Advisory Council

  • Anthony Alexis, 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., 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, Human Rights Watch US Program; Board Member, Washington Bar Association, the first African-American bar association.

  • 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, Jewish Foundation for Group Homes (JFGH); Board Chair, Jewish Women International (JWI); Executive Committee Member, 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.

  • Stephen Danzansky, Member, National Advisory Board, Community Renewal International; former Cabinet Secretary, President George H.W. Bush; former Special Assistant for Economic Affairs, President Ronald Reagan; former Member, DC Board of Elections; former Managing Partner, Willkie Farr & Gallagher.

  • 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

  • Marc Fleischaker, Chair Emeritus, Arent Fox; Board Chair and Co-Founder, D.C. Affordable Law Firm; General Counsel, National Health Law Program; Chair, 77 Society, D.C. Bar Foundation; Member, Public Interest Advisory Council, George Washington University Law School.

  • 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).

  • 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.