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BOARD MEMBERS
Bree Buchanan psychology at Claremont Graduate Heidi Alexander
President University. Anne has served as a teaching VP Policy
assistant to both Dr. Martin Seligman and
Bree Buchanan is founding Dr. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, the co- Heidi Alexander
co-chair of the National founders of positive psychology. Anne’s is Massachusetts’ first
Task Force on Lawyer Well- research focuses on lawyer thriving and director of the Supreme
Being and is a co-author of includes topics like positive leadership, Judicial Court Standing
its groundbreaking 2017 resilience, work engagement, meaningful Committee on Lawyer
report The Path to Well- work, motivation, inclusion, and retention of Well-Being. Before
Being: Practical Recommendations for women lawyers. assuming that role, Heidi served as the
Positive Change. In December 2020, she deputy director of Massachusetts Lawyers
was appointed board president of the newly Concerned for Lawyers and led its Law
formed Institute for Well-Being in Law, a Chris L. Newbold Office Management Assistance Program,
new nonprofit dedicated to bringing about VP Governance practiced law at a small firm in Boston, and
systemic change in the legal profession such Chris L. Newbold is clerked for a justice on the New Jersey
that considerations of well-being become executive vice president of Supreme Court. She is the author
central to the practice. Bree served as chair ALPS, the nation’s largest of Evernote as a Law Practice Tool, past
of the ABA Commission on Lawyers direct writer of lawyers’ co-chair of ABA TECHSHOW, and
Assistance Programs (2017–2020) and as professional liability founder of the ABA’s Women of Legal
director of the Texas Lawyers Assistance insurance, where he Technology initiative. Heidi is a native of
Program from 2013 until retirement in oversees business development and sales Minnesota, a former collegiate goaltender
2018. She is now senior advisor with Krill strategy and is ALPS’ chief liaison into the for Amherst College Women’s Ice Hockey
Strategies, Inc., providing consultation on bar association. Additionally, Chris is a Team, and a graduate of Rutgers School of
issues related to lawyer well-being and recognized strategic planning facilitator in Law, where she was the editor-in-chief of
impairment for major legal employers. Bree the bar association and bar foundation the Rutgers Law Review. Heidi attends to
is co-host of the podcast “The Path to Well- worlds, is a leader in the lawyer well-being her own well-being by coaching CrossFit
Being Law” and has shared her own story of movement, and advises states/bar and girls’ youth hockey, competing in
recovery as a featured guest on podcasts as association exploring the merits of powerlifting, and most importantly,
well as articles published in the United mandatory malpractice insurance or spending time with her three young kids.
States, Canada, and the U.K. disclosure rules. Within the well-being in She can be reached via email at heidi@
law arena, Chris has been at the epicenter of lawyerwellbeingma.org, Twitter @
heidialexander, or LinkedIn www.linkedin.
Anne M. Brafford discussion nationally since 2016. As co-
com/in/heidisarahalexander.
Vice President of IWIL, VP Programming, Chair author of the movement igniting report The
of Well-Being Week Path to Lawyer Well-Being: Practical
Anne M. Brafford is a
Recommendations for Positive Change, his Lindsey D. Draper
leadership as co-chair of the National Task VP Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
former equity partner at Force on Lawyer Well-Being, his
Morgan, Lewis, & Bockius participation on the ABA’s Working Group Following his 2006
LLP and the founder to Advance Well-Being in the Legal retirement as a Milwaukee
of Aspire, an education and Profession, and his role as co-host of “The County Circuit Court
consulting firm for the legal Path to Well-Being in Law” podcast, Chris commissioner, Lindsey D.
profession. Anne is the past chair of the has been at the forefront of a movement to Draper oversaw Wisconsin’s
ABA Law Practice Division’s Attorney Well- create a culture shift in the legal profession adherence to the mandates
Being Committee and was the editor-in- intent on advancing personal and of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
chief and co-author of the 2017 report of the professional satisfaction in all sectors of the Prevention Act as the state’s
National Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being. legal field. disproportionate minority contact
As part of her role with the ABA’s coordinator and compliance monitor until
Presidential Working Group, formed to his retirement in 2014. Lindsey previously
investigate how legal employers can support served as chair of the ABA then-Standing
healthy work environments, Anne authored Committee on Client Protection and a
the freely available Well-Being Toolkit for trustee at St. Francis de Sales Seminary. He
Lawyers and Legal Employers. Anne is the is currently chairman of the board of
author of an ABA-published book directors at St. Charles Youth and Family
titled Positive Professionals. Anne earned a Services in Milwaukee; secretary of the
master’s degree in applied positive board of directors of the Milwaukee County
psychology from the University of Historical Society; a director-at-large of the
Pennsylvania and is nearing completion of National Client Protection Organization;
her doctoral work in positive organizational liaison to the Wisconsin Task Force on
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Lawyer Well-Being; a member of the Responsibility and has nearly 20 years of Justice Foundation, among others. He
Wisconsin Lawyers’ Fund for Client experience investigating and prosecuting has been appointed as a “Montana
Protection Committee; and a member of the attorney disciplinary matters with both the Ambassador” by the governor of Montana.
ABA Center for Professional Responsibility USPTO and IL ARDC. Committed to the John is also a frequent presenter on lawyer
Continuing Legal Education Committee. promotion and encouragement of well-being topics, including for CoLAP, the
professional responsibility and attorney State Bar of Montana, the Montana Defense
well-being throughout her career, Tracy has
Robin Wolpert served on the ABA’s Commission on
Trial Lawyers, the Jackrabbit Bar, and the
Treasurer Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis.
Lawyers Assistance Programs and authored He lives in Missoula and Helena and is the
Robin Wolpert is an a portion of the National Task Force on very proud parent of a teenage daughter. In
accomplished appellate Lawyer Well-Being’s Report & his free time, he enjoys fly fishing, sailing,
practitioner, business Recommendations. Ms. Kepler is an painting, and drumming (all of which he
litigator, and white-collar adjunct professor at American University’s reports need work).
criminal defense attorney at Washington College of Law, Georgetown
Sapientia Law Group in University Law Center, and Loyola School *A note from Bree: To get a measure of the
Minneapolis. Her 20-year career began in of Law teaching Legal Ethics. man, check out his blog: https://johnmudd.
BigLaw, and she went on to serve as a blog/.
prosecutor and senior counsel of compliance
& business conduct at 3M. Robin uses her John Mudd
VP Fund Development
unique blend of government, private-sector,
and in-house experience to address legal, John Mudd presently serves
policy, leadership, and organizational as the executive director
challenges for a wide variety of clients. and acting general counsel
Before becoming a lawyer, Robin earned of the State Bar of
her Ph.D. in political science from the Montana. Prior to joining
University of Chicago. Her areas of the bar in 2018, John was
expertise include constitutional law, judicial the director of development and alumni
politics, cognitive and behavioral relations for seven years at the Alexander
economics, and political and organizational Blewett III School of Law at the University
psychology. Robin was a visiting instructor of Montana. John helped direct the school’s
at Georgetown University and assistant record-setting capital campaign, which
professor of Government & International raised over $20 million. He also worked to
Politics at the University of South Carolina. help establish the Max S. Baucus Institute at
She earned her B.A. from Colby College the law school and secure the founding gifts
and her J.D. from Cornell Law School. for the same. The public policy institute is
Robin is passionate about public service. named for Ambassador Max Baucus, former
She oversees Minnesota’s lawyer U.S. ambassador to the People’s Republic of
disciplinary system as chair of the Lawyers China.
Professional Responsibility Board. She is John graduated cum laude from the
secretary of the National Conference of Bar Catholic University of American in
Presidents, a member of the ABA House of Washington, D.C., where he was elected
Delegates, and past president of the Phi Beta Kappa. He received his law degree
Minnesota State Bar Association. She from the University of Montana School
served on the National Task Force on of Law. During law school, John was an
Lawyer Well-Being from 2018–2020. articles editor for the Montana Law Review
and was a member of the school’s National
Tracy Kepler Moot Court Competition team, which won
Secretary the national championship.
Tracy L. Kepler is the risk After law school, John entered private
control consulting director practice in Missoula, Montana, during
for CNA’s Global Lawyers which he served a term as secretary of the
Professional Liability Montana Senate. Prior to joining the law
Division. In this role, she school, John served as executive counsel
creates the content of risk for the Montana commissioner of securities
management initiatives and collaborates and insurance. He was selected as a Rising
with the underwriting and claims teams to Star by Mountain States Super Lawyers before
develop and execute strategies for the leaving private practice.
profitable growth of the program. Prior to John currently serves on the boards of the
joining CNA, Tracy served as the director Max S. Baucus Institute, the Montana
of the ABA’s Center for Professional World Affairs Council, and the Montana
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ADVISORY BOARD
Raul Ayala Robert (Bob) M. Carlson Supreme Court’s Character and Fitness
Hispanic National Bar Association–Co-Chair Corette Black Carlson & Mickelson, P.C.– Commission. Since 1994, he has been a
Los Angeles, CA Shareholder member of the University of Montana
Butte, MT Law School’s Clinical Board of Visitors.
Raul Ayala is the He has served as lawyer representative to
collaborative courts Bob Carlson, a shareholder the Federal District of Montana, Montana
supervising attorney for the with the Butte, Montana, co-chair of the Ninth Circuit’s Lawyer
Federal Public Defender’s law firm of Corette Black Representatives Coordinating Committee,
Office in the Central Carlson and Mickelson, and chair of the state bar’s Ad Hoc
District of California. As P.C., was president of the Committee on Discipline.
such, he has been assigned as the lead ABA from August 2018 to
deputy federal public defender for each of August 2019. Bob earned his B.A. with honors from the
the Conviction and Sentence Alternatives University of Montana and his J.D. from the
During his term as president, Bob focused University of Montana School of Law.
(CASA) Program courts—two in Los on enhancing the benefits to members and
Angeles and one each in Santa Ana and broadly marketing the value of membership
Riverside. In addition, he is a team member Justin A. Connor
to potential members. He consistently
of the Substance Abuse Treatment and Association of Corporate Counsel–Director of Chief
delivered the message that the ABA is
Reentry (STAR) Program, the district’s Legal Officer & Stakeholder Engagement
essential to all lawyers—as the voice of the
post-conviction reentry drug court. Raul legal profession and as an organization that Washington, D.C.
has been part of the CASA and STAR can make them better practicing attorneys. Justin A. Connor is a
programs since 2011 and also serves as the He also spoke often on ABA initiatives to seasoned corporate attorney
office supervisor for its developing Social promote lawyer and law student wellness; and chief legal officer with
Services Unit. advance diversity in the association and over 20 years of law practice
After working several years at a private the profession; fight for access to justice for experience, including with
nonprofit community law firm that he and all, including those seeking refuge in the law firms and corporate law
some law school classmates established United States; and argue in defense of an departments and as a regulatory attorney
after graduating from UC Hastings independent judiciary. with the U.S. government. Currently, Justin
College of the Law in San Francisco, he advises corporate legal departments around
As shareholder, Bob has a civil trial and
became a trial deputy for the Federal the world as the director of chief legal officer
mediation practice that primarily involves
Public Defenders Office from 1984 through & stakeholder engagement at the
insurance defense, products liability, and
1988. During that time, he tried dozens of Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) in
insurance coverage. Before entering private
cases in district court and argued several Washington, D.C.
practice in 1981, he was a staff attorney
matters before the Ninth Circuit Court of for the Montana Department of Business Justin heads ACC’s chief legal officer and
Appeals. In the following 20 years of private Regulation and a law clerk for the Montana general counsel engagement program in
practice as a criminal defense lawyer, he Supreme Court. addition to directing corporate membership
tried many more cases in both federal
and state courts and remained active in Bob has a long record of service to the for large law departments and creating a
various bar associations and public interest ABA. From 2012–2014, he was chair of the suite of world-class executive education
scholarship foundations. He returned as a ABA’s policymaking House of Delegates, programs for lawyers. Previously, Justin was
federal defender for a second “tour of duty” the association’s second-highest elected in-house counsel to Giesecke & Devrient,
in 2008 and is a regular trainer for the office. He currently serves as the chair of a secure payment provider, and also
national Defender Services Office of the the House of Delegates Working Group on practiced corporate law with a satellite
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts Policy and Operations. He served three telecommunications provider in Northern
in Washington, D.C. Raul is currently terms on the ABA Board of Governors Virginia.
chair of the ABA Criminal Justice Section’s and its Executive Committee, chairing From 2005–2010, Justin was based overseas
Diversion Standards Task Force and serves its Executive Compensation Committee. in Dubai, UAE, where he was the chief
as a co-chair of the section’s Alternatives to Bob has also served in the ABA House legal officer to a sovereign private equity
Incarceration and Diversion Committee. of Delegates as both Montana’s state bar investment firm and was responsible for all
delegate and state delegate and as a delegate M&A transactions and corporate finance
Raul, a recovering alcoholic, has served at large. He is a Life Patron Fellow and past deals as well as managing regulatory
on the ABA Commission on Lawyer state chair of the Fellows of the American risk. He also practiced corporate and
Assistance Programs and on the board Bar Foundation. commercial law with the largest law firm in
of The Other Bar, Inc. (a California non-
profit organization for legal professionals in In addition to his firm and ABA service, the Middle East region. Before moving to
recovery), and he is currently co-chair of the bob was president of the State Bar of Dubai, Justin was a senior attorney with the
Hispanic National Bar Association Attorney Montana from 1993–1994 and chaired its U.S. Federal Communications Commission,
Wellness Committee. board of trustees from 1990–1992. He has where he was responsible for reviewing
also served as a member of the Montana major M&A transactions.
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Justin began his law practice career as active within the ABA Center for Association and in August 2014, she became
an associate in the antitrust litigation Professional Responsibility. the first LAP director to be appointed chair
practice at the Heller Ehrman law firm in of the ABA’s Commission on Lawyer
Washington, D.C. In 2004, he served as a Assistance Programs.
Fulbright Fellow, teaching and researching Judith Gundersen
National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE)– In her spare time, Terry enjoys helping
in Beirut, Lebanon. Justin is a graduate of
President and CEO others with the aid of her certified
Northeastern University School of Law and
Madison, WI therapy dog, Augustus of Mackinac, more
Earlham College. commonly known as “Gus,” a 6-year-
Judith Gundersen is the old Golden Retriever. Gus and Terry are
president and CEO of the
Logan Cornett National Conference of Bar
frequently seen at state bar events and law
The Institute for the Advancement of the American schools across the state.
Examiners (NCBE), where
Legal System (IAALS)–Director of Research she has overseen a number
University of Denver of major modernizations to Kristin Haugen
Denver, CO the 90-year-old organization, including a National Asian Pacific American Bar Association–
Logan Cornett is the three-year study of the bar exam resulting Advisory Board
director of research at in recommendations that are guiding Minneapolis, MN
IAALS at the University of implementation for the next generation of Kristin Haugen is vice
Denver. She has more than the exam; the transition of the Multistate president of legal at
15 years of experience as an Professional Responsibility Exam to a LifeWorks, a publicly traded
empirical researcher, with computer-based testing format; and the company operating in over
the past 10 years of her career dedicated to first-ever remote administrations of the bar 160 countries and
the study of legal issues in topics such as exam, offered in response to the COVID-19 supporting over 26 million
legal education, minimum competence for pandemic. Judith’s focus on transparency people, focused on improving the health and
law practice, and access to justice. Logan and outreach has resulted in significant new wellness of employees and their families.
has designed, conducted, and published diversity and inclusion initiatives and
reports for numerous studies and has increased outreach to legal educators by In addition to being president of Minnesota
extensive expertise in research methods, NCBE. Women Lawyers, Kristin serves on
statistics, survey development, interviews the board or advisory board of various
Judith joined NCBE in 2000 as the deputy
and focus groups, and quantitative and organizations including the National Asian
director of testing and became director of
qualitative data analysis. In addition to Pacific American Bar Association and the
test operations in 2015. Prior to joining the
research expertise, Logan brings a decade National Association of Asian American
NCBE, she worked as an assistant district
of subject-matter experience to her work. Professionals-Minnesota. She has chaired
attorney in Madison, Wisconsin. She the Collaborative Bar Leadership Academy;
obtained her J.D. from the University of has been recognized nationally as an
Whittney A. Dunn Wisconsin Law School. American Bar Foundation Fellow and ABA
ABA Young Lawyers’ Division–Wellness Director Leadership Development Program Fellow;
St. Louis, MO Terry Harrell and received the President’s Volunteer
Whittney A. Dunn, risk Indiana Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program– Service Award.
manager at The Bar Plan, is Executive Director Originally, from Syracuse, New York,
a national speaker who Indianapolis, IN Kristin received her B.A. with distinction
presents to hundreds of in all subjects from Cornell University
Terry Harrell completed
lawyers annually on ethics, and her J.D. cum laude from University of
her law degree at Maurer
malpractice avoidance, and Illinois College of Law. She lives and plays
School of Law and her
lawyer well-being. When not presenting, she in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and enjoys
Master of Social Work
provides one-on-one ethics guidance and being active (waterskiing, wake surfing,
Degree (MSW) at Indiana
law practice management assistance to swimming, downhill skiing, hiking, and
University. Terry is a
attorneys in the states where The Bar Plan more) as well as engaging in quieter pursuits
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
provides malpractice insurance. She has like reading, knitting, and playing games.
and a Licensed Clinical Addictions
authored numerous published articles, Counselor (LCAC) in Indiana and has a
providing her expertise in risk management nationally recognized Master Addictions
and claim avoidance to Missouri Lawyers Noah S. Heller
Counselor certification from NAADAC.
Media, the ABA, and numerous other local, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP–
She has worked in a variety of areas,
state, and national publications. Whittney Chief Executive Officer
including inpatient treatment, crisis services,
also has a keen interest in contributing to New York, NY
adult outpatient treatment, wraparound
the well-being of her fellow lawyers. She Noah Heller is Katten’s first
services for severely emotionally disturbed
currently serves as the vice-chair of The chief executive officer. In
adolescents, and management. Terry has
Missouri Bar Lawyers Living Well that role, he steers the
been with the Indiana Judges & Lawyers
Committee and was the first ever ABA strategic and operational
Assistance Program ( JLAP) since 2000 and
Young Lawyers’ Division Wellness Director direction of the firm of
became the executive director in 2002. She
for the 2020–2021 Bar Year. She is also more than 650 lawyers
is active with the Indiana State Bar
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across 10 offices in the United States, legal, and administrative performance. magazine of the ABA Center for
London, and Shanghai. Noah takes a Prior to embarking on her environmental Professional Responsibility. He says he
straightforward approach to management, career, Javoyne worked as a prosecutor for practices mindfulness by being in the
providing clear direction for the firm and more than 17 years. She served as acting moment with his daughters whenever he
creating a culture of transparency that binds district attorney and chief assistant district can.
its professionals together. attorney in DeKalb County, as well as
assistant attorney general in the Georgia
Attorney General’s Office and associate M. Dru Levasser
R. Jayoyne Hicks magistrate in DeKalb County. National LGBT Bar–Deputy Program Officer
State Bar of Georgia Wellness Committee–Chair Washington, D.C.
Atlanta, GA Javoyne is a past president of the DeKalb
M. Dru Levasseur serves as
Bar Association and served on the boards
R. Javoyne Hicks serves as deputy program officer for
of the Georgia Association of Black Women
chair of the State Bar of the National LGBT Bar,
Attorneys and Leadership Georgia. She
Georgia Wellness working to deepen the bar’s
presently serves as a member of the State
Committee and is a programmatic work around
Bar of Georgia’s Board of Governors. She
member of the Lawyers the country and increase
is a native of Raleigh, North Carolina,
Assistance Program. She is outreach to and education for
and graduate of the University of North
also a member of the Executive Committee constituencies, including law schools and
Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she earned
for the Georgia State Bar’s Board of students, law firms, and corporations.
her undergraduate and law degrees. She
Governors. Over the last several years, Previously, Dru was senior attorney and
is also the proud mom of two daughters,
Javoyne has been committed to promoting transgender rights project director for
Victoria and Sydney.
the importance of wellness on all levels— Lambda Legal, the oldest and largest
physical, mental, social, and financial. She national legal organization committed to
has served as a speaker for several David Jaffe achieving full recognition of the civil rights
organizations and as a panel member/ American University, Washington College of Law– of LGBTQ+ people and people living with
presenter for numerous continuing legal Dean of Student Affairs HIV. During almost a decade at Lambda
education classes on the topics of wellness Washington, D.C. Legal, Dru served as counsel in landmark
and suicide prevention. She helped develop transgender rights impact litigation,
David Jaffe is associate dean
the State Bar of Georgia’s first Wellness and contributed to important amicus briefs, and
for student affairs at
Practical Skills 12-hour Continuing Legal advocated on behalf of transgender people
American University
Education Seminar and adapted the 2nd nationwide. Dru was also instrumental in
Washington College of Law.
Annual Wellness CLE to a six-hour virtual the creation and development of Lambda
In his work on wellness
event during COVID. Legal’s Transgender Rights Project in 2013
issues among law students
as well as Lambda’s Trans Toolkit. Prior to
In her regular capacity, Javoyne serves over the last two decades, he has served on
joining Lambda Legal, Dru was the first
as the DeKalb County State and the D.C. Bar Lawyer Assistance Program,
staff attorney at Transgender Legal Defense
Magistrate Courts clerk. As such, she is including as its chair, and continues to serve
& Education Fund and before that, served
responsible for the management of public on the ABA Commission on Lawyer
as a law clerk in the Massachusetts Superior
records for civil lawsuits, garnishments, Assistance Programs as co-chair of the Law
Court. In 2007, Dru co-founded the Jim
eviction proceedings, personal property School Assistance Committee. David co-
Collins Foundation, a trans-led national
foreclosures, domestic violence hearings, authored Suffering in Silence: The Survey
nonprofit that funds surgeries for
traffic violations, ordinance violations, and of Law Student Well-Being and the
transgender people in need. He received his
criminal misdemeanor cases in DeKalb Reluctance of Law Students to Seek Help
bachelor’s degree from the University of
County. Prior to working in the clerk’s for Substance Use and Mental Health
Massachusetts and his law degree from
office, Javoyne served DeKalb County as Concerns, reporting the results of the
Western New England University School of
the deputy chief assistant solicitor-general national survey he co-piloted in 2014. He
Law.
in charge of the Diversion Programs for the was lead author for the Law School section
Solicitor-General’s Office. She supervised of The Path to Lawyer Well-Being:
and expanded the operations of several Practical Recommendations for Positive Stephanie A.H. Louie
Diversion Programs designed to give first- Change, released in August 2017. He National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
time and youthful offenders and those with produced the “Getting Healthy, Staying Austin, TX
special circumstances a second chance at Healthy” video that is used as a resource in
Stephanie Louie is an estate
opportunities to avoid criminal prosecution. many Professional Responsibility classes
planning and probate
around the country. David also authored
Javoyne returned to DeKalb County after attorney in Austin, Texas.
“The Key to Law Student Well-Being? We
serving the federal government as the chief She was born and raised in
Have to Love Our Law Students” in the
of staff of the Environmental Protection Los Angeles and moved to
National Association of Law Placement
Agency, Region 4, where she implemented the San Francisco Bay Area
Professional Development Quarterly and
high-level policy decisions and community to go to school at UC Berkeley and
co-authored “Conduct Yourselves
engagement initiatives and executed University of San Francisco School of Law.
Accordingly: Amending Bar Character and
organizational processes to help facilitate Stephanie practiced as a civil litigator for six
Fitness Questions to Promote Lawyer Well-
the region’s high-caliber technical, financial, years before transitioning into estate
Being” in The Professional Lawyer
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planning. After the loss of her newborn son Marrero of the U.S. District Court for the law firm Kenlan, Schweibert & Facey from
in 2018, Stephanie and her husband moved Southern District of New York. 1986 until his appointment as an associate
to Texas for a fresh start and love their new justice by Governor James Douglas in
Her pro bono work includes serving as lead
community. Having dealt first-hand with October 2003. He was sworn in as chief
counsel with the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights
depression and anxiety after law school and justice of the Vermont Supreme Court by
Project and with ACLU-Utah in a Bivens
then overwhelming grief after losing her Governor Douglas on December 17, 2004.
action against U.S. marshals who raided
son, Stephanie is passionate about wellness. a family’s home on two successive days.
She serves on the PAIMI Council for
Disability Rights Texas, volunteers with
Starling received the New York County Jarrod F. Reich
Lawyers Association Conspicuous Service University of Miami School of Law–Professor
NAMI Central Texas, is a member of the Award for authoring a chapter in Commercial Coral Gables, FL
Wellness Committee for the National Asian Litigation in New York State Courts, Fifth Edition,
Pacific American Bar Association, and tries Jarrod Reich is a member of
a joint venture of Thomson Reuters and the
to be a cheerful advocate in her community the faculty of the University
New York County Lawyers Association.
for good mental health. of Miami School of Law,
where he currently teaches
Danyale Phillips first-year and upper-level
S. Starling Marshall DrFirst, Inc.–Corporate Counsel writing courses as well as
Crowell & Moring–Partner Washington, D.C. evidence, and where he is the faculty advisor
New York, NY to the Miami Law Mental Health
Danyale Phillips is a
S. Starling Marshall is a Collective. Previously, he served on the
corporate health law
partner in the Tax and faculties of Georgetown University Law
attorney, and like that of
Litigation groups in the Center and Florida State University College
her mother, grandmother,
Crowell & Moring’s New of Law as well as the Benjamin N. Cardozo
and great grandmother, she
York office. Starling School of Law as an adjunct professor,
was destined to have a
represents clients in teaching courses in legal writing, appellate
career in health care. She believes health
commercial and tax litigation in federal and advocacy, and alternative dispute resolution
care is essential and transformative, and she
administrative tribunals and complex IRS and seminars for judicial externs, in-house
utilizes her legal acumen to enable providers
audits and administrative appeals, and she counsel externs, and legal writing fellows.
and caretakers to focus on their life-
provides tax-related advice, conducts He focuses his scholarship on lawyer and
changing work. Danyale counsels
internal investigations, and represents law student well-being. Among other things,
companies on a variety of matters allowing
individuals and corporate entities in he is the author of Capitalizing on Healthy
them to navigate the legal landscape
criminal tax matters. Lawyers: The Business Case for Law Firms to
of compliance, state and federal regulations,
Promote and Prioritize Lawyer Well-Being; he is
Starling has been elected as a Fellow of the and data privacy.
a contributing author of and adviser to the
American College of Tax Counsel and was Danyale holds a B.A. in political science New York State Bar Association’s Lawyer
recognized by the Legal 500 US for her from Spelman College and earned her J.D. Well-Being Task Force Report; and he
contributions in the field of Tax – US Taxes from Michigan State University College of presents on well-being topics both nationally
– Contentious (2017). Law. Originally from Oakland, California, and internationally. In 2020, he served as
Prior to entering private practice, Starling she now resides in the Washington, D.C., chair of the Association of American Law
served as a trial attorney in the U.S. area with her partner, their 1-year-old Schools’ Section on Balance in Legal
Department of Justice’s Tax Division, Court son, Langston, and their 11-year-old dog, Education. In addition to well-being, he also
of Federal Claims Section. There, she was Satchel. In her down time, Danyale enjoys writes and presents on legal writing and is
responsible for all aspects of litigation, reading, creating new recipes, and spending the co-author of the fourth edition
from motions to discovery to trials on a time with family near and far. of Thinking Like a Writer: A Lawyer’s Guide to
variety of issues involving tax shelters, Effective Writing and Editing, the premier legal
complex refund suits, 1603 grant cases, and writing textbook for practitioners. Prior to
TEFRA proceedings. She served on the Paul L. Reiber
teaching full-time, he was counsel at the
Vermont Supreme Court–Chief Justice
Tax Division’s employment tax enforcement firm Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, where he
Montpelier, VT
task force. She tried several cases as lead focused his practice on complex litigation.
trial counsel, and litigated matters of first Justice Paul L. Reiber of Before working in private practice, he
impression, including a case to determine Chittenden, Vermont, was clerked for Judge William J. Haynes Jr. (ret.)
the effect of a TEFRA judgment on born in Pittsburgh, of the U.S. District Court for the Middle
penalties against partners, a case regarding Pennsylvania, on June 20, District of Tennessee. He graduated from
the proper treatment of earn-out rights, 1947. He graduated from Brandeis University and Vanderbilt
and a case about the treatment of nuclear Hampden-Sydney College University Law School.
decommissioning liabilities. For her service, in Virginia in 1970 and earned his J.D. from
the U.S. Department of Justice awarded her Suffolk Law School in Boston in 1974.
the Outstanding Attorney Award (2015) and Justice Reiber is married to the former
the Special Commendation for Outstanding Sandra Sherburne, and they have two
Contribution (2013). From 2008–2009, daughters. He served in the private practice
Starling served as a law clerk to Hon. Victor of law in Rutland and as a partner in the
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Casey Ryan Stephanie received a Ph.D. in behavioral of 2019 New York Trailblazers, which
Reed Smith LLP–Partner sciences and a J.D. from the University recognizes individuals who are considered
Pittsburgh, PA of Chicago. She frequently combines her innovators and agents of change. She was
skills in data analytics to create cutting- praised for being “at the forefront of a
Casey Ryan is the global edge research on issues of diversity and movement to make sure lawyers tend to
head of legal personnel at inclusion. Stephanie founded and conducted their physical and emotional needs as well
Reed Smith LLP and a the NAWL Annual Survey of Women as their practices.”
member of the firm’s senior in Law Firms (2006–2014) and the first
management team. She Annette joined Latham more than 20 years
national survey of women’s initiatives in
plays a key role in the firm’s ago and has been a driving force behind
law firms, The Strategy, Structure and
talent development efforts, including its the firm’s investment in programs that
Scope of Women’s Initiatives in Law Firms
Wellness Works program, which strives to support health and well-being—and with
(2012). With co-author Roberta Liebenberg,
promote the overall well-being of her team, has built a powerful platform of
Stephanie conducted the seminal survey of
the attorneys and professional staff of the resources customized to meet the needs of
women as lead counsel in litigation, First
firm. The focus is to take a proactive legal professionals. These include programs
Chairs at Trial: More Women Need Seats
approach to promoting a healthy lifestyle by aimed at supporting mental health,
at the Table (2015), and a national survey
providing programs and resources on developing resilience and mindfulness,
of experienced women lawyers, Walking
an ongoing basis on areas such as stress preventing diabetes, and more. Annette
Out the Door: The Facts, Figures and
reduction, work-life balance, nutrition/ was also instrumental in Latham being
Future of Experienced Women in Private
healthy habits, substance use awareness, and an inaugural signatory to the ABA’s Well-
Practice (2019). Most recently, Stephanie
mindfulness. Being Pledge in 2018, which more than 100
and Roberta reported on the largest survey law firms, corporate legal departments, and
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America and of the legal profession ever conducted by the law schools have since joined.
Chambers USA and a Fellow in the College ABA, Practicing Law in the Pandemic and
of Labor and Employment Lawyers, Casey Moving Forward: Results and Best Practices
has represented employers in a wide variety from a Nationwide Survey of the Legal David Shaheed
of employment-related matters for nearly Profession (April 2021), which includes data- Marion Superior Court, Civil 1
25 years. She has successfully litigated based best practices for firms, organizations, Indianapolis, IN
in federal and state courts throughout and individual lawyers to achieve long-term Judge David Shaheed has a
the United States and routinely conducts success.. rich legal career spanning
complex workplace investigations and Stephanie was 2017–2020 chair of the ABA more than 30 years,
advises on complicated policy issues. Commission on Women in the Profession; including 20 years as a
is a member of the Advisory Board of judge in both criminal and
Stephanie A. Scharf Direct Women; is a former president of the civil courts. In 1994, Judge
Scharf Banks Marmore, LLC–Partner National Association of Women Lawyers Shaheed began serving as a master
The Red Bee Group–Principal (2004–2005); and was special advisor to the commissioner in the Marion County
Chicago, IL ABA’s Presidential Commission on Diversity Superior Courts and in 1999, he was
and Inclusion. appointed to the bench by Indiana
Stephanie Scharf is Governor Frank O’Bannon. He was elected
founding partner of Scharf Stephanie has received many awards in
as a trial judge in 2003 and presided over
Banks Marmor, LLC, a recognition of her work for advancing
Criminal Court 14 and the Drug Treatment
prominent women-litigation women in the law, including the Coalition
Diversion Court. In 2005, Judge Shaheed
and appeals firm. Stephanie of Women’s Initiatives in Law Inspiration
launched Marion County’s Re-entry Court,
and the firm have been Award (2020); the Women’s Bar Association
only the second re-entry court in the state of
profiled for the “unique quality of their of Illinois Myra Bradwell Award (2018); the
Indiana. He was named “Judge of the Year”
work” and for “Work at a Very High Level.” National Association of Women Lawyers
in 2007 by the Indiana Correctional
A frequent author and CLE speaker, most Public Service Award (2017); the Chicago
Association for his work with ex-offenders
recently Stephanie has been lead editor of Bar Association Alliance for Women
and defendants seeking recovery from
the PLI treatise, Product Liability: Current Founder’s Award (2015); and the National
substance abuse.
Law, Strategy and Best Practices. She has Law Journal Two Steps Forward Award
been named a Leading Lawyer, Best (2014). As a lawyer, Judge Shaheed served as chief
Lawyer, Super Lawyer, and one of the “500 administrative law judge for the Indiana
Leading Litigators in America” and is Unemployment Appeals Division, legal
Annette Sciallo counsel to the Indiana Department of
Martindale-Hubbell AV-rated. Latham & Watkins–Director of Global Workforce Development, and counsel to the
In addition to her law practice, Stephanie is Benefits & Well-Being Democratic Caucus of the Indiana House
a founding principal of The Red Bee Group, New York, NY of Representatives in 1995. A warrior for
LLC, https://www.theredbeegroup.com/, Annette Sciallo, Latham & justice, Judge Shaheed spent eight years as
a consulting firm that helps businesses, Watkins’ director of global co-counsel in the wrongful case of the Estate
organizations, and law firms achieve their benefits & well-being, was of Michael Taylor v. The City of Indianapolis,
goals for growth and innovation using data- named to the New York ultimately winning a $3.5-million-dollar
based strategies with diverse owned land Law Journal’s inaugural list verdict in 1996 for the mother of a 16-year-
inclusive solutions.
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old African American youth found dead admissions, retention, and student records. Lewis’s first pro bono counsel, and in
while in police custody. Pam received an M.S. in educational 2008, she was named pro bono partner.
leadership–higher education from UND Complementing her advanced degree in
Judge Shaheed is an associate professor
and a B.S. in childhood studies education international human rights law, Amanda’s
at Indiana University’s School of Public
from Plymouth State University.She is the pro bono practice historically focused on
and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) in
current past president of the National human rights litigation under the Alien
Indianapolis. He is also a member of the
Association of Law Student Affairs Tort Statute. As part of a larger team,
ABA’s Commission on Lawyers Assistance
Professionals (NALSAP) and served as co- she obtained a $140-million judgment on
Programs. He has served on the board of
chair for the 2020 NALSAP Conference. In behalf of four Bosnian Muslims who had
directors for Seeds of Hope, a shelter for
addition to NALSAP, Pam is a founding been detained and tortured in the former
women in recovery, and was a former officer
member and treasurer/secretary of the Yugoslavia and a $37-million judgment on
for the Indiana Juvenile Justice Task Force
Greater Grand Forks Women’s Leadership behalf of two Peruvian women who had
and the Interfaith Alliance of Indianapolis.
Cooperative. seen their mothers and siblings killed by the
Judge Shaheed earned his bachelor’s Peruvian military.
degree in business administration from the
University of Evansville in 1976 and his law Amanda D. Smith In 2015, Amanda was named the firm’s
Morgan Lewis–Chief Engagement Officer associate talent & pro bono partner and
degree from Indiana University’s Robert
New York, NY led a firmwide effort to innovate and
McKinney School of Law in 1984. He is the
improve all aspects of its global associate
proud father of five children and has been Amanda Smith serves as talent management, including associate
married to his wife, Brenda, for 48 years. the chief engagement officer performance management, compensation,
at Morgan Lewis. In this recruiting, retention, training, and
global position, she works to
Pam Shea development. In her current role, Amanda
ensure that the workplace
National Association of Law Student Affairs continues to work directly with, and
experience of every
Professionals (NALSAP)–Past President provide strategic guidance to, the firm’s
employee is consistent with the firm’s unique
Grand Forks, ND pro bono and associate talent teams. As a
culture. In addition to designing and partner in the firm, Amanda also serves
Pam Shea is the director of implementing the firm’s engagement on the board of directors of the Morgan
student life at University of programming, Amanda supports all firm Lewis Foundation, the National Center for
North Dakota (UND) personnel through the development of well- Access to Justice, and the National Veterans
School of Law. Which she being initiatives. Amanda also oversees the Legal Services Program. She serves on the
joined in 2012. In her role, Morgan Lewis Corporate Social Emeritus Council of the Association of Pro
she works primarily with Responsibility Program, which includes Bono Counsel, an organization she co-
programming, student organizations, developing skills-based volunteer founded in 2006. She is a frequent panelist
examinations, accommodations, and data opportunities for Morgan Lewis personnel at the Pro Bono Institute and Equal Justice
reporting (e.g., ABA, NALP, U.S. News). globally and executing its sustainability conferences and is an adjunct professor at
Prior to joining the School of Law, she program worldwide. Cardozo Law School, where she teaches a
worked with the UND College of Nursing
Amanda joined Morgan Lewis in 2003 with course on the private bar response to the
and Professional Development as the
a practice focused on appellate litigation. In access to justice.
graduate program specialist, assisting with
2004, she was selected to serve as Morgan
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