Bruce Robert Jacob is a former Assistant Attorney General for the State of Florida during the early 1960s. He represented Louie L. Wainwright,the Director of the Florida Division of Corrections,in the Supreme Court case of Gideon v. Wainwright,decided in March 1963,regarding the right to counsel of indigent defendants in non-capital felony cases in state courts. The attorney representing the Petitioner,Clarence Gideon,was Abe Fortas,a Washington,D.C. lawyer who later became a Justice of the Supreme Court. The previous 1942 Supreme Court case of Betts v. Brady required the appointment of counsel for an indigent defendant at state expense if there was a “special circumstance”present in the case which made it necessary for counsel to be provided for the defendant to receive a fair trial. For example,if the defendant was indigent and was extremely young,or lacked education or experience,was unfamiliar with court procedures,or if the charges against him were complex,the trial court was required under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to appoint counsel. The Court in Gideon overruled Betts and required state courts to appoint attorneys for defendants in all felony prosecutions.
Davis Polk &Wardwell LLP,better known as Davis Polk is a white-shoe,international law firm headquartered in New York City with 980 attorneys worldwide and offices in Washington,D.C.,Northern California,London,Madrid,Hong Kong,Beijing,Tokyo,and São Paulo. The firm has consistently been recognized as a global leader in banking &financial services as well as in capital markets.
Ronald Lee Gilman is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Jane Richards Roth is an American attorney and jurist serving as a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. She was previously a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
Arbitration is a form of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) that resolves disputes outside the judiciary courts. The dispute will be decided by one or more persons,which renders the 'arbitration award'. An arbitration decision or award is legally binding on both sides and enforceable in the courts,unless all parties stipulate that the arbitration process and decision are non-binding.
David D. Cole is the National Legal Director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Before joining the ACLU in July 2016,Cole was the Hon. George J. Mitchell Professor in Law and Public Policy at the Georgetown University Law Center from March 2014 through December 2016. He has published in various legal fields including constitutional law,national security,criminal justice,civil rights,and law and literature. Cole has litigated several significant First Amendment cases in the Supreme Court of the United States,as well a number of influential cases concerning civil rights and national security. He is also a legal correspondent to several mainstream media outlets and publications.
Robert Neil Chatigny is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.
Timothy K. Lewis,is a former United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and is currently an attorney at the law firm of Schnader,Harrison,Segal &Lewis LLP,where he serves as the co-chair of the firm's alternative dispute resolution group. He also serves as a mediator,arbitrator,settlement counselor. Lewis is African American.
Beth Nolan was vice president and general counsel of the George Washington University. She was also Bill Clinton's final White House Counsel,as well as the first woman to hold the office. Prior to serving as White House Counsel,Nolan worked in other White House and Department of Justice positions,taught law,and worked in private practice.
Amul Roger Thapar is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky and former United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky. He was also President Trump's first Court of Appeals appointment and Trump's second judicial appointment after Justice Neil Gorsuch. Thapar was discussed as a candidate for the Supreme Court of the United States.
Bruce Edward Kasold is an American lawyer and former judge. He was appointed as a judge to the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims by President George W. Bush in December 2003. He served as the chief judge of the Court from August 2010 to August 2015. Kasold is a graduate of Bishop McGann-Mercy Diocesan High School in Riverhead,New York. He earned his undergraduate degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1973,and his Juris Doctor from the University of Florida Law School in 1979. Kasold also earned a Master of Laws from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1982 and a Master of Laws equivalent from the Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School in 1984.
Charles Bowen Howry was a Mississippi attorney and politician. He was a veteran of the Confederate States Army,a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives,United States Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi and a judge of the Court of Claims.
Mary Jeannette Schoelen is a Senior judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
Frank Quill Nebeker is a senior judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims and a former judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
James E. Baker is an American attorney,judge,and academic. He is the former Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. He was appointed to the Court on September 19,2000,by President Bill Clinton,and became its Chief Judge upon the expiration of Andrew S. Effron's term on September 30,2011. He is currently a professor of Law and Public Administration at Syracuse University and Director of the Institute for Security Policy and Law. Baker is a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.
Cornelia Thayer Livingston Pillard,known professionally as Nina Pillard,is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Before becoming a judge,Pillard was a tenured law professor at Georgetown University.
Pamela Ann Harris is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Prior to joining the federal bench,she was an associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School,and visiting professor at the Georgetown University Law Center and executive director of its Supreme Court Institute.
Michael Patrick Allen is an American lawyer and academic who serves as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. Prior to assuming his current role,he was a professor of law and director of the Veterans Law Institute at Stetson University College of Law.
Carolyn Miller Parr was a judge of the United States Tax Court from 1985 to 2002.
