Attorneys
The Institute’s advisory board is comprised of preeminent, established players and emerging leaders within the complex litigation bar, representing a diverse range of perspectives and insights.
The board’s composition includes experts in both class actions and multidistrict litigation (MDL), as well as key players in not only federal litigation but also parallel state court litigation, in order to ensure that all stakeholder constituencies and perspectives are represented. These board members are tasked with advising on the strategic direction of the institute, as well as providing financial resources and support for the institute’s programming.
- John Beisner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (Washington, DC)
- Dawn Barrios, Barrios Kingsdorf & Casteix (New Orleans, LA)
- Andy Birchfield, Beasley Allen (Montgomery, AL)
- Sheila Birnbaum, Dechert (New York, NY)
- Kim Branscome, Kirkland & Ellis (Los Angeles, CA)
- Elizabeth Cabraser, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein (San Francisco, CA)
- Chris Chorba, Gibson Dunn (Los Angeles, CA)
- Lori Cohen, Greenberg Traurig (Atlanta, GA)
- Jayne Conroy, Simmons Hanly Conroy (New York, NY)
- Cari Dawson, Alston & Bird (Atlanta, GA)
- David Dukes, Nelson Mullins (Columbia, SC)
- Sean Fahey, Pepper Hamilton (Philadelphia, PA)
- Paul Geller, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd (Boca Raton, FL)
- Mark Lanier, The Lanier Firm (Houston, TX)
- Doug Marvin, Williams & Connolly (Washington, DC)
- Archis Parasharami, Mayer Brown (Washington, DC)
- Troy Rafferty, Levin Papantonio (Pensacola, FL)
- Joseph Rice, Motley Rice (Mt Pleasant, SC)
- Chris Seeger, Seeger Weiss (New York, NY)
- Steve Skikos, Skikos Crawford Skikos & Joseph (San Francisco, CA)
The Institute also holds roundtable dialogues on rule of law and emerging issues. The class action roundtable is co-chaired by Lynn Sarko (Keller Rohrback, Seattle WA) and Cari Dawson (Alston & Bird, Atlanta GA); the MDL roundtable is co-chaired by Ellen Rekin (Weitz Luxenberg, New York, NY) and Joe Petrosinelli (Williams & Connolly, Washington DC).