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Board / Committees

Honorary Board of Directors

William C. Burton

Founder & Chairman, The Burton Awards

Les Parrette

Deputy Chairman, The Burton Awards

Senator John Cornyn

United States Senator from Texas

Senator Roger Wicker

United States Senator from Mississippi

Senator Mike Crapo

United States Senator from Idaho

Senator James E. Risch

United States Senator from Idaho

Senator Todd Young

United States Senator from Indiana

Senator Tim Kaine

United States Senator from Virginia

Senator Chris Coons

United States Senator from Delaware

Senator Robert P. Casey, Jr.

United States Senator from Pennsylvania

Senator Christopher Van Hollen Jr.

United States Senator from Maryland

Senator Michael F. Bennet

United States Senator from Colorado

Former Chief Judge Richard A. Posner

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

Justice Carol A. Corrigan

Supreme Court, California

Jane Sullivan Roberts

Managing Partner, Macrae

H. Rodgin Cohen

Senior Chairman, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Lisa A. Rickard

Counselor to the President and CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Tom Sager

Partner, Ballard Spahr LLP

Yabo Lin

Partner, Sidley Austin LLP

Betty Whelchel

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

James M. Rishwain, Jr.

Chairman Emeritus, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Linda A. Klein

Senior Managing Shareholder, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC & Former President of the American Bar Association

Stephen R. Mysliwiec

Partner, Miller Friel, PLLC

Bernard Nash

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

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

Former Chair of the White House Plain Language Committee

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

Jane Sullivan Roberts

Managing Partner, Macrae

Colonel (Ret.) Larry D. Youngner

Founding Partner of Warrior Counsel LLC

William Ryan

Former Chair of the White House Plain Language Committee

Reform in Law Committee

Kenneth A. Sagat

Partner, Sagat|Burton LLP

Judge Edward Forstenzer

Superior Court of California (retired)

William Ryan

Former Chair of the White House Plain Language Committee

Rapid Fire Debate Committee

Stephen R. Mysliwiec

Partner, Miller Friel, PLLC

Paul M. Smith

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

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

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

Luncheon Speakers Committee

William C. Burton

Founder & Chairman, The Burton Awards

Bernard Nash

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

William Ryan

Former Chair of the White House Plain Language Committee

Legends in Law Committee

William C. Burton

Founder & Chairman, The Burton Awards

Les Parrette

Deputy Chairman, The Burton Awards

Tom Sager

Partner, Ballard Spahr LLP

Yabo Lin

Partner, Sidley Austin LLP

Legends In Law Select Committee

David G. Leitch

Global General Counsel, Bank of America Corporation

Tye G. Darland

Senior Vice President - General Counsel and Secretary, Georgia-Pacific LLC

Dorian Daley

Executive Vice President And General Counsel, Oracle Corporation

R. Hewitt Pate

Vice President and General Counsel, Chevron Corporation

Jean Lee

President & CEO, Minority Corporate Council Association