In August, Columbus partner David J. Butler will be installed as president of the Federal Bar Association’s Columbus Chapter for 2013-2014. He is currently vice president of the chapter.

Butler was also a presenter at the FBA Sixth Circuit Chapter’s Leadership Conference in Cincinnati on July 24. Butler led a membership discussion on educational programming topics to deliver valuable insights to the members and to drive attendance to the chapter’s events.

A business trial lawyer, Butler has experience in a wide range of commercial legal matters, including contract disputes, business torts, shareholder disputes, trademark and trade dress law, civil rights laws, and constitutional, administrative and employment law. He serves as co-chair of Taft’s litigation group, which includes more than 130 attorneys who are in state and federal courts every day throughout Ohio, Indiana and into Kentucky.

About the FBA Columbus Chapter
FBA members work to strengthen the federal legal system and administration of justice by serving the interests and the needs of the federal practitioner, both public and private, the federal judiciary and the public they serve. Membership in the Columbus Chapter is comprised of any active member of the Federal Bar Association and who resides or has his or her employment or office in the Metropolitan area of Columbus, Ohio. The area is defined as the following counties: Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Licking, Madison, Morrow, Pickaway and Union. For more information, visit: http://www.fedbar.org/chapters/columbus-chapter.aspx.