William H. Neukom Fellows Research Chair in Diversity and Law
The William H. Neukom Fellows Research Chair in Diversity and Law, established in 2014, is dedicated to the values of diversity in the legal profession, the creation of communities of equity and opportunity, and the provision of equal justice through law. It was created to lead the ABF’s empirical research on law and legal processes, relating to issues of diversity and inequality that women, people of color, people with disabilities, and persons from the LGBTQ community face in the justice system. The Neukom Fellows Research Chair was made possible through generous gifts from William H. Neukom, Walmart, the Microsoft Corporation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Sidley Austin Foundation, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Kirkland and Ellis LLP, and The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation.
The American Bar Foundation has an established track record of research on legal diversity, equality of opportunity, and equal justice. We have vital connections with the organized bar, the legal academy, and legal employers. The ABF is dedicated to the values of diversity in the legal profession, the creation of communities of equity and opportunity, and the provision of equal justice through law.
The Neukom Chair was created to build upon the work of the ABF’s Research Group on Legal Diversity, a network of scholars who conduct empirical research on diversity in the legal profession and institutions of justice, as well as the impact of diversity on legal processes and institutions. The Neukom Chair will investigate urgent questions surrounding diversity in the legal profession, as well as equal justice and opportunity, and will build on the Research Group in Legal Diversity’s work to pursue a larger research program.
Founding Visionaries ($50,000 and more)
William H. Neukom
Walmart
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Microsoft Corporation
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Sidley Austin LLP Foundation
The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation
Founding Champions ($25,000 to $49,999)
Ellen J. Flannery
David S. and Debra Houghton
Robert L. Nelson
The Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Foundation on behalf of Bryant G. Garth
Founding Leaders ($10,000 to $24,999)
Mortimer M. Caplin
David A. Collins
Debby and Jimmy K. Goodman
David K. Y. Tang
Greenberg Traurig PA
Founding Partners ($5,000 to $9,999)
Laurel G. Bellows
Paula E. Boggs
Michael H. Byowitz
John J. Creedon
Doreen D. Dodson
George S. Frazza
William C. Hubbard
Hon. Ellen F. Rosenblum
ABE Charitable Gift Fund on behalf of I.S. Leevy Johnson
The Leadership Council on Legal Diversity
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart PC
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Gold Founders ($2,500 to $4,999)
Roxanne B. Conlin
Jean and Leonard Gilbert
Michael J. Horvitz
William G. Paul
Wm. T. Robinson III
Jennifer Stephen
Thomas Sullivan
Bruce L. Wilder
Peter A. Winograd
Anonymous Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
John Deere & Company, Global Law Services
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Silver Founders ($1,000 to $2,499)
Maxfield Bahner
Brooksley E. Born
Timothy W. Bouch
George B. Cauthen
Sandra J. Chan
Alec Y. Chang
Renee DeMoss
Hon. Bernice B. Donald
Joseph M. Drayton
Kenneth W. Gideon
Roy A. Hammer
Barry C. Hawkins
John P. and Anne M. Heinz
Dr. and Mrs. John Holliman
Sara A. Kelsey
Loren Kieve
Paul W. Lee
Myles V. Lynk
Donna Melby
Jack H. Olender
Joseph M. Potenza
Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock
John S. Siffert
James M. Sturdivant
Paul Vizcarrondo
Chaim Wachsberger
Hon. Sol Wachtler
Rita W. Warner
Pauline A. Weaver
William F. Womble
Douglas R. Young
Jenner & Block
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP in honor of Carolyn B. Lamm
Bronze Founders ($250 to $999)
Anonymous
Mark D. Agrast
Susan F. Appleton
Dennis W. Archer
Hon. Del W. Atwood
Donald I. Baker
Taylor L. Baker, Jr.
Arlena M. Barnes
Janice G. Barone
Fredrick H. Bates
Nicholas J. Bertschy
Tom Bolt
Sharon Y. Bowen
David R. Brink
Robert M. Carlson
Carlos Cebollero
Michelle Childs
Bradley Clary
John F. Cogan
Michael A. Cooper
William T. Coplin, Jr.
Timothy A. Coyle
Sarah J. Crooks
William F. Cunningham
Mark W. Curnutte
David J. Cynamon
Mason Davis
A. Day
Thomas J. DeMarino
Richard DiSalle
Lauren B. Edelman
James J. Elacqua
Jo Ann Engelhardt
Laura V. Farber
Stuart A. Forsyth
Paul E. Freehling
Greg L. Gambill
John Garza
Sharon S. Gerstman
Janice L. Gradwohl
Patricia L. Glaser
Richard C. Godfrey
Janice L. Gradwohl
Maurice B. Graham
Dahlia M. Gutierrez
Phoebe A. Haddon
Harry S. Hardin
Nicole D. Harris
Audrey B. Harwell
Thomas Z. Hayward, Jr.
Katherine A. Hesse
Barry E. Hill
Angela M. Hinton
Kay H. Hodge
Paula H. Holderman
Kathleen J. Hopkins
Timothy Hopkins
Lembhard G. Howell
Justin M. Johnson
Kile W. Johnson
William D. Johnston
Charles E. Jones
Howard Kenison
James A. Keller
Linda A. Klein in honor of Jimmy Goodman and David Houghton
William F. Kroener
Susan B. Lindenauer
Evan L. Loeffler
Mitchell A. Lowenthal
Donald R. Lundberg
Martin W. Lybecker
Barbara M. Lynn
Laurie L. Malman
John R. Marks
James S. Moody
Robert M. Morgenthau
Kay C. Murray
Frank X. Neuner
Cheryl I. Niro
Randall D. Noel
Jennifer L. Parent
Donald F. Parsons
Richard Pena
Steven F. Pflaum
Lonnie A. Powers
Llewelyn G. Pritchard
Beverly J. Quail
Sarah E. Redfield
Paul L. Reiber
Pamela J. Roberts
Carlos A. Rodriguez-Vidal
Elizabeth Roth
William J. Rowe
Charles M. Rowland
Donna W. Rucker
Irma S. Russell
William T. Russell, Jr.
Ernestine S. Sapp
Richard Schumacher
Miriam Shearing
Kathleen Sherby
George M. Simmerman
John S. Skilton
Donald D. Slesnick
Mary L. Smith
Margaret D. Stock
Carleton O. Strouss
Barry Sullivan
Christina M. Tchen
Richard B. Teitelman
Larry D. Thompson
Paul H. Titus
Joseph P. Tomain
David Tracy
Reginald M. Turner
Alan Van Etten
Keith W. Vaughan
Darlene A. Voracheck
Justin P. Walder
Owen B. Walsh
Robert A. Weeks
David C. Weiner
Scott Welch
Steven A. Wellvang
Thomas S. Williamson
Jimmy Wu
Gwynne A. Young
Stephen N. Zack
Diane L. Zimmerman
Founders (less than $249)
Anonymous
Anonymous
Federico C. Alvarez
Jonathan D. Asher
Harold and Susan Baer
Steven L. Barghols
Deborah A. Barnes
Malcolm Beyer
Jap W. Blankenship
Ilene Lin Bloom
Lyle R. Bratton
William H. Brown
Thomas G. Brown
Alice A. Bruno
Christopher J. Carey
Hon. Avern Cohn
Hamilton Cooke
Nora V. Demleitner
Shari Diamond
Gregory L. Dillion
Robert D. Dinerstein
William A. Drennan
John W. Dunn
John R. Dunne
Hon. Dorothy Eisenberg
David Ellwanger
Hubert A. Farbes
William L. Felstiner
Christina A. Fiflis
Michael L. Fox
Damon L. Gannett
Howard B. Gelt
Thomas E. Geu
Jeffrey B. Golden
Terence Halliday
Mark I. Harrison
Geoffrey C. Hazard
Robert H. Henry
William R. Holzapfel
Richard R. Howe
Procter Hug
Steven R. Hutchins
Candace M. Jones
Raymond D. Jones
Robert J. Kapelke
Paul G. Karlsgodt
Marvin L. Karp
Beth A. Klein
Kimberly A. Knox
David B. Lewis
Michael E. Lindsay
Pierce Lively
Karen L. Long
Lucinda A. Low
John W. Madden
Andrew J. Markus
Gregory Martin
Michael G. Martin
Kathleen S. McLeroy
Marcia M. McMurray
Harry B. Mendenhall
Paul T. Moxley
Sharon F. Murphy
Peggy A. Nagae
Margaret A. Nelson
Lynn K. Neuner
Laura Beth Nielsen
John W. Norman
Timothy M. O’Brien
Alice Paylor
Joy L. Phillips
Burnele V. Powell
Diana L. Powell
Franklin L. Robinson
Joseph J. Roszkowski
Claudia S. Saari
Diana M. Savit
Roger D. Schwenke
Jon M. Sebaly
Susan P. Shapiro
David N. Simmons
William N. Shepherd
Theodore W. Small
Robert M. Steptoe
Elizabeth S. Stong
Ellen Y. Suni
David Swank
Katherine Tamblyn
Harvey M. Tettlebaum
Roger P. Thomasch
James W. Tippin
Jerry Tubb
Lucinda Underwood
Anthony Van Westrum
Sylvia H. Walbolt
Peter D. Willis
Harry A. Woods
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