The Board of the National Employment Lawyers Association consists of twenty-four members from around the country.
The President, Vice President of Public Policy, First Vice President, Vice President of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Secretary, Treasurer, and Immediate Past President constitute the Executive Committee. Two-thirds of the Board is elected by the general membership in the Spring, and one-third is appointed by the Board in the Summer of every year.
Questions and comments for the NELA Board may be sent to execboard@nelahq.org.
Our Board
President
Wade B. Cowan
Attorney at Law
Nashville, TN
First Vice President
Linda M. Correia
Correia & Puth, PLLC
Washington, DC
Vice President of Public Policy
Karla Gilbride
Public Justice, PC
Washington, DC
Vice President of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
M. Nieves Bolaños
Potter Bolanos, PC
Chicago, IL
Secretary
Carla D. Brown
Charlson Bredehoft Cohen Brown & Jones, PC
Reston, VA
Immediate Past President
James H. Kaster
Nichols Kaster, PLLP
Minneapolis, MN
Treasurer
Katherine L. Butler
Butler & Harris
Houston, TX
Bernard Alexander
Alexander, Morrison + Fehr, LLP
Los Angeles, CA
Rosemary Orsini
Orsini Law LLC
Littleton, CO
Heather Moore Collins
Collins & Hunter, PLLC
Brentwood TN
Nina T. Pirrotti
Garrison, Levin-Epstein, Fitzgerald & Pirrotti, PC
New Haven, CT
Christine T. Elzer
Elzer Law Firm, LLC
Pittsburgh, PA
Scott M. Pollins
Pollins Law Firm
Swarthmore, PA
Mark Hanna
Murphy Anderson PLLC
Washington, DC
Phillis h. Rambsy
Rambsy Law PC
Nashville, TN
Maureen T. Holland
Holland & Associates, PLLC
Memphis, TN
Donna Williams Rucker
Tully Rinckey, PLLC
Washington, DC
Deborah H. Karpatkin
Law Office of Deborah H. Karpatkin
New York, NY
Dara Smith
AARP Foundation Litigation
Washington, DC
Ben Lebsack
Lowrey Parady Lebsack, LLC
Denver, CO
Paul H. Tobias, Founder
In Memoriam
1930-2021
Summer H. Murshid
Hawks Quindel, SC
Milwaukee WI
Jeffrey Neil Young
Solidarity Law
Cumberland Foreside, ME
