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Senior Vice President and General Counsel Beth Nolan B.A., Scripps College, 1973 J.D., magna cum laude, Georgetown University Law Center, 1980 Ms. Nolan is Senior Vice President and General Counsel of The George Washington University. She joined GW in December 2007, after serving as a partner in the White Collar Group of Crowell & Moring LLP in Washington, D.C. Ms. Nolan was appointed by President Clinton as the first woman to serve as Counsel to the President of the United States (1999-2001). She also served in the Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, as Deputy Assistant Attorney General (1996-1999) and as Attorney-Advisor (1981-1985), and in the White House as Associate Counsel to the President (1993-1995). She has served on the faculty of The George Washington Law School for over ten years, teaching courses in Constitutional Law, Professional Responsibility and Ethics, Government Ethics, and Government Lawyering. In addition, Ms. Nolan was a Fellow in the Institute of Politics at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government (2001), and a presidentially appointed Member of the National Commission on Judicial Discipline and Removal (1993). She clerked for the Honorable Collins J. Seitz of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Ms. Nolan received her B.A. from Scripps College and her law degree magna cum laude from Georgetown in 1980, where she was Editor in Chief of the Law Journal. Ms. Nolan is a member of the Board of Directors of the Arthritis Foundation of the National Capital Area, and the Board of Advisors of the Harvard Law & Policy Review. She was selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America 2008 and Washington Super Lawyers 2008.
Deputy General Counsel B.A., summa cum laude, Howard University, 1976 Areas of Concentration: Real Estate Development; Government Relations; Contracts; Taxes and Business Regulation Mr. Barber joined the staff as Senior Counsel in 1996, after serving as Deputy General Counsel at Howard University. Prior to Howard, Mr. Barber worked as an associate in the New York City firm of Debevoise & Plimpton. His initial employment after law school was as a law clerk for the Hon. Gabrielle K. McDonald of the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of Texas. Mr. Barber graduated magna cum laude from Howard University School of Law in 1979. He has been admitted upon examination to the state bars of Texas, New York, Maryland and the District of Columbia. He currently serves on the boards of D.C. Building Industry Association and Unity Healthcare, Inc. Senior Counsel Areas of Concentration: Labor Relations; Regulatory Compliance Ms. Kaplan joined the university in 1988 as Special Assistant to President Trachtenberg. She has served in various capacities since then, most recently as Associate Vice President for Human Resources. Prior to coming to the university, she practiced at the firm of Morgan Associates, Chartered, focusing on employment law. She is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court. Senior Counsel, Medical Center B.A., Randolph-Macon College, 1980 Areas of Concentration: Health Care; Litigation; Contracts; Compliance Ms. Reed joined the staff as Associate General Counsel in July 2001. Prior to joining GW, Ms. Reed was a partner in the law firm of Jackson and Campbell, P.C., where she had practiced since 1986, and was former Co-Chair of the Health Law Practice group. In addition to litigating professional liability matters on behalf of hospitals and physicians, Ms. Reed devoted her practice primarily to counseling a broad spectrum of health care providers on a variety of matters, including credentialing, physician staff privileges, medical staff bylaws, fraud and abuse, compliance, and regulatory matters. She is admitted to the Bars in Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia, Florida and New York. Ms. Reed has served on the Steering Committee and been a member of the Health Law Section of the D.C. Bar, American Health Lawyers Association, D.C. Defense Lawyers Association, Defense Research Institute, and Women's Bar Association, and is active in a variety of civic and professional organizations. Senior Counsel Mr. Smith joined the Office of the General Counsel in 2007. Mr. Smith began his legal career in 1987 in as a litigation associate with the law firm Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering. In 1991 he moved to the Washington, D.C. office of the law firm Ropes & Gray LLP, where he became a partner in 1997. After law school, Mr. Smith served as a Court Law Clerk for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. While in private practice, Mr. Smith represented clients in a broad array of civil and criminal cases, before numerous courts and administrative agencies, and at both trial and appellate levels. He is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, all federal and local courts in the District of Columbia, and numerous federal and state courts around the country. Senior Counsel B.A., with special honors, The George Washington University, 1983 Areas of Concentration: Employment and Human Resources Issues; Student and Faculty Issues; General Higher Education Law; Litigation Management Mr. Weitzner, joined the office of the General Counsel in November, 1998, received his undergraduate and law degrees from GW, and upon graduation from law school, directed GW's first student judicial affairs office. Prior to his return to the university in 1998, Mr. Weitzner served as Assistant General Counsel at The Johns Hopkins University, and prior to that, as counsel for the Maryland public institutions of higher education, first as Assistant Attorney General then as Senior Counsel for Advice in the Educational Affairs Division of the Maryland Attorney General's Office. Mr. Weitzner is admitted to practice in the State of Maryland and the District of Columbia, and before the U.S. District Courts for the District of Maryland and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the District of Columbia and the Fourth Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court. Associate General Counsel B.A., University of Michigan, 1994 Ms. Baldwin joined the staff as Associate General Counsel in June 2009 following several months with General Counsel's Office as a contract attorney. Ms. Baldwin previously held a two year Attorney Fellowship with the General Counsel's Office after receiving her law degree from GW in 2000. Prior to re-joining GW in 2009, Ms. Baldwin was an associate in the law firm of Greenstein, DeLorme & Luchs, PC, where she practiced for seven years. She is admitted to the Bars in Washington, D.C. and California. Associate General Counsel A.B., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1980 Ms. Carter joined the Office of the General Counsel in September 2010, after serving as the Senior Associate General Counsel for Faculty and Student Affairs at Howard University. Her prior higher education experience includes serving as the Vice President for Human Resources and Legal Affairs at Stevenson University, the Assistant Vice President for Human Resources at Loyola University Maryland, an Assistant University Attorney at East Carolina University, and an Assistant University Attorney in the Educational Affairs Division of the Maryland Attorney General's Office. She has prior litigation experience as a Baltimore City prosecutor, a managing attorney in a general practice law firm, and as an associate in a firm that focused on insurance defense and collection cases. She is admitted to the Bars in North Carolina, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. Associate General Counsel B.A., Georgetown University, 1984 Areas of Concentration: International Affairs/Transactions; Immigration; Intellectual Property Ms. O'Neill joined GW's Office of the VP and General Counsel in November 2002 as a Staff Attorney following several months with OGC as a consultant. Prior to joining GW, she worked for the Office of General Counsel of The Catholic University of America. She is admitted to practice in the State of Maryland and the District of Columbia. Prior to attending law school, Ms. O'Neill spent several years promoting child survival health programs in developing countries for the U.S. government, particularly in West Africa and Latin America, and has traveled extensively. She also worked at Georgetown University administering study abroad programs. Associate General Counsel B.A., magna cum laude, International and Area Studies, The University of Oklahoma, 2001 Associate General Counsel B.A., summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Middlebury College 1997 Ms. Stillerman joined the university as Associate General Counsel in August 2010. She previously served as an associate in the Education Group at Hogan Lovells US LLP (formerly Hogan & Hartson LLP) and as a law clerk to the Hon. Leonard B. Sand of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Ms. Stillerman graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School, where she was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. She is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and the State of New York. Associate General Counsel B.A., Harvard College, 1985 Area of Concentration: Litigation; Trusts and Estates; Student Issues Ms. Wanger has been working as a part-time attorney in the General Counsel's office since October 1996. She served as a Law Clerk to the Hon. Louis F. Oberdorfer of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia from 1988 to 1989, and then worked in private practice with the Washington, D.C. law firm of Williams & Connolly until 1996. She holds bar memberships from D.C. and Massachusetts. Attorney Fellow B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, Comparative Literature, Folklore & Ethnomusicology, Indiana University, 2003 Ms. Glass joined the Office of General Counsel on September 10, 2012 after graduating from the university�s law school. Prior to attending law school, she spent five years in university administration at Indiana University. During law school, Megan worked as a legal intern for two Federal agencies and two non-profit organizations. She has spent the past year working as a law clerk for the National Archives� Office of General Counsel. Attorney
Fellow B.S., University of California, Los Angeles, 2004 Mr. Lee joined the Office of the Senior Vice President and General Counsel as an Attorney Fellow in 2010. Prior to beginning work with the General Counsel's Office, he worked as a consultant on patent law matters for a trade organization. Since completing an LL.M. in Intellectual Property Law from GW Law School in January 2009, he has been serving as a research assistant for GW Law Professor John F. Duffy on intellectual property matters. While attending law school, Mr. Lee worked at the U.S. Copyright Office, and at the Orange County District Attorney's Office. He is admitted to practice in California and the District of Columbia. Attorney
Fellow B.A., magna cum laude, French & European Studies, University of Arkansas,
2004 Ms. Husain joined the Office of Generael Counsel September 1, 2011 after graduating from the university's law school. Prior to joining the OGC, she served as a law clerk for the Department of Homeland Security, Human Rights Law Section and as an intake volunteer at the Employmment Justice Center addressing labor and employment issues at the Workers' Rights Clinic. Administrative Manager B.A., cum laude, Whittier College 1994 Ms. Robinson came to the General Counsel's Office in June 1999 from the law firm Powell, Goldstein where she was the Manager of Professional Recruiting. Prior to that, she was Paralegal Manager at the General Counsel's Office of Howard University where she received a Master's degree in Business Administration. She earned her Bachelor's degree cum laude in Psychology from Whittier College. Her current responsibilities include preparing and administering the departmental budget and payroll, managing the operating expenses for the office, and recruiting, hiring and managing the support staff. Special Assistant to the Senior Vice President and General Counsel B.A., Political Communication, The George
Washington University 2010 Corey Barenbrugge began his tenure as Special Assistant to the Senior Vice President and General Counsel in June 2011 after serving as Presidential Administrative Fellow for two years in GW's Office of Government Relations, while earning his Master's degree in Public Administration. Executive Legal Assistant Ms. Phillips serves as executive assistant to the Deputy General Counsel and Special Counsel. She served as Special Assistant to the General Counsel for two years and Executive Aide/Receptionist in the General Counsel's Office for four years. Prior to her employment with the university, she served as Office Manager for the private practice of a local M.D., as Contract Manager for Care First BlueCross BlueShield, and as Director of Provider Relations at Capital Community Health Plan.
B.A., The George Washington University, 2009 Ms. Pascoe joined the staff as a Legal Assistant in the Spring of 2009, upon graduating from the George Washington University's Columbian College of Arts and Sciences. During her last matriculating semester, she worked in the General Counsel's Office as a student Office Assistant. Ms. Pascoe previously interned at two local corporate litigation law firms. She was Treasurer of GWU's chapter of Phi Alpha Delta, Pre-Law Fraternity for two years. Legal Secretary Before coming to The George Washington University in January 2003, Ms. Palmer provided administrative legal support for the General Counsel's Office at Howard University for 16 years. Prior to that, she served as Management Assistant at the National Labor Relations Board for 15 years. Legal Secretary B.A., International Affairs, The George Washington University, 2008 Ms. Seasholtz joined the OGC team in October 2012, after serving four years as an executive assistant in the GW Division of Information Technology Customer Support Services. Previous to her GW employment, Silvia worked as a staff support specialist at a local labor and employment law consultant company.
B.A., Asian Studies, Elliott
School of International Affairs, George Washington University, 2007 Ms. Cheang is an undergraduate and graduate alumna and former Computer Applications Specialist for the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences. She is tasked with structuring departmental technology policy, managing the document and records system, as well as hardware and software technical support issues. She is webmaster of the OGC webpage.
B.A., International Politics, Brigham Young University 2007 Ms. Windell joined the university as Executive Aide/Receptionist for the General Counsel's Office in March 2010. Prior to joining the staff at GW, she served as a Program Coordinator at the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS) at Johns Hopkins University. While studying at Brigham Young University, Ms. Windell served as a research assistant, researching scholarly literature in English and in German pertaining to German reunification. Jenny also completed missionary work in Berlin, Schwerin, Chemnitz, and Rostock, Germany.
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