WASHINGTON, DC (PRBuzz) July 28, 2012 -- The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law announced today that litigator L. Rachel Lerman has joined the Brandeis Center's Legal Advisory Board. This development will strengthen the Washington, D.C.-based Brandeis Center's expertise in appellate practice. The Brandeis Center was established to combat campus anti-Semitism through research, education, and legal advocacy. The Brandeis Center's burgeoning litigation resources will enable it to address campus anti-Semitism cases more effectively.
Lerman is a litigation partner in the Los Angeles office of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, where she focuses on appellate and trial work. Brandeis Center President Kenneth L. Marcus commented, "Rachel Lerman is a brilliant lawyer and a terrific addition to the Brandeis Center's advisory board." Lerman assumes a new position on the Brandeis Center's growing Legal Advisory Board.
Earlier this month, Dr. David Menashri joined the Brandeis Center's Academic Advisory Board, filling a seat previously occupied by Hon. Ed Morgan. Judge Morgan, a distinguished legal scholar, stepped down from the Brandeis Center Advisory Board a few weeks ago to accept an appointment to the Superior Court of Justice in Toronto.
About Rachel Lerman
Rachel Lerman is a partner in Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, where she focuses on appellate and trial strategy in complex civil and financial restructuring cases. She has extensive experience authoring appellate briefs and writs and presenting oral argument in both federal and state courts of appeal nationwide, on a broad range of issues arising from diverse areas of practice, including commercial litigation, labor and employment law, constitutional rights, and bankruptcy. Previously, she served as a law clerk to the Honorable Thomas G. Nelson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.
Ms. Lerman received a B.A. cum laude from Yale College and master's degrees in comparative religion and painting from Syracuse University. She received her J.D. in 1992 from the U.C. Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall) and advanced to doctoral candidacy in jurisprudence and social policy there. While in law school, she was a Schurman International Law Scholar and articles editor of the Berkeley Women's Law Journal. She is a member of the California Bar and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court and numerous Federal Circuit Courts of Appeals.
Ms. Lerman is a member of the California Academy of Appellate Lawyers and sits on the executive board of the Constitutional Rights Foundation (CRF). She serves on the L.A. County Bar Association's Appellate Courts Committee and the ABA's International Courts Committee. She has taught, lectured, and written articles on different aspects of appellate practice.
About the Brandeis Center and Campus Anti-Semitism
The Brandeis Center, Inc., or LDB, is an independent, unaffiliated, nonprofit organization established to advance the civil and human rights of the Jewish people and promote justice for all. LDB conducts research, education, and advocacy to combat the resurgence of anti-Semitism on college and university campuses.
For information on LDB and campus anti-Semitism, info@brandeiscenter.com, or contact Kenneth L. Marcus (571) 271-8278.
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