D.C. Bar Elections Are Here

Have you voted in the D.C. Bar elections yet? Ballots are due by Friday, June 5.

The election will select successors for the bar’s president-elect, secretary, treasurer, and five slots on the board of governors. D.C. Bar members are also voting on delegates to the American Bar Association House of Delegates.

Competing for the top job are Alfred Belcuore, managing partner of Montedonico, Belcuore & Tazzara, and Ronald Flagg, a partner at Sidley Austin. The term for the president runs three years: one as president-elect, one as president, one as immediate past president. Kim Keenan of the Keenan Firm was elected last year to succeed current bar president Robert Spagnoletti, a partner at Schertler & Onorato.

The board members also hold office for three years. The secretary and treasurer hold office for one year. ABA delegates serve two years.

Voters can cast their ballots either by mailing them in or voting online. The new officers will take office at the bar’s annual business meeting on June 25.

See the full list of candidates after the jump.

Other candidates are:

 

Secretary

- Meredith Fuchs, general counsel for the National Security Archive at George Washington University

- Paula Potoczak, Law Office of Paula M. Potoczak

 

Treasurer

-Thomas Mugavero, counsel at Whiteford, Taylor & Preston

-R. Justin Smith, assistant section chief in the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division 

Board of Governors (five candidates will be elected)

-Ralph Albrecht, a partner at Venable

-Johnine Barnes, a partner at Baker Hostetler

-Tom Brunner, a partner at Wiley Rein

-Paulette Chapman, a partner at Koonz, McKenney, Johnson, DePaolis & Lightfoot

-David Deitch, a partner at Janis, Schuelke & Wechsler

-Stephen Glover, a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

-Geoffrey Klineberg, a partner with Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel

-Lena Robins, senior counsel at Amgen

-James Rubin, a senior attorney at Hunton & Williams

-Javier Salinas, a senior attorney at Ernst & Young

 

ABA House of Delegates (two candidates will be elected)

-Arthur Burger, a partner at Jackson & Campbell

-Patrick McGlone, deputy general counsel at ULLICO Inc.

-Donald Remy, a partner at Latham & Watkins

-Mark Tuohey III, a partner at Vinson & Elkins

 

ABA House of Delegates Under 35

-Todd Overman, an associate at Hogan & Hartson

-Amy Yeung, an associate at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr 

Comments

[Chris Randolph]

Upon reviewing the statements of both Messrs. Belcuore and Flagg about their candidacies I was struck by two things. One was that both said they want to help provide legal services to people who can't afford legal fees. Mr. Flagg has much experience about that; I was disappointed Mr. Belcuore didn't offer anything about how he would help in that area. Two, I guess many lawyers endorse each candidate, but I wonder how clients would rate each of them. Is there a forum where these concerns can be addressed?