Past Wasserstein Fellows

2008-2009 | 2007-08 |2006-07 | 2005-06 | 2004-05 | 2003-04 | 2002-03 | 2000-01 |

2008 - 09

Gerald M. Alexander
Assistant General Counsel
HUD
Washington, DC

Denise Casper
Deputy District Attorney
Middlesex DA’s Office
Boston, MA

James Esseks
Litigation Director
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & AIDS Project, ACLU Foundation
New York, NY

James A. Ferg-Cadima
Legislative Counsel
ACLU of Illinois
Chicago, IL

Davida Finger
Staff Attorney
The Katrina Clinic
New Orleans, LA

James Fishman
Founder and Partner
Fishman & Neil, LLP
New York, NY

Mark Fittipaldi
Attorney Advisor
United States Agency for
International Development (USAID)
Washington, DC

Michael Foreman
Director
Civil Rights Appellate Clinic
Pennsylvania State University
Dickinson School of Law
University Park, PA

Levon Henry
Executive Director
DNA – People’s Legal Services, Inc.
Window Rock, Navajo Nation, AZ

James Hingeley
Public Defender
Albemarle County and Charlottesville
Charlottesville, VA

Jenny Huang
Co-Founder and Partner
Justice First, LLP
Oakland, CA

Elliott Jacobson
Senior Litigation Counsel
United States Attorney’s Office
Southern District of New York
New York, NY

Larry D. Johnson
Former Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs
United Nations
New York, NY

Brooke Richie
Executive Director
Resilience Advocacy Project (RAP)
New York, NY

Tanya Smith
Officer In Charge
UN Regional Office for the Pacific of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Suva, Fiji

2007 - 08

Spencer P. Boyer
Director of International Law and Diplomacy
Center for American Progress
Washington, D.C.

Ed Cid Butuyan
Legal Counsel
World Bank Legal Vice Presidency
Washington D.C.

Eileen Decker
Chief of the National Security Section
Office of the United States Attorney
Los Angeles, CA

Emilio Estela
Assistant District Attorney
New York County District Attorney's Office
New York, NY

Cara Hendrickson
Associate
Hughs Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd.
Chicago, IL

Antonia Hernández
President and CEO
California Community Foundation
Los Angeles, CA

Michael Kirkpatrick
Staff Attorney
Public Citizen Litigation Group
Washington, D.C.

William Leinhard
Project Director
Mental Health Project
Urban Justice Center
New York, NY

William R. Montross, Jr.
Director
Capital Litigation Unit
Southern Center for Human Rights
Atlanta, GA

Stephen Roady
Attorney
Earthjustice
Washington, D.C.

C. Mario Russell
Senior Immigration Litigation Attorney
Catholic Charities Community Services
New York, NY

Michael Steinberg
Legal Director
ACLU of Michigan
Detroit, MI

Kara Suffredini
State Legislative Director
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Washington, D.C.

Richard Weishaupt
Senior Attorney
Health and Human Services Unit
Community Legal Services, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA

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2006 - 07

Paul Achitoff
Earthjustice
Honolulu, HI

Astrid Andre
Counsel
New York City Economic Development Corporation
New York, NY

Nicole Austin-Hillery
Associate
Mehri & Skaler
PLLC
Washington, D.C.

Clive Baldwin
Head of International Advocacy
Minority Rights Group International
London, UK

Andrew Freeman
Partner
Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP
Baltimore, MD

Andrew Friedman
Co-Founder
Make the Road by Walking
Inc.
Brooklyn, NY

Darryl Gorman
Deputy Attorney General for Rulemaking and Legislative Affairs
Office of the Attorney General
Washington, D.C.

Craig Levine
Senior Counsel and Policy Director
New Jersey Institute for Social Justice
Newark, NJ

Asit Panwala
Assistant District Attorney
San Francisco County District Attorney's Office
San Francisco, CA

Jordan Schreiber
Deputy Public Defender
Contra Costa County Office of the Public Defender
Martinez, CA

Nargess Shadbeh
Director of the Farmworker Program
Oregon Law Center
Portland, OR

David Singleton
Executive Director
Ohio Justice & Policy Center
Cincinnati, OH

Douglas Stevick
Managing Attorney
Southern Migrant Legal Services
Nashville, TN

Janet Varon
Founder and Executive Director
Northwest Health Law Advocates
Seatlle, WA

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2005 - 06

S. Elizabeth Birnbaum
General Counsel and Vice President for Governmental Affairs
American Rivers
Washington, D.C.

Eric Brettschneider
Executive Director
Agenda for Children Tomorrow
New York, NY

Carol A. Brook
Deputy Director
Federal Defender Program
Northern District of Illinois
Chicago, Illinois

Brian Concannon
Founder and Director
Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti
Joseph, OR

Gregg Maisel
Senior Litigation Counsel, Assistant U.S. Attorney
United States Attorney's Office
District of Columbia
Washington, D.C.

Andrea Marsh
Founder and Director
Texas Fair Defense Project
Austin, Texas

Dennis Parker
Chief
Civil Rights Bureau of the Office of the New York Attorney of the State of New York
New York, NY

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2004 - 05

Michael Allen
Senior Staff Attorney, Director of Housing Program
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Washington, D.C.

Mary Bonauto
Civil Rights Project Director
Gay & Lesbian Advocates and Defenders
Boston, MA

Richard Brean
Associate General Counsel
United Steel Workers of America
Pittsburgh, PA

Traci Douglas
Director of Youth Programs and Community Outreach
Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem
New York, NY

Miriam Gohara
Assistant Counsel, Criminal Justice Project
NAACP Legal Defense Fund
New York, NY

Darin Johnson
Staff Attorney
U. S. Department of State
Office of the Legal Adviser
Washington, D.C.

Ellen Lawton
Director of Family Advocacy Project
Pediatrics Department
Boston Medical Center
Boston, MA

Valerie Dabady Liverani
Principal Legal Officer
African Development Bank
La Marsa, Tunisia

Edmund Ludwig
Federal Judge, US District Court
Philadelphia, PA

Robert McDuff
Solo Civil Rights Practitioner
Jackson, MS

Michael Novey
Associate Tax Legislative Counsel, Office of Tax Policy
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Washington, D.C.

Richard Savignano
Justice
Massachusetts District Court
Brockton, MA

Kenneth Scott
Prosecutor
United Nations - International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
The Hague, The Netherlands

Clare Pastore
Senior Counsel
ACLU of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

Wendy Patten
U.S. Advocacy Director
Human Rights Watch
Washington, D.C.

Jim Tierney, Esq.
Former Attorney General
Maine State Government
Augusta, ME

Donnell "Trip" Van Noppen
Managing Attorney
Southern Environmental Law Center
Chapel Hill, NC

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2003 - 04

Shereen Arent
National Director of Legal Advocacy
American Diabetes Association
Alexandria, VA

Todd Edelman
Chief of the Serious Felony Section
Public Defender Service (PDS)
Washington, DC

Miriam Gohara
Assistant Counsel
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Criminal Justice Project
New York, NY

Mark Kreitman
Assistant Chief Litigation Counsel
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Enforcement
Washington, D.C.

Ira Kurzban
Partner
Kurzban Kurzban Weinger and Tetzeli (private public interest law firm)
Miami, FL

Jon Laramore
Chief Counsel to the Governor of Indiana
Indianapolis, IN

Drew Luten III
Deputy General Counsel
United States Agency for International Development
Washington, D.C.

Jeff Selbin
Executive Director
East Bay Community Law Center (EBCLC)
Berkeley, CA

David Solomon
Chief of the Enforcement Bureau
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C.

Philip Tegeler
Legal Director
Connecticut Civil Liberties Union Foundation
Hartford, CT

Carol Vaughn
Senior Attorney
Northwest Justice Project
Seattle, WA

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2002 - 03

Alden Abbott
Assistant Director for Policy and Evaluation
Bureau of Competition
Federal Trade Commission
Washington, DC

Kelli Evans
Associate
Relman and Associates (private public interest law firm)
Washington, DC

Kenneth Kimerling
Legal Director
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
New York, NY

Leslye Orloff
Senior Staff Attorney
Immigrant Women Program
National Organization for Women Legal Defense and Education Fund
Washington, DC

Stephen Rosenbaum
Staff Attorney
Protection and Advocacy Inc.
Berkeley, CA

Robin Steinberg
Executive Director
Bronx Defenders
Bronx, NY

Eric Thompson
Senior Staff Attorney
Children's Rights Inc.
New York, NY

Kathleen Welch
Officer
Environmental Program
Pew Charitable Trusts
Washington, DC

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2001 - 02

Shara Aranoff
International Trade Fellow
Democratic Staff
United States Senate Committee on Finance
Washington, DC

Helene Caloir
Assistant General Counsel
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
New York, NY

Stephen Harris
Public Defender
State of Maryland
Baltimore, MD

Michael Hess
Corporation Counsel
City of New York
New York, NY

Robert Holdman
Senior Trial Attorney
Sex Crimes/Domestic Violence Bureau
Bronx District Attorney's Office
Bronx, NY

Alan Jenkins
Director
Human Rights and International Cooperation Unit
The Ford Foundation
New York, NY

Michael Rosman
General Counsel
Center for Individual Rights
Washington, DC

Anthony Varona
General Counsel and Legal Director
Human Rights Campaign and HRC Foundation
Washington, DC

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2000 - 01

Mikkel Jordahl
Director
Coconino Legal Aid
Flagstaff, AZ

Peggy Kuo
Legal Officer
United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
The Hague, Netherlands

Lenora Lapidus
Legal Director
ACLU of New Jersey
Newark, NJ

Patricia Mendoza
Regional Counsel
Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund
Chicago, IL

Elena Paul
Executive Director
Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts
Washington, DC

Pierre Prosper
Special Counsel and Policy Advisor to the Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues
Office of War Crimes Issues
Office of Secretary of State
United States Department of State
Washington, DC

Kevin Ryan
Director and General Counsel
Youth Advocacy Center
Covenant House
Newark, NJ

Gail Suchman
Senior Environmental Counsel
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest
New York, NY

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