Immediate Past President
Chris L. Newbold is Executive Vice President of ALPS, the nation’s largest direct writer of lawyers’ professional liability insurance, where he oversees business development, sales strategy and is ALPS’ chief liaison into the bar association. Additionally, Chris is a recognized strategic planning facilitator in the bar association and bar foundation worlds, a leader in the lawyer well-being movement and advises states/bar association exploring the merits of mandatory malpractice insurance or disclosure rules. Within the well-being in law arena, Chris has been at the epicenter of discussion nationally since 2016. As co-author of the movement igniting report The Path to Lawyer Well-Being: Practical Recommendations for Positive Change, his leadership as co-chair of the National Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being, his participation on the ABA’s Working Group to Advance Well-Being in the Legal Profession and his role as co-host The Path to Well-Being in Law podcast, Chris has been at the forefront of a movement intent on creating a culture shift in the legal profession intent on advancing personal and professional satisfaction in all sectors of the legal field.
