Lissy C. Friedman, J.D. Lissy Friedman holds a J.D. cum laude from Suffolk University Law School in Boston, MA and a BA in Political Science magna cum laude from Boston University in Boston, MA. She has spent almost two decades studying the tobacco industry’s corporate malfeasance and its impact on the law and tobacco control policy. […]
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Sarah C. Peck, J.D. Sarah Peck is a seasoned U.S. diplomat, attorney, and marketing expert committed to reducing gun violence in America. Ms. Peck worked as a diplomat for fifteen years, including in Afghanistan and Iraq where she witnessed the devastation caused by assault weapons. She also served in the Czech Republic, the Philippines, France,
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Andrew Rainer, J.D. Andrew Rainer serves as PHAI’s Litigation Director, and Director of PHAI’s new litigation project, The Center for Public Health Litigation. Mr. Rainer brings to PHAI over 30 years of experience as a lawyer and litigator, having worked previously both as a prosecutor and as a civil trial lawyer. Immediately prior to joining
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Mark Gottlieb, J.D. Mark Gottlieb joined the staff of the Public Health Advocacy Institute in 1993 after graduating from Northeastern University School of Law. His efforts have focused on researching tobacco litigation as a public health strategy as director of the Tobacco Products Liability Project, reducing the harm caused by secondhand tobacco smoke through a
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Richard A. Daynard Richard A. Daynard holds a J.D. from the Harvard Law School, an M.A. in Sociology from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. from M.I.T. in Urban Studies and Planning (specializing in Law and Social Policy). He is a University Distinguished Professor of Law at Northeastern University, where he has been teaching since 1969.
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Christopher Banthin, J.D. As the Program Director of the Tobacco Control Resource Center, Mr. Banthin oversees tobacco research and policy development projects at the Public Health Advocacy Institute. Mr. Banthin was previously the Deputy Director of the Tobacco Control Resource Center before its merger with the Public Health Advocacy Institute in 2006. He has authored
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Leadership Our Staff Richard A. Daynard, J.D., Ph.D. President Read more Andrew Rainer, J.D. Litigation Director, Center for Public Health Litigation Read more Christopher Banthin, J.D. Director, Smokefree Homes Initiative/Senior Staff Attorney Read more ShanShan Guo, J.D. Litigation Associate, Center for Public Health Litigation Read more Mark Gottlieb, J.D. Executive Director Read more Sarah C.
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