firms on the move

Franklin & Prokopik, P.C. principal Renee Bowen has been named to the ATRI (American Transportation Research Institute) Research Advisory Committee, effective January 1, 2023. The committee determines the predominant research priorities for the trucking industry.

On Monday, December 12, 2022, Franklin & Prokopik, P.C. principal Ralph Arnsdorf and counsel, Heather Rice, participated in the last day of oral argument at the Maryland Court of Special Appeals. In November, voters in Maryland voted to adopt a constitutional amendment changing the name of the Court from the Maryland Court of Special Appeals to the Appellate Court of Maryland. The Maryland Court of Appeals will now be known as the Maryland Supreme Court. Click here to read the original article regarding the court’s name change.

Andrzej Ladziski, managing partner of GWW Tax in Poland, has been elected chairman of the National Council of Tax Advisors in Poland.

The Lean Construction Institute (LCI) has recognized Hanson Bridgett LLP partners Howard Ashcraft and Lisa Dal Gallo with the Pioneer Award, which recognizes individuals who have moved the LCI forward in embracing and implementing Lean tools and techniques. Ashcraft and Dal Gallo have helped transform the design and construction industry by informing/coaching/guiding owners, designers and builders in the specifics around adopting Integrated Project Delivery (IPD), and through the development of contracts and negotiation of legal terms and conditions that support LPDS and IPD.

Hanson Bridgett LLP partner Payam A. Saljoughian has been appointed by the Iranian American Bar Association’s Northern California Chapter (IABA NorCal) to serve as the chapter’s president in 2023. Saljoughian has been involved with IABA for many years and was previously IABA NorCal’s co-vice president. Formed in 2000, the Iranian American Bar Association (IABA) is the only national association of Iranian American judges, attorneys, legal scholars and law students in the United States with over 1,500 members in eight chapters nationwide.

Lisa Zaccardelli, a partner at Hinckley Allen in Connecticut, joined the Board of Directors for Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD), the nation’s premier youth health and safety organization. SADD focuses on empowering and mobilizing students and adult allies to engage in positive change through leadership and smart decision-making.

Jones, Skelton & Hochuli, P.L.C. associate attorney Annelise Dominguez was named chair of the Los Abogados Civil Rights Committee. Dominguez was previously the membership chair for the organization. Los Abogados is Arizona’s Hispanic Bar Association, promoting diversity, education and advocacy in Arizona’s Hispanic legal community.

Stuart Butzier of Modrall Sperling in New Mexico has accepted a two-year appointment to serve as co-chair of the International Bar Association’s (IBA) Mining Law Committee, along with Chilean mining lawyer Pablo Mir. The Mining Law Committee is part of IBA’s Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law Section (SEERIL).

Martin Conn, president of Moran Reeves & Conn PC in Virginia, was elected to another term on the Product Liability Advisory Council (PLAC) Board of Directors.

Kathleen McCauley and Taylor Brewer of Moran Reeves & Conn PC in Virginia were named to the 2022 Virginia Business magazine Legal Elite, which was launched in cooperation with the Virginia Bar Association in 2000.

Rivkin Radler partner Joseph La Ferlita and associate Nicholas Moneta, from the firm’s Personal, Family & Business Planning practice, have been selected by the New York State Bar Association’s Trust & Estate Section as the Estate Planning Committee co-chairs. The NYSBA’s Estate Planning Committee works on all matters pertaining to practice issues, new laws and best practices as well as any planning-related topics relevant to estate planning. Their term started in January 2023.

At the Defense Research Institute 2022 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, Sweeney & Sheehan Partner Patrick J. Sweeney was named president–elect of the organization. With more than 16,000 members, DRI is the largest international membership organization of attorneys defending the interests of businesses and individuals in civil litigation.