MANDATE: To monitor developments related to the importance of an independent judiciary; to coordinate, publicize and track the College’s timely response to threats to the judiciary or attacks on judges; to promote the college’s support of fair and impartial courts at the state, province and federal level; and to recommend initiatives, as appropriate, to engage the College and Fellows in educating the public regarding the judiciary’s rule in protecting the rule of law.
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John Robbins Wester
Chair
Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A.
Charlotte, NC
Kent E. Thomson
Vice Chair
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
Toronto, ON
Daniel T. Brier
Member
Myers Brier & Kelly, LLP
Scranton, PA
Pleasant S. Brodnax III
Member
Law Office of Pleasant S. Brodnax, III
Washington, DC
P. Clarkson Collins, Jr.
Member
Morris James LLP
Wilmington, DE
Nicholas C. Deets
Member
Hovde Dassow & Deets LLC
Indianapolis, IN
W. Neil Eggleston
Member
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Washington, DC
Matthew E. Fishbein
Member
Brooklyn, NY
Richard A. Frye
Member
Franklin County Common Pleas Court
Columbus, OH
Nancy Gertner
Member
Harvard Law School
Cambridge, MA
Mark Holscher
Member
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Los Angeles, CA
Frank Marrocco
Member
Superior Court of Justice
Toronto, ON
Roberto Martinez
Member
Colson Hicks Eidson
Coral Gables, FL
A. Howard Matz
Member
Bird Marella Boxer Wolpert Nessim Drooks Lincenberg Rhow APC
Los Angeles, CA
Martha McCarthy
Member
Martha McCarthy & Company
Toronto, ON
Donna M. Melby
Member
Paul Hastings LLP
Los Angeles, CA
Virginia C. Nelson
Member
Law Offices of Virginia C. Nelson
Coronado, CA
Carolyn S. Ostby
Member
Natalie A. Tarantino
Member
Snohomish County Public Defender
Everett, WA
Kathleen M. Trafford
Member
Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
Columbus, OH
T. John Ward
Member
Ward, Smith & Hill, PLLC
Longview, TX
Gregory K. Wells
Member
Shadoan, Michael & Wells, LLP
Rockville, MD
Jason Rogers Williams
Member
Orleans Parish District Attorney
New Orleans, LA
Blair C. Yorke-Slader, Q.C.
Member
Bennett Jones LLP
Calgary, AB
Larry H. Krantz
Regent
Krantz & Berman LLP
New York, NY