Lester S. Hyman, J.D.

Member of the Board
Chair, Legal Advisory Board

Lester S. Hyman has acted as an advisor to eight U.S. presidential candidates, and has vetted candidates for Vice-President, U.S. Attorney General, Secretary of the Treasury, Director of the CIA, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Now a sole practitioner, Mr. Hyman was a founding partner and Senior Counsel at the prominent Washington law firm Swidler Berlin LLP (now part of Bingham McCutcheon LLP). He draws on over 40 years of experience in law, government and politics to create and implement legislative strategies, as well as resolve disputes, for clients that include Fortune 500 corporations, major international companies and foreign nations.

Mr. Hyman currently serves on a number of Boards including the Center of National Policy; Partnership for Democracy and Human Rights; and the International Intellectual Property Institute. He is a graduate of Brown University and the Columbia University School of Law.