- Harriet Miers
Harriet Miers serves as Counsel to the President. Most recently, she served as Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff, and prior to that she was Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary. Ms. Miers has a long and distinguished professional career. Before joining the President's staff, she was Co-Managing Partner at Locke Liddell & Sapp, LLP from 1998-2000. - David Addington
David S. Addington (b. January 22, 1957, Washington, D.C.), is chief of staff and former legal counsel to Vice President Dick Cheney. He was appointed to replace Lewis "Scooter" Libby as Cheney's chief of staff upon Libby's resignation on October 28, 2005. He was described by "U.S. News and World Report" as "the most powerful man you've never heard of". - C. Boyden Gray
Clayland Boyden Gray, born February 6, 1943, is the United States Ambassador to the European Union. He took that post on January 17, 2006, when President George W. Bush granted him a recess appointment to the post. Prior to that, he was a partner with the law firm Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr. He served as White House Counsel to President George H. W. Bush. He is also a member of the Federalist Society. - Theodore Olson
Theodore Bevry Olson (born September 11, 1940) was the 42nd United States Solicitor General, serving from June 2001 to July 2004. Born in Chicago, Olson completed his undergraduate degree at the University of the Pacific. After earning his law degree from Boalt Hall at the University of California, Berkeley, he worked as an associate and a partner in the Los Angeles, CA office of the law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. - Brad Meltzer
One of America's literary sensations, Meltzer is the author of four best-selling legal thrillers: The Tenth Justice , The First Counsel , Dead Even , The Millionaires , and The Zero Game . With wit and humor, Meltzer offers audiences myriad anecdotes, from his first 24 rejection letters to his inspiratio ... - Richard Walker
Richard Walker, (November 18 1897 - August 26 1989) was an English opera singer and actor, best known for his performances in the baritone roles of the Savoy Operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. Between 1932 and 1939 Walker was married to D'Oyly Carte chorister Ena Martin. He married D'Oyly Carte soprano Helen Roberts in 1944, who survived him and lives in Australia. - Ernesto Miranda
Ernesto Arturo Miranda was a laborer whose conviction on kidnapping, rape, and armed robbery charges based on his confession under police interrogation resulted in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case ("Miranda v. Arizona") which ruled that a police officer upon arresting a person must read him his rights to counsel and to remain silent, called a Miranda warning. - Colin Ferguson
Colin Ferguson (born January 14, 1958, Kingston, Jamaica) was convicted of murdering six people and injuring nineteen others on the Long Island Rail Road in Garden City, New York on December 7, 1993. As the train pulled into the Merillon Avenue Station, Ferguson pulled out his gun and started firing at passengers. He killed six and wounded nineteen before being stopped by three of the passengers: Kevin Blum, Mark McEntee, and Mike O'Connor. - Dee Benson
Dee Vance Benson (born August 25, 1948) is the chief judge for United States District Court for the District of Utah. Dee was nominated by President George H.W. Bush on May 16, 1991, and confirmed by the Senate on September 12, 1991. In May 2004, Chief Justice William Rehnquist appointed Judge Benson to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for a seven year term. In 1973, Judge Benson received a B.A. from Brigham Young University, … - Cecil D. Andrus
Cecil D. Andrus, Chairman: Chairman, Andrus Center for Public Policy. Governor Andrus was elected four times to serve as governor, the only governor in Idahos history to be so honored by its citizens. In addition, he served a full term as Secretary of Interior during the Carter Administration and established a national reputation as a - Lucille Davy
Lucille Davy is the Commissioner of Education in New Jersey. She was named acting commissioner on September 9, 2005, by former Governor of New Jersey Richard Codey. She was named commissioner by Gov. Jon Corzine as of July 11, 2006. When she was named acting commissioner by Codey, she joined her husband, then Human Services Commissioner James Davy, in the cabinet. They are the first husband and wife to serve together in a state cabinet. - Robert M. Kimmitt
Mr. Kimmitt has had a long public service career, both at home and abroad. He served from 1991 to 1993 as American Ambassador to Germany and was awarded the U.S. Defense Department Distinguished Public Service Award as well as Germany's highest honor, the Order of Merit. - Pinchas Lapide
Pinchas Lapide (November 28, 1922 - October 23, 1997) was a Jewish theologian. He was an Israeli diplomat from 1951 to 1969, among other position acting as Israeli Consul to Milan, and was instrumental in gaining recognition for the young state of Israel. He wrote more than 35 books during his lifetime. - Walter E. Dellinger III
Walter Estes Dellinger, III (born May 15,1941 in Charlotte, NC) is the Douglas B. Maggs Professor of Law at Duke University and head of the appellate practice at O'Melveny & Myers LLP in Washington, DC. He served as the acting United States Solicitor General for the 1996-1997 Term of the Supreme Court. Prior to his appointment as acting Solicitor General, Dellinger was an Assistant Attorney General and head of the Office of Legal Counsel under President Bill Clinton. - Michael Lee-Chin
Michael Lee-Chin (1951 - Present) is a Jamaican/Canadian investor, of Afro-Caribbean and Chinese heritage. Amongst other positions, he is currently Chairman of AIC Limited (a Canadian mutual fund), and Chairman of the National Commercial Bank of Jamaica. In the latest Forbes Billionaires List, he was placed at number 618, with assets worth around $1.6 Billion. - George Hooks
Senator George Hooks of Americus, Georgia was first elected to the Georgia State Senate from south Georgia's 14th District in 1990 and is one of the State Senate's most influential members. - Steven W. Taylor
Steven W. Taylor, (born June 7, 1949), is a Justice on the Oklahoma Supreme Court. - Volney Rogers
Volney Rogers (December 1, 1846 - December 3, 1919) was a lawyer in Youngstown, Ohio, best known for his arduous but ultimately successful effort to turn Mill Creek "hollow" into one of the nation's most celebrated metropolitan parks. Rogers was also a seminal figure in the history of America's state park system and served as counsel for the American Civic Association, a group dedicated to the preservation of Niagara Falls. - Jean Bazin
Jean Bazin is a Canadian lawyer and former senator. Born in Quebec City, he received a B.Comm. and a LL.L. from Université Laval in 1964. He was called to the Quebec Bar in 1965. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1984. From 1987 to 1988, he was the president of the Canadian Bar Association. He is a lawyer and partner with Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP. He acts as commercial arbitrator and mediator in a number of fields. - William L. Walsh
William Legh Walsh (January 28 1857 - January 13 1938) was a Canadian lawyer and judge. He served as Lieutenant Governor of Alberta from 1931 to 1936. He was born in Simcoe in Canada West in 1857, the son of Aquila Walsh, a member of the Canadian House of Commons. He studied law at the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall, was called to the bar in 1880 and practiced law in Orangeville. - Scobie Breasley
Arthur Edward "Scobie" Breasley (7 May 1914 - 21 December 2006) was an Australian jockey, the winner of the Caulfield Cup in Melbourne five times (1942-5 consecutively - on Tranquil Star, Skipton, Counsel and St Fairy - then on Peshawar in 1952, the Epsom Derby twice, and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe once. Breasley was born in 1914 in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales and was christened Arthur Edward, … - Edmund Herring
Lieutenant General Sir Edmund Francis Herring, KCMG, KBE, DSO, MC, ED, QC (2 September 1892 – 5 January 1982) was an Australian Army officer during World War II, was a Lieutenant governor of Victoria, and was a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria. - Bernard M. Shanley
Bernard Michael Shanley (1903-1992) was most well-known for his work with President Dwight D. Eisenhower. He served under President Eisenhower as Deputy White House Chief of Staff, Appointments Secretary (1955-1957) and Special Counsel (1953-1955). Shanley was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1903 and began his career in law in 1929. A Fordham University Law School graduate, he was a member of the New Jersey Bar and the United States Supreme Court Bar. - Anton Dostler
Anton Dostler (May 10 1891 - December 1, 1945) was a General of infantry in the regular German army during World War II (see Germany and Nazi party). In the first allied war trial after the war, Dostler was tried and found guilty of war crimes and sentenced to death by firing squad. In the trial, Dostler was accused of carrying out an illegal order, while Dostler maintained that he did not issue the order, … - Sydney Granville
Sydney Granville, (1880 - December 27 1959) was an English singer and actor, best known for his performances in baritone roles of the Savoy Operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. - Gary Lee Roll
Gary Lee Roll (November 22, 1951 - August 30, 2000) was executed by lethal injection in the state of Missouri. He was convicted of the murders of 3 members of the Sheper family in Cape Girardeau, Missouri during a robbery in 1992. Roll shot the mother and one son with his pistol and stabbed the other with a hunting knife. The robbers made off with approx 12 ounces of marijuana and $214 cash. - Brian Darling
Brian Darling is Director of Senate Relations at The Heritage Foundation. He is responsible for educating Senators and their staffs about Heritage's latest research and policy recommendations. Darling monitors political developments in the Senate -- as well as its relations with the House of Representatives and the White House -- to assess the likely impact on policy decisions. - Robert Haga
Robert Haga, Chief of Staff to Commissioner Chong. He was Vice President of Strategic Planning and USAC Operations at the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) in Washington D.C. Mr. Haga joined USAC in 1998 as its third employee, and during his seven years with USAC, he was responsible for a broad range of issues, including the high cost and low income support mechanisms, corporate finance, information technology, and audits. - Andrew J. Rogers
Andrew Jackson Rogers (July 1, 1828 - May 22, 1900) was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer, teacher, clerk and police commissioner from New Jersey. Born in Hamburg, New Jersey, Rogers attended common schools as a child. He was employed as a clerk in a hotel and a country store, engaged in teaching for two years, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1852, commencing practice in Lafayette, New Jersey. - Yisrael Maimon
Yisrael Maimon is a former lawyer and the current government secretary of Israel. Maimon graduated from Blich High School in Ramat Hen, Ramat Gan. In 1984, he became a member of the Golani Brigade, before attaining the rank of Company Commander at the school for Section Commanders. He is a Major in the Israeli reserves, and an Officer in the operations branch of the Northern Infantry. Maimon is also a lawyer, and has worked as one since 1993. - Jerry M. Patterson
Jerry Mumford Patterson (born October 25, 1934) is a California politician, who was a U.S. Representative from California. Born in El Paso, Texas, Patterson graduated from Tucson High School in Tucson, Arizona in 1952. He served in the United States Coast Guard from 1953 to 1957. Patterson received his B.A. from Long Beach State in 1960. He started graduate work at the University of Southern California in 1960 but dropped out to go to UCLA School of Law. - Nathan Feinsinger
Nathan Paul Feinsinger (September 20, 1902 - November 3, 1983) was a professor of law at the University of Wisconsin Law School. He mediated and arbitrated a number of strikes, and served as general counsel to the Wisconsin Labor Relations Board and associate general counsel to the National War Labor Board (WLB). Feinsinger is best known for his mediation efforts in the 1944 telephone operators strike, the 1947 pineapple workers strike, the 1952 steel strike, … - George Cave 1st Viscount Cave
George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave, GCMG, KC, PC (February 23, 1856 - March 29, 1928) was a British lawyer and Conservative politician who became Lord Chancellor of Great Britain. Born in London, Cave was educated at the Merchant Taylors' School and St John's College, Oxford. After being called to the bar in 1880, he practised as a barrister for a number of years, being made King's Counsel and recorder of Guildford in 1904. - Francis A. Winslow
Francis A. Winslow (October 13 1866 - March 29 1932) was a federal judge in New York City during the 1920s. After attending the City College of New York and Columbia Law School, Winslow practiced as a lawyer in Yonkers, New York. He served as Corporation counsel for the City of Yonkers and from 1907 to 1913 as the district attorney of Westchester County. From 1915 to 1922, he served as an attorney for the New York State Comptroller and New York State Tax Commission. - Howard D. Hurwitz
I am an attorney currently employed by GE Consumer & Industrial in the role of Counsel, Commercial Law. I am admitted to practice law in several US jurisdictions. I specialize in commercial law, contracts, customs law, international trade, import compliance, and export controls; and am a licensed United States Customs Broker. Want to connect on LinkedIn? Please use this link: http://tinyurl.com/2jgbha - Peter O'Brien 1st Baron O'Brien
Peter O'Brien, Baron O'Brien (June 29 1842 - 7 September 1914) was an Irish lawyer who became Lord Chief Justice of Ireland. Born the fifth son of John O'Brien, Liberal Member of Parliament for County Limerick, O'Brien was educated at Trinity College Dublin and was called to the bar in 1865. He joined the Munster circuit and built up a successful practice, and in 1880 became a Queen's Counsel. The following year he was appointed Junior Crown Counsel at Green Street, Dublin, … - Frank McKenna
Frank J. McKenna graduated from the Law School in 1974 and has gone on to excel in the fields of law, politics, government and business. Highlights of his career include serving as premier of New Brunswick from 1987-1997, serving as the Canadian Ambassador to the United States of America from 2005 to 2006, and playing leading roles in numerous provincial, national and international companies. Presently, Mr. McKenna is the Deputy Chair of TD Bank Financial Group. - Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall was an American jurist and the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. Prior to becoming a judge, he was a lawyer who was best remembered for his high success rate in arguing before the Supreme Court and for the victory in "Brown v. Board of Education". Marshall was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on July 2, 1908. - Gray Davis
Described by the San Jose Mercury News as "perhaps the best-trained Governor-in-waiting California has ever produced," Governor Gray Davis has made improving public education his administration's number-one priority. As his first official act as Governor, he called a special session of the Legislature to address his proposals to ensure that every child can read by age 9, strengthen teacher training and education, and increase accountability in the schools. - Oliver Cowdery
Oliver Hervy Pliny Cowdery (3 October 1806 – 3 March 1850) was the primary participant with Joseph Smith, Jr. in the formative period of the Latter Day Saint movement from 1829 through 1836. He was one of the Three Witnesses of the Book of Mormon's Golden Plates. After the organization of the Church of Christ — as the early Latter Day Saint church was known — he became the Second Elder and an apostle of the church.
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