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.

Panorama of Stanford Law School

Ralph Baxter

Former Chair, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Sam Byker

Founder, Atticus Law

Mark Chandler

Former Chief Legal Officer and Chief Compliance Officer of Cisco Systems; Fellow, Rhode Center

Gordon K. Davidson

Partner, Fenwick & West, LLP

Tom DeFilipps

Chair, West Coast Practice, Covington & Burling LLP

Steven E. Fineman

Managing Partner, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein LLP

David J. F. Gross

Partner, Faegre, Drinker, Biddle & Reath LLP

Sean Hecker

Partner, Hecker Fink LLP

Jason Itkin

Founding Partner, Arnold & Itkin LLP

Brad Karp

Chair, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Katharine Martin

Partner, Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati LLP

David Sanford

Chair, Sanford, Heisler, Sharp, McKnight LLP

Shanin Specter

Founding Partner, Kline & Specter PC

Kalpana Srinivasan

Managing Partner, Susman Godfrey LLP

Alexandra Walsh

Founder, Anapol Weiss LLP

Mitchell Zuklie

Chair, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP