Paul D. SPERANZA

Background

Gewirtz, Paul D. was born on May 12, 1947 in. s. Herman and Matilda (Miller) G.

Education

Syracuse University (Bachelor of Science, 1969). University of San Francisco (Juris Doctor, 1971). New York University School of Law (Master of Laws, 1972).

Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha. Beta Alpha Psi.

Career

Gewirtz received his A.B. degree summa cum laude from Columbia University in 1967 and his J.D. degree from Yale Law School in 1970. After graduation, he worked as a law clerk for the U.S. District Judge Marvin E. Frankel from 1970 to 1971, and as a law clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall from 1971 to 1972. He was admitted to the bar in Washington, D.C., and was a lawyer at Wilmer Cutler & Pickering and then the Center for Law and Social Policy in Washington, D.C. He joined the faculty at Yale Law School in 1976.

In 1994 he was appointed the Potter Stewart Professor of Constitutional Law. He teaches and writes in various legal and policy fields, including constitutional law, federal courts, antidiscrimination law, law and literature, Chinese law, and American foreign policy. Gewirtz played various roles in the administration of President Bill Clinton.

He served as the U.S. representative at the European Commission for Democracy through Law of the Council of Europe from 1996 to 2000, and, on leave of absence from Yale, was the Special Representative for the Presidential Rule of Law Initiative, U.S. Department of State from 1997 to 1998. He also was a consultant to the Solicitor General of the United States in 1997. After returning from the Clinton Administration, Gewirtz founded the China Center at Yale Law School in 1999 (originally named the China Law Center), and has been its Director since then.

The China Center focuses on helping to advance China’s legal reforms, improving U.S.–China relations, and increasing understanding of China in the United States. In 2015 Gewirtz was named to Foreign Policy magazine’s Pacific Power Index, a list of “50 people shaping the future of the U.S.-China relationship.” J.

Achievements

• In 1996 Gewirtz was the founder of Yale Law School's Global Constitutionalism Seminar, which brings Supreme Court judges from around the world to Yale each year, and he served as its Director until 2006.

Membership

Monroe County (Member, Section on: Corporate Counsel), New York State (Member, Sections on: Labor. Taxation; Corporate; Negligence. Antitrust; Trusts & Estates) and American (Member, Sections on: Administrative Law.

Antitrust; Closely Held Corporations. Tort and Insurance Practice. Labor and Employment Law.

Real Property, Probate and Trust Law. Taxation) Bar Associations. State Bar of California (Member, Taxation Section).

Tax Executives Institute. Food Marketing Institute. The Business Council of New York State.

American Corporate Counsel Association. (Secretary and General Counsel).

Connections

Married Zoë Baird, June 8, 1986, children: Julian, Alec.

Spouse:

Zoë Baird

child:

Alec Gewirtz

child:

Julian Gewirtz