For The Defense, February 2012 - DRI Today
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<strong>DRI</strong> News<br />
<strong>DRI</strong> Committee Leadership Gathers in Chicago<br />
<strong>DRI</strong>’s Committee Leadership Conference once again brought together<br />
the chairs and vice chairs of the organization’s 29 substantive law<br />
committees, along with representatives from the Board of Directors,<br />
Law Institute and standing committees, for a two-day meeting, January<br />
5–6, <strong>2012</strong>, in Chicago. At the beginning of each year, <strong>DRI</strong> takes<br />
this opportunity to gather and reflect on the roles and goals of its committees<br />
and to recharge and plan for the year ahead. This conference<br />
is intended to give the committee chairs and vice chairs an opportunity<br />
to meet with the leadership and staff of <strong>DRI</strong>, be recognized for<br />
their excellent work, and share information that will help improve the<br />
value that the committee structure adds to both <strong>DRI</strong> membership and<br />
the defense bar in general. This year’s program included substantive<br />
sessions on planning educational programming, motivating committee<br />
leaders, diversifying membership, recruiting new members and leaders,<br />
and partnering with industry groups and state and local defense<br />
organizations.<br />
2011–12 Chairs<br />
and Vice Chairs<br />
Aerospace Law<br />
Jennifer P. Henry, Chair<br />
Thompson & Knight<br />
Robert J. Williams, Vice Chair<br />
Schnader Harrison Segal<br />
Alternative Dispute<br />
Resolution<br />
Thomas D. Jensen, Chair<br />
Lind Jensen Sullivan<br />
Sandra Tvarian Stevens,<br />
Vice Chair<br />
Wiley Rein<br />
Appellate Advocacy<br />
Diane B. Bratvold, Chair<br />
Briggs & Morgan<br />
C. Mitchell Brown, Vice Chair<br />
Nelson Mullins<br />
Commercial Litigation<br />
Peter E. Strand, Chair<br />
Shook Hardy & Bacon<br />
Kathleen A. Lang, Vice Chair<br />
Dickinson Wright<br />
Construction Law<br />
David V. Wilson II, Chair<br />
Hays McConn<br />
Kathy R. Davis, Vice Chair<br />
Carr Allison<br />
Corporate Counsel<br />
Amy Mass, Chair<br />
Hanover Insurance Companies<br />
K. Kristann Carey, Vice Chair<br />
McDonald’s Corporation<br />
Diversity<br />
Douglas K. Burrell, Chair<br />
Drew Eckl & Farnham<br />
Pamela W. Carter, Vice Chair<br />
Carter Law Group LLC<br />
<strong>DRI</strong> International<br />
Glenn M. Zakaib, Chair<br />
Cassels Brock<br />
Dieter Hofmann, Vice Chair<br />
Walder Wyss & Partners<br />
Drug and Medical Device<br />
Scott W. Sayler, Chair<br />
Shook Hardy & Bacon<br />
James F. Rogers, Vice Chair<br />
Nelson Mullins<br />
Electronic Discovery<br />
Mark S. Sidoti, Chair<br />
Gibbons<br />
John J. Jablonski, Vice Chair<br />
Goldberg Segalla<br />
Employment and<br />
Labor Law<br />
Mark A. Fahleson, Chair<br />
Rembolt Ludtke<br />
Amy L. Miletich, Vice Chair<br />
Miletich Pearl<br />
Fidelity and Surety<br />
Denise C. Puente, Chair<br />
Simon Peragine Smith<br />
Jerome M. Joseph, Vice Chair<br />
Godin & Baity<br />
Government Enforcement<br />
and Corporate Compliance<br />
Jonathan N. Rosen, Chair<br />
Shook Hardy & Bacon<br />
Winifred Marie Weitsen,<br />
Vice Chair<br />
Venable<br />
Governmental Liability<br />
Dana K. Maine, Chair<br />
Freeman Mathis & Gary<br />
Phillip E. Friduss, Vice Chair<br />
Landrum & Friduss<br />
Insurance Law<br />
Anthony R. Zelle, Chair<br />
Zelle McDonough<br />
Michael M. Marick,<br />
Vice Chair<br />
Meckler Bulger Tilson<br />
Lawyers’ Professionalism<br />
and Ethics<br />
Brett A. Ross, Chair<br />
Carr Allison<br />
Winston N. Harless,<br />
Vice Chair<br />
Lewis King Krieg<br />
Life, Health and Disability<br />
Gary Schuman, Chair<br />
Combined Insurance Company<br />
Daniel W. Gerber,<br />
Vice Chair<br />
Goldberg Segalla<br />
Jeffery A. Styres, Corporate<br />
Vice Chair<br />
Southern Farm Bureau Life<br />
Insurance<br />
Medical Liability and<br />
Health Care Law<br />
Ted J. McDonald III, Chair<br />
McCormick Adam & McDonald<br />
Todd W. Smyth, Vice Chair<br />
Smyth Whitley<br />
Product Liability<br />
Charles A. Stewart III,<br />
Chair<br />
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings<br />
Patrick J. Sweeney,<br />
Vice Chair<br />
Sweeney & Sheehan<br />
Professional Liability<br />
Daniel B. Meyer, Chair<br />
O’Hagan Spencer<br />
Frances M. O’Meara,<br />
Vice Chair<br />
Kaufman Dolowich Voluck<br />
Retail and Hospitality<br />
Paul Caleo, Chair<br />
Burnham Brown<br />
H. Jacey Kaps, Vice Chair<br />
Rumberger Kirk & Caldwell<br />
Technology<br />
Sara M. Turner, Chair<br />
Baker Donelson Bearman<br />
Chad S. Godwin, Vice Chair<br />
Carr Allison<br />
Toxic Torts and<br />
Environmental Law<br />
Kevin E. Clark, Chair<br />
Lightfoot Franklin & White<br />
Douglas M. Poland,<br />
Vice Chair<br />
Godfrey & Kahn<br />
Peter A. Drucker, Corporate<br />
Vice Chair<br />
Akzo Nobel Coatings<br />
Trial Tactics<br />
Tammy J. Meyer, Chair<br />
MillerMeyer LLP<br />
John C.S. Pierce,<br />
Vice Chair<br />
Butler Pappas<br />
Trucking Law<br />
Kurt M. Rozelsky, Chair<br />
Smith Moore Leatherwood<br />
Tamara B. Goorevitz,<br />
Vice Chair<br />
Franklin & Prokopik<br />
Women in the Law<br />
Cheryl E. Diaz, Chair<br />
Fishman Jackson Luebker<br />
Lana Alcorn Olson,<br />
Vice Chair<br />
Lightfoot Franklin & White<br />
Workers’ Compensation<br />
Craig Stuart Young, Chair<br />
Heyl Royster Voelker<br />
Jonathan L. Berryhill,<br />
Vice Chair<br />
Wilson & Berryhill<br />
Young Lawyers<br />
R. Craig Mayfield, Chair<br />
Hill Ward Henderson<br />
James L. Pattillo, First<br />
Vice Chair<br />
Norman Wood Kendrick<br />
Jennifer Snyder Heis, Second<br />
Vice Chair<br />
Ulmer & Berne<br />
6 ■ <strong>For</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Defense</strong> ■ <strong>February</strong> <strong>2012</strong>