Kevin Thornton has been elected to a three-year term on the Board of Directors of the United States Maritime Law Association (MLA). Thornton chairs the Maritime Law Practice Group at Cooper Levenson in Atlantic City, and is a member of the firm’s Commercial Litigation Group as well. From left: At the association’s May 2 meeting in New York, are Kevin Thornton; Robert Clyne, incoming MLA President, and Rear Admiral Steven Poulin, Chief Counsel and the Advocate General, U.S. Coast Guard.