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President - Mary J. Beaudrow
Mary J. Beaudrow is a Senior Docket Coordinator at Morrison & Foerster LLP. Ms. Beaudrow has been employed in the legal field for over forty years, spending much of that time working in the attorney service business. Mary served as the Treasurer of the National Docketing Association from 2016 - 2021. Mary is a Past President of Legal Professionals, Incorporated (LPI) (formerly known as Legal Secretaries, Incorporated). Mary is also a Past President of California Association of Legal Support Professionals. She is a member of the National Docketing Association (and its SF Bay Area Chapter) and of Mt. Diablo Legal Professionals Association. She has lectured at a number of forums including San Francisco Legal Professionals Association, (former) San Francisco Docket Association, and the Bay Area Legal Forum. |
Mary J. Beaudrow Senior Docket Coordinator Morrison & Foerster LLP 425 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94105-2482
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Vice President - Krista Wilmot 
Krista Wilmot is the Litigation Docketing Manager at Faegre Drinker. Krista has been involved in litigation docketing for over 30 years. She has held similar positions at Akin Gump and Dickstein Shapiro (Blank Rome). Upon joining Faegre Drinker she oversaw the consolidation of multiple docketing systems and processes and converted them into a centralized docketing platform. She currently oversees a dedicated team of docketing professionals, ensuring the smooth and efficient management of all litigation related deadlines. In her role, Krista has implemented policies and procedures, significantly improving the accuracy and efficiency of her department. Krista has been a member of the NDA for over 10 years and recently served as the NDA Secretary. |
Krista Wilmot Litigation Docket Manager Faegre Drinker 1500 K Street NW Washington, DC 20005
(202) 256-3293 |
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Treasurer - Olivia Bane 
Olivia Bane is the Senior Manager of Litigation Docketing at Venable, LLP. For over 20 years, she has supported attorneys and staff, both in IP prosecution and in litigation docketing. She has overseen two firm-wide creation and implementations of new centralized litigation docketing departments at Dickstein Shapiro and at Venable. She has trained staff and attorneys on department services and procedures, including managing the front and back-end of the firm’s calendaring systems, CompuLaw and eDockets. Prior to her new role as NDA Treasurer, she previously served as the NDA Membership Committee Chair/Co-Chair from 2013-2021 and helped lead the efforts in instituting chapters across the country. |
Olivia Bane Senior Manager, Litigation Docketing Venable, LLP 750 E. Pratt Street Suite 900, Baltimore, MD 21202
(410) 244-5493 |
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Secretary and NDA Membership Committee Co-Chair - Amber Goodenough
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Amber Goodenough Director of Docket Winston & Strawn LLP
(312) 558-7582 |
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Membership Committee Co-Chair – Marie Milovanovich
Marie Milovanovich is Docket Manager at Weintraub Tobin. She is an ABA approved paralegal and has over 20 years’ experience in litigation docketing in California. She is experience in multiple legal docket systems and software and has implemented several successful rollouts of firmwide programs and procedures. Prior to her role as a co-chair to the membership committee, she served as the communications director and later as a co chair for the SF Bay Area Chapter. |
MMilovanovichnda@gmail.com |
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NDA Publication Committee Co-Chair - William G. McKay
Rule Committees: New York State Courts, United States District Court-Eastern District of New York. User Committees: New York State Courts, Second Circuit Court of Appeals, United States District Court – Southern District of New York, United States District Court – Eastern District of New York, United States Bankruptcy Court – Southern District of New York, United States Bankruptcy Court – Eastern District of New York. Along with serving on committees for electronic filing, he has also provided advice and served on panels with the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the Administrative Office for U.S. Courts. Speaking engagements on electronic filing include the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Judicial Conference, United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware and Bloomberg LP. |
Managing Clerk Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
(212) 728-8790 |
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NDA Publication Committee Co-Chair - Leslie White Leslie White is a Certified Paralegal at Cirrus Logic, Inc. in Austin, Texas. She has been involved in |
Leslie White, C.P. Sr. Paralegal, Legal Department Cirrus Logic, Inc. 800 W. 6th Street Austin, TX 78701 (512) 851-4522
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NDA Education Committee Co-Chair – Leticia Arvizu-Nelson
Leticia Arvizu-Nelson is a Senior Litigation Docketing Analyst. She has been involved with Litigation Docketing for over 30 years, working with a wide range of law firms from boutique firms to multi-national firms. As result she has a wide span of knowledge related to various docketing policies, procedures and best practices. Leticia was also the Century City Chapter Chair which later became the L.A. Chapter for 6 years. She now serves as the co-chair for the NDA Education Committee. Leticia enjoys being of service to the NDA and exploring good educational material for members. She is also fond of getting to know the Docketing community and has recently started the “Member Spotlight of the Month” section in the NDA newsletter that features monthly interviews with members of the NDA. NDA Education Committee Co-Chair – Kristen Lamb
NDA Education Committee Co-Chair - Theresa Nguyentran
Theresa Nguyentran is the Docket Counsel - West at Winston & Strawn LLP. She is a licensed attorney in the state of California and has worked for the firm for over 4 years. In her role, she supervises a team, ensures timely filing of documents, and advises attorneys and staff on court procedures and rules. Theresa previously worked at the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles. |
Leticia Arvizu-Nelson Senior Litigation Docketing Analyst (909) 519-7947 education@nationaldocketing.org Kristen Lamb Litigation Docketing Senior Analyst Venable LLP 600 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20001 (202) 344-4045 education@nationaldocketing.org Theresa Nguyentran Docket Counsel -West Winston & Strawn LLP (649) 527-8084 education@nationaldocketing.org |
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NDA Education Committee Co-Chair – Phillip Thomson
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Phillip Thomson Docket Supervisor Thompson Hine LLP 3900 Key Center 127 Public Square Cleveland, OH 44114 (216) 566-5916 phillip.thomson@thompsonhine.com |
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Marketing Committee Chair – Deanna Snyder
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dlsnyder@foleyhoag.com |
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Executive Board Member - Elaine Screechfield
Elaine Screechfield (retired) is the former Firmwide Litigation Docket Manager at Morrison & Foerster LLP. For forty years, she oversaw centralized litigation docketing, including training, court resource management and database support. Elaine is the immediate past President of the National Docketing Association; and past Chair of the Education Committee and the SF/Bay Area Chapter. Executive Board Member - JoAnn DiSanti
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William G. McKay is the Managing Clerk at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP. As Managing Clerk, Mr. McKay is responsible for advising attorneys on court procedures and rules along with maintaining the firm’s Litigation, Bankruptcy and Trust & Estates records. Mr. McKay has served on the following committees concerning electronic filing:
the docketing, IP and litigation profession for over 30 years, working at such multi-national firms as Vinson & Elkins, Morrison & Foerster and Arnold, White & Durkee. She now serves on the Education Committee and assists as an IP track organizer for the NDA. 
Kristen Lamb is a Litigation Docketing Senior Analyst at Venable, LLP. She has over 10 years of experience in the legal industry and previously worked in the Litigation Docketing Department at McGuireWoods LLP. She has assisted in the development and implementation of docketing Best Practices and has overseen the training of both new and experienced docketing professionals. Kristen is currently Secretary of the D.C. Chapter and Co-Chair of the Education Committee, and she is excited for the opportunity to share her knowledge of, and passion for, docketing with other members of the NDA.
Phil Thomson is the Litigation and Intellectual Property Docket Supervisor for Thompson Hine LLP since 2014. He has 20 years legal support experience, 15 of which have been dedicated to docketing and managing the docketing process.
Deanna is the Trademark Administrative Assistant at Foley Hoag, LLP in Boston, MA. Born and raised in Canada, Deanna moved to the US in 2013 after graduating from Algonquin College's Radio Broadcasting program, and acquired her Bachelor’s degree in political science from Clarkson University. Deciding to stay in the US and work after graduation, she moved to Albany, NY and found a position as an Office Assistant in an IP Boutique. She soon moved into a Docketing role and in a search for more knowledge, joined the NDA. During the pandemic, she decided to make a change and relocated to Boston for her current stint in trademarks. Deanna became an active member of the NDA, joining the Resource Library and soon after co-founded the Social Media group. She was recently elected to the Board of Directors, assisting in the creation of the Marketing Committee with goals to improve methods of member communication and engagement. Besides IP and marketing her interests include gardening, yoga, video games, curling up with a good book, and training with her dog Hyde.
JoAnn DiSanti is the Associate Director - Managing Clerk at White & Case LLP, with over 20 years of experience leading the firm's Managing Clerk's Department. She is responsible for keeping track of the firm's Litigation and IP in all domestic offices. JoAnn is a past President of the National Docketing Association and is one of the founding members of the NDA. She served on the Motion Support Committee of the Supreme Court of New York County, assisted the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in reorganizing their website, and assisted various courts in beta testing their e-Filing systems. In 2001, she was the recipient of the Legal Aid Society of New York's award for Outstanding Pro Bono Representation. In 2017, she was the recipient of the NDA Lifetime Achievement Award. She is the author of an article published in the New York Law Journal, "Taming the court Calendar," October 20, 2008.