USLAW NETWORK announces 2025-26 board of directors, executive committee positions

Earlier this week at the annual business meeting during the 2025 USLAW NETWORK Annual Client Conference, USLAW membership elected the 2025-26 USLAW NETWORK Board of Directors. The leadership includes Jennifer D. Tricker, Chair, from Baird Holm LLP in Omaha, Nebraska; Tamara B. Goorevitz, vice chair, from Franklin & Prokopik, P.C. in Baltimore, Maryland, and Thomas S. Thornton, III, secretary/treasurer from Carr Allison in Birmingham, Alabama.

Other notable changes include Julie A. Proscia of Amundsen Davis LLC in Chicago, Illinois, being appointed to the Executive Committee, and the addition of new board members Constantine G. “Dean” Nickas of Wicker Smith in Miami, Florida, and Lisa J. Black of Black Marjieh & Sanford LLP in Elmsford (Westchester), New York.

The 2025-26 USLAW NETWORK Board of Directors includes:

Executive Committee

• Jennifer D. Tricker, Chair: Baird Holm LLP, Omaha, NE
• Tamara B. Goorevitz, Vice Chair: Franklin & Prokopik, P.C., Baltimore, MD
• Thomas S. Thornton, III, Secretary/Treasurer: Carr Allison, Birmingham, AL
• Douglas W. Clarke, Practice Group Co-Director: Therrien Couture Joli-Coeur, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Keely E. Duke, Assistant Treasurer/Client Liaison Director: Duke Evett, PLLC, Boise, ID
• Earl W. Houston, II, Membership Management Director: Martin, Tate, Morrow & Marston, P.C., Memphis, TN
• Julie A. Proscia, Client Liaison Co-Director: Amundsen Davis LLC, Chicago, IL
• Kenneth B. Wingate, Immediate Past Chair: Sweeny, Wingate & Barrow, P.A., Columbia, SC
• Oscar J. Cabanas, Chair Emeritus: Wicker Smith, Miami, FL
• Amanda P. Ketchum, Chair Emeritus: Dysart Taylor, Kansas City, MO 

Directors

• Barbara Barron: MehaffyWeber, Houston, TX
• Lisa J. Black: Black Marjieh & Sanford LLP, Elmsford (Westchester), NY
• Thomas W. Fee: Fee, Smith & Sharp, L.L.P., Dallas, TX
• Frederick M. Heiser: Klinedinst PC, Irvine, CA
• Richard C. Moreno: Murchison & Cumming, LLP, Los Angeles, CA
• Constantine G. “Dean” Nickas: Wicker Smith, Miami, FL
• Moira Pietrowski: Roetzel & Andress, Cleveland, OH
• Sandra L. Rappaport. Hanson Bridgett LLP, San Francisco, CA
• Timothy R. Smith: Pion, Nerone, Girman & Smith, PC, Pittsburgh, PA
• David S. Wilck, Rivkin Radler LLP, Uniondale, NY
• Renato Martinez Quezada, International Director: EC Rubio (Mexico)

Chair Emeritus

• Kevin L. Fritz, Chair Emeritus: Lashly & Baer, P.C., St. Louis, MO
• Dan L. Longo, Chair Emeritus: Murchison & Cumming LLP, Los Angeles, CA
• Rodney L. Umberger, Chair Emeritus: Williams Kastner, Seattle, WA

Ex Officio

• Andrea Rescigno, TELFA Representative: Ughi e Nunziante, Milan, Italy