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CDLA Committees & Board Member Liaisons

Executive Committee

  • Stephanie Montague, President, Hall & Evans
  • Rosa Derieux, Vice President, Bradley J. Schulz & Associates
  • Chris Unger, Secretary, American Family Insurance
  • Rob Hinckley, Immediate Past President, Buchalter

Amicus Committee

  • Jeff Ruebel, Ruebel & Quillen
  • Marilyn Chappell, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani
  • Andy Nathan, Nathan Dumm & Mayer
  • Lamar Jost, Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell
  • Brendan Loy, Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell
  • Jack Mann, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani

CDLA Diversity Board Director

  • Trent Cromartie, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani

CDLA Foundation Board Director

  • Karlee Janigian, Sutton Booker

DRI State Representative

  • Hillary Patterson, Patterson Ripplinger

Legislative Committee

  • Adam Royval, Chair, Messner Reeves
  • Scott Neckers, Overturf McGath & Hull, P.C.
  • Meredith McDonald, O'Hagan Meyer
  • Rosa Derieux, Bradley J. Schulz & Associates
  • Brian Kuhlmann, Shelter Insurance
  • Jeff Ruebel, Ruebel & Quillen, LLC
  • Brandon Hull, Overturf McGath & Hull, P.C.
  • Ariana Busby, Coombe Curry Rich & Jarvis

Professionalism & Education Committee

  • Chair: Matt Cecil, Sutton | Booker
  • Brian DeMocker, O'Hagan Meyer
  • Joe Espinosa, Law Office of Collin T. Welch
  • Jen Friedburg, American Family
  • Emilie Lorden, Wilson Elser
  • Melisa H. Panagakos, Jackson Lewis P.C.
  • Brendan Powers, Montgomery Amatuzio
  • Kirk Whitehead, Hall & Evans

Trial Academy Committee

  • Gregg Rich, Coombe Curry Rich & Jarvis
  • Adam Goldstein, White and Steele

CLEs & Events

Date/Time
Registration Link & Info
Presenter
October 8, 2026
Sarah Andrzejczak and Michele On-ja Choe, Buchalter
October 27, 2026
A practical discussion on defending cases in the post-HCAA environment, including strategies to mitigate risk, anchoring, focus groups, AI, plaintiff tactics with witnesses, private equity, and lessons from carriers. Panelists will also address social inflation, nuclear verdicts, identifying high-risk cases, and when defense counsel and carriers should begin strategic discussions, followed by audience Q&A.
November 11, 2026
Bill Rodgers, Christina Gonsalves, Dietze Davis & Katie Pratt, Ruegsegger Simons & Stern
November 12, 2026
Nuclear. Thermonuclear. Runaway. Legal system abuse. Ashley Paige Fetyko, Michael Drews; Tyson Mendes
February 4, 2027
Michele On-ja Choe, and Sarah Andrzejczak, Buchalter

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