The Dean’s Council works closely with the dean of Columbia Law School to create a meaningful forum for strategic planning and discussion of the most important issues facing the Law School and legal education more broadly. Members are alumni leaders of the Law School community, who play a significant advisory and financial support role in the life of the Law School and promote the Law School’s commitment to prepare its students to engage the world’s challenges and opportunities across borders, jurisdictions, subject matters, sectors, and industries.
CO-CHAIRS
Gary S. Davis, '80
Principal and CEO, DKR Capital Inc.
Alison S. Ressler, '83
Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
MEMBERS
Hon. Rolando T. Acosta, '82
Associate Justice, New York State Supreme Court
Edward A. K. Adler, '72
Managing Member, Koeppel Companies LLC
Timothy J. Alvino, '81
Partner, McDermott, Will & Emery LLP
Mark L. Amsterdam, '69
Senior Partner, Amsterdam & Lewinter
Mark G. Appel, '68
Retired Partner, Chappell Partners LLP
Raymond J. Baer, '86
Honorary Chairman, Julius Baer Group Ltd.
Max W. Berger, '71
Partner, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP
Roland W. Betts, '78
Chairman, Chelsea Piers Management, Inc.
Katherine M. Bristor, '80
Retired Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Stephen H. Case, '68
Managing Director & General Counsel, Emerald Development Managers
Albert E. Cinelli, '55
Founder and Chairman, MetroNet, Inc.
Founder and Chairman, nGenx
Chairman of the Board, nHoldings SA
Anne E. Cohen, '85
Of Counsel, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Geoffrey J. Colvin, '77
(Co-Chair, Board of Visitors & Ex-Officio)
Partner, CEW Partners
Bruce L. Davis, '79
Chairman & CEO, Digimarc
Steven B. Epstein, '68
Founding Partner, Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Paul J. Evanson, '66
Retired Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Allegheny Energy
Charles Fabrikant, '68
Executive Chairman, SEACOR Holdings
Stephen Friedman, '62
Chairman, Stone Point Capital
Elizabeth Glazer, '86
Director, NYC Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice
Gary F. Goldring, '82
President, Goldring Family Foundation
Ira A. Greenstein, 1985
President, Genie Energy Ltd.
David J. Greenwald, '83
Co-Chairman, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobs
Evelyn Langlieb Greer, '73
President, Greer Properties, Inc.
Rex S. Heinke, '75
Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLC
Gedale B. Horowitz, '55
Senior Managing Director, Citigroup Global Market, Inc.
Mel M. Immergut, '71
Retired Chairman and Partner, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCoy
Morton L. Janklow, '53
Chairman, Janklow & Nesbit Associates
Cathy M. Kaplan, '77
(Co-Chair, Board of Visitors & Ex-Officio)
Partner, Sidley Austin LLP
James P. Kreindler, '80
Partner, Kreindler & Kreindler
Andrew J. Levander, '77
Partner and Chairman, Dechert LLP
Robert L. Lieff, '61
Partner, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP
Stephen S. Madsen, '80
Retired Partner, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Ira M. Millstein, '49
Senior Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
George M. Newcombe, '75
Retired Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Jay H. Newman, '76
Partner, Elliott Management Corp.
Harold S. Novikoff, '75
Partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
C. Allen Parker, '83
General Counsel, Wells Fargo
Michael E. Patterson, '67 (Emeritus)
David A. Preiser, '82
Senior Managing Director, Houlihan Lokey
Clyde E. Rankin III, '75
Partner, Baker & McKenzie
Richard Paul Richman, '72
President, The Richman Group, Inc.
Thomas S. Rogers, '79
Executive Chairman, WinView Chairman, TRget Media
Ronald S. Rolfe, '69
Retired Partner, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Robert J. Rosen, Esq., '72
Managing Member, Greyhawke Capital Advisors LLC
Steven M. Schatz, '72
Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Professional Corp.
Jonathan D. Schiller, '73
Managing Partner, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP
The Hon. Felice K. Shea, '50
Joseph C. Shenker, '80
Chairman, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Edward Soto, '78
Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Esta Eiger Stecher, '82
Chair, Goldman Sachs Bank USA
Chair, Goldman Sachs International Bank, Goldman Sachs & Co.
Howard Todd Stitzer, '78
Hamlin Capital Management
Uday Krishna Veeraraghavan, '02
Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Paul Vizcarrondo, Jr., '73
Partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Susan C. Waltman, '77
Executive Vice President, Greater New York Hospital Association
Timothy Tingkang Xia, '97
Partner, Locke & Lord LLP
R. Paul Yetter, '83
Founding Partner, Yetter Coleman LLP