2100 O’Neil Road, Suite 400
Hudson, Wisconsin 54016
Phone: 715.386.4363
Fax: 715.386.4371
E-mail:

District 19 (IA & NE)
Jane F. Langan
Rembolt, Ludtke & Berger, LLP
1201 Lincoln Mall, Suite 102
Lincoln, Nebraska 68508
Phone: 402.475.5100
Fax: 402.475.5087
E-mail: jlangan@remlud.com


District 21 (ND & SD)
Sara Beth Greff
Staff Attorney
SD Public Utilities Commission
500 E. Capitol Avenue
Pierre, SD 57501
Phone: (605) 773-3201
Fax: (605) 773-3809
E-mail: sara.greff@state.sd.us

District 23 (AZ & NM)
Morris J. Chavez, Jr.
Morris J. Chavez, Esq.
P.O. Box 92674
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87199
Phone: 505.379.3366
Fax: 505.471.4358
E-mail: mo@chavezlaw.com

District 25 (South/Central Texas)
Kelly-Ann F. Clarke
Greer, Herz & Adams, LLP
One Moody Plaza, 18th Floor
Galveston, Texas 77550
Phone: 409.797.3234
Fax: 409.621.3234
E-mail: kclarke@greerherz.com

District 27 (UT & NV)
Debra G. Griffiths
Worna Fitlow & Parrish
1816 Prospector, Suite 100
Park City, Utah 84060
Phone: 435.649.2525
Fax: 435.649.5959
E-mail: griffiths@wasatchlaw.com

District 29 (WA & OR)
Craig J. Capon
Harrang Long Gary Rudnick, PC
360 East 10th Avenue, Suite 300
Eugene, Oregon 97401
Phone: 541.485.0220
Fax: 541.686.6564
E-mail: craig.j.capon@harrang.com

District 31 (North California)
Deborah A. Smith
Shook Hardy & Bacon
Ste. 625, One Kaiser Plaza
San Francisco, California 94104
Phone: 415.544.1901
Fax: 415.391.0281
E-mail: ddsmith@shb.com

District 33 (AK & HI)
Kristie Cruz-Chang
State of Hawaii,
425 Queen Street
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
Phone: 808.586.1474
Fax: 808.586.1477
E-mail: kcruzchang@yahoo.com



District 2 (CT & RI)
Cynthia Andrews DiPreta
Ryan Ryan Johnson et al
80 4th St
Stamford, CT 06905-5009
Phone: (203) 357-9200
Fax: (203) 357-7915
Email:cadipreta@rrjd-law.com

District 4 (NY)
Claire Ann Gilmartin
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP
1 Chase Manhattan Plz
New York, NY 10005-1401
Business Phone: (212) 530-5098
E mail: cgilmartin@milbank.com


District 6 (NJ)
David B Wolfe
Skoloff & Wolfe
293 Eisenhower Pkwy
Livingston, NJ 07039-1719
Phone:
Fax: (973) 992-0301
Email:dwolfe@skoloffwolfe.com

District 8 (MD & VA)
Rudene Mercer Bascomb
Hunton & Williams LLP
951 E Byrd St
Richmond, VA 23219-4040
Phone: (804) 788-7363
Fax: (804) 788-8218
Email:rbascomb@hunton.com

District 10 (SC & Virgin Islands)
Kye K Walker
Estate Diamond Ruby
Christiansted, VI 00820
Phone: (340) 773-3531
Fax: (340) 773- 3536
Email:kyewalkervi@yahoo.com


District 12 (AL & GA)
Michael Irvin Krause
Sutherland Asbill et al
999 Peachtree St NE
Atlanta, GA 30309-3996
Phone:
Fax:
Email:

District 14 (LA)
Beth Abramson
McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC
Temporarily Moved To:
One American Place, 14th Floor
301 Main Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70825
Tel: 225-383-9000 ext 663
Fax: 225-343-3076
babramson@mcglinchey.com

District 16 (TN & KY)
David Anthony Changas
"Lewis, King, Krieg & Waldrop"
201 4th Ave N
Nashville, TN 37219-2098
Phone:
Fax: (615) 259-1389
Email:dchangas@lewisking.com


District 18 (OH & WV)
Richik Sarkar
Ulmer & Berne LLP
Ste 900, 1300 E Ninth St
Cleveland OH 44114-1583
Phone: (216) 931-6352
Fax: (216) 931-6353
Email: rsarkar@ulmer.com

District 20 (MI)
Carlos A Escurel
Tanoury, Corbet, Shaw, Nauts & Essad, PLLC
645 Griswold St, Suite 2800
Detroit, MI 48226-4207
Phone: (313) 965-9097
Fax: (313) 967-5363
Email:carlos.escurel@gmail.com

District 22 (KS & MO)
Eric G Kraft
Duggan Shadwick Doerr & Kurlbaum PC
11040 Oakmont St
Overland Park, KS 66210-1100
Phone: (913) 498-3536
Fax: (913) 498-3538
Email:ekraft@kc-dsdlaw.com



District 24 (OK & AR)
Amy J Freedman
The Law Offices of W. Kelvin Wyrick
P.O. Box 23
Texarkana, AR 71854
Phone:
Fax: (870) 772-1569
Email:amyfreedman@cableone.net

District 26 (North/West Texas)
Kendyl Darby
Haynes and Boone LLP
901 Main St
Dallas, TX 75202-3732
Phone: (214) 352-5456
Fax: (214) 200-0575
Email:darbyk@haynesboone.com

District 28 (CO & WY)
Jennifer L Rice
Rice Law Office PC
19 Old Town Sq
Fort Collins, CO 80524-2486
Phone: (970) 494-1700
Fax: (970) 419-8258
Email:RICELAWJR@EARTHLINK.NET

District 30 (MT & ID)
Travis A Cushman
PO Box 2091
Great Falls, MT 59403-2091
Phone: (406) 868-7067
Fax: (406) 727-5419
Email:mtnewlawyers@sofast.net


District 32 (South California)
Matthew B Butler
Nicholas & Butler LLP
225 Broadway
San Diego, CA 92101-5005
Phone: (619) 325-0492
Fax: (619) 325-0496
Email:mbutler@nblaw.org

District 34 (Fed. & Military Bar)
Guillermo J Rojas
17017 Catalpa Ct
Derwood, MD 20855-2558
Phone:
Fax: (202) 685-7687
Email:billmerrojas@hotmail.com


National Bar Representatives

Hispanic Nat’l Bar Assn
Edd Vasquez
Edd Vasquez, Esq.
311 East 3rd, Street, No. 5
New York, New York 10009
Phone: 917.981.4911
Fax: None
E-mail: edd_vasquez@yahoo.com

National Asian-Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA)
Minh-Duc T. Le
Federal Reserve
20th & C Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20551
Phone: 202.452.3667
Fax: 202.452.3849
E-mail: minh-duc.t.le@frb.gov



National Bar Association

John W. Walker-Turner
The Law Offices of Turner & Associates
6301 Ivy Lane, Suite 700
Greenbelt, Maryland 20770
Phone: 301.474.9020
Fax: 301.474.2022
E-mail: jwtlaw2@juno.com

National Lesbian & Gay Legal Association (NLGLA)
Mario A Sullivan
Law Office Of P A Johnson
4 E Huron St
CHICAGO, IL 60611-2706
Business Phone: (312) 932-9200
Fax: (312) 932-9229
E-Mail: MARIOASULLIVAN@YAHOO.COM

Non-Voting Members of Council
Coordinators

Distaster Legal Services Coordinator
Rani N. Mathura
Commings & Lockwood
2 Greenwich Plaza
Greenwich, CT 06830
Phone: 203-863-6545
Fax: 203-869-3120
Email: rmathura@cl-law.com

CLE/PD Coordinator
Reinhard, Matthew T.
Miller & Chevalier Chtd
Ste 900, 655 15th St NW
Washington DC 20005-5799
Phone: (202) 626-5800
Fax: (202) 628-0858
Email: mreinhard@milchev.com




Meetings Coordinator
Amy Wochos
Piper & Schmidt
Fl 5, 733 N Van Buren St
Milwaukee WI 53202-4709
Phone: (414) 225-4060
Fax: (414) 271-6196
Email: aew@piperschmidt.com

Public Service Coordinator
Seth Levy
Davis Wright Tremaine
Ste 2400, 865 S Figueroa St
Los Angeles CA 90017-2566
Phone: (213) 633-6869
Fax: (213) 633-6899
Email: sethlevy@dwt.com

Member Service Coordinator
Ruth-Ann Bennett
Franklin & Prokopik
Ste 600, 2 N Charles St
Baltimore MD 21201-3723
Phone: (410) 752-8700
Fax: (410) 752-6868
Email: rbennett@fandpnet.com