TLA Executive Committee 2025-2026

President
Louis Amato-Gauci
Miller Thomson LLP
Scotia Plaza
40 King St., Ste. 5800
PO Box 1011
Toronto, ON M5H 3S1
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Immediate Past President
Katherine T. Garber
Clark Hill
909 Fannin St., Ste. 2300
Houston, TX 77010
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President – Elect
Patrick E. Foppe
Lashly & Baer P.C.
714 Locust Street
Saint Louis, MO 63101
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First Vice President
Roger S. Watts
Northpoint Legal
1000 – 564 Beatty St.
Vancouver, BC
V6B 2L3
Canada
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Second Vice President
Kristen Johnson
Flexport, Inc.
Safety Harbor, FL
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Secretary/Treasurer
Carlos M. Sesma Jr.
Sesma, Sesma & McNeese, S.C.
Idaho No. 14 Col. Nápoles
Delegation Benito Juárez, 03810
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Voting Past Presidents

Hillary Arrow Booth
Booth LLP
11835 W. Olympic Blvd.
Suite 600E
Los Angeles, CA 90064
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Kathleen C. Jeffries
Scopelitis, Garvin, Light,
Hanson & Feary, LLP
2 North Lake Avenue, Suite 560
Pasadena, CA 91101
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Dirk H. Beckwith
Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith, PC
28411 Northwestern Hwy., Ste. 500
Southfield, MI 48034
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Jeffrey R. Simmons
McGriff Insurance Solutions
Phoenix, AZ
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Greg E. Summy
Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black
101 W Main St
500 World Trade Center
Norfolk, VA 23510
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Representatives-At-Large

Eric A. Baker
Term: 5/25 – 5/27
Frost Brown Todd
111 Monument Circle Suite 4500
Indianapolis, IN 46204
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Arturo D. Rivera Gavaldon
Term: 5/25 – 5/27
Sesma, Sesma & McNeese, S.C.
Idaho No. 14 Col. Nápoles
Delegation Benito Juárez, 03810
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Joelle G. Nelson
Term 5/24 – 5/26
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP
24 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1400
Houston, TX 77046
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Patrick Bobo
Term: 5/25 – 5/27
Sweeping Corp of America
1801 Wewatta Street, 11th Floor
Denver, CO 80202
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Emileigh Hubbard
Term: 05/24 – 05/26
Henry Oddo Austin & Fletcher, P.C.
1717 Main Street, Suite 4600
Dallas, TX 75201
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Jason Orleans
Term: 05/25 – 05/27
RXO
2545 W. Diversey Ave., 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60647
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William M. Davis
Term: 5/24 – 5/26
Bovis, Kyle, Burch & Medlin, LLC
200 Ashford Center North, Suite 500
Atlanta, GA 30338
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Alexander C. Karcher
Term: 05/24 – 05/26
Roetzel & Andress, LPA
41 South High Street, 21 Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
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CTLA Representative-At-Large

Elizabeth L. Fashler
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG)
520 3 Avenue Southwest 1900
Calgary, AB, T2P 0R3
Canada
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