Administrative Conference Appoints New Public Members and Senior Fellows

Renowned Experts Will Work to Improve the Administrative Process

Washington, D.C., August 13, 2024-The Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS) today announced the appointment of six new public members and seven new senior fellows.

Public Members:

• Jonathan H. Adler, Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law; Director, Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law, Case Western Reserve University School of Law
• Seth Davis, Professor of Law, UC Berkeley School of Law
• Steven A. Engel, Partner, Dechert LLP
• K. Sabeel Rahman, Professor of Law, Cornell Law School
• Cristina Rodríguez, Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law, Yale Law School
• Anthony E. Varona, Dean and Professor of Law, Seattle University School of Law

Senior Fellows:

• Ilona R. Cohen, Chief Legal & Policy Officer, HackerOne
• John F. Duffy, Samuel H. McCoy II Professor of Law and Paul G. Mahoney Research Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law
• Will A. Gunn, Vice President for Legal Affairs and General Counsel, Legal Services Corporation
• Allyson N. Ho, Partner, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
• Michael A. Livermore, Edward F. Howrey Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law
• Kate A. Shaw, Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
• Kevin M. Stack, Lee S. & Charles A. Speir Chair in Law and Director of Graduate Studies, Vanderbilt Law School

ACUS Chair Andrew Fois made the following statement about the appointments," ACUS warmly welcomes these distinguished new members. We are grateful to them for volunteering their time and expertise in the service of ACUS's important mission to improve administrative procedure for the benefit of the American people."

About ACUS

The Administrative Conference of the United States is an independent, non-partisan federal agency within the executive branch dedicated to improving administrative law and federal regulatory processes. It conducts applied research, and provides expert recommendations and other advice, to improve federal agency procedures. Its membership is composed of senior federal officials, academics, and other experts from the private sector. Since 1968, ACUS has issued hundreds of recommendations, published reports and reference guides, and organized forums to improve the efficiency, adequacy, and fairness of administrative processes such as rulemaking and adjudication. Many have resulted in reforms by federal agencies, the President, Congress, and the Judicial Conference of the United States. Learn more at www.acus.gov.

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