- Rosa Brooks
Rosa Brooks is an op-ed columnist for the "Los Angeles Times" and a law professor at the Georgetown University Law Center. Brooks' work has appeared in publications ranging from Harper's Magazine to the "Washington Post", and in 2005 she began a weekly column for the Los Angeles Times. Most of her columns focus on foreign policy, human rights, and national security issues. She is known for her edgy, satirical style.
- Michael Klarman
Michael Klarman is a constitutional law scholar, the James Monroe Distinguished Professor of Law, Professor of History, and Elizabeth D. and Richard A. Merrill Research Professor at the University of Virginia School of Law. He holds a J.D. from Stanford Law School, a D.Phil. from Oxford University, and an M.A. and B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. Klarman is a winner of the Bancroft Prize in history and widely regarded as a leading constitutional historian.
- Tim Wu
Tim Wu (吳修銘) is a professor at Columbia Law School and a writer for Slate Magazine. He is best known for popularizing the concept of "network neutrality". Professor Wu's specialty is copyright and telecommunications policy. He has a well-known series of articles on network neutrality, and is often credited with coining the term. For his work in this area, Professor Wu was named one of Scientific American's 50 people of the year in 2006.
- Linda Fairstein
Linda Fairstein (born 1947) is one of America's foremost legal experts on crimes of violence against women and children. She was head of the sex crimes unit of the Manhattan District Attorney's office from 1976 until 2002 and prosecuted several highly publicized cases. Ms. Fairstein is an honors graduate of Vassar College (1969) and the University of Virginia School of Law (1972).
- John Cornyn
John Cornyn III (born February 2, 1952) is the junior United States Senator from Texas. He is a Republican and was elected to his first term in November 2002, defeating Democrat Ron Kirk, the former mayor of Dallas, Texas. Cornyn was born in Houston, Texas to Atholene Gale Danley and John Cornyn II. He graduated from Trinity University in 1973, where he majored in journalism and was a member of the local fraternity Chi Delta Tau. He earned a J.D. from St.
- Doug Gansler
Douglas F. "Doug" Gansler (born 1962) is a Maryland politician and Attorney General of Maryland. Gansler won the Democratic nomination in the primary election on September 12, 2006, and beat Republican Scott Rolle in the general election on November 7, 2006. Gansler spent some of his early years in New Jersey before moving to the Washington area in the mid-1970's. His political ambition seems to have been incubated early.
- Fred F. Fielding
Fred Fisher Fielding (born March 21, 1939) was selected on January 8, 2007 by President of the United States George W. Bush to replace outgoing White House Counsel Harriet Miers. Fielding was a senior partner at Wiley Rein LLP (formerly Wiley Rein & Fielding), a Washington, D.C. law firm. He has served the American government in a number of roles throughout his career. He served as Associate Counsel for President Richard Nixon from 1970 to 1972, …
- Randy Forbes
James Randy Forbes (born February 17 1952) is an American politician who has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 2001, representing the Fourth Congressional District of Virginia (map). Born in Chesapeake, Virginia, he graduated first in his class from Randolph-Macon College in 1974, and from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1977. Forbes worked in private practice, for Kaufman & Canoles PC, …
- Evan Thomas
Evan Thomas is an American journalist and author. A graduate of Phillips Andover, Harvard University and the University of Virginia School of Law, since 1991 he has been the Assistant Managing Editor at "Newsweek". From 1986-1996, he was Newsweek's Washington bureau chief. He has won numerous journalism awards, including a National Magazine Award in 1998 for NEWSWEEK’s coverage of the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
- Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse (born October 20, 1955) is the Junior Senator from the state of Rhode Island. A Democrat, he previously served as United States Attorney (1994-1998) and state Attorney General for Rhode Island.Whitehouse was born in New York City, New York, the son of Mary Celine Rand and career diplomat Charles S. Whitehouse , and grandson of diplomat Sheldon Whitehouse . He graduated from St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, and from Yale University in 1978.
- Elizabeth Garrett
Elizabeth Garrett is the Sydney M. Irmas Professor of Public Interest Law, and Vice President for Academic Planning and Budget at the University of Southern California Law School. Garrett is also Director of the USC-Caltech Center for the Study of Law and Politics. Garrett earned her bachelor of arts in history from University of Oklahoma in 1985, and her law degree from University of Virginia School of Law in 1988.
- Matthew Maxwell Taylor Kennedy
Matthew Maxwell Taylor Kennedy (born January 11 1965), also known as Max Kennedy, was born in New York, New York. He is the ninth child of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Skakel Kennedy.He graduated with honors from Harvard University and majored in American History. He married Victoria Anne Stauss on July 13 1991 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Both he and his wife graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1992.
- G. Steven Agee
George Steven Agee (born November 12, 1952) was born in Roanoke, Virginia. He was educated at Bridgewater College (B.A.), the University of Virginia School of Law (J.D.) and New York University (LL.M., Taxation). From 1982 to 1993, he served in the Virginia House of Delegates. In 2001 he became a Judge of the Court of Appeals of Virginia, …
- John Charles Thomas
In 1983, John Charles Thomas became the first Black and, at 32, the youngest person ever appointed to the Supreme Court of Virginia. Judge Thomas graduated from the University of Virginia with a Bachelor of Arts degree in American government in 1972. He attended the University of Virginia School of Law and received his law degree in 1975. Judge Thomas became a member of the Virginia Supreme Court and spent 6.5 years on the bench before resigning.
- Frederick Hitz
Frederick Hitz served as Inspector General of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 1990 until May 1998. A graduate of Princeton University and the Harvard School of Law, Hitz entered the CIA in 1967 as an operations officer. In 1973 he moved on to offices in the State Department, Department of Defense, and Department of Energy, before ultimately returning to the CIA in 1978. President George H. W, Bush appointed Mr.
- Will Shortz
Will Shortz (born August 26, 1952) is a U.S. puzzle creator and editor.
- Daniel W. Sutherland
Daniel W. Sutherland is the current Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. He was appointed to the position on April 16, 2003 by George W. Bush. He has served fourteen years with the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and nearly two years with the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education, where he was Chief of Staff.
- Thomas B. Griffith
Thomas Beall Griffith (born July 5, 1954 in Yokohama, Japan) is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. A 1985 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, Griffith left private practice in 1995 to serve as Senate Legal Counsel, the chief legal officer of the United States Senate, where he gave legal advice to both parties during President Clinton's impeachment trial.
- Charles Whitebread
Charles H. Whitebread , 65, of Santa Monica, California and Charlottesville, Virginia, a nationally respected law professor, author and lecturer in the law for over forty years, passed away from lung cancer on September 16, 2008 in Santa Monica. Professor Whitebread grew up in Bethesda, Maryland, attended Landon School and went to Princeton University, graduating summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa in 1965.
- Ronald Bailey
Ronald Bailey (born November 23, 1953) is the science editor for "Reason" magazine. He was born and raised in Washington County, Virginia, and attended the University of Virginia, where he earned a B.A. in philosophy and economics in 1976. He attended the University of Virginia School of Law for three semesters. Bailey worked briefly as an economist for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission before turning to his career in writing and television production.
- Donald W. Lemons
Donald W. Lemons is a Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia currently completing his first 12-year term. He received both his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Virginia. Lemons was Assistant Dean and Assistant Professor of Law of the University of Virginia School of Law from 1976 to 1978. He then entered the private practice. Lemons first served as a judge of the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond, having been appointed to that position by Gov.
- John Calvin Jeffries
John Calvin Calhoun Jeffries, Jr. (born ca. 1948) is a prominent law professor and has been Dean of the University of Virginia School of Law since 2001. He specializes in criminal law and federal courts. Jeffries graduated from Yale University in 1970 and the University of Virginia School of Law in 1973. During law school, Jeffries served as editor-in-chief of the Virginia Law Review.
- Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr.
Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr. (born January 25, 1952) is currently a Judge on the Supreme Court of Missouri. He was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and is the son of federal district judge Stephen N. Limbaugh, Sr., and a cousin of prominent radio commentator Rush Limbaugh. He earned his B.A. and J.D. degrees from Southern Methodist University. He continued his studies in the law with an L.L.M. degree from the University of Virginia School of Law.
- Anthony Clark Arend
Anthony Clark Arend (born October 24, 1958) is Professor of Government and Foreign Service at Georgetown University. With Christopher C. Joyner, he directs of the Institute for International Law and Politics at Georgetown University and is also an adjunct professor of law at the Georgetown University Law Center. Prior to coming to Georgetown, he was a Senior Fellow at the Center for National Security Law at the University of Virginia School of Law.
- Kip Hawley
Editor's note: Today we unveil a new regular feature called "Five Good Questions." We'll interview an industry newsmaker about current issues and events. Our first interview is with Transportation Security Administration Administrator Kip Hawley . He has served as administrator since July 27, 2005. Hawley brings more than 20 years of transportation and technology experience to TSA, now part of the Dept.
- Daniel Ravicher
Daniel Ravicher ("Dan") serves as Executive Director of the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT) and Legal Director of Software Freedom Law Center.
- Kenneth Feinberg
Kenneth Feinberg is a Washington, D.C. attorney specializing in mediation and alternative dispute resolution who was appointed Special Master of the U.S. Government's September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. Originally from Brockton, Massachusetts, he worked for five years as an administrative assistant and chief of staff for U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy, and as a prosecutor for the U.S. Attorney General. Before founding his own firm, The Feinberg Group, in 1993, …
- Ron Saxton
Ronald L. Saxton (born 1954, Albany, Oregon) is a lawyer and Republican politician in Oregon. He graduated from Albany High School in 1972, earned a bachelors degree from Willamette University in 1976 and a juris doctor at from University of Virginia School of Law in 1979. Saxton helped to co-found the Ater Wynne law firm in 1990. From 1990 to 2000 he served as the chairman of the firm.
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr. was the fifth child of Anna Eleanor Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt (the 32nd President of the United States).
- James Harvie Wilkinson III
James Harvie Wilkinson III (born in New York, New York, September 29, 1944) is a federal judge serving on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. His name has been raised at several junctures as a possible nominee to the United States Supreme Court.
- James P. Cooney III
Jim Cooney was one of the defense lawyers who represented Alan Gell, a death row inmate who became the 113th person freed from death row. Alan Gell was acquitted on February 18, 2004. Cooney represented Gell pro bono and received the North Carolina Bar Association's 2004 William L. Thorp Pro Bono Award. He also represented Reade Seligmann, one of the three Duke University men's lacrosse players who was falsely accused of rape during the 2006 Duke University lacrosse case.
- Faryar Shirzad
Faryar Shirzad is a former White House Deputy Assistant for International Economic Affairs to President George W. Bush and the Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs, serving in this role from 2004 to 2006. As of August 3, 2006, he is a vice president at Goldman Sachs serving as Director of International Public Policy. In his role at the White House, he was President Bush’s representative to the G-8 ("G-8 Sherpa").
- Ellen Segal Huvelle
Ellen Segal Huvelle is a federal judge sitting in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia who has overseen several significant cases. In a case decided in May of 2001, Huvelle "upheld federal regulations that restrict the sale of consumers' names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses and phone numbers." Later that year, Huvelle heard requests by family members of Vince Foster seeking access to pictures of his body taken after his death.
- Robert Luskin
Robert D. Luskin (born January 21, 1950) is an attorney and partner in the law firm of Patton Boggs LLP, specializing in White-collar crime and federal and state government investigations. He is currently the personal attorney for White House senior advisor and chief political strategist Karl Rove, representing Rove in the special investigations into the outing of covert operative Valerie Plame's position within the CIA as a WMD specialist.
- William Duane Benton
William Duane Benton (born September 8, 1950 in Springfield, Missouri) is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
- Chester J. Straub
Chester J. Straub (born 1937) is a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit headquartered in New York City. Straub attended St. Peter's College and the University of Virginia School of Law. He practiced law in New York from 1963 to 1998, and also served as a member of the New York State Assembly from 1967 to 1972 and the New York State Senate from 1973 to 1975. In 1998, President William J. Clinton nominated Straub to the Second Circuit.
- Pasco Bowman II
Pasco Middleton Bowman II is a senior federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. He was appointed to the bench by President Reagan on July 19, 1983 and entered on duty August 1, 1983. A former Fulbright scholar, he was born in Harrisonburg, Virginia in 1933. He grew up in New Market and Timberville, Virginia, graduated from New Market High School, and in 1955 received a B.A. in English from Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, Virginia.
- James Lindsay Almond Jr.
James Lindsay Almond, Jr. was Governor of Virginia from 1958 until 1962. Almond was born in Charlottesville and raised in Orange County, Virginia. Almond attended the University of Virginia and served as a private in the Students Army Training Corps in 1917 and 1918 in World War I, after which he taught school in Locust Grove, Virginia. He served as a high school principal, and earned an LL.B. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1923.
- Michael Slive
Michael Lawrence Slive (born July 26, 1940) is the current commissioner of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), an American college athletics association. As part of his role as the SEC Commissioner, he serves as the coordinator of the Bowl Championship Series for the 2006 and 2007 regular seasons. He is also a member of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Committee through September 2009 and will serve as the chairman of the committee for the 2008-2009 academic year.
- Gregory W. Carman
Gregory Wright Carman (born January 31, 1937) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York. Carman was born in Farmingdale, New York. He graduated from St. Lawrence University in 1958 and the University of Virginia School of Law in 1962. He served in the United States Army from 1958 until 1964. He was a member of the Town Board of Oyster Bay, New York from 1972 until 1980.