Renaissance Weekend

Renaissance Weekend

Illustrative List of Past Participants

Law & Legal Education
Some professional notes below reflect past roles.
David Andrews
Former Legal Adviser, US State Dept.
Judith Areen
Former Dean, Georgetown Law Center
Hannah Arterian
Dean, Syracuse University Law School
Nancy Atlas
US District Judge, Texas
Bob Barnett
Sr. Partner, Williams & Connolly
Harvey Bartle
US District Judge, Pennsylvania
Deborah Batts
US District Judge, New York
Richard Ben-Veniste
Atty., Mayer Brown/Mbr., 9/11 Commission
Dan Blue
Atty./Former NC State Senator
Stephen Breyer
Associate Justice, US Supreme Court
Steven Brill
Founder, American Lawyer, Court TV
Charles Burson
Former US Associate Atty.-Gen., Tennessee Atty.-Gen., & Gen. Counsel, Monsanto
Julian Castro
Mayor, San Antonio/Former Atty. & Prof., Univ. of Texas
Chuck Cooper
Attorney/Former US Asst. Atty.-General, Office of Legal Counsel
Kenneth Dam
Former Deputy Secretary, US Treasury & Prof., Univ. of Chicago Law School
Robert Dell
Chm., Latham & Watkins
Walter Dellinger
US Supreme Court Advocate/Law Prof., UNC Law
Robert Denham
Former Managing Partner, Munger, Tolles & Olson/Former Chm., Salomon Brothers
Alan Dershowitz
Professor, Harvard Law School
David Ebel
Judge, US Court of Appeals
Charles Elson
Corporate Governance Authority
Ernest Finney
Former Chief Justice, South Carolina Supreme Court
Julian Frazin
Counsel, Michael Best & Friedrich; Ret'd Judge, Cook County Circuit Court
Stephen Friedman
Former Sr. Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton and SEC Comm'r/Dean, Pace Law School
Stephen Gates
Former General Counsel, Conoco-Phillips
Vanessa Gilmore
US District Court Judge
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Associate Justice, US Supreme Court
Jamie Gorelick
Atty., WilmerHale/Former US Deputy Attorney General
Charles Haar
Prof., Harvard Law School and Former Assistant Secretary, US Dept. of Housing & Urban Development
Charles Haden
US District Judge, West Virginia
James Hamilton
Attorney, Bingham McCutchen and former Member., President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
Lloyd Hand
Senior Partner, King and Spalding/Former US Chief of Protocol
Michael Helfer
General Counsel, Citigroup and former Chm., Wilmer Cutler & Pickering
Giles Henderson
Master, Pembroke College-Oxford/Former Sr. Partner, Slaughter & Mary
Robert Henry
Judge, US Court of Appeals/Former Oklahoma Atty.- General
Larry Hoffman
Chairman, Greenberg Traurig
Thomas Hogan
US District Judge
Denise Page Hood
US District Judge
Thomas Penfield Jackson
Retired US District Judge
Nathaniel Jones
Sr. Counsel, Blank Rome/Ret'd Judge, US Court of Appeals-6th Circuit/Former General Counsel, NAACP
Gary King
New Mexico Atty. General
John Klotsche
Former Chairman, Baker & McKenzie
Harold Koh
Legal Adviser, US State Dept./Former Dean, Yale Law School and US Assistant Attorney-General
Douglas Lacock
Professor, University of Texas Law School
David Leebron
Pres., Rice University/Former Dean, Columbia Law School
Clay Long
Former Chm., McKenna, Long & Aldridge
Robert MacCrate
Former President, American Bar Association and Retired Sr. Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell
Charles Manatt
Chairman, Manatt Phelps/Former US Ambassador to Dominican Republic & Chm., National Democratic Party
Thurgood Marshall, Jr.
Atty., Bingham/Former Cabinet Secretary
William McBride
Former Managing Partner, Holland & Knight
Robert McCrate
Former Sr. Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell
Margaret McKeown
Judge, US Court of Appeals
Vanzetta Penn McPherson
US Magistrate Judge and former Pres., Federal Bar Assn.
Abner Mikva
Former White House Counsel, US Congressman & Chief Judge, US Court of Appeals
Vicki Miles-LaGrange
US District Judge
Jon Mills
Dean Emeritus, University of Florida Law School
Newton Minow
Sr. Counsel, Sidley, Austin/Former Chairman, FCC, PBS, RAND Corp. & Carnegie Foundation
Karen Nelson Moore
US Circuit Judge
Howard Nemerovski
Founding Partner, Howard Nemerovski
William Neukom
Former Pres., American Bar Assn. & General Counsel, Microsoft Corp.
Elizabeth Nosworthy
Australian Lawyer & Corporate Director
Sid Nurkin
Former Chm., Alston & Bird
Eric O'Neill
Risk Consultant/Subject of Film "Breach"/Gen. Coun., CHF Int'l/Frmr. Counter-Intell. Agent, FBI
Louis Oberdorfer
Sr. US District Judge and Former US Assistant Attorney-General
Lawrence Okinaga
Former Pres., American Judicature Society
Edith Osman
Former Pres., Council of Bar Presidents & Pres., Florida Bar
Marilyn Hall Patel
US District Judge
Delissa Ridgway
US Bankrupcy Judge
Barbara Paul Robinson
Attorney, Debevoise & Plimpton
Edward Rubin
Dean, Vanderbilt Law School
Kurt Schmoke
Dean, Howard University Law School and Former Baltimore Mayor
Gregory Scott
Former Justice, Colorado Supreme Court
Theodore Sorensen
Former Counsel to President Kennedy
Carol Steiker
Prof., Harvard Law Sch./Author, Criminal Law & Its Processes/US Supreme Ct. Death Penalty Defense Council
Elizabeth Stong
US Bankruptcy Judge
Frank Sullivan
Justice, Indiana Supreme Court
Dick Thornburgh
Former US Attoney General, Pennsylvania Governor & UN Under Secretary-General
Thomas Thrasher
US District Judge, Georgia
Nina Totenberg
Legal Affairs Correspondent, National Public Radio & ABC
William Traxler
Judge, US Court of Appeals (4th Cir.)
Michael Traynor
Former Pres., American Law Institute
Patricia Wald
Former Judge, International Court of Justice and US Court of Appeals
Evan Wallach
Judge, US Court of International Trade
Peter Wallison
Former Counsel to President Reagan
Joella West
General Counsel, Comedy Central
Willis Whichard
Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court
Billy Wilkins
Former Chief Judge, US Court of Appeals (4th Cir.)
Tom Williamson
Former Solicitor, US Labor Department
Wendell Willkie
General Counsel, Mead-Westvaco Corp. & Former General Counsel, US Commerce Department
Mark Wolf
Chief Judge, US District Court - Mass.
Charles Wolle
Sr. US District Judge/Former Justice, Iowa Supreme Court
Diane Wood
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals (7th Cir.)
Susan Webber Wright
US District Judge
Stephen Zack
President, American Bar Assn.
David Van Zandt
Dean, Northwestern School of Law
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