Ellen Oran Kaden was the chief legal and government affairs officer at Campbell Soup Company. She joined the company in 1998, after having served as the chief legal officer of CBS, Inc. Prior to joining CBS, Kaden practiced law at Cravath, Swaine & Moore and was a member of the Faculty of Law at Columbia University, where she taught contracts, civil procedure, and commercial law.
Kaden has a B.A. from Cornell University, an M.A. from the University of Chicago, where she was a Danforth Fellow, and a J.D. from Columbia Law School. She served as a law clerk to Judge Marvin E. Frankel of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Kaden was general counsel for CBS during the Wigand 60 Minutes scandal, and pressured CBS News to kill the story in fear of tortious interference. She was the inspiration for the character Helen Caperelli, played by Gina Gershon, in the film the Insider [1]
Edith Hollan Jones is a United States Circuit Judge and the former Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Emma Millinda Gillett (1852–1927) was an American lawyer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the advancement of legal studies for women. After being denied from local law schools because of her gender, she was admitted by Howard University, a historically black college and university. Yet, the Washington College of Law, which she founded in 1898, did not accept people of color until 1950.
Karl Nickerson Llewellyn was a prominent American jurisprudential scholar associated with the school of legal realism. The Journal of Legal Studies has identified Llewellyn as one of the twenty most cited American legal scholars of the 20th century.
Jeffrey Ross Toobin is an American lawyer, blogger, author, pundit, and legal analyst for CNN and The New Yorker. During the Iran–Contra affair, he served as an associate counsel in the Department of Justice, and moved from law into writing during the 1990s.
Colleen Kollar-Kotelly is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and was Presiding Judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
Jan Crawford, also known as Jan Crawford Greenburg, is a television journalist, author, and attorney. She serves as a political correspondent and chief legal correspondent for CBS News and previously for ABC News. She appears regularly on the CBS Evening News, Face the Nation, CBS This Morning, and CBS News Sunday Morning. She led CBS News's coverage of the 2012 Presidential Elections. She is a New York Times bestselling author of Supreme Conflict: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Control of the United States Supreme Court and also a member of the New York State Bar Association.
Nicholas John Spaeth was the 27th Attorney General of North Dakota, serving from 1985–92. He lost the 1992 North Dakota governor's race to Republican Ed Schafer.
Lewis B. Kaden is a vice chairman at Citigroup Inc.
Mary M. Cheh is a Democratic politician from Washington, D.C. In November 2006, she won a seat on the Council of the District of Columbia representing Ward 3.
Rikki Klieman is an American criminal defense lawyer and television personality. A native of Chicago, she is a legal analyst for CBS News, having previously worked in criminal defense in Boston and taught at Columbia Law School. Additionally, she is an author, actress, and is married to William Bratton, former chief of the Los Angeles Police Department and former Police Commissioner of the New York Police Department.
Maggie Wilderotter was Chief Executive Officer of Frontier Communications from November, 2004 to April, 2015, and then Executive Chairman of the company until April, 2016. During her tenure with Frontier, the company grew from a regional telephone company with customer revenues of less than $3 billion to a national broadband, voice and video provider with operations in 29 states and annualized revenues in excess of $10 billion.
Debra L. Lee, Esq. is an American businesswoman. She was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BET, the parent company for Black Entertainment Television from 2005 to May 28, 2018. Lee has sat on the board of directors for a number of companies/organizations, including the National Cable & Telecommunications Association the Ad Council, and the National Cable Television Association. Debra Lee is named one of the "100 Most Powerful Women in Entertainment" by The Hollywood Reporter due to her many achievements in her 30-plus year career at BET.
Rita Braver is an American television news correspondent, currently working with CBS News.
Laurie Lou Levenson is a Professor of Law, William M. Rains Fellow, the David W. Burcham Chair in Ethical Advocacy, and Director of the Center for Legal Advocacy at Loyola Law School of Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. She teaches evidence, criminal law, criminal procedure, ethics, anti-terrorism, and white collar crime. She served as Loyola’s Associate Dean for Academic Affairs from 1996-1999. In addition to her teaching responsibilities, Professor Levenson is also the Director of the Loyola Center for Ethical Advocacy. Professor Levenson was the 2003 recipient of Professor of the Year from both Loyola Law School and the Federal Judicial Center.
Carol Ann DiBattiste is a United States lawyer who served as United States Under Secretary of the Air Force from 1999 to 2001.
Denise M. Morrison is an American business executive who served as president and chief executive officer of Campbell Soup Company from 2011 through 2018. Named the "21st Most Powerful Woman in Business" by Fortune Magazine in 2011, Morrison was elected a director of Campbell in October 2010. She became Campbell's 12th leader in the company's 140-year history. Morrison retired from Campbell in May 2018.
Mary Ellen Coster Williams is a Senior Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims, appointed to that court in 2003 by President George W. Bush.
Murray S. Kessler is an American businessman. He has worked in the food, tobacco and pharmaceutical industries. He was president, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the Lorillard Tobacco Company before it was purchased by Reynolds American. He is now with Perrigo, plc.
Women in law describes the role played by women in the legal profession and related occupations, which includes lawyers, paralegals, prosecutors, judges, legal scholars, law professors and law school deans.
Jennifer Rodgers is an American attorney and legal analyst at CNN.