Advisory Forum
The core mission of the Deborah L. Rhode Center is to connect theory and practice to advance the American legal profession and civil justice system. Our Advisory Forum, made up of leaders of the profession, provides critical guidance to the Rhode Center’s leadership team to increase our impact through research, teaching, outreach, and advocacy.
Ralph Baxter
Former Chair and CEO, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Richard Bridgford
Founding Partner, Bridgford, Gleason & Artinian Law
Sam Byker
Founder and CEO, Atticus Law
Mark Chandler
Former Chief Legal Officer and Chief Compliance Officer of Cisco Systems; Fellow, Rhode Center
Gordon K. Davidson
Partner Emeritus, Fenwick & West, LLP
Tom DeFilipps
Chair, West Coast Corporate Practice Group and Venture Capital and Emerging Companies Practice Group, Covington & Burling LLP
Steven E. Fineman
Firm-Wide Managing Partner, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein LLP
Ruben I. Gonzalez
Partner, Faegre, Drinker, Biddle, & Reath LLP
Sean Hecker
Partner and Founder, Hecker Fink LLP
Jason Itkin
Founding Partner, Arnold & Itkin LLP
Katharine Martin
Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
David Sanford
Chair, Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, LLP
Shanin Specter
Co-Founding Partner, Kline & Specter PC
Kalpana Srinivasan
Managing Partner, Susman Godfrey LLP
Alexandra Walsh
Shareholder, Anapol Weiss
Mitchell Zuklie
Chair and CEO, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP