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Board / Committees

Honorary Board of Directors

William C. Burton

Founder & Chairman, The Burton Awards

Les Parrette

Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary, Novelis Inc.

Former Chief Judge Richard A. Posner

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit

Senator John Cornyn

United States Senator from Texas

Senator Robert P. Casey, Jr.

United States Senator from Pennsylvania

Senator Mike Crapo

United States Senator from Idaho

Senator Michael F. Bennet

United States Senator from Colorado

Senator Christopher Van Hollen Jr.

United States Senator from Maryland

Senator Cory Gardner

United States Senator from Colorado

Senator James E. Risch

United States Senator from Idaho

Justice Carol A. Corrigan

Supreme Court, California

Yabo Lin

Partner, Sidley Austin LLP

Jane Sullivan Roberts

Managing Partner, Mlegal Group, Inc.

H. Rodgin Cohen

Senior Chairman, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Lisa A. Rickard

President, U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform, Executive Vice President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Tom Sager

Partner, Ballard Spahr LLP

Betty Whelchel

Head of Public Policy & Regulatory Affairs, BNP Paribas SA (retired)

Linda A. Klein

Senior Managing Shareholder, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC

Stephen R. Mysliwiec

Partner, DLA Piper LLP (US)

Academic Committee

Virginia Wise

Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School (retired)

Judge Edward Forstenzer

Superior Court of California (retired)

Jeanne Merino

Director, Legal Research and Writing, Stanford Law School

Lindsay Sturges Saffouri

Professor of Legal Writing, Berkeley Law

William Ryan

Acting Director of Communications, Library of Congress

Public Service in the Military, Government & Public Interest Awards Committee

Jane Sullivan Roberts

Managing Partner, Mlegal Group, Inc.

Colonel (Ret.) Larry D. Youngner

Of Counsel, Tully Rinckey PLLC

William Ryan

Acting Director of Communications, Library of Congress

Reform in Law Committee

Kenneth A. Sagat

Partner, Sagat|Burton LLP

Judge Edward Forstenzer

Superior Court of California (retired)

William Ryan

Acting Director of Communications, Library of Congress

Rapid Fire Debate Committee

Stephen R. Mysliwiec

Partner, DLA Piper LLP (US)

Paul M. Smith

Professor from Practice, Georgetown Law School, Vice President for Litigation and Strategy, Campaign Legal Center

Outstanding Journalist in Law Committee

Roy S. Gutterman

Associate Professor of Communications Law and Journalism and Director of the Tully Center for Free Speech, S.I. Newhouse School, Syracuse University

Mark Obbie

Freelance writer and editor specializing in legal affairs journalism

Toni Locy

Professor of Journalism & Mass Communications, Washington and Lee University

Law Firm Leadership Committee

H. Rodgin Cohen

Senior Chairman, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Betty Whelchel

Head of Public Policy & Regulatory Affairs, BNP Paribas SA (retired)

James M. Rishwain, Jr.

Chairman Emeritus, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Technology Advancement in Law Committee

Roland Vogl

Executive Director of CodeX, the Stanford Center for Legal Informatics, Executive Director of the Stanford Program in Law, Science and Technology

Kim M. Rivera

President, Strategy and Business Management and Chief Legal Officer, HP Inc.

Luncheon Speakers Committee

Bernard Nash

Co-Chair, State Attorneys General Practice , Cozen O’Connor