Criminal Law Section Officers
CHAIR
Geoffrey T. Cheshire
AOUSC Office of Defender Services
One Columbus Circle, N.E., Room 4-366
Washington, DC 20544
(202) 502-1143
gtc@cheshirelaw.com
CHAIR ELECT
Hartley West
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Northern District of California
450 Golden Gate Ave
San Francisco, CA
(415) 436-6747
hartley.west@usdoj.gov
SECRETARY
Michael S. Nachmanoff
Federal Public Defender
Eastern District of Virginia
1650 Kin Street, Suite 500
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 600-0860
michael_nachmanoff@fd.org
TREASURER
Charles N. ("Chad") Curlett, Jr.
Levin & Curlett LLC
250 W Pratt St, Ste 1300
Baltimore, MD 21201
(410) 685-4444
ccurlett@levincurlett.com
CLE COORDINATOR
Virginia Schlueter
Federal Public Defender-Eastern
District of Louisiana
New Orleans, LA
(504) 589-7930
virginia_schlueter@fd.org
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR
Michael R. Sklaire [bio]
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
1750 Tysons Boulevard, Suite 1200
McLean, Virginia 22102
(703) 749-1308
sklairem@gtlaw.com
WHITE COLLAR LAW COMMITTEE CHAIR
Michael D. Ricciuti [bio]
K&L Gates LLP
State St. Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111-2950
Michael.ricciuti@klgates.com
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Hartley West
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Northern District of California
450 Golden Gate Ave
San Francisco, CA
(415) 436-6747
hartley.west@usdoj.gov
Kevin W. DeVore
Larson • King, LLP [bio]
2800 Wells Fargo Place
30 East Seventh Street
St. Paul, MN 55101
(651) 312‐6519
kdevore@larsonking.com
Michael W. Emmick
Sheppard Mullin [bio]
333 S Hope St
43rd Fl
Los Angeles, CA 90071
(213) 617‐5554
memmick@sheppardmullin.com
Luke McGrath [bio]
Dunnington, Bartholow & Miller LLP
1359 Broadway, Suite 600
New York, New York 10018
(212) 682‐8811
lmcgrath@dunnington.com
Michael R. Sklaire [bio]
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
1750 Tysons Boulevard, Suite 1200
McLean, Virginia 22102
(703) 749-1308
sklairem@gtlaw.com
BOARD MEMBER
Hon. D. Thomas Ferraro
U.S. Magistrate Judge, District of Arizona
405 West Congress St., Suite 6660
Tucson, AZ 85701
(520) 205-4590
tom_ferraro@azd.uscourts.gov