The Business Law Section is committed to informing and educating its members. We believe that shared wisdom and experiences can help to enrich the skills and knowledge of business lawyers. The Business Law Advisors program was designed to place leaders of the profession into a position to help inform and educate members of the Section by getting involved in the Section's activities.

Business Law Advisors are individuals who have distinguished themselves as practitioners, teachers, or government officials in one or more of the areas in which committees of the Business Law Section are active. Business Law Advisors need not have previously been active in the Section. The Section looks for lawyers with national reputations who have the experience and judgment necessary to help inform and educate younger members of the profession. The Section is not necessarily seeking lawyers with current cutting edge knowledge of specific legal issues. Rather, it seeks individuals who can share the wisdom and knowledge they have accumulated over years of practice.

A critical feature of the Program is a commitment by selected Business Law Advisors to share wisdom and experience with members of the Section by:

• Actively participating in their assigned substantive committee
• Attending the ABA Annual Meeting and participating Business Law Advisors Committee luncheon; the Council Meeting; and their assigned substantive Committee's meetings, programs and activities
• Attending the stand-alone Committee meeting of their assigned substantive Committee
• Attending the Section's Midwinter Leadership Meeting and participating in the Council Meeting
• Attending the Section's Spring Meeting and participating in the Business Law Advisors Committee meeting; the Council Meeting; and their assigned substantive Committee's meetings, programs and activities
• Participating in Section Outreach activities for law students and young lawyers.

Each year a class of Business Law Advisors are selected by the former Chairs of the Business Law Section, based on nominations received from members of the Business Law Advisors Committee, Section Officers, the Chairs of the various Section committees and members of the Section Council. Each Advisor serves for a term of two years, commencing at the end of the ABA Annual Meeting in August of the year he or she is selected.

Please click here to download the Business Law Advisors Nomination. Nominations are due May 18, 2012. Please contact Leslie Banas at leslie.banas@americanbar.org or (312) 988-5630 for more information

Continuing Advisors are former Advisors who choose to continue their participation in the Section and their assigned substantive Committee after the conclusion of their two-year term. They play a significant role in the Section by staying active in Committee activities, engaging in Section initiatives and providing the opportunity for Section members to meet and learn from leaders in the law. Continuing Advisors may be eligible for financial support for meeting attendance through their substantive Committee if they meet the requirements of the Section's reimbursement policy.

Co-Chairs: 
Lawrence A Goldman, Steven Matthew Mayer

Committee Roster (12 total members)