For The Defense, November 2012 - DRI Today
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<strong>DRI</strong> News<br />
<strong>DRI</strong> Congratulates New Officers and Board Members<br />
Last month at the <strong>DRI</strong><br />
Annual Meeting in New<br />
Orleans, the organization<br />
welcomed its new<br />
leaders, including President<br />
Mary Massaron<br />
Ross of Plunkett Cooney<br />
PC, in Bloomfield Hills,<br />
Michigan. Ms. Massaron<br />
Ross, just the second<br />
woman to lead <strong>DRI</strong>,<br />
takes the reins from Henry M. Sneath of Picadio Sneath Miller &<br />
Norton, P.C., in Pittsburgh, who will continue his service, now as<br />
immediate past president. J. Michael Weston of Lederer Weston<br />
Craig PLC in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is now president- elect and John<br />
Parker Sweeney of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC in<br />
Baltimore rises to the office of first vice president. Joining<br />
Mr. Weston and Mr. Sweeney on the track to the <strong>DRI</strong> presidency<br />
will be Laura E. Proctor of LP Building Products in<br />
Nashville, Tennessee, who was elected by the <strong>DRI</strong> Board<br />
of Directors to serve as second vice president. In 2015, Ms.<br />
Proctor will become the third woman president of <strong>DRI</strong>, and<br />
the first in-house counsel to hold the office. Congratulations<br />
are extended as well to new officer John E. Cuttino of Turner<br />
Padget Graham & Laney PA in Columbia, South Carolina,<br />
Mary Massaron Ross, Henry M. Sneath, J. Michael Weston, John Parker Sweeney, Laura E. Proctor and John E. Cuttino<br />
who was selected to serve the organization as secretarytreasurer,<br />
and to eight new members of the <strong>DRI</strong> Board of Directors.<br />
In New Orleans, four individuals were elected by the<br />
board to join them as national directors: Kathleen M. Guilfoyle<br />
of Campbell Campbell Edwards & Conroy PC in Boston;<br />
Jack B. “Skip” McCowan, Jr., of Gordon & Rees LLP in<br />
San Francisco; William F. Ray of Watkins & Eager PLLC in<br />
Jackson, Mississippi; and Scott Burnett Smith of Bradley<br />
Arant Boult Cummings LLP in Huntsville, Alabama. In addition<br />
to the national directors, four new regional directors<br />
were elected earlier this year: Michael J. Leegan of Goldberg<br />
Segalla LLP in Princeton, New Jersey (Atlantic Region);<br />
Thomas R. Schultz of Schultz & Pogue LLP in Indianapolis<br />
(North Central Region); C. Douglas Dooley of Leitner,<br />
Williams, Dooley & Napolitan PLLC in Chattanooga, Tennessee<br />
(Southern Region); and Mark J. Neal of the Neal Law Firm in Monroe,<br />
Louisiana (Southwest Region). More coverage of the <strong>2012</strong> <strong>DRI</strong><br />
Annual Meeting will be published in the December <strong>2012</strong> issue of<br />
<strong>For</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Defense</strong>.<br />
Kathleen M. Guilfoyle, Jack B. “Skip” McCowan, Jr., William F. Ray and Scott<br />
Burnett Smith<br />
Michael J. Leegan, Thomas R. Schultz, C. Douglas Dooley and Mark J. Neal<br />
Members on the Move, from page 4<br />
tion for Allegheny County and its environs.<br />
Mr. Miller has served on the board<br />
of ALT for the past eight years, and is honored<br />
to lead the board of directors of this<br />
important land trust non- profit organization<br />
and to work closely with ALT’s new<br />
executive director, Chris Beichner. Mr.<br />
Miller’s service as board member and now<br />
chair continues the firm’s long connection<br />
with ALT; Anthony P. Picadio was one<br />
of the founding members of ALT, having<br />
guided the inception and early growth of<br />
the organization.<br />
David L. Taylor, formerly of Jennings,<br />
Taylor, Wheeler & Haley in Carmel, Indiana,<br />
has opened his own practice, the Taylor<br />
Law Firm in Indianapolis. Mr. Taylor<br />
will continue to focus his practice on insurance<br />
coverage, insurance defense, environmental<br />
law, and general litigation. Mr.<br />
Taylor was recently named one of Indiana’s<br />
Top Lawyers by the Wall Street Journal.<br />
Kolesar & Leatham, one of Nevada’s<br />
largest independent law firms, announces<br />
that Scott R. Cook has joined the firm as a<br />
shareholder focusing on civil litigation. Mr.<br />
Cook’s expertise expands the depth of the<br />
firm’s capabilities in complex civil litigation,<br />
catastrophic injury, and representation of<br />
medical professionals and institutions. Mr.<br />
Cook brings more than 30 years of experience<br />
to the firm. He is admitted and actively<br />
practicing in Nevada, Arizona, Colorado,<br />
Nebraska, and New Mexico.<br />
Marge Motluck<br />
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