Center Leadership
EXECUTIVE BOARD
Jerome J. Shestack, Co-Chair
Wolf Block Schorr & Solis-Cohen
Philadelphia, PA (Biography)
Steven T. Walther, Co-Chair
Commissioner, Federal Election Commission
Washington, DC (Biography)
Kay Bridger-Riley
Bridger-Riley & Associates PC
Jenks, OK
Louis J. Briskman
Executive Vice President and
General Counsel, CBS
New York, NY
Alan R. Crain, Jr.
General Counsel, Baker Hughes Incorporated
Houston, TX
Don S. DeAmicis
Ropes & Gray LLP
Boston, MA
Hon. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Supreme Court of the United States
Washington, DC (Biography)
Paul M. Igasaki
Equal Justice Works
Alexandria, VA
Gloria W. Shelton
Office of the Attorney Generall
Annapolis, MD
Robert A. Stein
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
Walter H. White, Jr.
Grundberg Mocatta Rakison LLP
London, England (Biography)
LIAISONS
Mark D. Agrast
Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities
Center for American Progress
Washington, DC
Martha Barnett
ABA-ROLI, CEE Division
Holland & Knight, LLP
Tallahassee, FL
Louis F. Burke
Section of Litigation
Louis F. Burke, PC
New York, NY
Russell S. Kerr
Section of International Law
Kerr & Associates
Fountain Valley, CA
Richard J. Podell
Section of Family Law
Richard Podell & Associates
Milwaukee, WI
Robert Weiner
ABA Board of Governors
Arnold & Porter LLP
Washington, DC
Elizabeth Andersen
American Society of International Law
Washington, DC
Elisa Massimino
Human Rights First
Washington, DC
SPECIAL COUNSELORS
Llewelyn G. Pritchard, Chair
Helsell Fetterman LLP
Seattle, WA (Biography)
Giuseppe Bisconti
Studio Legale Bisconti
Rome, Italy (Biography)
Hon. Thomas Buergenthal
International Court of Justice
The Hague (Biography)
John J. Curtin, Jr.
Bingham McCutchen LLP
Boston, MA (Biography)
Karen J. Mathis
McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter
Denver, CO
Patricia Scott Schroeder
President & CEO
Association of American Publishers
Washington, DC 20001 (Biography)
Wm. Reece Smith
Carlton Fields PA
Tampa, FL
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Douglass W. Cassel, Jr.
Center for Civil and Human Rights
Notre Dame Law School
South Bend, IN
Hon. Irwin Cotler
Canadian House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario
Dato’ Param Cumaraswamy
International Commission of Jurists
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Patricia Murphy Gruber
Peter Gruber Foundation
St. Thomas, Virgin Islands
Allen K. Harris
Harris Law Office
Oklahoma City, OK
Rita E. Hauser
The Hauser Foundation
New York, NY
Hon. Michael B. Hyman
Circuit Court of Cook County
Chicago, IL
Juan E. Mendez
International Center for Transitional Justice
New York, NY
Ramon Mullerat
KPMG Abogados S1
Barcelona, Spain
Fali S. Nariman
Bar Association of India
New Delhi, India
Diane F. Orentlicher
American University, Washington College of Law
Washington, DC
Deborah Perluss
Northwest Justice Project
Seattle, WA
Brian J. Redar
U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Washington, DC
Steven M. Richman
Duane Morris LLP
Hamilton, NJ
David J. Scheffer
Center for International Human Rights
Northwestern University School of Law
Chicago, IL
John Shattuck
JFK Library Foundation
Boston, MA
Ralph G. Steinhart
The George Washington University Law School
Washington, DC
Lis Wiehl
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
