Our Leadership

Marianela Peralta, Chair - Aerotek, Inc.

Paulette E. Chapman, President - Koonz, McKenney, Johnson, & DePaolis, LLP

Patrick McGlone, Immediate Past President - Ullico Inc.

Kevin A. Chambers, Vice President - Latham & Watkins LLP

Debra Belott, Secretary - Jones Day

Julia A. Matthews, Treasurer & Finance Committee Chair - Civic Director

Karen E. Evans, Nominating Committee Chair - The Cochran Firm

Joshua B. Bernstein - Bernstein Management Corporation

Abigail Blomstrom - Monumental Sports

Karen Ellis Carr - ArentFox Schiff LLP

Hon. Eric S. Glover - Superior Court of the District of Columbia

Paul S. Lee - Steptoe & Johnson LLP

James McLaughlin - The Washington Post

Hon. Heidi Pasichow - Superior Court of the District of Columbia

Elizabeth A. Scully - BakerHostetler

Natalie S. Walker - Webster & Fredrickson PLLC

Colin P. Watson - Covington & Burling LLP

Tami Weerasingha-Cote - Children’s Law Center

Cynthia G. Wright - Civic Director

Joanne L. Zimolzak - Dykema Gossett PLLC

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP - James E. Tysse

Ali & Lockwood LLP - Liz Lockwood

ArentFox Schiff LLP - Karen Carr ♦ James H. Hulme ♦ Nadia A. Patel

Arnold & Porter LLP - John A. Freedman

Ashcraft & Gerel, LLP - Michelle Parfitt

Baker Botts LLP - Kyle A. Clark ♦ Sterling Marchand

BakerHostetler - Elizabeth A. Scully

Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

Barnes & Thornburg LLP - Michelle Bradford ♦ Meena Sinfelt

Blank Rome LLP - Kierstan L. Carlson ♦ Gregory F. Linsin ♦ Jennifer A. Short

Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP - Samuel C. Kaplan ♦ Amy L. Neuhardt

Brown Rudnick LLP

Bruch Law Group - Diona F. Howard-Nicolas

Bryan Cave LLP - Sarah Hartley

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC - Ronald D. Abramson

Coburn & Greenbaum PLLC - Barry Coburn

The Cochran Firm - Karen E. Evans

Cooley LLP - Andrew D. Goldstein ♦ David E. Mills

Covington & Burling LLP - Benjamin R. Razi ♦ Colin P. Watson

Crowell & Moring LLP - Philip T. Inglima ♦ Toni M. Jackson

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP - Laura R. Handman

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP - Donald E. Santarelli ♦ William A. Sherman, II

DLA Piper LLP (US) - Lindsay Ayers

Dueffert Gilbertsen - Tom Gilbertsen

Dykema Gossett PLLC - Chantel L. Febus ♦ Joanne L. Zimolzak

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP - Nicholas T. Christakos ♦ Gail L. Westover

Feldesman Leifer LLP – Molly S. Evans ♦ Matthew S. Freedus ♦ Rosie Dawn Griffin

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP - Howard S. Hogan ♦ Jason J. Mendro ♦ Geoffrey Sigler

GMP LLP

Greenstein DeLorme & Luchs, P.C. - James D. Sadowski

Jackson & Campbell, PC - Christopher A. Glaser

Joan M. Wilbon & Associates - Joan M. Wilbon

Johnnie Bond Law - Johnnie D. Bond Jr.

Jones Day - Debra R. Belott ♦ Gabrielle E. Pritsker

KaiserDillion PLLC - Jonathan Jeffress ♦ William Pittard

Kolker Law Office - Peter R. Kolker

Koonz McKenney Johnson & DePaolis LLP - Paulette E. Chapman

Latham & Watkins LLP - Nicholas J. Boyle ♦ Kevin A. Chambers

Lee/Shoemaker PLLC - Jonathan C. Shoemaker

McGuireWoods LLP - R. Andrew Austria ♦ Abram J. Pafford

Miller & Chevalier Chartered - Ian A. Herbert

MoloLamken LLP - Justin V. Shur

Nixon Peabody - Brian A. Hill

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP – Annelise Corriveau ♦ Maria E. Eliot ♦ William A. Isaacson

Perkins Coie LLP - Alec Farr

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Proskauer Rose LLP - Guy Brenner ♦ John R. Ingrassia

Reed Smith LLP - Rizwan “Rizzy” Qureshi

Regan Zambri Long, PLLC - Victor E. Long

Sidley Austin LLP - Jennifer J. Clark ♦ Kristin Graham Koehler

SJS Law Firm - Shavon J. Smith

Solid Ground Law PLLC - Destiny Fullwood-Singh

Steptoe & Johnson LLP - Paul S. Lee ♦ Roger E. Warin

Steven M. Schneebaum, PC - Steven M. Schneebaum

Troutman Sanders LLP - Charles “Tom” Blair

Tucker PLLC - Elizabeth A. Selmo

Venable LLP - Benjamin E. Horowitz ♦ David A. Levie

Webster &  Fredrickson PLLC - Natalie S. Walker

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP - Monya M. Bunch

Zuckerman Spaeder LLP - Caroline Judge Mehta ♦ Margarita K. O’Donnell

Aerotek, Inc. - Marianela Peralta, Esq.

AlixPartners LLP - Robert Yerman

Alvarez & Marsal - Joseph T. Gardemal, III ♦ Marc B. Sherman, CPA, Esq.

Bernstein Management Corporation - Joshua B. Bernstein

Children’s Law Center - Tami Weerasingha-Cote, Esq.

Children’s National Medical Center - Rebecca Cady, Esq.

D.C. Association of Chartered Public Schools - Ariel Johnson

Deloitte LLP - Supriya Rajagopalan

GEICO Insurance Company

Helping Ourselves to Transform - Dr. Carmen Johnson

JAMS – The Resolution Experts - Hon. Richard A. Levie (Ret.)

June Kress Consulting, LLC - Dr. June B. Kress

Lockheed Martin Corporation - Maryanne Lavan, Esq.

Monumental Sports - Abigail Blomstrom, Esq.

PPC-Leftwich - Hon. Marie C. Johns

Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

Ullico Inc. - Patrick McGlone, Esq.

Unity Health Care - Bruce Reid

The Washington Post - John B. Kennedy, Esq. ♦ James McLaughlin, Esq.

Judicial Directors

US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia - Hon. Judith W. Rogers

US District Court for the District of Columbia - Hon. Amit P. Mehta

US District Court for the District of Columbia - Hon. Deborah A. Robinson (Ret.)

US District Court for the District of Columbia - Hon. Moxila A. Upadhyaya

DC Court of Appeals - Hon. James A. Belson (Ret.)

DC Court of Appeals - Hon. Vanessa Ruiz

DC Superior Court - Hon. Julie H. Becker

DC Superior Court - Hon. Diane M. Brenneman (Ret.)

DC Superior Court - Hon. Anthony C. Epstein

DC Superior Court - Hon. Eric S. Glover

DC Superior Court - Hon. Anita Josey-Herring (Ret.)

DC Superior Court - Hon. Shana Frost Matini

DC Superior Court - Hon. Gregory E. Mize

DC Superior Court - Hon. Heidi Pasichow

DC Superior Court - Hon. Ebony M. Scott

DC Office of Administrative Hearings - Hon. Christopher Costa

DC Office of Administrative Hearings - Hon. Sharon Goodie

‍Civic Directors

Affiliations are listed for informational purposes only.

Jonathan Bender, Esq. - Law Office of Jonathan Bender, P.C.

James D. Bishop, Esq. - Catholic Charities Legal Network

Professor Susan Low Bloch - Georgetown University Law Center

Prof. Katherine S. Broderick – University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law

Jay A. Brozost, Esq.

Ralph J. Caccia, Esq. - Wiley Rein LLP

John Clark

David H. Cox - Jackson & Campbell, P.C.

Stacey Crooks

David J. Cynamon, Esq.

Jason G. Downs, Esq. - Hogan Lovells

Cary Feldman, Esq.

Andrew J. Glass - Politico

Jennifer Goode, Esq.

Samuel F. Harahan

Michael D. Hays

Athena Hemphill - U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Margaret L. Hines, Esq.

Kristian Hinson, Esq. - Office of the U.S. Attorney of the District of Columbia

Richard B. Hoffman, Esq.

Ellen M. Jakovic – Kirkland & Ellis

Treazure R. Johnson, Esq.

Ann Cuningham Keep

Brian D. Koosed - Venable LLP

Julia A. Matthews, Esq.

Victoria A. McEneney, Esq.

Carol D. Melamed, Esq.

Bryan Moser - Grant Thornton

Olinda Moyd, Esq. - American University, Washington College of Law

Hon. Irvin Nathan, Esq.

Robin Nunn, Esq. - Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Rodney F. Page

Rachel Rintelmann, Esq. - Earthjustice

Cortney R. Robinson, Esq. - U.S. Department of Justice

Sean P. Roche, Esq. - Cameron/McEvoy, PLLC

Robert S. Silverblatt - K&L Gates LLP

Robert J. Spagnoletti, Esq. - D.C. Bar

John H. Sturc, Esq.

Paula Thompson - Voices for a Second Chance

James P. Tuite, Esq.

Kathleen E. Voelker, Esq.

Emily Voshell - Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia

Tyrone Walker - Georgetown University, Prisons and Justice Initiative

Natasha Walls Smith – Disability Rights DC at University Legal Services

Cynthia G. Wright, Esq. - D.C. Office of Disciplinary Counsel

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Hon. Anna Blackburne-Rigsby - Chief Judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Thomas N. Faust - Director, D.C. Department of Corrections

A. J. Kramer, Esq. - Federal Public Defender, Office of the Federal Public Defender for D.C.

Hon. Milton Lee, Jr. - Chief Judge, Superior Court for the District of Columbia

Heather N. Pinckney - Director, Public Defender Service of the District of Columbia

Hon. Brian L. Schwalb - Attorney General of the District of Columbia