PATTON BOGGS FOUNDATION FEATURES FORMER WORLD BANK PRESIDENT JAMES WOLFENSOHN; PREDICTS CHINA/INDIA ECONOMIC PRE-EMINENCE BY 2050
June 17, 2010

Washington, DC, June 17, 2010— The Patton Boggs Foundation featured former World Bank President James Wolfensohn on June 8, 2010, as the guest speaker for its fifth “Issues of Our Time” lecture.

Mr. Wolfensohn, a leading authority on global issues, presented his vision for the world’s economic future over the course of the next four decades. He cited the importance of the World Bank in stabilizing the international community.

The speech drew more than 100 people, including 20 ambassadors and dozens of high-ranking embassy officials, to the law offices of Washington-based Patton Boggs LLP.

Japanese Ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki congratulated Mr. Wolfensohn on his presentation, telling the standing-room only audience that it was the “most enlightening and intriguing speech” on the topic that he had ever heard.

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• Former Solicitor General Walter Dellinger and Alan Gura, who argued the Second Amendment case in the Supreme Court, had a fascinating dialogue when they met for the first time after the Supreme Court’s decision in the District of Columbia handgun case (July 2008).
  To view the video of the panel discussion, click here.
  
  
• “A Human Rights Agenda for the Next Administration,” was presented by Harold Koh, Dean of the Yale Law School and former Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights (October 2008)
  
  
• Panelists Ms. Joi Olivia Chaney (Policy Director and Counsel of the U.S. Senate Policy Committee), Mr. Joe Sellers (former head of the employment law project for the Washington Lawyer's Committee) and Mr. Ted Cruz (former Solicitor General of Texas) discussed the Supreme Court's decision in the Ricci v. DeStefano firefighter case, its effect on Judge Sotomayor's nomination and Judicial Congressional response in the aftermath of the case.

"Ricci v. Destefano & Judge Sotomayor's Confirmation,"
panelists (l-r) Travis Seegmiller (Associate), Joi Olivia Chaney,
Joe Sellers and Ted Cruz. (July 2009)

"Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India – Today and Beyond,”
was presented by Ambassador Frank G. Wisner, former ambassador
to India, Egypt, the Philippines, and Zambia, and currently
a Foreign Affairs Adviser for Patton Boggs in New York. (May 2009)

 
Founding Partner, Mr. James Patton, Jr.
met with staff and associates to talk about the history of the firm
and the formation of the PB Foundation. (May 2009)

The PB Foundation has also established two in-house advisory committees.

Associate Advisory Committee

The Associate Advisory Committee helped establish and helps run the “Legal Issues of Our Time” lecture series and maintains contact with PB Foundation alumni.

• Dana Weekes, Chair
• Mara Giorgio, Co-Vice Chair
• Andrew McNally, Co-Vice Chair
• Rebecca Napolitano, Secretary
• Michael Anderson
• Meagan Bachman
• Gregory Scott Binnings
• Catherine Buell
• B. Dell Chism
• Jason Fiebig
• Melodi Gates 
• Patrick Gilmartin
• Hannibal Kemerer
• Adriana Kohler
• Caroline Maxwell
• Neil Potts
• Christa Rock
• Calvin Souder
• Stephen Vaden
• Chris Wenger
• Lodie White

• Chairman and President James R. Patton, Jr.
• Mary Patton
• Vice-Chairman Thomas H. Boggs, Jr.
• Timothy J. May
• John Oberdorfer

• John Oberdorfer, President
• Joseph Brand
• Michael Forshey
• Anthony Herrera
• Norma Krayem
• Adams Miller
• Courtney Nowell
• Jennifer Ritcher
• Travis Seegmiller
• Rodney Slater
• Michelle Suarez

• Ashley Brown, University of Virginia School of Law (Community Legal Services of Philadelphia)
• Lindsey Chammess, University of Virginia School of Law (U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Virginia, Harrisonburg, Va)
• Brian Critz, American University Washington College of Law (Department of the Air Force, Office of General Counsel)
• Hadia Hakim, Georgetown University Law Center (United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Economics & Trade Branch; Geneva, Switzerland)
• Rachel High, University of Virginia School of Law (Human Rights Organization in South Africa)
• Adriana Ingenito, American University Washington College of Law (United States Department of State, Office of Legal Advisor)
• Lily Zhi Li, George Washington University Law School (Federal Communications Commission)
• AnneRose Menachery, Catholic University Columbus School of Law (Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service)
• Lindsey Ruhl, Howard University School of Law (DC Public Defender (re-entry program))
• Julia Spiegel, Yale Law School (First half of the summer: The Legal Adviser’s Office; Second half of the summer: The Bureau of Pop. Refugees and Migration)

• Brian Bombassarro, Yale Law School (Office of U.S. Trade Representative; Geneva, Switzerland)
• Jordan Dansby, Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law (The Carter Center - Americas Program)
• Michael J. Fricker, Staff Fellowship, University of Baltimore School of Law (House of Ruth)
• Elisa Gahng, Georgetown Law School  (International Organization for Migration; Geneva, Switzerland)
• Amanda Hackett, Howard University School of Law (Rights Working Group)
• Gary Lawkowski, University of Virginia (U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of the General Counsel)
• Michelle Harrison, University of Virginia (International Crime Tribunal for Rwanda, Office of the Prosecutor; Arusha, Tanzania)
• Emily Mathews, University of Virginia (San Francisco Public Defender's Office)
• Abdullah Masud, George Washington University Law School (U.S. Department of Commerce Commercial Law Development Program)

• Nicholas Bryner, George Washington University Law School (General Counsel’s Office of the Inter-American Foundation in Washington, DC)
  
  
• Kristin Dobbs, Howard University Law School (Office of General Counsel, District of Columbia Public Schools)
  
  
• Rebecca Gantt, University of Virginia School of Law (Defenders of Wildlife in Washington, DC)
  
  
• Erikah Pinheiro, Georgetown University Law Center (Conectas Human Rights in Sao Paulo, Brazil)
  
  
• David Pressly, Yale University Law School (Legal Advisor to the Minister of Agriculture of Liberia)
  
  
• Clifford Smith, Catholic University of America School of Law (House Committee on Foreign Affairs)
  
  
• Meredith Van Tine, University of Virginia School of Law (National Research Center for Women and Families in Washington, DC)

2009 Foundation Fellowship Recipients in Washington, DC
(l-r) Associate Anthony Herrera (Dallas), Associate Michael Mellen (Northern Virginia), Associate Joanne Hodge (DC), Associate Travis Seegmiller (DC), Nicholas Bryner (2009 Fellow), Karen Kudelko (2008 Fellow), Rebecca Gant (2009 Fellow), Clifford Smith (2009 Fellow), Associate Michael Lowell (Northern Virginia) and Partner John Oberdorfer (DC)

2009 Foundation Fellowship Recipients in Washington, DC
(l-r) Rebecca Gant, Meredith Van Tine, Jiroko Lopez and Nicholas Bryner

2008 Recipients – Washington, DC

• Ahmed Baset, Howard University Law School (Legal Aid Society of New York with the Health Law Unit)
  
  
• May Chiang, Georgetown University Law Center (City of New York, Office of Federal Affairs)
  
  
• Kathleen Doherty, University of Virginia School of Law (Native American Rights Fund (NARF) in Anchorage, Alaska)
  
  
• Jessica Ann Katz, George Washington University Law School (White House Council on Environmental Quality)
  
  
• Nilou Khonsari, Georgetown University Law Center (Timap for Justice in the Republic of Sierra Leone)
  
  
• Karen Kudelko, Yale University Law School (Liberian Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in Monrovia, Liberia)
  
  
• Parker Sinclair, Catholic University of America School of Law (Council on Environmental Quality of the Executive Office of the President)
  
  
• Rebecca Vallas, University of Virginia School of Law (Community Legal Services of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

2008 Foundation Fellowship Recipients in Washington, DC
(l-r) Associate Travis Seegmiller, Partner Rodney Slater, Jessica Katz, Rebecca Vallas, May Chiang, Partner John Oberdorfer, Ahmed Baset, Associate Joanne Hodge and Associate Neil Potts.

2007 Recipients – Washington, DC

• Meaghan Fitzgerald, Catholic University of America School of Law (Commission for Security and Cooperation in Europe, in Washington, DC)
  
  
• Jeff Kauten, University of Virginia School of Law (Blue Ridge Legal Services in Harrisonburg, Virginia)
  
  
• Maria Lloyd, Howard University School of Law (Legal Aid Society of Washington, DC)
  
  
• Waffiyah Mian, Georgetown University Law Center (Cairo Regional Center for International Commercial Arbitration)
  
  
• Justin Nasatir, George Washington University Law School (Commodity Futures Trading Commission)
  
  
• Keane Shum, Georgetown University Law Center (United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Bangkok)
  
  
• Felix Yeung, University of Virginia School of Law (Department of Justice’s Environmental and Natural Resources Division, Law and Policy Section)
  
  
• Yeqing Zheng, Yale University Law School (Department of Agriculture and Environment under Office of Legislative Affairs of the Chinese State Council in Beijing)

• Colby Barrett, George Washington University Law School (Trade Remedy Compliance Staff of the U.S. Import Administration)
  
  
• Elizabeth Meltzer, Georgetown University Law Center (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of General Counsel, Public Health Division)
  
  
• Amanda Wahlig, Georgetown University Law Center (worked on behalf of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations)

• Shawn Bates, Georgetown University Law Center (Federal Communications Commission)
  
  
• Jessica Galante, Georgetown University Law Center (Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance)
  
  
• Alex Mejias, University of Virginia Law School (Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights in DC)
  
  
• John Wynn, George Washington University Law School (Office of the General Counsel, African Development Foundation)

2005-2006 PB Foundation Fellowship Recipients in Washington, DC
(l-r): Jessica Galante, John Wynn, Amanda Wahlig, Shawn Bates and
Elizabeth Meltzer

DENVER

2011 Recipients - Denver

• Lindsey Daugherty, University of Denver Sturm College of Law (U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee)
• Jen Friedberg, University of Colorado Law School (DNA Justice Review Project; Denver)
• Courtney J. Krause, University of Colorado Law School (State Services Section of the Colorado Attorney General's Office)
• Camille Mulrooney Taylor, Staff Fellowship, DePaul University College of Law in Chicago (Life Span)
• Jennifer Rentrope, University of Denver Sturm College of Law (Uniting4Kids) 

• Jessica Anderson, University of Colorado Law School (Center for International Environmental Law; Geneva, Switzerland)
• Yusra Bokhari, University of Denver Sturm College of Law (United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
• Sarah French, University of Colorado Law School (Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network)

• Cameron Diehl, University of Colorado Law School (Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition in Denver, Colorado)
  
  
• Philip McGrane, University of Denver College of Law (Colorado Attorney General’s Office with the State Services Section)
  
  
• Karina Phipps, University of Denver College of Law (Denver City Attorney’s Office with the Child Protection Unit)
  
  
• Heather Strack, University of Colorado Law School (Supreme Court of Ghana in Accra)

2008 Recipients – Denver

• Alison Flint, University of Colorado Law School (Western Resource Advocates’ Lands Program in Boulder Colorado)
  
  
• Joshua Kappel, University of Denver College of Law (Sensible Colorado, a non-profit legal advocacy group on effective drug policies in Colorado)
  
  
• Jeffrey Rezmovic, University of Colorado Law School (U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations)
  
  
• Tashana Taylor, University of Denver College of Law (Foundation for Human Rights Initiative in Kampala, Uganda)

• Warren Myers, University of Colorado Law School (Denver Immigration Court, Executive Office for Immigration Review)
  
  
• Lucia Wolff, University of Denver College of Law (Socorro: Legal Services for Immigrant Women and Children, a Colorado non-profit which provides legal assistance to victims of human trafficking, domestic abuse, abandonment, and persecution, and which seeks to increase public awareness through education, outreach, and research)
  
  
• Mary Jo Lowrey, University of Denver College of Law (Office of Civil Rights, Department of Health and Human Services)
  
  
• John Bergmayer, University of Colorado Law School (Public Knowledge, a Washington, D.C. public interest advocacy group)

2007 PB Foundation Fellowship Recipients in Denver
(l-r): Warren Myers, Lucia Wolff, Mary Jo Lowrey and John Bergmayer

2006 Recipients – Denver

• Jennifer Eyl, University of Denver College of Law (Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault)
  
  
• Michael Wautlet, University of Colorado Law School (U.S. State Department – U.S. Embassy in Conakry (Guinea, West Africa))

2006 PB Foundation Fellowship Recipients in Denver
Jennifer Eyl (far left) and Michael Wautlet (far right),
centered by Patton Boggs partner Mark Savit

• Lauren Olson, Southern Methodist University School of Law (Mental Health Division of the Public Defender Service for D.C.)
• Caryn McGraw, University of Texas School of Law (DiscoverHope Fund)

• Maya Isabella Quevedo, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law (U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Office of Chief Counsel)
• Zunaid Sheikh, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law (U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Texas)
• Mr. Kelsey Snapp, University of Texas School of Law (Appleseed)

• Meg Gibson, Southern Methodist University School of Law (Heritage Watch Program, Database of Historical and Archaeological Regulations for the Management of Antiquities (DHARMA) Legal Database regarding property in Thailand)
  
  
• Jiroko Lopez, Southern Methodist University School of Law (World Bank – reforming commercial code in Nicaragua)
  
  
• Danielle Nasr, University of Texas School of Law (Policy Development Department of the Texas American Civil Liberties Union) 

• Brandy Davis, Southern Methodist University School of Law (Autism Legislation Project)
  
  
• Howard Fomby, University of Texas School of Law (USFon, a non-profit dedicated to closing the digital divide between rich and poor Americans)
  
  
• Stacie Stallings, Southern Methodist University School of Law (Minority Office of the House Judiciary Committee)

• Brian Dupre, University of Texas School of Law (Campaign Legal Center in Washington, DC)
  
  
• Alissa Pucket, Southern Methodist University School of Law (Dallas Regional Office of the Texas Attorney General)
  
  
• John Machir Stull, Southern Methodist University School of Law (Texas Public Policy Foundation in Austin, Texas)

• Andrea Kelly Bouressa, Southern Methodist University School of Law (U.S. Senator John Cornyn Clerkship – Immigration Court)
  
  
• Mary "Cassie" Evans, Southern Methodist University School of Law (U.S. Senator John Cornyn Clerkship – Senate Judiciary Committee)
  
  
• Angela North, University of Texas School of Law (National Labor Relations Board in Philadelphia)
  
  
• Peipey Tang, University of Texas School of Law (Santa Monica office of the Natural Resources Defense Counsel)

• Meyling Ly, Southern Methodist University School of Law (Dale Wainwright, Justice of the Texas Supreme Court)
  
  
• Adam Jeffrey Pan, Southern Methodist University School of Law (Environmental Protection Agency)

• Saerom Konecky, Gonzaga University (First Alaskans Institute)

• Rollin C. Wood, Gonzaga University School of Law (First Alaskans Institute)

• Courtney Baasch, Gonzaga University School of Law (First Alaskans Institute, Alaska Native Policy Center in Anchorage, Alaska)

• Timothy Nault, Gonzaga University School of Law (First Alaskans Institute in Anchorage, Alaska)