Leaders Council
The Legal Services Corporation’s Leaders Council will help raise public awareness across the country on the crisis in civil legal aid and the importance of providing equal access to our justice system to low income Americans.
Leaders Council Members on Involvement and New Initiatives
LSC Leaders Council Members on The Justice Gap: Measuring the Unmet Civil Legal Needs of Low-income Americans report
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Leaders Council Members
Henry “Hank” Aaron
Senior Vice President, Atlanta Braves
Former Major League Baseball Player and Baseball Hall of Fame Member
Donald Ayer
Retired Partner, Jones Day
Kate Adams
Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Apple, Inc.
Helaine Barnett
Chair, New York State Permanent Commission on Access to Justice
Former President, Legal Services Corporation
Robert “Bob” Bauer
Professor of Practice and Distinguished Scholar in Residence,
and Co-Director of the Legislative and Regulatory Practice Clinic
Ralph Baxter
Advisor, Writer & Speaker for the Legal Profession
Former Chairman, Orrick
Charles Besser
CEO and Founder, Intersport
Peter Beshar
Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Marsh & McLennan Companies
Adam Bonin
Founder and Principal,
The Law Office of Adam Bonin
Paulette Brown
Past President, American Bar Association
Partner, Locke Lord LLP
Debra Cafaro
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ventas, Inc.
Mary Ellen Callahan
Assistant General Counsel – Privacy, The Walt Disney Company
Matthew J. Calvert
Partner, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Steven Calabresi
Professor, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Chris Campbell
Former Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary and Chief Franchise Policy Officer, Yum! Brands, Inc.
Peter Carter
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Mark Chandler
Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer, Cisco Systems, Inc.
Evan R. Chesler
Chairman and Presiding Partner, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
James Crown
President, Henry Crown & Co.
Paul T. Dacier
General Counsel, Indigo Agriculture
Tye Darland
Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Georgia Pacific LLC
Brackett Denniston
Senior Counsel, Goodwin Procter LLP
Matthew Diller
Dean, Fordham University School of Law
Alex Dimitrief
Former Senior Vice President and General Counsel, General Electric
Bob Dole
Special Counsel, Alston & Bird LLP
Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader
Doug Eakeley
Of Counsel, Lowenstein Sandler LLP
Former Board Chair, Legal Services Corporation
Sonja Ebron
Co-Founder & CEO, Courtroom5
Thomas Ehrlich
Adjunct Professor, Stanford Law School
D. Cameron Findlay
Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
Archer Daniels Midland, Co.
Ivan Fong
Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs and General Counsel, 3M Company
Former General Counsel, United States Department of Homeland Security
Lisa Foster
Former Director, Department of Justice, Office of Access to Justice
Nabil Foster
Partner, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
Alex Forger
Special Counsel, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
Former President, Legal Services Corporation
Kenneth Frazier (Co-Chair)
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Merck & Co.
Kathryn Fritz
Managing Partner, Fenwick & West LLP
Eric Friedman
Executive Partner, Skadden
Timothy D. Friedman
Trustee, Reynolds Family Foundation
Herbert Garten
Chairman, Fedder and Garten
Former Board Member, Legal Services Corporation
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Alphonse Fletcher University Professor,
Director, Hutchins Center for African & African American Research, Harvard University
Brandon George
Executive Director, Indiana Addictions Issues Coalition
David Goldenberg
Former Executive Managing Director, Chief Legal Officer
S&P Global Ratings
John Grisham
Author
Horacio Gutierrez
Head of Global Affairs & Chief Legal Officer, Spotify
David Halverson
Cheif Executive Officer, Cypress International
Former Lieutenant General, U.S. Army
Jim Harbaugh
Head Football Coach, University of Michigan
Michael J. Harrington
Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Eli Lilly
Brett Hart
Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, and General Counsel, United Airlines
Ronan Harty
Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Eric Holder
Partner, Covington & Burling LLP
Former United States Attorney General
Sven Erik Holmes
Former Vice Chairman, Legal, Risk, and Regulatory and Former Chief Legal Officer, KPMG LLP
Former Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
Michael Holston
Senior Vice President, General Counsel, General Electric
William Hubbard
Dean, University of South Carolina School of Law
Past President, American Bar Association
Joey Jackson
Founder, Joey Jackson Law LLC
Earl Johnson
Scholar in Residence, Western Center on Law & Poverty
Former Associate Justice, California Court of Appeals
Brad Karp
Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Peter Keisler
Partner, Sidley Austin LLP
Christopher Kennedy
Chairman, Joseph P. Kennedy Enterprises, Inc.
John Kiernan
Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP
Jenny Kim
Vice President, Public Policy and Deputy General Counsel, Political Law, Koch Companies Public Sector
Linda Klein
Managing Shareholder, Baker Donelson
Harry Korrell
Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Richard Lee
General Counsel, Civis Analytics
David Levi
Dean, Duke University School of Law
Susan C. Levy
Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Northern Trust Corporation
Jonathan Lippman
Of Counsel, Latham & Watkins LLP
Former Chief Judge, New York Court of Appeals
Marty Lipton
Founding Partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz LLP
The Honorable Lora Livingston
Presiding Judge, 261st Civil District Court of Texas
M. Elizabeth Magill
Dean, Stanford Law School
Rob Malionek
Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP
John Manning
Dean, Harvard Law School
Craig Martin
Chairman, Midwest, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Judy Perry Martinez
President, American Bar Association
Wally Martinez
Managing Partner, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
J. Kevin McCarthy
Senior Executive Vice President and General Counsel, BNY Mellon
Madeleine M. McDonough
Chair, Shook, Hardy & Bacon
Harriet Miers (Co-Chair)
Partner, Locke Lord LLP
Former White House Counsel
Tom Miles
Dean, University of Chicago Law School
Robert Millen
Former Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Pizza Hut
Alex Miller
Senior Vice President and Chief Counsel, Product and Operations, Visa Inc.
Lee Miller
Partner and Global Chair Emeritus, DLA Piper
E. Leo Milonas
Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Martha Minow
300th Anniversary University Professor, Harvard University
Trevor Morrison
Dean, New York University School of Law
Patrick Murphy
Former Under Secretary of the United States Army
Former U.S. Congressman (PA-8)
Timothy MurphyGeneral Counsel, MasterCard
Stephen Neal
Chairman, Cooley LLP
Rodney Nagel
Senior Vice President of Human Resource Operations, Tyson Foods
William Neukom
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, World Justice Project
Past President, American Bar Association
Yvette Ostolaza
Managing Partner, Dallas, Sidley Austin LLP
Timothy Palmer
Co-Founder and Senior Advisor, Charlesbank Capital Partners
Roderick Palmore
Senior Counsel, Dentons LLP
Justin D. Pitt
Senior Vice President and Chief Litigation Counsel, Community Health Systems
Senior Advisor, Jones Day
Robert Post
Dean, Yale Law School
Roberta Ramo
President, American Law Institute
Past President, American Bar Association
Shareholder, Modrall Sperling
Harry Reasoner
Partner, Vinson & Elkins LLP
Annita M. Riddick
President & Owner, AMR Solutions Firm LLC
Tonya Robinson
General Counsel, KPMG LLP
John W. Rogers
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Investment Officer, Ariel Investments
David Rubenstein
Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer, The Carlyle Group
Kathryn H. Ruemmler
Global Head of Regulatory Affairs, Goldman Sachs
Former White House Counsel
Frank Ryan
Partner, DLA Piper
Sharon R. Ryan
Senior Vice President and General Counsel,
The International Paper Company
Amy Schulman
Venture Partner, Polaris Partners
John F. Schultz
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Administrative Officer
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Lisa Schwab
Senior Corporate Counsel, Liberty Mutual
Bud Selig
Commissioner Emeritus, Major League Baseball and Minor League Baseball
James R. Silkenat
Board Member, Friends of Legal Services Corporation
Past President, American Bar Association
Samuel K. Skinner
Former White House Chief of Staff
Former Secretary of Transportation
Cliff Sloan
Retired Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Tom Smegal
Attorney, Law Offices of Thomas Frank Smegal, Jr.
Board Chair, Friends of Legal Services Corporation
Brad Smith
President and Chief Legal Officer, Microsoft Corporation
Claire Solot
Managing Director, Bigglesworth Family Foundation
Co-Founder, Legal Services Funder Network
Thomas Souleles
Managing Director, Madison Dearborn Partners
Arne Sorenson
Chief Executive Officer, Marriott International
Roanne Sragow-Licht
First Justice, Cambridge District Court of Massachusetts
Laura Stein
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Affairs, The Clorox Company
David Stern
Executive Director, Equal Justice Works
Frank Strickland
Partner, Taylor English Duma LLP
Former Board Chair, Legal Services Corporation
Deanell Tacha
Board Member, Equal Justice Works
Former Dean, Pepperdine School of Law
Richard Thornburgh
Formerly Of Counsel, K&L Gates LLP
Former United States Attorney General
William Treanor
Dean, Georgetown University Law Center
Robert Vischer
Dean, University of St. Thomas School of Law
Darren Walker
President, Ford Foundation
Jo-Ann Wallace
President and CEO, National Legal Aid & Defender Association (NLADA)
Ed Walters
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Fastcase, Inc.
Daniel E. Wathen
Of Counsel, Pierce Atwood LLP
Former Chief Justice, Maine Supreme Court
H. Thomas “Tommy” Wells, Jr.
Shareholder, Maynard Cooper & Gale
Past President, American Bar Association
Mark West
Dean and Nippon Life Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School
William "Rocky" Wirtz
Principal Owner, Chairman, Chicago Blackhawks
Teresa Wynn Roseborough
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, The Home Depot, Inc.
Former United States Deputy Assistant Attorney General
Salle Yoo
Former Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary, Uber
Andrew Young
Founder and Chair, Andrew J. Young Foundation
Former United States Ambassador to the United Nations
David Zapolsky
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Amazon