AAJ Officers and Executive Committee
AAJ Officers 2025-2026

Bruce Plaxen
AAJ President
Plaxen Adler Muncy, PA
Columbia, MD

N. John Bey
AAJ President-Elect
Bey & Associates, LLC
Atlanta, GA

Marion Munley
AAJ Vice President
Munley Law
Philadelphia, PA

Christopher T. Nace
AAJ Secretary
Paulson & Nace, PLLC
Washington, DC

Derrick L. Walker
AAJ Treasurer
Allen Allen Allen & Allen, PC
Richmond, VA

Laura Yaeger
AAJ Parliamentarian
Justice Law Collaborative, LLC
N. Easton, MA

Lori Andrus
AAJ Immediate Past President
Andrus Anderson, LLP
San Francisco, CA

Linda Lipsen
AAJ CEO
American Association for Justice
Washington, DC
Non Officer Executive Committee Members 2025-2026

Elise R. Sanguinetti
Arias Sanguinetti
Emeryville, CA

Bruce Stern
Stark & Stark
Princeton, NJ

Mike Arias
Arias Sanguinetti
Los Angeles, CA

Rick Barrera, Jr.
Barrera Law Group
Albuquerque, NM

Tom D’Amore
D'Amore Law Group
Portland, OR

Betsy Greene
Greene & Schultz
Bloomington, IN

Stephen Herman
Fishman Haygood
New Orleans, LA

Yvonne M. Flaherty
Lockridge Grindal Nauen, PLLP
Minneapolis, MN

Brian Franciskato
Nash & Franciskato Law Firm
Kansas City, MO

Casey Johnson
Aitken*Aitken*Cohn
Santa Ana, CA

Christopher H Fitzgerald
CHF Legal
New York, NY

John Abaray
Abaray Craddock & Smith PLLC
Louisville, KY

Bridget N. Long
Allen Allen Allen & Allen
Petersburg, VA

Elizabeth M. Burke
Rogers Patrick Westbrook & Brickman, LLC
Mt. Pleasant, SC

David Muncy
Plaxen Adler & Muncy, PA
Columbia, MD

Sara Schuett
Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys
Jefferson City, Missouri

Adrian O. Vega
Buckingham & Vega Law Firm
Albuquerque, NM