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Board / Committees

Honorary Board of Directors

William C. Burton

Founder & Chairman

Jane Sullivan Roberts

Partner, Major Lindsey & Africa

Thomas L. Sager

Partner, Ballard Spahr

Les Parrette

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

Yabo Lin

Partner, Sidley Austin LLP

Chief Judge Richard Posner (retired)

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

Justice Carol A. Corrigan

Supreme Court, California

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

Leslie T. Thornton

Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, WGL Holdings, Inc. and Washington Gas

Linda Klein

Immediate Past President, American Bar Association

Lisa Rickard

President, U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform; President, Workforce Freedom Initiative; Executive Vice President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Betty Whelchel

Head of Public Policy & Regulatory Affairs, BNP Paribas SA

James M. Rishwain, Jr.

Chairman Emeritus, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Stephen R. Mysliwiec

Partner, DLA Piper (US)

Academic Committee

Virginia Wise

Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School (retired)

William C. Burton

Founder & Chairman

Judge Edward Forstenzer

Judge, Superior Court of California (retired)

Jeanne Merino

Director, Legal Research and Writing, Stanford Law School

Lindsay Sturges Saffouri

Professor of Legal Writing, Berkeley Law

Legends in Law Committee

Thomas L. Sager

Partner, Ballard Spahr

Les Parrette

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

Public Service / Public Interest Committee

Jane Sullivan Roberts

Partner, Major Lindsey & Africa

John Sorgini

Corporate Attorney and Military Commander, Air National Guard

Larry D. Youngner

Of Counsel, Tully Rinckey PLLC

William Ryan

Supervisory Program Manager, Transportation Security Administration, Office of the Administrator

Reform in Law Committee

Kenneth A. Sagat

Partner, Sagat Burton LLP

Judge Edward Forstenzer

Judge, Superior Court of California (retired)

William Ryan

Supervisory Program Manager, Transportation Security Administration, Office of the Administrator

Rapid Fire Debate Committee

Stephen R. Mysliwiec

Partner, DLA Piper (US)

Paul Smith

Vice President for Litigation and Strategy at the Campaign Legal Center, Distinguished Visitor from Practice, Georgetown Law

Outstanding Journalist in Law Committee

Roy Gutterman

First Amendment Law Professor & Director of the Tully Center for Free Speech, Syracuse University

Mark Obbie

Freelance Writer & Editor, Legal Affairs Journalism

Toni Locy

Former Reporter Washington Post & Boston Globe and Professor, Washington & Lee University

Law Firm Leadership Committee

William C. Burton

Founder & Chairman

Betty Whelchel

Head of Public Policy & Regulatory Affairs, BNP Paribas SA

James M. Rishwain, Jr.

Chairman Emeritus, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Legend In Law Select Committee

Bruce Sewell

Former Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Apple Inc.

David G. Leitch

Global General Counsel, Bank of America Corporation

Leslie T. Thornton

Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, WGL Holdings, Inc. and Washington Gas

Teresa Roseborough

Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, The Home Depot

Brian Cabrera

Former Senior Vice President and General Counsel, NVIDIA

Jean Lee

President & CEO, Minority Corporate Council Association