Steven B. Hantler is chairman of the Foundation for Fair Civil Justice. Until his recent retirement from Chrysler LLC, he served as the company's assistant general counsel for government and regulation. Hantler is one of the nation’s leading experts on legal reform and has contributed to legal reform initiatives in many states and at the federal level. He serves on the boards of directors of the Michigan and Florida Chambers of Commerce, the New York University Law School Center for Labor and Employment, the American Tort Reform Association and is legal reform advisor to the Council of State Chambers. He also chairs the board of directors of the State Government Leadership Foundation, which is dedicated to educating state leaders on timely public policy issues. He is a Senior Fellow at the Pacific Research Institute. Each year, he authors NACD Directorship’s Boardroom Guide to Litigation: An Analysis of the Legal Climates in All 50 States.