2026-27 FDCC Officers & Board of Directors

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

Officers

President
Jennifer E. Johnsen
Gallivan, White & Boyd, PA
Greenville, SC
jjohnsen@gwblawfirm.com
Marc H. HarwellBoard Chair
Marc H. Harwell
Harwell & Hurst, PLLC
Chattanooga, TN
marc@harwelllawgroup.com
President-Elect
Sean C. Griffin
Longman & Van Grack
Washington, D.C.
sean@lvglawfirm.com


Executive Director
Bernd G. Heinze, Esq.
King of Prussia, PA
bernie@thefederation.org

Secretary & Treasurer
Francisco Ramos, Jr.
Goldberg Segalla
Miami, FL
framos@goldbergsegalla.com

Senior Directors

 
Jody E. Briandi
Hurwitz Fine P.C.
Buffalo, NY
jeb@hurwitzfine.com

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

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

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

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

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

Shelly Masters
Cokinos Young
Austin, TX
smasters@cokinoslaw.com

Micalann C. Pepe
Jaburg Wilk
Phoenix, AZ
mcp@jaburgwilk.com 

Directors

 Nicole J. Benjamin
Nicole J. Benjamin
Adler Pollock & Sheehan PC
Providence, RI
nbenjamin@apslaw.com



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

 



 
Jeffrey D. Van Volkenburg
Varner & Van Volkenburg, PLLC
Clarksburg, WV
jdvanvolkenburg@vv-wvlaw.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 Sean Griffin; President Jennifer Johnsen; Secretary/Treasurer Frank Ramos; Board Chair & Past President  Marc Harwell

Second Row (L-R): Lee Murray Hall; Richard Dukes;  Nicole Benjamin; April Berman; Valerie Kellner; Shelly Masters; Jeff Guillory; Jody Briandi; Chad Hatmaker

Third Row (L-R): Alycen Moss; Dan McGrath; Nat Jordan; David Zizik; Charlie Frazier; Jimmy Wilkins; Joe Falasco; Micalann Pepe; Jeff Van Volkenburg