The University of Georgia School of Law is the law school of the University of Georgia,a public research university in Athens,Georgia. It was founded in 1859,making it one of the oldest American university law schools in continuous operation. Georgia Law accepted 14.77% of applicants for the class entering in 2023.
The American Bar Association (ABA) is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students;it is not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States. Founded in 1878,the ABA's stated activities are the setting of academic standards for law schools,and the formulation of model ethical codes related to the legal profession. As of fiscal year 2017,the ABA had 194,000 dues-paying members,constituting approximately 14.4% of American attorneys. In 1979,half of all lawyers in the U.S. were members of the ABA. In 2016,less than one third of the 1.3 million lawyers in the U.S. were included in the ABA membership of 400,000,with figures largely unchanged in 2024.
Robert D. Luskin is an attorney and partner in the Washington office of the international law firm of Paul Hastings,LLP specializing in White-collar crime and federal and state government investigations.
Alice Stevens Fisher is an American lawyer and partner at the Washington,D.C. office of Latham &Watkins LLP. Fisher served as Deputy United States Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division from 2001 to 2003 and as an Assistant Attorney General in the Department of Justice Criminal Division for three years,from 2005 to May 23,2008.
George James Terwilliger III is an American lawyer and public official. He is a partner in the Washington,D.C. office of McGuireWoods LLP where he is head of the firm's Crisis Response practice and co-head of its white collar team. He is a former United States Deputy Attorney General and acting United States Attorney General. Terwilliger,of Vermont,was nominated on February 14,1992,by President George H. W. Bush to be Deputy Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice. He succeeded William Pelham Barr. As Deputy Attorney General,Terwilliger became the second-highest-ranking official in the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and ran the day-to-day operations of the department,serving in that position from 1991 through 1993. He was appointed to the position by President George H.W. Bush after serving as the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont,appointed by President Reagan.
Lanny Arthur Breuer is an American criminal defense lawyer who currently serves as vice chair of Covington &Burling LLP. From 2009 to 2013,he served as Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice under President Barack Obama. From 1997 to 1999,he served as Special Counsel to President Bill Clinton. He is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.
Jeh Charles Johnson is an American lawyer and former government official. He was United States Secretary of Homeland Security from 2013 to 2017.
Virginia Mary Kendall is an American attorney and jurist serving as the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. President George W. Bush appointed her to the bench on January 3,2006. In addition to serving on the bench,Judge Kendall is also a noted expert on child exploitation and human trafficking,as well as an adjunct professor and author.
Matthew Glen Olsen is an American attorney who has served as the Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division since 2021. He is the former director of the National Counterterrorism Center.
Paul Jeffrey Watford is an American lawyer who served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 2012 to 2023. In 2016,The New York Times identified Watford as a potential Supreme Court nominee to replace Justice Antonin Scalia. Watford resigned his judgeship in 2023 and became a partner at the law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &Rosati.
Alejandro Nicolas Mayorkas is an American attorney and government official who is the 7th United States Secretary of Homeland Security,serving since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party,Mayorkas previously served as director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services from 2009 to 2013,and the 6th Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security from 2013 to 2016.
T. Markus Funk is an American attorney,law professor,and author known for the prosecution of several high-profile mob figures during his career at the United States Department of Justice,his role in co-leading the internal investigation into former Ohio State University team physician Dr. Richard Strauss,and trial victory on behalf of the Costa Rican citrus industry. He is currently a partner in the law firm of Perkins Coie,where he served as the Firmwide Chair of the firm's global White Collar &Investigations Practice.
The American Criminal Law Review is a student-edited scholarly journal published at Georgetown University Law Center. The ACLR is a journal of American criminal law and white-collar crime.
Sally Quillian Yates is an American lawyer. From 2010 to 2015,she was United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia. In 2015,she was appointed United States Deputy Attorney General by President Barack Obama. Following the inauguration of President Donald Trump and the departure of Attorney General Loretta Lynch on January 20,2017,Yates served as Acting Attorney General for 10 days.
Andrew S. Boutros is an American lawyer,law professor,and former federal prosecutor best known for prosecuting corporate fraud and cybercrime cases. In 2015,the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association honored him with the National Prosecutorial Award,and he was also elected to the American Law Institute the same year. He is the Regional Chair of Dechert LLP's White Collar practice,where he is resident in the firm's Chicago and DC offices.
Jeffrey Adam Rosen is an American lawyer who served as acting United States attorney general from December 2020 to January 2021 and as United States deputy attorney general from 2019 to 2020. Before joining the Department of Justice,he was a senior partner at the law firm Kirkland &Ellis and was the United States deputy secretary of transportation.
Brian Allen Benczkowski is an American lawyer who served as the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice. Prior to assuming that role,he was a partner at Kirkland &Ellis.
Michael J. Desmond is an American tax attorney and former federal government official. He previously served as the 48th Chief Counsel of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Assistant General Counsel in the Department of the Treasury. He was confirmed by the Senate on February 27,2019 and began serving as Chief Counsel on March 4,2019. Shortly before the Inauguration of Joe Biden,Desmond resigned from his position as Chief Counsel effective January 20,2021,succeeded by Acting Chief Counsel William M. Paul.
Iris Lan is an American lawyer who serves as a career associate deputy attorney general in the United States Department of Justice. She was previously an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York and taught as an Adjunct Lecturer at Columbia Law School. She was appointed general counsel of NASA in June 2023.
Jill E. Steinberg is an American lawyer who has served as the United States attorney for the Southern District of Georgia since February 2023.
