Nominations Committee Announces 2026 Candidates for Bar Office

Nominations Committee Announces 2026 Candidates for Bar Office

February 20, 2026

The D.C. Bar Committee on Nominations has announced the following candidates for the 2026 D.C. Bar general election:

President-Elect (1 seat open)

• Amy L. Bess
  Vedder
  
• Josh Mogil
  Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP; Georgetown University Law Center

Treasurer-Elect (1 seat open)

• John R. Ingrassia
  Proskauer Rose LLP
  
• Steven R. Miller
  U.S. Department of Energy

Board of Governors (5 seats open)

• James S. Bubar
  James S. Bubar Attorney at Law
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• Rebecca F. Cady
  Lockton
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• Jill Dash
  Jewish Council for Public Affairs
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• Patrick C. English
  Latham & Watkins LLP
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• Hilary P. Gerzhoy
  HWG LLP
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• Sharra E. Greer
  Children's Law Center
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• Steven P. Hollman
  Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
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• John (Heflin) Hopkins-Gillispie
  Trustible
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• Mary Ann McGrail
  Library of Congress, Copyright Royalty Board
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• Austin A. B. Ownbey
  Akerman LLP
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• Mark A. Salzberg
  Squire Patton Boggs

ABA Delegates (3 seats open)

• Josephine M. Bahn
  Cozen O'Connor
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• Laura A. Possessky
  Corporation for Public Broadcasting
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• Donald Quinn
  Quinn Patton, L.C.
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• Joseph M. Saka
  Nossaman LLP

Other D.C. Bar members who wish to run for office may secure a spot on the ballot for any position other than president-elect by filing a petition bearing the signatures of at least 454 active members of the D.C. Bar (the figure representing at least one-half of one percent of the Bar's active membership as of the first business day of 2026).

The petition can also be obtained by contacting Crystal White in the Bar's Executive Office at 202-737-4700, ext. 2607, or by email at [email protected]. Petitions must be filed no later than 5 p.m. on Friday, March 6, 2026.

The 2026 D.C. Bar general and Communities elections will run from April 15 to June 3. Voting is exclusively online. Eligible voters (all active D.C. Bar members as of February 28) will receive an email link to the general election ballot, as well as to the ballots for their D.C. Bar Communities, from Direct Vote (via Survey & Ballot Systems), an independent vendor administering the 2026 D.C. Bar elections.