USLAW NETWORK announces practice group leadership updates

USLAW announces leadership updates for several practice groups, including Complex Tort and Product Liability, Construction Law, Medical Law, Professional Liability, and Transportation and Logistics. These leadership teams bring together experienced attorneys from across the NETWORK who collaborate with fellow USLAW members, client advisors and the broader client community to develop timely programming for USLAW events and provide year-round resources and insights for clients. These leadership changes took effect after the recent 2026 USLAW NETWORK Annual Client Conference in Boston.

Here’s a look at the new leadership teams.

Complex Tort and Product Liability

• Chair: Stephen J. Marshall, Franklin & Prokopik, P.C., Baltimore, MD
• Vice Chair: Nicholas A. Rauch, Larson • King, LLP (ND), Fargo, ND
• Secretary:  Martin A. Conn, Moran Reeves & Conn PC, Richmond, VA
• Educational Coordinator:  Kristina J. Kamler, Baird Holm LLP, Omaha, NE

Construction Law

• Chair:  Louis J. Vogel, Sweeney & Sheehan, P.C., Philadelphia, PA
• Vice Chair:  Thomas A. Ped, Williams Kastner (OR), Portland, OR
• Secretary:  Matthew C. Bouchard, Poyner Spruill LLP, Raleigh, NC
• Educational Coordinator: Bret A. Sanders, Fee, Smith & Sharp LLP, Austin, TX

Medical Law

• Chair: Christina Mott Hesse, Duke Evett, PLLC, Boise, ID
• Vice Chair: Leslie D. Parker, Adler Pollock & Sheehan, P.C., Providence, RI
• Secretary: Nichole Koford, Wicker Smith (Central Florida), Tampa, FL
• Educational Coordinator: Kevin McCarthy, Larson • King, LLP (MN), St. Paul, MN

Professional Liability

• Chair: Kenneth A. Perry, Amundsen Davis LLC (IL), Chicago, IL
• Vice Chair: John Carter Krawczyk, Fee, Smith & Sharp L.L.P., Dallas, TX
• Secretary: Kim M. Jackson, Bovis Kyle Burch & Medlin LLC, Atlanta, GA
• Educational Coordinator: Austin C. Sherman, Carr Allison (Northwest Florida), Jacksonville, FL

Transportation and Logistics

• Chair: B. Trey Sandoval, MehaffyWeber, Houston, TX
• Vice Chair: Patrick E. Foppe, Lashly & Baer, P.C., St. Louis, MO
• Secretary: Pamela Springrose Hallford, Carr Allison (AL), Dothan, AL
• Educational Coordinator: Michael J. Judy, Dysart Taylor, Kansas City, MO

Thank you to the outgoing chairs for their years of service on leadership teams: Jack Laffey of Laffey, Leitner & Goode in Wisconsin (Complex Tort and Product Liability); Caryn Boisen of Larson • King LLP in Minnesota (Construction Law); Eliot Harris of Williams Kastner in Washington (Professional Liability); and Chris Cotter of Roetzel & Andress in Ohio (Transportation and Logistics).