Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) is expanding the list of former Republican legal appointees and other conservative lawyers who are supporting his bid for president.
Romney's campaign today released the membership of its “Justice Advisory Committee.” The committee has three co-chairs: former Supreme Court nominee and appellate judge Robert Bork, Harvard Law School Professor Mary Ann Glendon and Wiley Rein managing partner Richard Wiley.
The National Law Journal reported last month that Romney has been aggressively courting Republican lawyers who can advise the campaign on policy, help to raise money and solidify Romney’s standing among conservatives. A couple young lawyers working for Romney, Patton Boggs associate Kathryn Biber and former Covington & Burling associate Alex Wong, were putting together the advisory committee.
Still, many lawyers who served in George W. Bush’s administration remain publicly uncommitted, reflecting the broader Republican electorate.
Romney’s list of more than 60 lawyers is heavily Washington-centric and has some who supported Romney in the Republican primary four years ago. The list includes Bancroft partner H. Christopher Bartolomucci; Steven Bradbury, a Dechert partner and former acting head of the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel; former Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff, now senior of counsel at Covington & Burling; and Latham & Watkins of counsel Maureen Mahoney.
Here’s the full list:
Alex Acosta
William Allen
Alex Azar
H. Christopher Bartolomucci
Lizette Benedi Herraiz
Bradford A. Berenson
Elliot S. Berke
Brant Bishop
Michelle Boardman
J. Caleb Boggs III
Robert Bork
Steven Bradbury
Lee A. Casey
Michael Chertoff
Jeffrey Clark
Gus Coldebella
Roderick De Arment
George Dent
Michael R. Dimino
Thomas Dupree
Charles Eskridge
Allen Ferrell
Timothy Flanigan
Sergio J. Galvis
Deborah A. Garza
Tom Gede
Mary Ann Glendon
Alan Gura
Jimmy Gurulé
Catherine Hanaway
Jennifer Hardy
W. Thomas Haynes
Jay Jorgensen
Jay Kanzler
Roy Katzovicz
Richard Klingler
Christopher Landau
Stephen Larson
Katie Lev
Wendy Long
Fred Lowell
Raymond B. Ludwiszewski
Maureen Mahoney
Roman Martinez
Gary McDowell
Brent McIntosh
Grant S. Nelson
Mark Nielsen
Howard C. Nielson, Jr.
Robert O’Brien
Kevin O’Connor
John O’Quinn
Elizabeth Papez
Matthew Papez
Nels Peterson
Thomas Phillips
Stephen Presser
David Rivkin, Jr.
Jeffrey Rosen
Gene Schaerr
Jay Stephens
John Sullivan
Richard Wiley
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