Vice Presidents of the Circuits

Vice Presidents of the Circuits

An integral part of the national operation of the Federal Bar Association is its circuit structure and the corresponding two Vice Presidents for each Circuit.  The circuits are the same as the 12 Federal Judicial Circuits and encompass the states, territories, and possessions of the United States.

First Circuit


Katherine Gonzalez-Valentín


Katherine González-Valentín is a Senior Member at Ferraiuoli, LLC and Chair of the Labor & Employment Department.


Chris Sullivan


Chris Sullivan is a partner with Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP in Boston, Massachusetts. He is in charge of the firm's commercial litigation and business practice in the Boston office.


Second Circuit


Raymond J. Dowd


Ray Dowd is a partner in Dunnington, Bartholow & Miller LLP in New York City. He has conducted numerous bench and jury trials and arbitrations.


John G. McCarthy


John G. McCarthy is a Partner in the Litigation Practice and Commercial and Bankruptcy Law Practice of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP in its New York office.


Third Circuit


Bridget E. Montgomery


Bridget Montgomery is a member of Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, and chair of the Harrisburg office Litigation Group.


John W. Shaw


John leads trial teams in the United States District Courts, the United States International Trade Commission, and the Delaware state courts in patent infringement and complex commercial matters.


Fourth Circuit


Andrew K. Clark


Andrew Clark is a shareholder with LeClairRyan, PC, an entrepreneurial law firm headquartered in Richmond, Virginia that provides business counsel and client representation in matters of corporate law and high-stakes litigation.


Christie C. Varnado


Christine “Christie” Companion Varnado joined The Seibels Law Firm, P.A. in Charleston, South Carolina as a partner in 2009. Since 1993, her civil litigation practice has...


Fifth Circuit


J. Todd Hedgepeth


Todd Hedgepeth currently serves as the Director of the Air Force's Texas Labor Law Field Support Center, where he and his staff represent the United States Air Force in...


Douglas W. Truxillo


Doug Truxillo was appointed to a two-year term as Vice President for the Fifth Circuit in 2012. Mr. Truxillo has been a member of the Federal Bar Association for over 20 years.


Sixth Circuit


Tonya Kennedy Cammon


Tonya Cammon focuses her practice on employment and commercial litigation, as well as health law transactions and litigation.


James W. Satola


Jim joined the Federal Bar Association in 1992. He has been member of the FBA Northern District of Ohio Chapter Board of Directors since 1996, and was President of the Chapter from 2002-2003.


Seventh Circuit


Sheri H. Mecklenburg


Sheri Mecklenburg was appointed to serve as a Vice President for the Seventh Circuit in 2012. She has served on the Board of Directors of the Chicago Chapter for four years. She is currently serving as the Chapter Treasurer.


Maria Z. Vathis


Maria Z. Vathis has been a member of the Federal Bar Association since the beginning of her legal career. She served as Chicago Chapter President in 2011.


Eighth Circuit


Robert C. Gainer


Bob has a general practice, including but not limited to Bankruptcy, Commercial Litigation, Workers' Compensation, and Collections work.


Tara C. Norgard


Tara is a litigator focusing on patents, trademarks, trade secrets and unfair competition. Tara also works in the areas of white collar and corporate crimes.


Ninth Circuit


W. West Allen


West serves as Government Relations Committee Chair for the FBA. He previously served Chair of the Federal Bar Association’s Vice Presidents of the Circuits from 2009 to 2011.


Alison S. Bachus


Alison S. Bachus is an Assistant United States Attorney in Phoenix, Arizona, where she prosecutes violent crimes and civil rights violations. She has been with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for six years.


Tenth Circuit


Hon. Robert Bacharach


Judge Bacharach has been a U.S. Magistrate Judge in the Western District of Oklahoma since March 1999. He has served as a vice president of the Tenth Circuit for approximately two years....


Jonathan O. Hafen


Jonathan Hafen has extensive experience representing clients in federal and state courts. He has been widely praised by clients and peers for his skilled and efficient approach to litigation.


Eleventh Circuit


Richard S. Dellinger


Richard Dellinger is partner in Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor and Reed, P.A. and his practice includes civil litigation, federal civil and criminal litigation, personal injury, wrongful death, and family law.


Devinti M. Williams


Devinti M. Williams has been a member in good standing of the North Alabama Chapter of the Federal Bar Association since 2003. He has served in a variety of leadership positions, including Chapter President (08-09).


District of Columbia Circuit


Ronald C. Crump


Ronald C. Crump has enjoyed a stellar career as an attorney in Washington, D.C. first clerking for then Associate Judge of the D.C. Court of Appeals, the Honorable Frank Q. Nebeker.


Lauren L. Fuller


Lauren Fuller is Director of Legislative Affairs, with the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP), where she is responsible for planning, formulation and strategic implementation of...


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