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In his own words...

Charles L. Norton, Jr. General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

The Coca-Cola Bottlers’ Association | Atlanta, GA

“I hosted the Coca-Cola Bottlers Risk Management Forum in Q4 2022 in San Antonio, Texas, for 20 different independent bottling operations totaling nearly 40 different Bottler representatives. As part of the program, I called on two USLAW member attorneys to address our attendees. Chris Cotter of Roetzel & Andress in Cleveland, Ohio, and Trey Sandoval of MehaffyWeber in Houston, Texas, led an essential legal program focused on transportation and regulatory developments. They informed, educated and updated the group on DOT and fleet regulations, verdict trends and related matters. Chris and Trey hit it out of the ballpark for me. Their presentation and engagement with the attendees, both during their presentation and outside it, was top notch and very well received by all. The participation of USLAW member attorneys in this event again demonstrated to me the powerful knowledge and experience readily available to us as clients within USLAW, and I won’t hesitate to incorporate USLAW members into our future programming.”

Leslie Parker of Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C. in Rhode Island was appointed to serve on the Governor’s Insurance Council, which serves to advise Rhode Island’s governor on important developments and trends within the insurance industry and to provide information and recommendations regarding legislation that affects the insurance industry.

Daniel Procaccini of Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C. in Rhode Island has been appointed by Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. to the U.S. District Court Advisory Council for the District of Rhode Island. The council’s mission is to identify, study and propose actions to assist the court in securing the just, speedy and inexpensive determination of every action and proceeding; provide input from the bar; advise on the administration of the bar fund; and to otherwise assist in court businesses, such as developing new projects.

The law firms of SmithAmundsen LLC, USLAW’s Illinois member firm, and Davis|Kuelthau s.c. formally combined on November 1, 2022, to form Amundsen Davis, LLC

Yuan Zhou, an associate in Amundsen Davis’s Chicago office, was named to Lawyers of Color’s 2022 Annual Hot List, which recognizes early- to mid-career attorneys excelling in the legal profession.

The American Bankers Association has selected Baird Holm LLP attorney Steven C. Turner as the recipient of its 2022 Blanchfield Award. The award, given in recognition of John Blanchfield, former American Bankers Association senior vice president of its Center for Agricultural and Rural Banking, recognizes the work of a non-banker who significantly contributed to agricultural lending.

Dysart Taylor Cotter McMonigle & Brumitt, P.C., USLAW’s member firm in Kansas City, Missouri, is ringing in the new year with a new name. Effective immediately, the firm is known as Dysart Taylor McMonigle Brumitt & Wilcox, P.C. Director John F. Wilcox, Jr. joined the firm in 2000 and has been heavily involved in firm leadership since 2004, when he became a director. He led the firm as managing director from 2012 through 2014, and he has recently been elected as Dysart Taylor’s president.