American Bar Association Promotes Fleming to General Counsel

The American Bar Association promoted Annaliese Fleming to general counsel following the unexpected passing of the organization’s former legal chief, Jim Dimos.

Fleming had been the Chicago-based ABA’s deputy general counsel. She assumed the general counsel role Oct. 26 and also has the title of senior associate executive director.

“A great deal of my early time in the job has been spent looking at issues of remote working, and business continuity, disaster planning, the impact of the pandemic on employment law in organizations,” Fleming said. “We’ve been looking at that, of course, for our own organization, but also as it ...