Wachtell,Lipton,Rosen &Katz is an American white-shoe law firm in New York City. While many peer law firms have grown and become international brands,Wachtell has only a single,Manhattan office. It is one of the smallest firms in the AmLaw 100,but has the highest per partner profits of any law firm and pays significantly above the "Cravath scale" market rate for associates.
Martin Lipton is an American lawyer,a founding partner of the law firm of Wachtell,Lipton,Rosen &Katz specializing in advising on mergers and acquisitions and matters affecting corporate policy and strategy. From 1958–1978 he taught courses on Federal Regulation of Securities and Corporation Law as a lecturer and adjunct professor of law at New York University School of Law.
Bernard William Nussbaum was an American attorney,best known for having served as White House Counsel under President Bill Clinton.
Daniel Julius Meltzer was an American lawyer and law professor who taught at Harvard Law School. He worked in the Obama Administration as Principal Deputy Counsel from January 2009 through June 1,2010.
Prep for Prep is a leadership development and gifted education program dedicated to expanding educational access to students of color. The organization's programs are targeted toward high achieving New York City minority students and helps with scholarships placement into many of the most respected secondary schools and colleges in the country.
Elizabeth Merrill "Lisa" Brown is an American lawyer who is the current General Counsel of the United States Department of Education. She previously served as the first White House Staff Secretary in the Obama administration,assuming that post on January 20,2009. Earlier,during the 2008–2009 presidential transition,she served as Co-Chair of Agency Review. Prior to joining the Obama Transition Team,she served as Executive Director of the American Constitution Society,a progressive legal organization.
Donald Beaton Verrilli Jr. is an American lawyer who served as the solicitor general of the United States from 2011 to 2016. President Barack Obama nominated Verrilli to the post on January 26,2011. On June 6,the United States Senate confirmed Verrilli in a 72–16 vote,and he was sworn in on June 9. Verrilli previously served in the Obama administration as the associate deputy attorney general and as Deputy Counsel to the President. He is currently a partner in the Washington,D.C. office of Munger,Tolles &Olson and a lecturer at Columbia University Law School,his alma mater.
Neal Steven Wolin is the CEO of the corporate advisory firm Brunswick Group,an equity partner of Data Collective,a board partner of Social Capital,and a limited partner advisor of Nyca Partners. He was the longest-serving Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury and also served as Acting Secretary of the Treasury in early 2013.
The Root-Tilden-Kern Scholarship is a full-tuition public service scholarship for students at New York University School of Law. It is widely considered to be the most prestigious public interest scholarship for law students in the United States.
The General Counsel of the Army is the chief legal officer of the U.S. Department of the Army and senior legal advisor to the Secretary of the Army.
Steven Paul Croley is an American lawyer,Chief Policy Officer and General Counsel of Ford Motor Company and the Harry Burns Hutchins Collegiate Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School in Ann Arbor. His practice areas include law reform,legal policy,regulation,oversight,and political law,with special emphasis on energy and the environment. His academic research and writing focus on administrative law,civil procedure,good government,and regulatory policy.
Boris Bershteyn is an Obama administration official who until June 2013 had served as acting Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. He previously served from 2011 to 2012 as general counsel for the federal Office of Management and Budget. Prior to his work at the Office of Management and Budget,he served as an Associate White House Counsel.
John B. King Jr. is an American educator,civil servant,and former state and federal government official who is the 15th Chancellor of the State University of New York (SUNY). He previously served as President &CEO of The Education Trust,a national civil rights nonprofit which seeks to identify and close opportunity and achievement gaps for students from preschool through college. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as the 10th United States Secretary of Education from January 1,2016,to January 20,2017,under President Barack Obama. In April 2021,King announced that he would be running for the Democratic nomination in the 2022 Maryland gubernatorial election,but came in sixth place in the primary election,losing to Baltimore author Wes Moore.
Lisa Oudens Monaco is an American attorney,former federal prosecutor and national security official who has served as the thirty-ninth United States deputy attorney general since April 21,2021. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Danielle Gray is the former Assistant to the President,Cabinet Secretary,and a Senior Advisor to U.S. President Barack Obama. Previously,Gray served as Deputy Director of the National Economic Council and Deputy Assistant to the President for Economic Policy. Gray is currently executive vice president and global chief legal officer of Walgreen Boots Alliance.
Rajesh "Raj" De is an American lawyer and former U.S. government official who later became the managing partner for the Washington,D.C.,office of the law firm Mayer Brown. During the presidency of Barack Obama,he served in three significant government roles—as Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Policy,as White House Staff Secretary,and finally as general counsel of the U.S. National Security Agency.
John Edward Sparks is an American lawyer who serves as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces and former commissioner to the chief judge of the same court.
Bruce Huntington Andrews is a former United States Deputy Secretary of Commerce.
Brent James McIntosh is an American attorney who served as Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs from 2017 to 2019. He previously served as General Counsel of the United States Treasury. Prior to his government service,McIntosh was a partner at Sullivan &Cromwell and was co-head of the firm's cybersecurity practice. Mcintosh is now Citigroup's Chief Legal Officer &Corporate Secretary.
Donet Dominic Graves Jr. is an American political advisor and government official who is the current Deputy Secretary of Commerce in the Biden administration. Graves formerly led the Beau Biden Cancer Moonshot and served in multiple roles within the Obama administration,including as an advisor to then-Vice President Joe Biden.
