The Board of Visitors of the Columbus School of Law is chosen from a geographically and professionally diverse cross-section of alumni, parents, and friends selected for their ability to provide advice to the Dean on how to strengthen teaching, scholarship, and service in the Law School.
The members of the Board of Visitors serve as counselors to the Dean of the Law School, with particular focus on:
1) strengthening the academic program and educational goals of the Law School and improving its visibility and image, nationally and internationally;
2) addressing the concerns of alumni, students, faculty, parents, and friends of the law school; and, increasing and strengthening the financial resources of the Law School.
In pursuit of these objectives, the Dean typically provides to the Board, prior to and as part of each meeting, information concerning matters of current interest, including new academic programs, the changing nature and composition of the student body, services and facilities of the Law School, trends in faculty hiring, scholarship, teaching and service, and career services, including summer and post-graduate employment. Board members share their insights and perspectives on developments in the law generally and in the legal profession as a career choice.
The Board consists of no fewer than 50 members drawn from the public and private sectors and is organized to enable the members to engage in a serious dialog on the goals and objectives of the Law School. Members of the Board are appointed by the Dean of the Law School for a renewable term of three years.
The full Board convenes at least twice a year. Committees of the Board are created to execute more effectively the purposes of the Board.
Current Member Listing as of May 30, 2023
Chair
J. C. Boggs, Esquire, 1987
Partner
King & Spalding's Government Advocacy and Public Policy Group
Vice Chair
Nessa E. Feddis, Esquire, 1983
Senior Vice President & Counsel
American Banker’s Association
Washington, DC
Members
Douglas G. Bonner III, Esquire, 1983
Partner
Potomac Law Group
Washington, DC
The Honorable Phyllis C. Borzi, 1978
Retired - United States Department of Labor
Phillip D. Brady, Esquire
Retired - Phillips 66
Arlington, VA
Christopher D. Christian, Esquire, 1998
Partner
Dechert LLP
Boston, MA
Francis X. Coonelly, Esquire, 1986
New Hope, PA
Mark D. Cowan, Esquire, 1977
Chief Executive Officer
Cowan Strategies
Alexandria, VA
Anne M. Donohue, Esquire, 1998
General Counsel
Akima LLC
Herndon, VA
Kelly L. Donovan, Esquire, 1993
Managing Director
KPMG LLP
New York, NY
Joseph Peter Drennan, Esquire, 1981
Owner
Joseph Peter Drennan, Attorney at Law
Alexandria, VA
Lee Dunn, Esquire, 2001
Director
Cloud Policy for North America at Google Cloud
Donald W. Farley, Esquire, 1969
Retired - Exxon Mobil Corporation
North Caldwell, NJ
Suellen M. Ferguson, Esquire, 1977
Partner
Council Baradel, Attorneys at Law
Annapolis, MD
Alice S. Fisher, Esquire, 1992
Partner
Latham & Watkins LLP
Washington, DC
Arthur N. Fuccillo, Esquire, 1978
Executive Vice President
Lerner Enterprises
Rockville, MD
Daniel M. Gallagher, Esquire, 1999
Chief Legal Officer
Robinhood
Merlo Park, CA
Mark V. Holden, Esquire, 1988
Retired - Koch Industries, Inc., Legal Department
Washington, DC
Wojciech Jarosinski, LL.M., 2010
Partner
Peak Legal
Warsaw, Poland
Rafal Kos, Ph.D. LL.M., 2010
Partner
Kubas Kos Galkowski
Kraków, Poland
Daniel Tobin Lennon, Esquire, 1990
Partner
Latham & Watkins LLP
Washington, DC
James E. McDonald, Esquire, 1969
Of Counsel
McLuskey, McDonald, & Hughes, P.A.
Miami, FL
Jimmy R. Moye, Esquire, 1999
Senior Vice President
American Bankers Association
The Honorable William T. Newman, Jr., 1977
Retired - Chief Judge
Arlington Circuit Court
Arlington, VA
Vincent Olivieri, Esquire, 1971
Retired - Inman & Strickler, PLC
Virginia Beach, VA
Homer Bonner Jacobs Ortiz
Luis J. Perez, Esquire, 1983
Partner
Hogan Lovells
Miami, FL
Larry R. Pilot, Esquire, 1967
Retired - McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
Arlington, VA
Jeffrey S. Puretz, Esquire, 1981
Retired - Dechert LLP
Washington, DC
Patrick M. Regan, Esquire, 1980
Partner
Regan Zambri & Long PLLC
Washington, DC
Mark Reinhardt, Esquire, 1971
Partner
Reinhardt Wendorf & Blanchfield
St. Paul, MN
Stanley J. Samorajczyk, Esquire, 1967
Principal
Stanley J. Samorajczyk Attorney & Advisor
Washington, DC
Thomas A. Scully, Esquire, 1986
General Partner
Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
New York, NY
Richard A. Shapack, Esquire, 1976
Principal
Shapack Gurrola PLC
Bloomfield Hills, MI
John M. Skenyon, Esquire, 1973
Retired - Fish & Richardson P.C.
Saunderstown, RI
Megan Anne Stull, Esquire, 2003
Senior Manager, Regulatory Policy and Government Affairs
Apple Inc.
Washington, DC
John A. Zaccaro, Jr., Esquire, 1993
Managing Partner
Zaccaro Associates LLC
New York, NY
The Honorable Marilyn D. Zahm, 1972
Administrative Law Judge
Social Security Administration
Buffalo, NY
EMERITUS MEMBERS
Michael F. Curtin, Esquire, 1965
Washington, DC