| 词条 | Lisa Brown (lawyer) |
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|name = Lisa Brown |image = Lisa Brown.jpg |office = White House Staff Secretary |president = Barack Obama |term_start = January 20, 2009 |term_end = Early 2011 |predecessor = Raul Yanes |successor = Rajesh De |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|3|6}} |birth_place = |death_date = |death_place = |party = Democratic |spouse = Kevin Cullen |education = Princeton University (BA) University of Chicago (JD) }} Lisa Brown (born March 6, 1960) served as the first White House Staff Secretary in the Obama White House, assuming that post on January 20, 2009.[1] Earlier, during the 2008-2009 presidential transition, she served as Co-Chair of Agency Review.[2] Prior to joining the Obama-Biden Transition Team, she served as Executive Director of the American Constitution Society,[3] a progressive legal organization. After President Obama's 2011 State of the Union Address, Brown joined the Office of Management and Budget to assist the ambitious effort to draft a government reorganization proposal.[4] Since March 2013, she has served as the chief legal counsel to Georgetown University as Vice President and General Counsel.[5][6] Early life and educationLisa Brown attended the prestigious Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut. A 1982 Magna Cum Laude Princeton University graduate with a B.A. in Political Economy, Brown earned a law degree with Honors from the University of Chicago Law School[7] in 1986. She then clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit for Judge John Cooper Godbold in Montgomery, Alabama, and she held a one-year fellowship as a Staff Attorney at the Center for Law in the Public Interest in Los Angeles, California.[8] Private sector and pro bono workBefore entering government service, Brown was a Partner in the Washington, D.C. law firm Shea & Gardner; while litigating and doing transactional work for the firm's paying clients, she also had a substantial pro bono practice focusing on disability issues, civil rights and social justice. She wrote briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court and federal circuit courts in disability cases under The Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988. She also reviewed appeals by rejected claimants in Dyson v. Denny's, Inc. (D. Md.), serving as the court-appointed Special Master. She was co-editor for the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless of Cold, Harsh and Unending Resistance: The District of Columbia Government's Hidden War Against Its Poor and Its Homeless (Nov. 22, 1993), a report on social services litigation.[9] Clinton administrationBrown joined the American Constitution Society (ACS) in 2002, coming from Relman & Associates, a Washington, DC, civil rights firm. She had previously worked for Vice President Al Gore as Counsel (1999 through January 2001) and Deputy Counsel (April 1997 through August 1999). Her work included not only handling legal matters but also advising the Vice President on civil rights and various domestic policy issues. She also served on the Executive Board of the President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities. Before joining the Vice President's office, she was an Attorney Advisor in the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel (June 1996 to April 1997).[10] Personal lifeMarried to Kevin Cullen, an oncologist[11] who directs the University of Maryland's cancer center, Brown is an aficionado of cooking and entertaining. She played college varsity field hockey and lacrosse and enjoys such athletic pursuits as tennis and skiing.[12] References1. ^ Rhee, Foon. Obama Fills West Wing Offices. Boston Globe. November 19, 2008. Accessed November 20, 2008. 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://change.gov/learn/obama_biden_transition_agency_review_teams |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-12-18 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013135404/http://change.gov/learn/obama_biden_transition_agency_review_teams |archivedate=2016-10-13 |df= }} Change.gov 3. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.acus.gov/contacts/lisa-brown|title=Lisa Brown {{!}} Administrative Conference of the United States|website=www.acus.gov|access-date=2018-12-11}} 4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/01/30/jeff-zients-will-lead-reorganization-federal-government |title=Jeff Zients Will Lead Reorganization of Federal Government |publisher=WhiteHouse.gov |accessdate=October 1, 2014}} 5. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.georgetown.edu/news/lisa-brown-named-general-counsel.html|title=Senior White House Leader to Join Georgetown as General Counsel|website=www.georgetown.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-12-11}} 6. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.acus.gov/contacts/lisa-brown|title=Lisa Brown {{!}} Administrative Conference of the United States|website=www.acus.gov|access-date=2018-12-11}} 7. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.georgetown.edu/news/lisa-brown-named-general-counsel.html|title=Senior White House Leader to Join Georgetown as General Counsel|website=www.georgetown.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-12-11}} 8. ^ ACS Brown Bio 9. ^ ACS Brown Bio 10. ^ ACS Brown Bio 11. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/04/style/weddings-lisa-brown-kevin-cullen.html|title=WEDDINGS; Lisa Brown, Kevin Cullen|date=1998-01-04|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-12-11|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} 12. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/28/us/politics/28web-brown.html|title=Lisa Brown|last=Falcone|first=Michael|date=2008-11-28|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-12-11|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} External links
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