IADC Announces New Board of Directors Members
Amy Sherry Fischer
At its 2019 annual meeting, held in July at The Omni Grove Park Inn in Asheville, N.C., the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) elected new IADC board of directors members for 2019-20, including new board leaders.
The IADC board oversees activities that benefit the organization’s members and their clients, as well as the civil justice system, the legal profession, and society in general. In addition to its core purpose involving professional development for members, the IADC takes a leadership role in many areas of legal reform. In a release, the association said IADC members are among the world’s leading corporate and insurance lawyers at large and small law firms and senior counsel in corporate law departments, as well as corporate and insurance executives. Members represent the largest corporations around the world, including the majority of companies listed in the FORTUNE 500.
The new IADC board leaders and members, along with their law firm or company affiliations, are:
President
Amy Sherry Fischer
Foliart, Huff, Ottaway & Bottom
Oklahoma City, Okla.
President-Elect
Andrew S. Chamberlin
Ellis & Winters LLP
Greensboro, N.C.
Immediate Past President
Craig A. Thompson
Venable LLP
Baltimore
Vice President of Corporate
Aldos Vance
Altec, Inc.
Birmingham, Ala.
Treasurer-Elect
Donna Lamontagne
Lamontagne, Spaulding & Hayes, LLP
Cranston, R.I.
Board Member
Bonnie Mayfield
Dykema Gossett PLLC
Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
Board Member
Michele Smith
MehaffyWeber, P.C.
Beaumont, Texas
Board Member
Thomas W. “Trea” Southerland, III
Federal Express Corporation
Memphis, Tenn.
The IADC is the preeminent invitation-only global legal organization for attorneys who represent corporate and insurance interests. Founded in 1920, the IADC’s 2,500 members hail from six continents, more than 50 countries and territories, and all 50 U.S. states. The core purposes of the IADC are to enhance the development of skills, promote professionalism, and facilitate camaraderie among its members, their clients, as well as the broader civil justice community.
