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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
March 5, 2026
Presented by Ben Gaibel, COLAP
March 13, 2026
March 13, 2026 - 9:00 am - 5:00 pm CDLA Members ONLY please - Limited to 18 Lead Instructors Lindsay Dunn, Thompson Coe Matt Cecil, Sutton | Booker | P.C. Sponsored by Pike Reporting 8 hours CLE applied for Free to CDLA Members
March 31, 2026
Presented by Thomas Wickizer, Ph.D., M.P.H. Stephen F. Loebs Distinguished Professor Emeritus Academy Professor College of Public Health The Ohio State University
April 9, 2026 - April 12, 2026
Slip and Fall / Lime Scooter Accident Practicum organized by: Gregg Rich, Coombe Curry Rich & Jarvis Adam Goldstein, White and Steele, P.C.
April 28, 2026
Presented by Dr. Bart Goldman
July 30, 2026 - August 1, 2026
2026 Annual Conference - Grand Hyatt Vail - July 30 - August 1, 2026

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