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We are pleased to begin 2026—ALF’s 49th year of advocating for civil justice—by announcing the addition of two new members to our distinguished Board of Directors. Their election follows a highly productive 2025:
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We achieved the filing of 100 amicus briefs in the Supreme Court, federal courts of appeals, and state appellate courts during the past five years.
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We augmented our advocacy through articles, webcasts, and media interviews on key cases.
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We hosted a highly successful Awards Dinner honoring ExxonMobil Chairman & CEO Darren Woods at the Junior League of Houston.
Our new Board members are Adam P. Laxalt, Partner at Cooper & Kirk, LLC and former Attorney General of Nevada, and Michael T. Lempres, Owner & Principal of Ashfield Advisors, LLC.
H. Dan Fisk, Chairman & President of ALF, extolls both Michael Lempres and Adam Laxalt as:
“paragons of our profession, uniquely qualified to add appreciably to the success of ALF’s advocacy in the pursuit of its mission as America’s leading organization fostering sound science in judicial and regulatory proceedings, free enterprise, the protection of property rights and civil liberties while advocating for limited, responsible government and effective education underpinned by respect for parental rights . . . all under the umbrella of the rule of law and our Constitution.”
Adam P. Laxalt
Partner, Cooper & Kirk
Adam Paul Laxalt is a partner at Cooper & Kirk which he joined in March 2019. Mr. Laxalt served as Nevada’s 33rd Attorney General from 2015 to 2019, entering office as the youngest Attorney General in the country at the time. Mr. Laxalt graduated Magna Cum Laude from Georgetown University and also graduated from Georgetown University Law Center. He is a former Navy and Iraq War veteran. Mr. Laxalt also served as an Assistant Professor of Law at the U.S. Naval Academy.
As Nevada’s Attorney General and top law-enforcement officer, Mr. Laxalt supervised all criminal and civil matters for Nevada’s largest law office. He provided strategic direction and supervision of almost 400 employees, thousands of legal matters, and nearly 50 trials. Mr. Laxalt served as chief legal counsel for the state of Nevada, as well as to Constitutional Officers, state agencies, boards, and commissions. He managed approximately $1.2 billion in potential civil liabilities for the state.
Michael T. Lempres
Owner & Principal at Ashfield Advisors, LLC
Michael T. Lempres is Owner & Principal at Ashfield Advisors, LLC, where he advises digital asset and fintech companies on legal and regulatory strategies, business models and decentralized management issues.
Mr. Lempres has deep experience in heavily regulated industries, particularly blockchain and financial services companies, and is a board member of public and private companies. An advisor to numerous successful startups, he was an Executive in Residence at Andreessen Horowitz and was formerly Chief Legal & Risk Officer at Coinbase, leading through a successful hyper growth period. He has knowledge of government and regulatory issues demonstrated by appointment by three U.S. Presidents and close work on a daily basis with two U.S. Attorneys General.
He served as both Mayor & City Council Member of the city of Atherton, California from 2014 to 2021. Prior to his career in business, he served in the United States Department of Justice from 1988 to 1993, and in 2002 he was Special Counsel and Assistant United States Attorney, Northern District of California. He received Department of Justice’s highest honor, the Edmund G. Randolph Award, for outstanding service and leadership from the Attorney General. He served in the Japanese Ministry of Justice from 1994 to 95, in the Japan Society Leadership Program Fellowship.
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