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The American Law Institute announced today that it has elected five new members to its Council, a group of prominent judges, lawyers, and legal scholars who serve as the governing body of the ALI. Also, the election of two new officers was announced, and three members of Council took emeritus status. "It is always a great pleasure to welcome new Council members, and this group of eminent and talented individuals will contribute significantly to the ALI's vital work by determining the projects and programs the Institute undertakes, and ensuring that the ALI's intellectual work continues to be of the highest quality," said ALI President Roberta Cooper Ramo. The new members, who join 52 others on the Council, are: Harold Hongju Koh is the Sterling Professor of International Law at Yale Law School and a leading expert in international law, national security law, and human rights. A former dean of Yale Law School, he also served for more than three years as Legal Adviser to the U.S. Department of State. Goodwin Liu is an associate justice of the California Supreme Court. He was previously a professor of law and associate dean at the UC Berkeley School of Law before joining the court in 2011. His experience also includes litigation practice in the Washington, DC, office of O'Melveny & Myers and government service with the U.S. Department of Education and the Corporation for National Service. Lori A. Martin is a partner in the New York office of WilmerHale. As a litigation and enforcement attorney, her practice focuses on litigation and regulatory proceedings involving investment advisers, open-end and closed-end investment companies, hedge funds, and broker dealers offering investment advisory services. She was formerly a first vice president and assistant general counsel of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. Laura Stein is senior vice president and general counsel of The Clorox Company. She is also a director of Franklin Resources, Inc., and was previously a senior vice president and general counsel of the H.J. Heinz Company. Before that, she was a corporate lawyer with Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco and Hong Kong. Sarah S. Vance is the Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Before joining the bench in 1994, she was a partner in the New Orleans firm of Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann & Hutchinson, where her practice focused on antitrust and commercial litigation. Council members are eligible to serve up to three five-year terms, and transition rules govern those who were on the Council in May 2007 when the term limits became effective. Thus, each year several long-serving Council members will transfer to emeritus status. Taking emeritus status this year are: Sheila L. Birnbaum of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan; Professor Edward H. Cooper of the University of Michigan Law School; and Professor Robert A. Stein of the University of Minnesota School of Law. All three will remain actively involved in the Council's work. |
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New Treasurer and Secretary Take Office At its January meeting in Philadelphia, the ALI Council elected Margaret H. Marshall, senior counsel at Choate, Hall & Stewart and a former chief justice of Massachusetts, to a three-year term as Treasurer. She will succeed Judge Carolyn Dineen King of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Judge Paul L. Friedman of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia was elected to a three-year term as Secretary. He will succeed Professor Susan Frelich Appleton of Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, who has served as Secretary since May 2004. Both terms will begin at the close of the Annual Meeting on May 22. A native of South Africa, Chief Justice Marshall served 14 years on the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, 11 of them as chief justice. Prior to that, she was in private practice for 16 years before becoming vice president and general counsel of Harvard University. She holds a master's degree from Harvard and received her J.D. from Yale Law School. Elected an ALI member in 1990, she joined the Council in 1999 and has served on ALI's Program and Audit Committees. She is the recipient of numerous honorary degrees and professional awards and is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Judge Friedman was appointed to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in 1994. Prior to joining the bench, he practiced at the law firm of White & Case for 18 years and was managing partner of its Washington office. He previously was an Assistant to the Solicitor General of the United States and an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. Judge Friedman received his B.A. from Cornell University and his J.D. from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He became an ALI member in 1984 and was elected to its Council in 1998. A former chair of ALI's Program Committee and member of the Executive Committee, Judge Friedman currently chairs the Ad Hoc Committee on Membership and serves as an Adviser on ALI's Model Penal Code: Sentencing project. |
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