2025-26 FDCC Officers & Board of Directors

The Board of Directors is elected each year at the Annual Meeting.

Officers

Marc H. HarwellPresident
Marc H. Harwell
Harwell & Hurst, PLLC
Chattanooga, TN
marc@harwelllawgroup.com
Board Chair
Heidi G. Goebel
Goebel Anderson, PC
Salt Lake City, UT
hgoebel@gapclaw.com
President-Elect
Jennifer E. Johnsen
Gallivan, White & Boyd, PA
Greenville, SC
jjohnsen@gwblawfirm.com

Executive Director
Bernd G. Heinze, Esq.
King of Prussia, PA
bernie@thefederation.org
Secretary & Treasurer
Sean C. Griffin
Longman & Van Grack
Washington, D.C.
sean@lvglawfirm.com

Senior Directors


Charlie T. Frazier, Jr.
Alexander Dubose & Jefferson, LLP
Dallas, TX
cfrazier@adjtlaw.com


Valerie Kellner
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
Philadelphia, PA
Valerie.Kellner@wilsonelser.com
Micalann C. Pepe
Jaburg Wilk
Phoenix, AZ
mcp@jaburgwilk.com 

Jeffery M. Guillory
First Acceptance Insurance Company
Columbia, MO
jguillory@acceptance.com
 
 

Daniel W.McGrath
Hinshaw & Culbertson
Chicago, IL
dmcgrath@hinshawlaw.com



Francisco Ramos, Jr.
Goldberg Segalla
Miami, FL
framos@cspalaw.com

Lee M. Hall
Jenkins Fenstermaker, PLLC
Huntington, WV
lmh@jenkinsfenstermaker.com
 

Alycen A. Moss
Cozen O'Connor
Atlanta, GA
amoss@cozen.com  

Kile T. Turner
Norman Wood Kendrick & Turner
Birmingham, AL
kturner@nwkt.com

Directors

 
 
April Berman
Asurion
Nashville, TN
april.berman@asurion.com



 
Jody E. Briandi
Hurwitz Fine P.C.
Buffalo, NY
jeb@hurwitzfine.com
  
Richard S. Dukes, Jr.
Turner Padget Graham & Laney
Charleston, SC
rdukes@turnerpadget.com
 
Joseph R. Falasco
Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull PLLL
Little Rock, AR
jfalasco@qgtlaw.com
  

James Chadwick Hatmaker
Woolf, McClane, Bright, Allen & Carpenter, PLLC
Knoxville, TN
chatmaker@wmbac.com
  

Nathaniel M. Jordan
Yoder, Ainlay, Ulmer & Buckingham, LLP
Goshen, IN
nat.jordan@ya.law

 

 

Shelly Masters
Cokinos Young
Austin, TX
smasters@cokinoslaw.com
  Jimmy Wilkins
Watkins & Eager PLLC
Jackson, MS
jwilkins@watkinseager.com              

 

  

David A. Zuber
Zuber & Company LLP
Toronto, Ontario
dzuber@zubco.com

 




Front row (L-R):  Executive Director: Bernie Heinze; President-Elect Jennifer Johnsen; President Marc Harwell; Secretary/Treasurer Sean Griffin; Board Chair & Past President  Heidi Goebel

Back row (L-R): Micalann Pepe; April Berman;  Frank Ramos; Jeff Guillory; Nathaniel Jordan; Richard Dukes, Jr.; Alycen Moss; David Zuber; Valerie Kellner; Jody Briandi; Jimmy Wilkins; James Chadwick Hatmaker;  Lee Hall

Not pictured: Joseph Falasco; Charlie Frazier; Shelly Masters; Daniel McGrath; Kile Turner