BROOKSLEY ELIZABETH BORN
Retired Partner
Arnold & Porter TEL: (202) 942-5832
555 12‘~ Street, N.W. FAX: (202) 942-5999
Washington, D.C. 20004
Home:
Washington, D.C. 20008
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Born: San Francisco, California
August 27, 1940
Education: San Francisco public schools;
A.B. Stanford University 196 1 ;
J.D. Stanford Law School 1964.
Academic Honors, Awards, Etc.:
Stars of the Bar Honoree, Women’s Bar Association
of the District of Columbia, 2002;
Woman of Genius Award, Trinity College, 2000;
Outstanding Public Interest Advocate of the Year,
Allies for Justice Award, National Lesbian & Gay Lawyers Association, 1993;
Honoree, National Legal Aid and Defender Association, 1992;
Honoree, National Women’s Law Center, 1986;
Woman Lawyer of the Year Award, Women’s Bar Association
of the District of Columbia, 198 1 ;
President, Stanford Law Review, 1963-1 964;
Outstanding Senior Award, Stanford Law School, 1964;
Order of the Coif, 1964.
National Association of Public Interest Law, 1994;
Admitted to Practice: District of Columbia, 1966.
Employment:
Law Clerk, Judge Henry W. Edgerton, U.S. Court of Appeals
for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1964-1 965;
Legal Researcher, Harvard Law School, 1967-1 968;
Lecturer at Law, Columbus School of Law, Catholic University
of America, 1972-1974 (teaching Women and the Law);
Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University Law Center,
1972- 1973 (teaching Women and the Law);
Chairperson, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 1996- 1999;
Associate and then Partner, Arnold & Porter, Washington, D.C.,
1965-1 967, 1968- 1996, 1999-2002.
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Affiliations:
American Bar Association
House of Delegates, State Delegate for the District of Columbia, 1994-;
Commission on Women in the Profession, 2000-2003;
Council of the Fund for Justice and Education (formerly
Board of Governors, 1990- 1993, Program Committee, Chair, 1992- 1993;
Consortium on Legal Services and the Public, Chair, 1987-1990;
Standing Committee on Federal Judiciary, D.C. Circuit Member 1977-
1980, Chair, 1980-1983;
Section of Individual Rights & Responsibilities, Chair, 1977-1 978;
Women’s Caucus, Founding Member;
Executive Committee, 1993- 1999, Secretary, 1997- 1999;
Secretary, 1975- 1976;
Board of Governors, 1976- 1979;
Study Committee on Gender Bias in the Courts, Chair, 1988-1991;
Resource Development Council), Chair, 1993-1 996;
American Bar Foundation, Board of Directors, 1989-1 999,
District of Columbia Bar
National Women’s Law Center, Board of Directors, 198 1 -, Chair, 198 1-1 996,2003-;
American Law Institute;
President’s Working Group on Financial Markets, 1996- 1999;
International Organization of Securities Commissions,
Small Agency Heads, 1997-1 999;
Center for Law & Social Policy, Board of Trustees, 1977- 1996;
Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights Under Law,
Board of Trustees, 1978-1 993, Board of Directors, 1993- 1996;
Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs,
Board of Directors, 1 992- 1996;
Historical Society of the District of Columbia Circuit,
Board of Directors, 1990- 1996;
Consortium for the National Equal Justice Library,
Board of Directors, 1992- 1996;
Southwestern Legal Foundation, Board of Trustees, 1993-1 996;
Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, Inc.,
Stanford Law School, Board of Visitors, Chair, 1987;
American Judicature Society, Board of Directors, 1984-1 988;
Women’s Bar Foundation, Board of Directors, 1981-1 986;
National Legal Aid and Defenders Association,
Board of Directors, 1972- 1979;
National Partnership for Women and Families (formerly, Women’s Legal
Defense Fund), Founding Member.
Technical Committee, 1996-1 999;
Board of Directors, 1993-1 996;
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