Advisory Council

  • Anthony Alexis, Former Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP; Former Assistant Director and Head of the Office of Enforcement, U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; former Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia; and, former Trial Attorney US Department of Justice Civil Fraud Section.

  • Roy Austin, Jr., Former Vice President of Civil Rights and Deputy General Counsel, Facebook; former Partner, Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis, Trial Litigation practice; former Deputy Assistant to President Obama for the Office of Urban Affairs, Justice and Opportunity; former Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice.

  • Nicole Austin-Hillery, Executive Director, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation; Board Member, Washington Bar Association, the first African-American bar association.

  • Bernita Bailey,  Senior Vice President, Market President for Truist Financial Corporation; Member of the Truist Foundation Local Advisory Council, Board of Directors for the Boys and Girls Club, Metro and Germantown, Prince George’s County Chamber, Bowie State University College of Business, The Motley Fool Foundation, and the Prince George's Community College Business Connection Council.

  • Claude Bailey, Partner, Venable State and Local Government Practice; former Counsel to DC Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly; Board of Deacons, Metropolitan Baptist Church.

  • Allyson Baker, Partner, Paul Hastings LLP; former Enforcement Attorney, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

  • Michael Baratz, Partner, Litigation and International Departments, Steptoe and Johnson; former 5th grade teacher, Temple Sinai Religious School.

  • Vivian Bass, CEO Emeritus of Makom; Past Chair of Jewish Women International; US Board President of Save a Child's Heart; Vice Chair of Disability Belongs (formerly RespectAbility). 

  • Matthew Bruckner, Associate Professor, Howard University School of Law.

  • Barry Coburn, Partner, Coburn & Greenbaum; Member, Board of Directors, Council for Court Excellence; active in the Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs.

  • Daniel Edelman, Senior Counsel, Katz, Marshall & Banks; Member, Board of Directors of the UDC School of Law Foundation; former recipient of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund’s pro bono award.

  • Andrew Eskin, Former Partner, DLA Piper (Federal Law and Policy Group); Adjunct Professor, Stanford-in-Washington, and George Washington University Law School – and three-time Ironman triathlete.

  • Rachel Feinstein, Director of DC Government and Community Relations, JCRC; Board of Directors, Women in Government Relations; Women Engagement Coordinator, Chabad of Hill East; former Legislative Director, Polsinelli; former Senior Manager of Government Affairs, Hearth, Patio & Barbecue Association

  • John Freedman, Partner, Arnold & Porter; Co-Chair, Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs.

  • Shana Glickfield, Partner & Co-Founder, Beekeeper Group; Past Board Chair, Safe Shores, the DC Children's Advocacy Center; Past Dean, DC Chapter of the Awesome Foundation; Member, 3GDC, Washington DC Grandchildren of Holocaust Survivors.

  • Sally Greenberg, Executive Director, National Consumers League; former Eastern States Civil Rights Counsel, Anti-Defamation League; former president of the Women's Bar Association of Massachusetts and the Women's Bar Foundation.

  • Andrew Herman, Chair, Political Law Group, Lawrence & Bundy; Founding Board Member, Slim Peace Groups.

  • Mark Kahan, Chairman, Covington Fabric & Design LLC; Adjunct Professorial Lecturer, American University; Board of Directors, Jewish Federation of Greater Washington; Board of Directors, Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington; Founder, Former Vice Chairman, Former Chief Operating Officer and Former General Counsel, Spirit Airlines.

  • June Kress, former Executive Director, Council for Court Excellence; former Senior Policy Analyst, US Department of Justice; former intergovernmental executive, DC Council Judiciary Committee; Board of Directors of Anne Frank House, National Child Research Center, Adas Israel Sisterhood.

  • Katrina Lamb, Head of Investment Strategy and Research, MV Financial Group; Member, CFA Institute; former Regional Director, European Privatization & Investment Company (Vienna, Austria).

  • Karen Ann Lash, Practitioner-in-Residence and Director of The Justice in Government Project at the American University Justice Programs Office; former Executive Director of the White House Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable (LAIR); former Deputy Director, Office for Access to Justice at the US Department of Justice; former Associate Dean, USC Gould School of Law.

  • Richard Lawch, former Senior Vice President, Fannie Mae Multifamily Lending & Investment and Community Investments; former member Board of Directors Montgomery Housing Partnership and National Multifamily Housing Council.

  • Susan Liss, former Executive Director, Justice at Stake; former Executive Director, Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids; former Director of the Democracy Program, Brennan Center for Justice; Director of Federal Affairs for Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick; Chief of Staff to Tipper Gore and Counselor and Traveling Chief of Staff to Vice President Al Gore; Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Legal Policy and Chief of Staff to Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Justice; Winner of American Jewish Committee (Washington region) Learned Hand Award, 2009.

  • Carol Mates, Adjunct professor, Georgetown University Law Center; lecturer, International Law Institute; officer, American Bar Association International Law Section; retired legal counsel, International Finance Corporation (of the World Bank).

  • Stephen Marcus, Principal, The Marcus Firm; Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University Law Center; Member, DC Bar Governance Committee and Rules of Professional Conduct Review Committee.

  • Christopher McCannell, Partner, Eris Group; Member, Board of Directors, JCRC.

  • Dan Neustadt, Partner, Holland & Knight's Intellectual Property Group

  • Michael Nilsson, Partner, Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis; former Member, Board of Directors of the Sitar Arts Center, a nonprofit arts education center.

  • Kathryn Oberly, former Associate Judge, DC Court of Appeals; former Vice Chair and General Counsel, Ernst & Young, former partner, Mayer, Brown & Platt; former US DOJ Assistant to the Solicitor General and Trial Attorney; Council Member, American Law Institute.

  • Ellen Oberwetter, Partner, Williams & Connolly LLP; Board Member, Washington Urban Debate League

  • BB Otero, President, Otero Strategy Group; former Deputy District of Columbia Mayor for Health and Human Services; former President and CEO, CentroNía, a nationally recognized, multicultural learning community with a pioneering approach to bilingual education.

  • Thorn Pozen, Founding Partner, GMP LLP; Board Member, Appleseed Center for Law; Board Member, JCRC.

  • Harvey Reiter, Partner, Stinson, Leonard, Street; former President and Member of Executive Committee, JCRC; former Chair, Commission for Law and Social Action of the American Jewish Congress National Capital Region.

  • Thomas Riesenberg, former Deputy General Counsel, Ernst & Young; former Assistant General Counsel, SEC; Board Member, JCRC.

  • Seth Rosenthal, Chief Deputy Attorney General for the District of Columbia.

  • Robert Rozen, retired Partner, Ernst & Young; former Legislative Counsel to Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell; former Board Chair, Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing.

  • James Sandman, Distinguished Lecturer and Senior Consultant to the Future of the Profession Initiative, University of Pennsylvania Law School; Vice-Chair, DC Access to Justice Commission; former President, Legal Services Corporation; former General Counsel, DC Public Schools; former Managing Partner, Arnold & Porter.

  • Nina Simon, consumer protection lawyer; former Director of Litigation, Center for Responsible Lending; former Senior Litigation Counsel, Center for Responsible Lending
    Senior Litigation Counsel; former Staff Attorney, Legal Counsel for the Elderly.

  • John Sturc, Retired Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher; former Chief Counsel, U.S. Department of Treasury, Office of Financial Stability; former Associate Director, SEC Division of Enforcement.

  • Kenneth Trombly, Partner, Trombly & Singer; Past President, Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington, D.C.

  • Rebecca Vallas, Distinguished Fellow, National Academy of Social Insurance.

  • Courtney Weiner, Owner, The Law Office of Courtney Weiner PLLC; Member, DC Bar Board of Governors; Member, DC Bar Pro Bono Center Board of Directors.

  • Roger Zuckerman, Founding Partner, Zuckerman Spaeder; Founder and Chair, Zuckerman Foundation for Educational Excellence, Stanton Elementary School.