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Washington DC (PRBuzz) October 13 2014 - The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law today is pleased to announce the appointment of Jeffrey Robbins to the Brandeis Center’s Legal Advisory Board. As a member of the board Robbins will advise the Center regarding legal aspects of the Center’s fight against campus anti-Semitism.
Robbins is a partner at Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo a Boston-based law firm with offices in Washington New York California and London where he has represented a number of parties in connection with Congressional investigations and has also been a US delegate to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva Switzerland under President Clinton.
LDB President Kenneth L. Marcus commented “I look forward to working with Jeff Robbins a brilliant lawyer and a distinguished community leader as we strengthen our campaign against campus anti-Semitism. Jeff brings an invaluable background and skill set to the Brandeis Center including the ideal blend of investigative legal and congressional experience which fits beautifully with the Center’s work. We are excited about bringing his voice to our organization.”
Robbins specializes in complex civil litigation including litigation involving allegations of fraud First Amendment issues and claims of defamation. In 1997 he was appointed deputy chief counsel for the minority of the US Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Special Investigation into campaign fundraising practices in which capacity he represented the Democratic senators in connection with the full committee's investigation into fundraising during the 1996 presidential election. He also served as chief counsel for the minority of the US Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations representing the ranking member and the Democratic senators in connection with the subcommittee's investigations into areas that included Medicare fraud and governmental waste and abuse.
ABOUT THE LOUIS D. BRANDEIS CENTER AND CAMPUS ANTI-Semitism
The Louis D. Brandeis Center Inc. or LDB is an independent nonprofit organization established to advance the civil and human rights of the Jewish people and promote justice for all. The Brandeis Center conducts research education and advocacy to combat the resurgence of anti-Semitism on college and university campuses. It is not affiliated with the Massachusetts University the Kentucky law school or any of the other institutions that share the name and honor the memory of the late U.S. Supreme Court justice. For more information contact Craig Rossett at rossett@brandeiscenter.com or 818-297-2900 or find us at www.brandeiscenter.com.
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