David Hunter, Esq.
Professor of International Environmental Law, American University's Washington College of Law
United States
David Hunter is Assistant Professor of Law and Director of the Environmental Law Program at American University's Washington College of Law. He teaches US Environmental Law, International Environmental Law, Comparative Environmental Law and the Law of Torts. He is also the director of the Washington Summer Session on Environmental Law. Professor Hunter was the former Executive Director of the Center for International Environmental Law, a non-governmental organization dedicated to protecting the global environment through the use of international law. Professor Hunter is also President of Peregrine Environmental Consulting, and was formerly an environmental consultant to the Czech and Slovak environmental ministries, an environmental associate at the Washington, D.C. law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, and executive director of WaterWatch of Oregon, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving western water laws. He currently serves as a Strategic Advisor to the Compliance Advisor/ Ombudsman and on the Board of Directors of the Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide-US (chair), EarthRights International, the Project on Government Oversight (chair), the Bank Information Center, Protimus Educational Trust (chair) and Greenpeace USA, Inc. He is a 1983 graduate of the University of Michigan with majors in economics and political science, and a 1986 graduate of the Harvard Law School. Professor Hunter is author of many articles on international environmental law, and is co-author of the leading textbook in the field: International Environmental Law and Policy (Foundation Press: 2001).
Bob Kerrigan, Esq.
Partner, Kerrigan, Estess, Rankin, McLeod & Thompson, LLP
United States
Born in Highland Park, Michigan, in 1943, Bob Kerrigan moved to Florida in 1959, graduating from high school in Port St. Joe. In 1967 he graduated with a bachelor's degree in accounting from Florida State University. As a Certified Public Accountant, he worked for Price-Waterhouse before beginning the study of law. In 1971, he graduated with honors from the Florida State University College of Law. Bob came to Pensacola in 1971 to assume a position with the Public Defender's Office, where he later attained the position of Chief Assistant. In 1973, he went into private practice with emphasis on criminal defense trial work. Over the years, Bob has tried many high profile murder cases. In 1975, he formed a partnership with George Estess and began to concentrate on personal injury litigation. He was one of eight trial lawyers selected by the Governor of the State of Florida to prosecute the State's claim for Medicaid recovery against the tobacco industry. The case settled during jury selection for, at the time, the largest civil judgment in the history of the United States. He has obtained numerous multi-million dollar jury verdicts. He is a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, and is a Florida Bar Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer. Bob was legal advisor to the minority caucus of the Florida Senate during the election controversy in Florida in 2000. He is a member of the Florida Association of Attorney-CPAs and a member of the International Bar Association. Bob has been selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America and was named as one of Florida's Top Lawyers in Florida Monthly Magazine. In 2006, he was named as one of the top 500 Plaintiffs' Lawyers in America by LawDragon, an independent listing of the nations top plaintiffs' lawyers and a distinction that is awarded to less than one-half of one percent of America's 1.1 million attorneys. In recent years, Bob has dedicated a major portion of his time to the prosecution of international human rights cases. He acted as co-counsel in two recent trials, Ford v. Garcia and the Estate of Winston Cabello, et al. v. Armando Fernandez-Larios. He has also endowed the Florida State University Center for the Advancement of Human Rights.
Maria Lya Ramos
Chevron Campaign Director, Rainforest Action Network
United States
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Howard Shainker
Executive, ThirdPoint
United States
Howard Shainker is a portfolio manager at Third Point, a global investment management firm, where he manages the firm's investments in the financial services and retail/consumer sectors. He graduated from Wesleyan University and holds an MBA with Honors from Harvard Business School.
