NACDL - National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

2025-26 Officers and Newly-Elected and Re-Elected Members of the NACDL Board of Directors Installed at Annual Meeting – Washington, DC (July 14, 2025)

Washington, DC (July 14, 2025)– NACDL installed newly-elected officers and directors at its Annual Board and Membership Meeting on July 12.

NACDL's newly-elected officers and directors:

Executive Committee

President: Andrew S. Birrell (Minneapolis, MN)
President-Elect:C. Melissa "Missy" Owen (Charlotte, NC)
First Vice-President: Stephen Ross Johnson (Knoxville, TN)
Second Vice-President: Todd Pugh (Chicago, IL)
Secretary:Addy R. Schmitt(Washington, DC)
In addition, Norman Mueller will serve as Parliamentarian.

Board of Directors

Jonathan Brayman (Chicago, IL)
Steven Epstein (Garden City, NY) (Affiliate Representative)
Katherine McBroom (Beverly Hills, CA)
Joel Schwartz (Washington, DC)
Ian Wallach (Los Angeles, CA)

This article was syndicated from the NACDL website and originally appeared on:
https://www.nacdl.org/newsrelease/News-Release-~-2025-26-Officers-and-Board-Members

NACDL - National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Founded in 1958, NACDL is the largest organization for criminal defense lawyers fighting to preserve fairness within America's criminal justice system. The organization has more than 10,000 direct members including criminal defense attorneys in private practice, public defenders in state or federal court, U.S. military defense counsel, law professors and judges.