Welcome to the Washington Legal Foundation

Legal Policy Advisory Board


CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

The Honorable Dick Thornburgh
Of Counsel
K&L Gates LLP
Washington, DC

CHAIRMEN EMERITUS

Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr., Esq.

Richard K. Willard, Esq.
Partner
Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Washington, DC

BOARD MEMBERS

Joseph A.  Artabane, Esq.
Artabane & Belden, P.C.

Professor Thomas E. Baker
Professor of Law
Florida International University College of Law

Mark A. Behrens
Partner
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
Washington, DC

Thomas Hale Boggs, Jr., Esq.
Partner
Patton Boggs LLP
Washington, DC

Gregory A. Brower
Partner
Snell & Wilmer
Las Vegas and Reno, NV

Michael K. Brown, Esq.
Partner
Reed Smith
Los Angeles, CA

The Honorable James H. Burnley, IV
Partner
Venable LLP
Washington, DC

Ralph J. Caccia, Esq.
Partner
Wiley Rein LLP
Washington, DC

Michael A. Carvin, Esq.
Partner
Jones Day
Washington, DC

Charles Cooper, Esq.
Founding Partner
Cooper & Kirk PLLC
Washington, DC

Joseph E. diGenova, Esq.
Founding Partner
diGenova & Toensing
Washington, DC

Professor Viet D. Dinh
Professor of Law
Georgetown University Law Center
Washington, DC

Richard Duesenberg
Former Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Monsanto Company

The Honorable John Engler
President
The Business Roundtable

Richard L. Frank
Olsson Frank Weeda Terman Bode Matz PC
Washington, D.C.

The Honorable Harold Furchtgott-Roth
President
Furchtgott-Roth Economic Enterprises

Kenneth S. Geller, Esq.
Partner, Managing Partner
Mayer Brown LLP
Washington, DC

Stuart M. Gerson, Esq.
Member of the Firm
Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Washington, DC; New York, NY

Thomas C. Goldstein, Esq.
Partner
Goldstein & Russell, P.C.
Washington, DC

Eric Grannon, Esq.
Partner
White & Case
Washington, DC

Professor William F. Harvey
Carl M. Gray Professor of Law Emeritus
Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis

Professor Maurice J. Holland
Professor Emeritus
University of Oregon, School of Law

Coleen Klasmeier
Partner
Sidley Austin LLP
Washington, D.C.

Philip A. Lacovara, Esq.
Senior Counsel
Mayer Brown LLP
New York, NY

Susan W. Liebeler, Esq.
President
Lexpert Research Services
Los Angeles, CA

Daniel M. Mandel
Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel
Viacom
New York, New York

Arvin Maskin, Esq.
Litigation Partner
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
New York, NY

The Honorable Robert F. McDonnell
Governor
Commonwealth of Virginia

The Honorable Rob McKenna
Attorney General
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Seattle, Washington

John A. Merrigan, Esq.
DLA Piper

Professor John Norton Moore
Walter L. Brown Professor of Law
University of Virginia, School of Law

The Honorable Gerald J. Mossinghoff
Senior Counsel
Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt
Alexandria, VA

Glen D. Nager, Esq.
Partner
Jones Day
Washington, DC

The Honorable Theodore B. Olson
Partner
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Washington, DC

Professor Stephen B. Presser
Raoul Berger Professor of Legal History
Northwestern University, School of Law

Professor George L. Priest
Professor of Law & Economics
Yale University Law School

Charles F. (Rick) Rule, Esq.
Partner
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
Washington, DC

The Honorable Kenneth W. Starr
President
Baylor University
Waco, Texas

The Honorable Don Stenberg
Treasurer
State of Nebraska

Ambassador Robert S. Strauss
Partner
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Washington, DC

The Honorable John W. Suthers
Attorney General
State of Colorado

George J. Terwilliger III, Esq.
Partner
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Washington, DC

Daniel E. Troy
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
GlaxoSmithKline

The Honorable William F. Weld
Partner
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
New York, NY

Joe D. Whitley, Esq.
Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Washington, DC; Atlanta, GA

Wayne Withers
Of Counsel
Bryan Cave LLP
St. Louis, MO

SPECIAL THANKS

We honor former WLF Board members who have chosen to pursue public service:

The Honorable Susan G. Braden
U.S. Court of Federal Claims Judge

The Honorable M. Jane Brady
Judge, Superior Court of the State of Delaware

The Honorable Richard J. Leon
U.S. District Court Judge

The Honorable Bill Pryor
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit