Mark H. Gitenstein

I graduated from Duke University in 1968 & Georgetown law school in 1972. Worked as counsel to then Sen Sam Ervin 1972-74 (working primarily on civil liberties issues); the Church Committee 1975-76 and Senator Biden first at the Intelligence Committee 1976-1989 (focused primarily on the FBI and domestic intelligence) and then the Judiciary Committee. My last post was as Chief Counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee when among other things I led the staff of the Committee during the committee's consideration of the nomination of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court. I wrote an award winning book about that struggle, Matters of Principle, Simon & Schuster 1992. I practiced law as a partner at Mayer Brown llp 1989-2009. During 2008 I was counsel to then Senator Biden when he was being considered for Vice President by the Obama campaign and co-chaired his transition to the vice presidency. I served as US Ambassador to Romania (2009-12). Since then I have returned to the practice of law part time and have focused on the issues which dominated my mandate in Romania: the rule of law and anti corruption.