Stephen B. Pershing

I am an experienced civil rights and liberties litigator, with a combined two decades of service in the ACLU, the U.S. Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, and a D.C. progressive public interest law firm. I have taught civil rights courses at the Wm. & Mary, American University and George Washington University law schools. I serve on the steering committee of the D.C. Bar's Courts Section, and am president of the Virginia ACLU's northern Virginia chapter. I also run a Washington semester program for law students from across the nation. Before law school I was a music producer in public radio. Active classical violinist. Fluent in French, German and Hebrew; some Spanish. Born London, England, to American parents, 1957. High School of Music & Art, New York City, 1975. A.B. Harvard 1979. J.D. Virginia 1987.