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Jill Robb Ackerman of Baird Holm LLP in Nebraska was named president of the Nebraska State Bar Association. Her term runs through October 2021. Brenda Baddam of Barclay Damon LLP in Albany, New York, has been selected as a CDTA 2020 Community Champion by the Capital District Transportation Authority. A CDTA Community Champion is someone who goes out of their way to help others and is a role model in the community. Barclay Damon LLP and the firm’s Outdoor & Wildlife Team were given a certificate for “dedication to the promotion of archery and bow hunting and support for the industry” from the Archery Trade Association. Oliver Young of Barclay Damon LLP in Buffalo, New York, has been appointed to the New York State Bar Association Task Force on Racial Injustice and Police Reform. Janae Cummings of Barclay Damon LLP in Syracuse, New York, has been named assistant director for the Ms. JD Fellowship. Ms. JD, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to the success of aspiring and early career female lawyers, founded the Ms. JD Fellowship in partnership with the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession to promote mentoring and professional development for future female attorneys. John F. Wilcox, Jr., a shareholder/director of Dysart Taylor in Kansas City, Missouri, has been elected president of the Transportation Lawyers Association. He becomes Dysart Taylor’s seventh TLA president; Dysart Taylor currently has more former TLA presidents than any other firm. Caleb P. Knight of Flaherty Sensabaugh Bonasso PLLC in Charleston, West Virginia, was selected by the American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA) to serve a fourth term on its Young Professionals Council. In addition, he was named Vice Chair of
Educational Content for the group. His term is for one year, effective July 1, 2020. AHLA is the nation’s largest educational organization devoted to legal issues in the healthcare field. The Young Professionals Council is the governing body that provides insights and direction to the American Health Lawyers Association’s Board of Directors. Andrew T. Stephenson of Franklin & Prokopik, P.C. in Maryland has received the honor of being invited to join the American College of Transportation Attorneys (ACTA). This select group limits membership to only 25 members, comprised of transportation defense lawyers, all serving more than 20 years in the trucking industry. Howard Ashcraft, a partner in Hanson Bridgett LLP’s Construction Practice Group, recently received an appointment as an associate fellow of the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford. The status of associate fellow is equivalent to an adjunct professor status. This significant appointment indicates a recognition by the University of Oxford of Ashcraft’s contributions to the MSc in Major Programme Management, in which he manages and teaches the module on Commercial Leadership. In addition to his legal practice, he advises research projects related to building information modeling, project delivery, and sustainability and is an adjunct professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Stanford University. Hinckley Allen Partner Noble F. Allen recently completed the Third Edition of his eBook “Connecticut Landlord and Tenant Law with Forms” published by The Connecticut Law Tribune and ALM Media.
