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The Honorable Spencer Abraham, Former Secretary U.S. Department of Energy
Harry Alford, National Black Chamber of Commerce
Nicholas Allard, Patton Boggs LLP
Jan Amundson, National Association of Manufacturers
Richard E. Anderson, M.D., F.A.C.P., The Doctors Company
Robert Anthony, George Mason University School of Law
Kevin Arquit, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Michael Astrue, U.S. Social Security Administration
Donald Ayer, Jones Day LLP
Mary Azcuenaga, Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe
Jonathan Baker, American University, Washington College of Law
George Baker, Williams & Jensen
James Scott Ballenger, Latham & Watkins LLP
James Baller, Esq., Washington, D.C.
David A. Balto, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P.
Jonathan Band, Morrison & Forrester
Michael F. Barrett, Frm. Staff Director, Oversight and Investigations, Subcommittee, House Energy & Commerce Committee
H. Christopher Bartolomucci, Hogan & Hartson LLP
James M. Beck, Dechert LLP
Mark Behrens, Shook, Harky & Bacon L.L.P.
John Beisner, O'Melveny & Myers LLP
The Honorable Griffin Bell, King & Spalding
Alan Bennett, Ropes & Gray
Joan Z. Bernstein, Bryan Cave LLP
The Honorable Ed Bethune, Bracewell & Patterson, L.L.P.
Diane E. Bieri, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
Timothy S. Bishop, Mayer Brown
Solange Bitol, American Civil Liberties Union
Robert Bittman, White & Case
Kathleen Blaner, Esq.
The Honorable Thomas Bliley, Kelley Drye Collier Shannon
David Bloch, Reed Smith
John Bode, Olsson, Frank & Weeda
John T. Boese, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Thomas Hale Boggs, Jr., Patton Boggs LLP
John Bolton, U.S. State Department
Gary Born, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering
Theodore Boutrous, Jr., Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Steven Bradbury, Kirkland & Ellis
Richard Breeden, Coopers & Lybrand
Daniel Brenner, National Cable Television Association
Michael R. Bromwich, Fried Frank Harris Shriverr & Jacobson
Mark S. Brown, King & Spalding LLP
Barbara Brown, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
David E. Brown, Jr., Alston & Bird LLP
Edward Bruce, Covington & Burling
Gregory S. Bruch, Foley & Lardner LLP
Nancy Buc, Buc & Beardsley
The Honorable Mary Beth Buchanan, U.S. Department of Justice
George Burditt, Bell, Boyd & Lloyd PLLC
James M. Burger, Dow Lohnes PLLC
James Burnley IV, Winston & Strawn
John Calfee, American Enterprise Institute
Mark T. Calloway, Alston & Bird LLP
Mark T. Calloway, Alston & Bird LLP
Jonathan Cannon, University of Virginia
Paul Cappuccio, Time Warner
Dr. George Carlo, Health & Environment Sciences Group, Inc.
Barie Carmichael, Visa Corporation
Robert Charrow, Crowell & Moring LLP
Mary Cheh, George Washington University School of Law
Betty Jo Christian, Steptoe & Johnson LLP
The Honorable Benjamin Civiletti, Venable LLP
Paul Clement, U.S. Department of Justice
John Coale, Coale, Cooley, Lietz, McInerny & Broadus, P.C.
Howard Cohen, Greenberg Traurig
Keith Cole, General Motors
Gregory Conko, Competitive Enterprise Institute
Manus Cooney, Napster
Mark Cooper, Consumer Federation of America
Charles Cooper, Cooper & Kirk
Robert Corn-Revere, Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.
Alfred Cortese, Jr., Cortese PLLC
Joseph Covington, Jenner & Block
L. Gordon Crovitz, Far Eastern Review, Dow Jones & Company
John C. Cruden, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Envt. & Nat’l Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice
Arthur B. Culvahouse, Jr., O'Melveny & Myers LLP
James W. Dabney, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shiver & Jacobson LLP
The Honorable Edward Damich, U.S. Court of Federal Claims
Alan B. Davidson, Center For Democracy And Technology
Lee A. DeHihns, III, Alston & Bird LLP
Rafael Deleon, Environmental Protection Agency
Walter Dellinger, O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Sandra Dennis, Biotechnology Industry Organization
V. Thomas DeVille,, DeVille Pharmacies, Inc.
Joseph diGenova, diGenova & Toensing
Viet Dinh, Georgetown University Law Center
Carol Dinkins, Vinson & Elkins
Larisa Dobrianski, U.S. Department of Energy
Julie Domike, Piper Marbury Rudnick & Wolfe LLP
Robert Dormer, Hyman, Phelps & McNamara
Richard Duesenberg, former Senior V.P. and General Counsel, Monsanto Co.
Stuart Eizenstat, Covington & Burling
John Elwood, U.S. Department of Justice
Bert Ely, Ely & Co.
Kenneth Elzinga, University of Virginia
Roy Englert, Jr., Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck & Untereiner LLP
Miguel Estrada, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Frank Fahrenkopf, Jr., Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.
Donald Falk, Mayer Brown
H. Bartow Farr, III, Farr & Taranto
Jay Fastow, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Timothy Flanigan, Tyco Corp.
Ted Frank, Director, Liability Project, American Enterprise Institute
Richard Frank, Olsson, Frank & Weeda
Jonathan S. Franklin, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P
John Frantz, Verizon Communications
David C. Frederick, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel P.L.L.C
Andrew L. Frey, Mayer Brown
The Honorable Charles Fried, Harvard Law School
Bruce Merlin Fried, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
F. Edwin Froelich, Esq., Wilcox, Carroll & Froelich, PLLC
The Honorable Harold Furchtgott-Roth, Furchtgott-Roth Economic Enterprises
Pamela J. Furman, Olsson, Frank and Weeda, P.C.
George Garvey, Munger, Tolles & Olson
Andrew Gavil, Howard University Law School
Stuart Gerson, Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jeffrey N. Gibbs, Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C.
Ronald Glancz, Venable LLP
Robert Goldberg, Ph.D., National Center for Policy Analysis
Thomas Goldstein, Akin, Gump, Hauer, Strauss & Feld LLP
Rob Gordon, Committee on Resources, U.S. House of Representatives
Stanley Gorinson, Kilpatrick Stockton
David Graham, Baker & Hostetler
Mary Grealy, Healthcare Leadership Council
Gary Grindler, King & Spalding LLP
Professor Ralph F. Hall, University of Minnesota Law School, Counsel, Baker & Daniels LLP
James Halpert, Piper Marbury Rudnick & Wolfe L.L.P
Patrick M. Hanlon, Goodwin Proctor
Bertrand Harding, Jr., Esq., Washington, D.C.
David Hardy, Esq., Tucson, Arizona
Professor John Harrision, University of Virginia Law School
Barry Hartman, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP
Lonie Hassel, Groom Law Group, Chartered
James Hawkins III, Bergner Bockorny, Inc.
The Honorable Jimmy Hayes, former U.S. Representative
Warren W. Heck, Greater New York Mutual Insurance Company
Carmen Hernandez, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Adonis Hoffman, American Association of Advertising Agencies
Joe G. Hollingsworth, Spriggs & Hollingsworth
Chris Hoofnagle, Electronic Privacy Information Center
Alan Horowitz, Miller & Chevalier, Chartered
Roscoe C. Howard, Jr,, Troutman Sanders LLP
Thomas Hungar, U.S. Department of Justice
Michie Hunt, Ph.D., Michie I. Hunt & Associates
Steven E. Irizarry, ML Strategies
David Irwin, Irwin, Campbell & Tannenwald, P.C.
David M. Israelite, National Music Publishers' Association
J. Russell Jackson, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Paul Jacoby, Esq., Washington, D.C.
The Honorable Charles James, ChevronTexaco
Barry Johnson, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Sherman Joyce, American Tort Reform Association
Jonathan Kahan, Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.
Dr. Neil Kahanovitz, Center for Patient Advocacy
Dr. Paul E. Kalb, Sidley Austin LLP
Paul D. Kamenar, Washington Legal Foundation
Gregory Katsas, U.S. Department of Justice
Christopher J. Kelly, Mayer Brown
Michael Kelly, Morgan Lewis LLP
Nandan Kenkeremath, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy & Commerce
Charles Kennedy, Morrison & Foerster
Ronald Klain, Revolution, Inc.
Ann Klee, Environmental Protection Agency
Robert Knox, Environmental Protection Agency
Douglas Koelemay, Williams Mullin Clark & Dobbins
Edward Korwek, Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.
Professor Michael Krauss, Professor of Law, George Mason University
Simeon M. Kriesberg, Mayer Brown
Philip Lacovara, Mayer Brown
Laura Frick Laemmle, Patton Boggs LLP
Christopher Landau, Kirkland & Ellis
Christopher Landau, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Professor Robert Lande, University of Baltimore School of Law
Paul Larkin, Jr., Esq., Washington, D.C.
Eric G. Lasker, Spriggs & Hollingsworth
Katharine R. Latimer, Spriggs & Hollingsworth
David Leitch, Ford Motor Company
Richard Levick, Levick Strategic Communications, Inc.
Arthur Levine, Arnold & Porter
Mark I. Levy, Kilpatrick Stockton
Mark Levy, Kilpatrick Stockton LLP
Robert Levy, The Cato Institute
Lars Liebeler, Thaler, Liebeler, Machado & Rasmussen
Gene Livingston, Greenberg Traurig LLP
Robert Long, Jr., Covington & Burling
Deborah Lucas, Congressional Budget Office
William MacLeod, Kelley Drye Collier Shannon
Maureen Mahoney, Latham & Watkins
Daniel Marino, Marino & Garson
Colleen Martin, DuPont-Merck Pharmaceutical Co.
Stephanie A. Martz, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL)
Roger Marzulla, Marzulla & Marzulla
William B. Mateja, Fish & Richardson P.C.
William T. Mathias, Ober Kaler
Randolph May, The Progress and Freedom Foundation
Andrew McBride, Partner, Wiley, Rein & Fielding
Beth C. McClain, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Robert McConnell, Esq., Washington, D.C.
Catherine McCullough, Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Barbara McDowell, Esq., Washington, D.C.
Mark F. McElreath, Alston & Bird LLP
Kenneth McLennan, Manufacturers Alliance
A. Douglas Melamed, WilmerHale
James D. Miller, King & Spalding LLP
Jessica Davidson Miller, O'Melveny & Myers LLP
James Miller III, Hunton & Williams
Commissioner Lawrence H. Mirel, Washington, D.C. Dept. Of Insurance, Banking & Securities
Christian Mixter, Morgan Lewis LLP
Donald Moran, The Moran Company
George Moscarino, Jones Day LLP
Barry Nace, Paulson & Nace
Glen Nager, Jones Day LLP
John Nakahata, Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis LLP
Irvin Nathan, Arnold & Porter
Nancy Newkirk, American Petroleum Institute
David Nexon, AdvaMed
The Honorable Gale Norton, Royal Dutch Shell
Michael O'Neill, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP
Otto Obermaier, Weil, Gotshal & Manges
The Honorable Theodore Olson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Lynne J. Omlie, Distilled Spirits Council of the United States
Keith Onsdorff, Reed Smith
Scott Oostdyk, McGuire Woods LLP
Deborah Owen, Armstrong World Industries
Fredrick Palmer, Peabody Coal
Mark R. Paoletta, Dickstein Shapiro LLP
Jeffery Pariser, Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.
Professor Jeffrey S. Parker, George Mason University School of Law
R. Hewitt Pate, Hunton & Williams
Robert Paul, White & Case
Robert Peck, Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Jeffrey Peck, Griffin, Johnson, Dover & Stewart
Lee E. Peeler, National Advertising Review Council
Michael Penders, Environmental Protection Int'l
Ronald W. Peppe II, Association of Corporate Counsel
Mark A. Perry, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Ryan Petty, Rockford Area Chamber of Commerce
James R. Phelps, Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C.
Carter Phillips, Sidley Austin LLP
Larry Pilot, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
Andrew J. Pincus, Mayer Brown
Mark Plotkin, Covington & Burling
Travis Plunkett, Consumer Federation of America
Stephen Pociask, Washington, D.C.
David Poe, LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae
E. Barrett Prettyman, Jr., Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.
David A. Price, Esq.
George Priest, Yale Law School
Stephen Quarles, Crowell & Moring LLP
The Honorable James Quello, Washington, D.C.
W. Scott Railton, Reed Smith
Frank Rapoport, McKenna & Cuneo, L.L.P.
Alan Charles Raul, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood
Bert Rein, Wiley, Rein & Fielding
Daniel Rezneck, Arnold & Porter
Ira Rheingold, National Association of Consumer Advocates
Professor Larry Ribstein, University of Illinois College of Law
Carlyle Ring, Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver
David B. Rivkin, Baker & Hostetler LLP
Paul Craig Roberts, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Robert Roberts, Environmental Protection Agency
John Roberts, U.S. Supreme Court
Martha Rogers, Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver
Morton Rosenberg, Congressional Research Service
Douglas Rosenthal, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal
Marc Rotenberg, Electronic Privacy Information Center
Charles Rothfeld, Mayer Brown
Ronald Rotunda, George Mason University School of Law
The Honorable Warren Rudman, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Rick Rule, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
Lawrence Salibra, Alcan Aluminum Corporation
Richard A. Samp, Chief Counsel, Washington Legal Foundation
The Honorable Thomas Sansonetti, U.S. Department of Justice
Richard Sauber, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
Terrence Scanlon, President, Capital Research Center
Nathan A. Schactman, McCarter & English, LLP
Gene Schaerr, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood
Professor Charles Schafer, University of Baltimore Law School
Eric V. Schaffer, Environmental Integrity Project
Hon. Joseph E. Schmitz, Former Inspector General, Department of Defense
Victor Schwartz, Shook Hardy & Bacon L.L.P
David Segal, The Washington Post
James Seif, Pennsylvania Environmental Protection Department
Benjamin Sharp, Perkins Coie LLP
James C. Sivon, Barnett Sivon & Natter, P.C
Michael R. Sklaire, Womble Carlyle LLP
Clifford Sloan, WashingtonPost.com
Alan Slobodin, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy & Commerce
Julie A. Smith, Foley & Lardner LLP.
Rick Smith, Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers Association
Stephen Smith, University of Virginia School of Law
Claudius O. Sokenu, Mayer Brown
James Spears, Ropes & Gray
Richard A. Spehr, Mayer Brown
Arthur Spitzer, ACLU of the National Capital Area
The Honorable Stanley Sporkin, Gavel Consulting Group
The Honorable Kenneth Starr, Kirkland & Ellis
Judson W. Starr, Venable LLP
Traci Stegemann, Shaw Pittman
Professor Rena Steinzor, Natural Resources Defense Council
Dr. Irwin M. Stelzer, Ph.D., Hudson Institute
The Honorable Jay Stephens, Raytheon
David Stewart, Ropes & Gray
The Honorable Hal Stratton, Consumer Product Safety Commission
Robert M. Sussman, Latham & Watkins
Evan Tager, Mayer Brown
Richard Taranto, Farr & Taranto
John Taylor, National Community Reinvestment Coalition
Stuart Taylor, National Journal
Bernard Taylor, Sr., Alston & Bird LLP
Daly Temchine, Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Ronald J. Tenpas, U.S. Department of Justice
Sanford Teplitzky, Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver
George Terwilliger, III, White & Case
The Honorable Larry Thompson, Pepsi Co.
The Honorable Dick Thornburgh, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP
John Thorne, Verizon Communications
D. McCarty Thornton, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
James Thunder, Esq., McLean, Virginia
Victoria Toensing, diGenova & Toensing
Willard Tom, Morgan Lewis LLP
E. Neil Trautwein, National Association of Manufacturers
Daniel Troy, Sidley Austin LLP
Professor Jonathan Turley, George Washington University Law School
Alan Untereiner, Robbins Russell Englert Orseck & Untereinter
The Honorable Dennis C. Vacco, Crane & Vacco
Donald Verrilli, Jr., Jenner & Block
Edward Warren, Kirkland & Ellis
Seth Waxman, WilmerHale
Professor Ruth Wedgewood, Yale Law School
Ronald Weich, Zuckerman Spaeder LLP
David Weinberg, Howrey Simon Arnold & White
Robert N. Weiner, Arnold & Porter LLP
Barbara Wheeler, Civil Justice Association of California
Frank White, Organizational Resource Counselors
Joe Whitley, Alston & Bird
Richard Wiley, Wiley, Rein & Fielding
Richard Willard, Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Wesley Williams, Covington & Burling
Steven Wolowitz, Mayer Brown
R. Ray Wood, Rockford Products, Inc.
Sue Ellen Wooldridge, U.S. Department of Justice
James M. Wootton, Mayer Brown
James Wright, Esq., Washington, D.C.
Michael S. Wroblewski, Federal Trade Commission
Gerald Yamada, O’Connor & Hannan
Jonathan Yarowsky, Patton Boggs LLP
Ambassador Clayton Yeutter, Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.
David Young, Hunton & Williams
Jeffrey Zuckerman, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle