State Delegate Program

NCDD Foundation The purpose of State Delegate Program is three-fold. First, the College, through the State Delegates, will achieve a more representative body of lawyers who have chosen to represent citizens accused of DUI/DWI. Second, through the knowledge and experiences of the delegates, the College curriculum planners can target special problem areas particular to certain areas of science and specific jurisdictions, and thereafter, work to remedy and/or improve them.

Delegates will be expected to attend at least one NCDD sponsored seminar every 2 years. State Delegates attending an NCDD seminar will act as hosts assisting the Regents and Fellows at seminar receptions and dinners. Delegates are required to file annual status reports for review by the Board of Regents. Delegates are also responsible to make sure that the laws in their respective state remain updated on the NCDD website as well as help with the posting of briefs and transcripts on the NCDD Virtual Library.

Initially, one delegate will be chosen from each state. The term will be three years and will be staggered. In the future, the College may have more than one delegate per state where the exact number of delegates would be based on population and/or geography.

The College has established several new committees that the delegates will be assigned to further their respective missions, i.e., delegates, legislative, administrative license revocation, FST's, Intoxilyzer, Datamaster, Drager, blood, urine, expert, amicus, strike force, etc., etc. Moreover, after receiving authorization, delegates will be expected to function as College Ambassadors to welcome and assist new College members from their respective jurisdictions.

Any NCDD member can apply for delegate consideration by directing email to the Chair of the State Delegate Committee, Lynn Gorelick, at [email protected]. In doing so, you are asked to tell us a little bit about yourself, your practice and experience with the law (in particular DUI/DWI), your National College for DUI Defense past experience and your future desires and interests with the College. Lastly, be sure to explain how you can help the College improve on its dual mission to make its members the best lawyers in America and to provide the best legal representation to the citizens of our country.

The NCDD has divided its membership into four (4) regions for delegate purposes with a supervising delegate for each region. The current Regional Directors are:

State Delegates

Leigh Ann Bauer

821 N. Street
Suite 202
Anchorage, AK 99501

Phone: 907-770-7007

Alabama	Patrick Mahaney	[email protected]
Arkansas	Pamela Epperson	[email protected]
Florida	Leslie Sammis	[email protected]
Georgia	Sylvia Goldman	[email protected]
Kentucky	Larry Forman	[email protected]
Louisiana	Allyson Melancon	[email protected]
Mississippi	Victoria Washington	[email protected]
North Carolina	John K. Fanney	[email protected]
Oklahoma	Dave Stockwell	[email protected]
South Carolina	Dayne Phillips	[email protected]
Tennessee	Julie Myrick	[email protected]
Texas	Chabli Alexander	[email protected]

Connecticut	Christopher Llinas	[email protected]
Dist/Columbia	Michael Bruckheim	[email protected]
Delaware	John Garey	[email protected]
Maine	John Webb j	[email protected]
Maryland	Andrew Alpert	[email protected]
Massachusetts	Erica Bruno	[email protected]
New Hampshire	Ryan Russman	[email protected]
New Jersey	Steven Hernandez	[email protected]
New York	Delton Caraway	[email protected]
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island	Robert Humphrey	[email protected]
Vermont	Jason Sawyer	[email protected]
Virginia
West Virginia	Robert McCoid	[email protected]

Alaska	Leigh Ann Bauer	[email protected]
Arizona	Michelle Behan	[email protected]
California	Kellee Parker Harris	[email protected]
Colorado	Clay Shipp	[email protected]
Hawaii	Kevin O’Grady	[email protected]
Idaho	John Cutler	[email protected]
Montana	Matt Dodd	[email protected]
Nevada	Ross C. Goodman	[email protected]
New Mexico	Marc A. Grano	[email protected]
Oregon	Neil Halttunen	[email protected]
Utah	Glenn Neeley	[email protected]
Washington	Jonathan Dichter	[email protected]
Wyoming	Christina Williams	[email protected]

Illinois	Andy Sotiropoulos	[email protected]
Indiana	Scott Pejic	[email protected]
Iowa	Bryan Goodman	[email protected]
Kansas	Jay Norton	[email protected]
Michigan	Kevin Banyon	[email protected]
Minnesota	Charles Ramsay	[email protected]
Missouri	Joseph Passanise	[email protected]
Nebraska	T. Charles James	[email protected]
North Dakota	Chad R. McCabe	[email protected]
Ohio	Shawn R. Dominy	[email protected]
South Dakota
Wisconsin	Amanda Riek	[email protected]

State Delegate Program

Region 1 - Sara E. Compher-Rice+

State Delegates:

Region 2 - Lara Gressley+

State Delegates:

Region 3 - Steven Hernandez+

State Delegates:

Region 4 - Kim Benjamin+

State Delegates:

State Delegates

Leigh Ann Bauer

Patrick Mahaney

Pamela Ann Epperson

Ryan A. Huffman

Kellee Parker Harris

Clay Alexander Shipp

J. Christopher Llinas

Michael Bruckheim

John Garey

Christine Vazquez

Sylvia Goldman

Kevin O'Grady

Bryan Goodman

John E. Cutler

Andy Sotiropoulos

L. Scott Pejic

Jay Norton

Larry Forman

Allyson C. Melancon

Andrew D. Alpert

John S. Webb

Kevin Patrick Banyon

Charles Ramsay

Kimberly J. Benjamin

Joseph S. Passanise

Matt Dodd

John K. Fanney

Chad Rory McCabe

T. Charles James

Ryan L. Russman

Steven W. Hernandez

Marc A. Grano

Ross C. Goodman

Delton F. Caraway

Shawn Dominy

Richard Aitken

Neil Halttunen

Robert H. Humphrey

Dayne C. Phillips

Sara E. Compher-Rice

Julie Myrick

Chabli Alexander

Glen W. Neeley

Jonathan P. Dichter

Amanda K. Riek

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