Autumn Begay, Esq.
Senior corporate counsel, CHG Healthcare
Begay serves as senior corporate counsel at CHG Healthcare, where she leads the regulatory compliance and government relations functions for the legal department. She is a member of the Legislative Committee of the National Association of Locum Tenens Organizations and serves on several committees with the Utah Chamber of Commerce. Prior to joining CHG Healthcare, Begay served as a health care compliance officer for six years at Intermountain Healthcare. Earlier in her career, she practiced civil litigation. Begay earned her law degree from the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University and her undergraduate degree in political science from Brigham Young University.
Jessica Chasin, Esq.
Associate General Counsel, AMN Healthcare
Chasin serves as associate general counsel at AMN Healthcare, where she leads the employment law function for the legal department. Her team provides enterprise-wide advice and counsel on issues including pay practices and compliance; diversity, equity, and inclusion; human resources; team member engagement; and issue resolution. Chasin also leads AMN’s litigation function and holds several areas of compliance responsibility. She has been litigating primarily employment matters for more than 20 years. Prior to joining AMN in 2016, Chasin worked in private practice at a law firm in San Diego.
Melissa L. Cizmorris, Esq.
Partner, Akerman LLP
Cizmorris is a partner at Akerman LLP who represents employers across the U.S. on labor and employment matters, as well as corporate formation, contracts, and mergers and acquisitions. A key focus of her practice is advising human capital and human resources outsourcing companies, including temporary staffing companies and professional employer organizations (PEOs). Clients regularly turn to Cizmorris for help with a wide range of legal and regulatory needs, from forming and licensing entities to drafting client service agreements and employee handbooks to advising on workers’ compensation, benefits, and general employment matters. She is also frequently engaged to represent buyers and sellers in transactions within these industries, as well as assist in due diligence related to industry-specific issues and labor and employment matters.
In addition to her advisory and transactional work, Cizmorris has broad experience in employment litigation and counseling. She has litigated cases in state and federal courts in Colorado, Kansas, New York, and New Jersey, and represents employers in matters involving Title VII discrimination and harassment claims, wage and hour actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act, Americans With Disabilities Act claims, and Family and Medical Leave Act claims, and noncompete and trade secret enforcement.
William E. Corum, Esq.
Partner, Husch Blackwell LLP
Corum is a former federal clerk, litigator, and labor and employment lawyer. Starting in the firm’s labor and employment practice 30 years ago, he has played many internal roles including membership on the firm’s partner board and leading the firm’s national litigation practice for a number of years. Corum has decades of experience managing a wide variety of labor and employment and general litigation matters for national clients, specifically in the staffing industry, including all types of labor and employment claims, workplace violence and injury cases (including the accompanying insurance and indemnification disputes), and restrictive covenant enforcement and avoidance. He has personally appeared in more than 100 different state and federal courts in 40 different states, has arbitrated and tried cases to judges and juries from coast to coast, and has argued to numerous federal courts of appeal and state courts of last resort.
Brian Coughlin, Esq.
Partner, Fisher Phillips
Coughlin has more than 20 years of experience advising businesses on immigration issues including employment authorization, corporate policy drafting, employee training, and regulatory enforcement and compliance. He counsels employers on immigration-related due diligence issues, helping to manage risk in connection with business combinations, restructuring, and startups. He also assists clients in preparing employment-based and family-based immigrant petitions, U.S. lawful permanent residence processing, and all categories of nonimmigrant visas. Coughlin is committed to the use of innovative technology to streamline his practice and create solutions to challenging legal and case production issues. He represents clients across all industries, including professional services, engineering, management and IT consulting, automotive, manufacturing, logistics and travel, biotech, communications, and media.
Aarati Doddanna, Esq.
General counsel, Actalent Inc.
Doddanna has been practicing law since 2007 and began her career with Allegis in the employee relations department in 2011. In 2013, she served as the compliance manager for the Allegis Employment Practices and Compliance team. In 2015, Doddanna joined the Allegis legal department as an assistant general counsel, where she supported Aerotek until her promotion to Actalent deputy general counsel in 2022. In January 2023, she was appointed as general counsel. Over her tenure at Allegis, Doddanna has consistently demonstrated exceptional leadership in all the roles she has held, establishing trusted relationships across all levels. She is a tenacious negotiator, advanced in risk mitigation, and a quick study of the various Allegis business models.
I. DeAndrei Drummond, Esq.
VP and general counsel, TEKsystems Inc.
Drummond is a global legal and data privacy executive with more than 20 years of multinational experience advising organizations on corporate strategy, regulatory compliance, AI governance, and enterprise risk. As global privacy officer for Allegis Group and vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary for TEKsystems—a more than $7 billion global services leader—he oversees worldwide privacy programs, complex litigation, federal regulatory matters, and high impact commercial and technology transactions.
A Bronze Star recipient and former U.S. Army JAG Major, Drummond is recognized for building world class legal teams, architecting enterprise AI and data governance frameworks, and partnering with executive leaders to guide global growth and innovation. He serves on multiple boards, including McDonogh School and the Association of Corporate Counsel (Baltimore Chapter), and is the chair of the Maryland State Bar Association Business Law Section. Drummond is also certified as an Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional (AIGP), a Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM), and a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) through the International Association of Privacy Professionals.
Scott T. Earl
Unit chief, FBI Cyber Division
Special agent Earl serves as a unit chief in the Cyber National Security team within the FBI’s Cyber Division. In his current role, he oversees a cadre of dedicated operational personnel focused on computer network operations emanating from North Korea by DPRK cyber actors to include North Korean IT workers, managing investigations, U.S. Intelligence Community initiatives, and foreign partnerships regarding the North Korean cyber threat. Earl has also program managed the FBI’s efforts against various cyberterrorism and emerging nation state cyber threats. Prior to joining the FBI’s Cyber Division, he worked various cybercrime and national security cyber investigations in the Tampa and Philadelphia field offices. He has led taskforces for cybercrime and internet crimes against children, served as a coordinator of the FBI’s Central Pennsylvania InfraGard Chapter (a partnership between the FBI and the private sector for the protection of U.S. infrastructure), and has been in the FBI for more than 21 years.
Earl holds a master’s degree in cybersecurity management and policy and a bachelor of science degree in accounting. He has in-depth experience in cyber investigations, cyber threat intelligence, and digital/mobile device forensics. He has had numerous trainings and certifications in the areas of cybersecurity, investigations, and digital forensic tools and techniques.
Christina Pyle Engle, Esq.
Partner, Husch Blackwell LLP
With a focus on business disputes, Engle represents her clients in a broad range of cases involving contract disputes, workplace injuries, employment issues, premises liability, insurance and indemnity obligations, noncompete enforcement, and intellectual property rights. She is involved in all aspects of litigation, from the initial filing or defense of a lawsuit through trial, and has represented clients in state and federal courts across the nation, achieving favorable results in both bench and jury trials. She is known for being the most prepared attorney in the courtroom. A significant portion of her practice is devoted to representing and advising staffing companies and their clients. With nearly 15 years of experience as a litigator, Engle brings a practical and business-minded perspective to every case. Her approach is grounded in understanding the full impact of litigation on the client’s business and developing strategies that align with the client’s broader business goals. Clients value Engle’s partnership and commitment to achieving the best possible results.
Sherry H. Flax, Esq.
Partner, Saul Ewing LLP
Flax concentrates her practice on matters dealing with intellectual property law, with an emphasis on trademarks and copyrights. She assists clients in securing and protecting their rights in commercially valuable property through U.S. and international trademarks and copyrights, domain names, trade secrets, and licensing. Flax regularly counsels clients on the use and protection of intellectual property on the internet and related aspects of business law. She has extensive experience in working with both mature and emerging companies on developing and strengthening brands in a wide variety of industries. She also has more than 20 years of experience in complex civil litigation, including litigating patent, trademark, and trade dress infringement; unfair competition; and domain name cases and disputes. Flax regularly advises clients on litigation strategy and protective measures. Her trademark litigation matters have included infringement cases in the federal courts as well as opposition, cancellation, and concurrent use administrative proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. She regularly lectures at seminars and other forums on trademark and copyright law and has published several articles on these topics.
Marc D. Freedman, Esq.
Member, Saiber LLC
Freedman is a seasoned attorney and member of Saiber LLC’s Business Services and Employment practice groups, where he focuses on business and corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, employment law, and litigation, with a strong emphasis on the staffing industry. He has extensive experience handling corporate acquisitions, financing agreements, labor relations, contract negotiations, collective bargaining, wage and hour matters, discrimination investigations and litigation, employment terminations, and restrictive covenants, and in the development of corporate policies and procedures. He also advises on licensing, security clearances, and the establishment of domestic and international branch and subsidiary operations, and regularly counsels senior executives on legal, business, and operational issues. Previously, Freedman served as chief legal officer to one of the largest and most diversified public companies in the temporary employment industry, overseeing human resources and risk insurance and ensuring compliance with securities, labor, and other regulatory requirements. He currently serves as general counsel to the New Jersey Staffing Alliance and formerly held similar leadership roles with national staffing organizations, including the National Association for Personnel Services and the National Technical Services Association; at the latter he also served on its board of directors and executive committee.
Marc J. Gerson, Esq.
Member, Miller & Chevalier
Gerson’s practice focuses on federal tax policy, providing strategic advice and representation to clients before Congress, the Department of the Treasury, and the Internal Revenue Service. He was described by clients in Chambers USA as “incredibly responsive, a straight talker, and well respected on Capitol Hill” and has been named a “Top Lobbyist” by The Hill and the National Institute for Lobbying and Ethics. Prior to rejoining Miller & Chevalier, Gerson served as majority tax counsel to the House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means. In that role, he provided policy and technical analysis with respect to the development and evaluation of tax legislation. He acted as the staff liaison to Committee on Ways and Means members, the Senate Committee on Finance, the Joint Committee on Taxation, and Treasury. He also served as counsel on all major tax legislation enacted in the 109th Congress, including the Gulf Opportunity Zone Act of 2005, the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005, and the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006.
Sarah Hayden, CSP
VP of risk management, PrideStaff
With more than 25 years of experience in the staffing industry, Hayden knows that effective compliance isn’t just about following rules—it’s about how those rules work in the real world of temporary staffing and client relationships. As the vice president of risk management at PrideStaff, she leads a comprehensive program that integrates compliance requirements with organizational risk assessment and management. Hayden specializes in translating complex regulations into clear, operational workflows. Her focus is on building sustainable systems that protect the business while supporting growth, ensuring that compliance is a tool for success rather than a hurdle for operations.
Laura D. Heckathorn, Esq., CSP
Partner, Fisher Phillips LLP
Heckathorn is a partner at Fisher Phillips, where she advises national employers, including staffing and recruiting companies, across the full spectrum of employment counseling and HR risk management. With more than 26 years of combined HR and employment law experience, her practice includes HR compliance, wage-and-hour matters, misclassification, and joint employment exposure. She also drafts and negotiates employment and commercial agreements; designs and delivers management training; and provides proactive, solutions-oriented guidance that reassures clients while delivering budget-conscious outcomes for multistate operations. Previously, Heckathorn served as general counsel to a national recruiting and staffing company, leading employment strategy, workplace investigations, and litigation management across the organization. She earned her juris doctorate degree from UCLA School of Law and her bachelor of arts degree from Pomona College. She is admitted to practice in California and Massachusetts, and holds SHRM-SCP, HR Management, and CSP certifications.
Vanessa Hodgerson, Esq.
Chief legal and compliance officer, Ingenovis Health
Hodgerson is chief legal and compliance officer at Ingenovis Health, where she leads the company’s legal, regulatory, and compliance strategy in support of its mission to build a home for health care talent. With nearly 20 years of legal and compliance leadership experience, she brings deep expertise across multiple disciplines including employment, staffing law, labor relations, complex regulatory matters, mergers and acquisitions, commercial litigation, data privacy, ethical AI, and intellectual property. Before joining Ingenovis Health in 2025, Hodgerson spent nearly a decade at a major global staffing brand, advising diverse businesses across highly regulated, multi‑industry environments.
Hillary L. Klein, Esq.
Partner, Husch Blackwell LLP
Klein draws from more than 20 years of experience to help employers navigate employment litigation and administrative proceedings arising under federal, state, and local discrimination, harassment, retaliation, whistleblower, and wage and hour laws, as well as litigation of claims involving the enforcement of noncompetition, nonsolicitation, and nondisclosure agreements. Her experience includes employment-related litigation regarding Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and the Family and Medical Leave Act, and representing employers in Fair Labor Standards Act cases and obtaining injunctive relief in numerous cases involving noncompetition agreements and other restrictive covenants. On the counseling side, Klein advises businesses on a daily basis about personnel decisions, wage and hour matters, internal complaints, investigations, and accommodation issues. She also conducts human resource audits and policy reviews and provides training to management and nonmanagement employees on a variety of employment issues, including prohibited harassment and effective supervision.
Jason B. Klimpl, Esq.
Partner, Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP
Klimpl is a partner in the employment law group of Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP. In this capacity, he advises clients on a broad range of employment law matters, such as wage and hour compliance, health care, equal opportunity actions and policies, employment agreements and restrictive covenants, independent contractor and consulting issues, reductions in force, technology and privacy concerns, and other human resource and compliance counseling. He is also general counsel of the New York Staffing Association, an ASA-affiliated chapter, and is heavily involved in legal and legislative efforts to support the staffing industry. He has written numerous employment law articles and is a contributing faculty member of both Lawline and the National Academy of Continuing Legal Education. Klimpl also is a member of the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce Speaker Bureau. He was awarded Martindale-Hubbell’s “preeminent” peer review rating; named as a Super Lawyer: Rising Star from 2013 to 2022 as well as Super Lawyer: New York Metro Area–Employment and Labor from 2023 to 2025; and recognized on the list of Best Lawyers in America from 2024 to 2026.
Nick Kowalczyk, Esq.
VP and chief risk, compliance, and privacy officer, Kelly
Kowalczyk is vice president and chief risk, compliance, and privacy officer at Kelly, where he has spent more than 15 years navigating the intersection of law, risk, and compliance. In his current role, he provides strategic oversight of Kelly’s enterprise risk management, data privacy, AI governance, and cybersecurity programs—partnering with leadership from the front line to the board of directors. Kowalczyk has been on the front lines of the staffing industry’s battle against sophisticated applicant fraud, including AI-enhanced candidate impersonation, deepfake interview schemes, and nation-state actors infiltrating the hiring pipeline—bringing firsthand perspective on both the evolving threat landscape and the practical defenses organizations must deploy to protect themselves.
Sarah Kroll-Rosenbaum, Esq.
Founding partner, Grove Law LLP
Kroll-Rosenbaum is a founding partner of Grove Law LLP and a nationally recognized leader in staffing law. She serves as a strategic advisor and creative problem-solver for a wide range of companies across the staffing ecosystem—from emerging firms to established national providers—guiding them through complex litigation, regulatory risk, and business transformation. Kroll-Rosenbaum has defended dozens of staffing companies in class, collective, and representative actions, including high-stakes Private Attorneys General Act claims. Known for her clarity, precision, and legal strategy, she regularly appears in state and federal courts across the country, in arbitration, and before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Leticia Lamarque, Esq.
Senior director of legal and compliance, MedPro Healthcare Staffing
Lamarque is senior director of legal and compliance with MedPro Healthcare Staffing, where she oversees litigation, regulatory compliance, contracts, employment matters, and a wide range of corporate compliance issues. She is a seasoned legal professional with more than 18 years of experience in corporate law. Before joining MedPro, Lamarque held key legal positions at Spirit Airlines and a health care technology company, focusing on mergers and acquisitions, contract negotiations, regulatory compliance, and other strategic legal initiatives.
Luke Lindahl
CFO, Integrity Staffing Solutions
Lindahl is the chief financial officer of Integrity Staffing Solutions, where he leads all back- and middle-office functions for a multistate light industrial staffing organization. In this role, he oversees accounting, financial planning and analysis, treasury, collections, IT, AI initiatives, mergers and acquisitions, systems support, and training, with a focus on driving profitability, scalability, and operational discipline across the enterprise.
With more than 20 years of leadership experience in c-level roles focusing on aviation services, hospitality, medical device manufacturing, supply chain and logistics, light industrial, and professional services, Lindahl is known for transforming organizations through data-driven decision-making, technology enablement, and strong financial governance. At Integrity Staffing Solutions, he has led significant cost-reduction initiatives, improved net income performance, and implemented integrated analytics and reporting capabilities to increase visibility and accountability across the organization. Prior to joining Integrity, Lindahl served in several senior executive roles, including president of workforce recruitment at Eastridge Workforce Solutions (a $300 million diversified staffing company), chief commercial officer for a $700 million aviation services company, and executive vice president of a $300 million hospitality staffing organization. Across these roles, he has held full profit and loss responsibility; managed large multistate branch networks; and led sales, operations, finance, and technology teams supporting workforces of up to 10,000 associates nationwide.
Lindahl has deep expertise in financial management, operational reporting, budgeting and forecasting, strategic account management, and enterprise technology implementations. He has led multiple enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management, and business intelligence deployments, shifting organizations from lagging, historical reporting to leading-indicator performance management models. His leadership style emphasizes accountability, talent development, and aligning financial outcomes with customer and operational excellence.
Lindahl holds a master of business administration degree in international financial management and accounting from Kennesaw State University and a bachelor of business administration degree from the University of Central Florida.
Gerald L. Maatman Jr., Esq.
Partner, Duane Morris LLP
Maatman is a Chambers-recognized workplace class action defense litigator, eight-time Law 360 Employment Law MVP, nine-time recipient of BTI Consulting Group’s distinguished Client Service All-Star Award, and 2021 Legal 500 Hall of Fame inductee. As a partner at Duane Morris LLP, he chairs the firm’s class action defense group. Among his various cases, Maatman successfully defended the largest Equal Employment Opportunity Commission pattern or practice lawsuit ever prosecuted in the history of the commission; the largest age discrimination collective action ever brought in Illinois; the first sexual harassment class action brought by a state attorney general in the U.S.; and the largest wage and hour class actions ever litigated in Florida, Illinois, and New York. A graduate of Washington and Lee University and the Northwestern University School of Law, where he has served as an adjunct professor for 35 years, Maatman is based out of Duane Morris’s Chicago and New York offices.
Among his areas of focus, Maatman represents many American Staffing Association members in litigation and has handled amicus briefing for ASA on issues of key concern to the staffing community in both federal and state courts. The author of nine books on law, he is often consulted by major news organizations for his views on significant court rulings and legal issues. He has served as a legal commentator on PBS, NPR, MSNBC, CNBC, and USA Talk Radio, and his comments have appeared in such publications as the Wall Street Journal, The Economist, Business Insurance, USA Today, Fortune, and Forbes. In 2023, Business Today included Maatman in its rankings of the Top 8 Most Influential Labor & Employment Lawyers in the U.S. Further, Chambers selected him as one of the leading class action defense lawyers in its 2006 to 2026 rankings of U.S. lawyers. In 2026, Wiley & Sons published Maatman’s most recent book—The Employment Law Manual, called a landmark resource for executives, managers, and business owners on mastering employment law and a roadmap for navigating employment law complexities while building stronger, more productive workplaces.
Toby Malara, Esq.
VP, government relations, American Staffing Association
Malara is vice president of government relations for the American Staffing Association. He advises on all staffing-related legislation and regulation, including the Affordable Care Act, immigration/I-9, paid sick leave, sales tax, and per diem issues. He also directs the association’s political activities through its political action committee, StaffingPAC.
Peter Mecouch
Chief clinical and compliance officer, GHR Healthcare
Mecouch, a registered nurse, serves as the chief clinical and compliance officer at GHR Healthcare. With more than 31 years of experience in health care, he brings an extensive background in acute care nursing, 18 years of clinical nursing experience, and 13 years of progressive health care leadership experience—including as chief nurse executive and chief executive officer—to his role in health care staffing. Overseeing clinical operations, Mecouch advises clinicians, ensures compliance with state and federal regulations, and maintains Joint Commission certification for the company. This comprehensive approach guarantees quality assurance throughout GHR Healthcare’s staffing operations.
Joanna Monroe, Esq.
Co-managing partner, Staffing GC
Monroe is a senior legal executive and c-suite adviser with more than 25 years of experience in staffing. She is co-founder of Staffing GC, a law firm dedicated exclusively to staffing companies, where she provides practical, solutions-driven counsel that helps leaders reduce risk, manage legal spend, and make informed business decisions. Before launching Staffing GC in 2021, Monroe spent 20 years at TrueBlue Inc., a publicly traded workforce solutions company, serving for more than a decade as vice president and chief compliance and risk officer. She played a central role in transforming the company from a $1 billion day-labor business employing more than 500,000 temporary workers annually into a $3 billion international workforce solutions organization. She led legal, compliance, enterprise risk, audit, and government relations functions, and advised on complex litigation, union campaigns, government investigations, contract negotiations, strategic acquisitions, and major operational integrations.
Monroe is a recognized industry leader, speaker, and influencer, regularly presenting and writing on the legal, compliance, and regulatory issues impacting staffing firms nationwide. Her philosophy is simple: Legal strategy should power growth—not stand in its way. She holds a juris doctorate degree from the University of Puget Sound, a master of business administration degree from the University of Phoenix, and a bachelor of arts degree in political science from California State University, Northridge.
Janine Musorafite
Chief compliance officer, Epic Staffing Group
Musorafite serves as the chief compliance officer at Epic Staffing Group. With more than 17 years of experience in health care staffing, she brings a strong background in credentialing and regulatory compliance, including 11 years in credentialing operations and six years in compliance leadership. In her role, she oversees the company’s compliance and ethics program and credentialing functions, ensuring adherence to federal and state regulations and accreditation standards. Musorafite advises leadership on regulatory risk, policy development, and operational compliance across a range of health care staffing lines, supporting quality and consistency throughout the organization’s operations.
Steve Pedersen, Esq.
Chief legal officer, All Star Healthcare Solutions
Pedersen serves as the chief legal officer of All Star Healthcare Solutions, one of the nation’s largest locum tenens staffing agencies. He oversees all legal matters, including regulatory compliance, contracts, litigation, risk management, government affairs, and enterprise-wide legal strategy. He is a member of the American Staffing Association’s legislative and chief legal officer committees. Prior to joining All Star, Pedersen served as chief legal officer to one of the nation’s largest health care staffing agencies. He has nearly a decade of experience as a legal executive in health care staffing and more than 15 years as an in-house legal executive. Pedersen is a summa cum laude graduate of Creighton University and obtained his law degree from Duke University School of Law.
Erik P. Pramschufer, Esq.
Partner, Saul Ewing LLP
Pramschufer’s practice focuses on labor and employment law, including workplace litigation, dispute resolution, and counseling. He litigates and advises clients under federal, state, and local employment laws, primarily in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. A successful trial attorney, Pramschufer has experience defending clients against lawsuits and administrative claims related to wages, discrimination, and protected leaves of absence. He has also litigated restrictive covenant and trade secret cases across the country—both in the enforcement of covenants and defending individuals and subsequent employers. His recent trial wins include defeating a federal sexual harassment case brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, where the court found in favor of his client on all counts. Outside the courtroom, Pramschufer regularly advises clients in various industries on matters related to employment and human resource compliance. This often includes drafting employment policies, handbooks, and agreements for a wide array of employees—from tipped workers to white collar executives. He also provides antiharassment and discrimination training to employees and managers, including training for human resources departments of staffing companies related to their unique responsibilities.
Evan M. Rosen, Esq.
Principal, Jackson Lewis PC
Rosen is a principal in the Atlanta office of Jackson Lewis PC. He is a labor and employment litigator and counselor who has been recognized nationally for his expertise by The Best Lawyers in America for the past nine years in the practice areas of employment law, management and litigation, and labor and employment. Rosen specializes in the staffing industry and advises staffing companies throughout the country. He served on the board of directors for the Georgia Staffing Association for the past 13 years and serves as a founding and leading member of Jackson Lewis’s staffing and independent workforce practice group. Rosen works with staffing companies nationwide on a variety of issues, including defending companies against discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage and hour, breach of contract, Fair Credit Reporting Act, noncompete, and wrongful termination administrative charges and lawsuits; counseling companies on a wide range of employment policies and practices; and drafting agreements and policies such as employment agreements, separation agreements, employee handbooks, master service agreements, managed service provider agreements, independent contractor agreements, and other employment policies.
Nick Rudman, Esq.
General counsel, Medical Solutions
Rudman serves as general counsel for Medical Solutions, where he oversees all legal matters, including regulatory compliance, contracts, litigation, risk management, and enterprise-wide legal strategy. He joined Medical Solutions in 2021 as associate general counsel, assuming primary oversight and management of the company’s litigation. Before joining Medical Solutions, Rudman was a litigator and trial attorney for 13 years, including as partner at the law firm of Baird Holm LLP, where his clients included staffing companies, health care plans, and health care systems. He earned his bachelor of arts degree from Washburn University, a master’s degree in political science from the University of Missouri, and his juris doctorate degree from Creighton University School of Law.
Anthony D. Sbardellati, Esq.
Partner, Grove
Sbardellati is a seasoned litigator known for his steady judgment, creative problem-solving, and deep commitment to integrity. He represents a diverse range of clients in high-stakes commercial, employment, and complex civil litigation. He combines principled advocacy with strategic thinking to resolve disputes efficiently and effectively. Sbardellati’s experience includes claims involving breach of contract, fraud, business torts, discrimination, and wage-and-hour issues. Clients trust him to distill complexity, anticipate risk, and craft solutions that align with their values and long-term goals. Whether advocating in court or crafting quiet resolutions behind the scenes, he delivers sharp strategy, sound judgment, and meaningful results for his clients.
Megan A. Scheiderer, Esq.
Partner, Husch Blackwell LLP
A seasoned litigator with a broad range, Scheiderer is known for leading complex teams and volume dockets. In an era of increasing specialization, she has successfully maintained a diverse litigation practice so that her proficiency managing complex cases and national teams can be deployed when and where needed. Clients rely on her to develop litigation strategies and solutions that achieve their business objectives. She brings the concept of a “virtual law firm” to life, coordinating defense groups and local counsel across dockets, across the country.
Scheiderer is a passionate advocate, securing successful outcomes in business, employment, personal injury, and toxic tort disputes. For well over a decade, she has defended a global staffing company with diverse contractual, employment, and injury-related disputes in state and federal courts and arbitration venues, regularly securing summary judgment and other pretrial dismissals—including preserving favorable judgments on appeal in U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Tenth and Eleventh Circuits. She protects chemical and petrochemical manufacturers in matters involving asbestos, benzene and solvents, and agricultural chemicals in some of the toughest jurisdictions.
Scheiderer co-founded the firm’s Artificial Intelligence team, a cross-practice group of attorneys focused on representing clients in AI-related matters. She is also co-founder of the firm’s innovative eDiscovery Solutions team and has extensive experience in managing the discovery process for clients.
Hannah Sholl, Esq.
Founding partner, Grove
Sholl is an experienced litigator, advisor, and connector with more than two decades of practice at the intersection of complex litigation, regulatory risk, and values-driven leadership. Known for her strategic clarity and extraordinary presence, she guides individuals, companies, and boards through high-stakes disputes, government scrutiny, and internal investigations—with insight, empathy, and precision. Before co-founding Grove, Sholl served in senior legal roles at Visa Inc., where she oversaw global litigation, internal reviews, and policy matters with international impact. She began her career at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP and later practiced at Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP, representing clients in commercial, civil, and white-collar matters. Across these roles, she developed a reputation for navigating complexity with steadiness and strategic foresight.
Sholl is an exceptional listener and trusted space-holder—qualities that have made her a sought-after mentor and a natural leader in cross-functional teams. Her work is guided by a strong ethical compass and a commitment to service, reflected in her longstanding leadership in pro bono advocacy and her ability to center human dignity in legal strategy. She has received numerous honors for her legal and leadership excellence, including the Women, Influence & Power in Law—In-House Collaborative Leadership Award, New York Law Journal’s Lawyers Who Lead by Example award, Profiles in Leadership Journal’s Women Worth Watching in Leadership award, and New York Business Journal’s 2023 Women of Influence award. She has also been featured in Modern Counsel magazine.
A graduate of UC Berkeley School of Law and Barnard College, and a SHRM-Certified Professional, Sholl brings not only legal mastery but a keen design sensibility to her work—helping to shape Grove as a firm that is as thoughtful in its structure as it is in its advocacy.
Scheiderer co-founded the firm’s Artificial Intelligence team, a cross-practice group of attorneys focused on representing clients in AI-related matters. She is also co-founder of the firm’s innovative eDiscovery Solutions team and has extensive experience in managing the discovery process for clients.
Amber Sprengard
VP of government affairs, Health Carousel
As vice president of government affairs, Sprengard is focused on the continued regulatory challenges and opportunities that Health Carousel faces, especially in dealing with federal legislation and administration oversight that affects the business each day. She manages the relationships with international governments and regulators of international health care staffing agencies and communicates Health Carousel’s ethical, honest, and socially responsible work in all business relationships. Additionally, she represents Health Carousel’s interest on several industry associations—including the American Association of International Healthcare Recruitment, the National Association of Locum Tenens Organizations, and Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (now TruMerit)—and played a key role in Health Carousel’s approval as a Certified Ethical Recruiter with CGFNS. Prior to joining Health Carousel, Sprengard spent 11 years as vice president of municipal investment banking for RBC Capital Markets. Earlier in her career, she served as chief of staff to the co-chair of the Republican National Committee and as a government affairs consultant, managing client relationships within Ohio.
Sprengard is a graduate of the James Madison College at Michigan State University. She was named to Cincinnati Business Courier’s “Forty Under 40” Class of 2012. She lives in Cincinnati, OH, with her husband and two children.
Patrick Treacy, Esq.
Employment policy counsel, American Staffing Association
Treacy has more than 26 years of progressive legal experience in the staffing industry. Before joining the American Staffing Association in 2025, he served as senior vice president and general counsel of Staffmark Group, where he was a key member of the senior leadership team, advising on contractual, regulatory, and statutory matters. Prior to that, he held a similar role as general counsel at TradeSource Inc., a construction staffing and recruiting company. He holds a juris doctorate degree from St. John’s University School of Law in Jamaica, NY, and a bachelor of arts degree in engineering from Lafayette College in Easton, PA.
Jenna Yott, Esq.
General counsel and chief legal compliance officer, Supplemental Health Care
Yott has served as general counsel and chief legal compliance officer for Supplemental Health Care since 2022. As the company’s first and only in-house attorney, she oversees all legal matters for Supplemental Health Care, including litigation, employment, contracts, collections, regulatory compliance, intellectual property, real estate, and tax. She is a member of the legal and legislative committee of the American Staffing Association and the Government and Regulatory Affairs Committee of the National Association of Travel Healthcare Organizations. Prior to joining Supplemental, Yott oversaw employment law at various multistate employers and practiced litigation at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. She began her legal career as a law clerk to judge William A. Fletcher of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Yott earned her law degree from University of California, Berkeley, and her undergraduate degree from Drew University.
Ariel D. Zion, Esq.
Chief legal officer, Insight Global
Zion is chief legal officer and corporate secretary of Insight Global, a staffing and professional services company headquartered in Atlanta, GA, with operations worldwide. She leads a team of legal, contracts, regulatory compliance, and security professionals who support more than 75 field offices across the U.S., Canada, and the UK, as well as international delivery centers in India and the Philippines. She is also the executive champion for the company’s sustainability and governance initiatives, playing a pivotal role in creating a workplace culture that aligns with Insight Global’s shared values. Zion began her career as a litigator at two Atlanta-based firms before leaving private practice to join Insight Global in 2017. Since then, she has been instrumental in building teams and critical functional areas within Insight Global’s legal department, as well as focusing on developing excellent legal talent. She counsels the business on all areas of risk and compliance, while first and foremost being a partner to enable business growth. Zion graduated from the University of Texas at Austin and earned her juris doctorate degree from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University.
