David English (Missouri) named Chair of ABA Commission on Law and Aging

David M. English, the William Franklin Fratcher Endowed Professor of Law at the University of Missouri- Columbia, has been named Chair of the American Bar Association’s Commission on Law and Aging for the ABA fiscal year starting September 1.  Prof. English has dedicated much of his career to aging and disability issues.  He steps into the capacity of Chair after serving for the past three years as a member of the Commission. He takes over as chair from Jeffery Snell of Sagamore Hills, Ohio who served as chair of the Commission for the past three years.

Professor English has held numerous other leadership positions in the ABA Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law (RPTEL), and Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law.  Prof. English serves as a Uniform Law Commissioner for the state of Missouri, and has worked on many uniform acts including Uniform Adult Guardianship Jurisdiction Act, Uniform Trust Code, Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act, the Uniform Power of Attorney Act, the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, and Uniform Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Act.