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
General Counsel, Baker Hughes
Houston, TX
Hon. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Supreme Court of the United States
Washington, DC (Biography)
Paul M. Igasaki
Equal Justice Works
Alexandria, VA
Ved P. Nanda
University of Denver Law School
Denver, CO
Robert A. Stein
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
Walter H. White, Jr.
Grundberg Mocatta Rakison LLP
London, England (Biography)
LIAISONS
Hon. Louraine C. Arkfeld
ABA Board of Governors
Tempe Municipal Court
Tempe, AZ
Mark D. Agrast
Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities
Center for American Progress
Washington, DC
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
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)
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
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
New York, NY
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
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



