Gail Harmon, Partner Radcliffe College, B.A., cum laude, 1965 Columbia University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1969 Co-author, Being a Player (guide to tax regulations governing lobbying by charities, 1996) Co-author, Maximize Your Grassroots Power: Legal Guide to List Enhancement and Citizen Contact (1996) Co-author, E-Advocacy for Nonprofits: The Law of Lobbying and Election-Related Activity on the Net. Editor, Nonprofit Navigator, formerly Tax Monthly for Exempt Organizations and Tax Monthly for Associations Gail is a nationally recognized authority on exempt organization law, having advised in this field for 20 years. She provides strategic advice to a wide range of progressive foundations, charitable and lobbying organizations, associations, and political action committees on federal tax law, federal election law, and other legal issues. Gail is a frequent speaker, writer and commentator on issues affecting the nonprofit sector and an active participant with the legal and nonprofit community in developing the law in this area. She is a member of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of Population Services International and a member of Board of Directors, DC Library Foundation. Diane Curran, Partner Yale University, B.S. 1976 University of Maryland, J.D. 1981 Author, The Re-Licensing of Nuclear Power Plants, in O'Very et al., Controlling the Atom in the 21st Century (NRDC/Westview Press: 1994); Silent Sirens: Report on 1992 Accident at Sequoyah Fuels Uranium Processing Facility (Native Americans for a Clean Environment: 1993); The Public As Enemy: NRC Assaults on Public Participation in the Regulation of Operating Nuclear Power Plants (Union of Concerned Scientists: 1992). For more than 16 years, Diane has represented citizen groups and individuals in a wide range of environmental cases relating to nuclear facility safety, radioactive and chemical waste disposal, National Environmental Policy Act compliance, environmental justice, Clean Water Act and Clean Air Act enforcement, and public access to government information. A nationally recognized expert in the field of nuclear safety law, she was instrumental in the shutdown of the unsafe Yankee Rowe nuclear power plant in western Massachusetts and the closing of the severely contaminated Sequoyah Fuels uranium processing factory in eastern Oklahoma. Recently, she won a landmark decision from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission denying a construction permit application for a uranium enrichment plant in northern Louisiana on environmental justice grounds. Anne Spielberg, Partner Oberlin College, A.B., Highest Honors, 1981 University of Michigan Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, Michigan Law Review, 1985 Law Clerk, Honorable Raymond J. Pettine, United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island, 1985-1986 Women's Law and Public Policy Fellow, Georgetown University Law Center Sex Discrimination Clinic, 1986-1987 For more than ten years, Anne has advised the firm's nonprofit clients on prevention and resolution of employee disputes, adoption of appropriate personnel policies and employee benefits packages, structural and governance issues, fundraising and contractual relationships, and other nonprofit issues. Anne has also represented employees in discrimination, constitutional and employment law actions, including cases involving issues of sex and race discrimination, sexual harassment, first amendment violations, and wrongful discharge. Anne also litigates on behalf of local and regional community groups to block illegal water pollution and excessive development in residential neighborhoods. Ruth E. Eisenberg, Partner Washington University, A.B., 1976 St. Louis University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1980 Law Clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 1980-81 Co-author, The Rights of People Who are HIV Positive: The Basic ACLU Guide to the Rights of People Living with HIV Disease and AIDS (1996) Ruth specializes in employment, disability rights and civil rights law. She also advises the firm's nonprofit clients, particularly on employment issues, such as adoption of Personnel Policies and Executive Employment Agreements. Before joining Harmon, Curran, Spielberg & Eisenberg, LLP in 1996, Ruth litigated disability cases as the Deputy Litigation Director at National Veterans Legal Services Program (1991-1996) and represented people with HIV as Director of Legal Services at the Whitman-Walker Clinic (1988-1991). She is a recognized expert in the legal issues involved in HIV disease. Ruth recently completed a six-year term on the Board of Directors of Lambda Legal. Elizabeth Kingsley, Partner Oberlin College, B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, 1986 Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, 1993 Co-author, Maximize Your Grassroots Power: Legal Guide to List Enhancement and Citizen Contact (1996) Co-author, E-Advocacy for Nonprofits: The Law of Lobbying and Election-Related Activity on the Net. Since joining the firm in 1994, Beth has specialized in representing nonprofit organizations. Beth provides a full range of general counsel services to a variety of nonprofits, including private foundations, associations, small community-based groups, and national and international public interest organizations. Her expertise includes the areas of state and federal tax exemption, lobbying and policy advocacy, and compliance with federal election law; she also advises clients about the application of the law of the Internet to nonprofit organizations. Beth co-chairs the subcommittee on Forms, Rulings, and Administrative Developments of the Exempt Organizations Committee of the ABA Tax Section and has served on the boards of several nonprofit organizations. John Pomeranz, Partner Wesleyan University, B.A., 1985 University of Southern California Law Center, J.D., 1994 Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M., 1996 Co-author, E-Advocacy for Nonprofits: The Law of Lobbying and Election-Related Activity on the Net. Prior to joining Harmon, Curran in 2004, John was Nonprofit Advocacy Director at the Alliance for Justice, where he worked with nonprofits around the country to enhance their capacity to participate in the policy process. John is a nationally recognized expert on the law governing lobbying and election-related activity by tax-exempt organizations. He has conducted hundreds of popular workshops on the subject and promoted policies to support nonprofit advocacy in Congress, the IRS, and the FEC. Before joining the Alliance, John taught at the Harrison Institute for Public Law at the Georgetown University Law Center. He has also worked as a lobbyist for a group representing the interests of consumers of legal services. Paul J. Murphy, Partner Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, B.B.A., cum laude, 1991 Georgetown University Law Center, J.D. 2000 Paul joined Harmon, Curran, Spielberg & Eisenberg in October 2000. While attending law school, Paul served as a law clerk in the Office of General Counsel of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. He also worked as a law clerk in the legal departments of Gore 2000 and Clinton/Gore '96, where much of his effort was devoted to compliance with Federal election law. In 1997 and 1998, Paul served as a legal intern on the Minority Staff of the U.S. Senate Governmental Affairs Committee's Special Investigation of illegal or improper activities in connection with the 1996 Federal election campaigns. Prior to moving to Washington, DC to attend law school, Paul worked over five years as a commercial insurance underwriter for Liberty Mutual Insurance Group outside of Boston, Massachusetts.