GAYLAW’s D.C. BAR ELECTION CANDIDATES

GAYLAW's D.C. Bar Election Endorsements

GAYLAW is pleased to endorse the following candidates in 2011's D.C. Bar Association Elections:

President-Elect: Paulette E. Chapman of Koonz, McKenney, Johnson, DePaolis & Lightfoot, L.L.P.

Secretary: Marianela Peralta of Hilton Worldwide

Treasurer: Morton J. Posner of the Office of General Counsel, Justice Management Division at the U.S. Department of Justice

Board of Governors (5 positions available):
Jeffrey L. Berger of the Berger Law Firm, P.C.
Andrea Ferster of the Law offices of Andrea C. Ferster (incumbent)
Glenn Ivey of Venable LLP
Patrick McGlone of ULLICO, Inc. (incumbent secretary)
Annamaria Steward, associate dean of students at the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law

ABA House of Delegates: Paul M. Smith of Jenner & Block LLP

ABA House of Delegates Under 35 Seat: David M. Shapiro of the ACLU National Prison Project

The endorsement decisions were based on a number of factors, including the candidates' qualifications, experience, leadership ability and responses to a survey sent annually to D.C. Bar candidates, as well as the personal presentations made by some of the candidates at a recent forum with the Board. Ballots and instructions for voting, by mail or online, will be distributed to all eligible voters on May 2. D.C Bar Association members have until June 3 to vote. Online voting is available at http://www.dcbar.org/.

Click on the candidate's name to read their responses to GAYLAW's survey.

President-Elect:

• Paulette E. Chapman of Koonz, McKenney, Johnson, DePaolis & Lightfoot, L.L.P.
• Thomas S. Williamson Jr., Covington & Burling LLP

Secretary:

• Rosy L. Lor, the Internal Revenue Service Office of Chief Counsel
• Marianela Peralta, Hilton Worldwide

Treasurer:

• Professor Jeffrey Stuart Gutman, the George Washington University Law School
• Morton J. Posner, Office of General Counsel, Justice Management Division, the U.S. Department of Justice

Board of Governors (5 positions available):

• Brigida Benitez, chief of the Office of Institutional Integrity at Inter-American Development Bank
• Jeffrey L. Berger, The Berger Law Firm, P.C.
• Amy L. Bess (incumbent board member), Vedder Price P.C.
• George E. Covucci, Arnold & Porter LLP
• Andrea C. Ferster (incumbent treasurer), the Law Offices of Andrea Ferster
• Ankur J. Goel (incumbent board member), McDermott Will & Emery LLP
• Jennifer Choe Groves, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
• Glenn F. Ivey, Venable LLP
• Patrick McGlone (incumbent secretary), ULLICO, Inc.
• Annamaria Steward, associate dean of students at the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law
• Benjamin F. Wilson (incumbent board member), Beveridge & Diamond, P.C.

ABA House of Delegates (2 seats open):

• Anthony M. Alexis, Mayer Brown LLP
• Jonathan R. Barr, Baker Hostetler LLP
• Arthur D. Burger, Jackson & Campbell, P.C.
• Paul M. Smith, Jenner & Block LLP

ABA House of Delegates Under 35 (1 seat open):

• Thomas A. Bednar, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia
• Jimmy Chatsuthiphan, Gray Plant Mooty
• David M. Shapiro, the ACLU National Prison Project

The deadline to vote is June 3 - http://www.dcbar.org/elections