Jon M. Greenbaum Director, Voting Rights Project Jon M. Greenbaum, director of the Voting Rights Project at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law since 2003, is responsible for the Lawyer’s Committee’s efforts to vindicate the voting rights of traditionally disenfranchised minorities.  He litigates federal voting matters with co-counsel from law firms and nonprofit groups.  Current cases include defending the constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, seeking to reform Ohio’s election administration system and challenging state laws that require voters to provide photo identification or proof of citizenship.  Additionally, he supervises all initiatives of the Voting Rights Project,including the National Campaign for Fair Elections (which encompasses Election Protection), the National Commission on the Voting Rights Act and the Emerging Communities Initiative. A recognized expert on voting issues, Greenbaum has testified before Congress, state legislatures and the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.  He has presented to several law schools and numerous governmental, civicand bar associations. In addition, he has appeared on television and radio interviews and in print media. Greenbaum is co-chair of the Voting Rights Task Force of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, the national umbrella organization of American civil rights groups.  He is adjunct professor at the Georgetown University Law Centerandis co-author of “Government-Issued Photo Identification and Proof of Citizenship Requirements for Voters” in America Votes! A Guide to Modern Election Law and Voting Rights (American Bar Association 2008). Prior to joining the Lawyers’ Committee in 2003,he served as senior trial attorney in the Voting Section of the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice from 1997-2003.  While at the Department of Justice, heinstituted Voting Rights Act lawsuits on behalf on minority votersnationwide and educated government officials and community members on federal voting protections.  From 1993-1996, he was a litigation associate in the Los Angeles office of Dewey Ballantine LLP.  Greenbaum received his law degree from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1993 and his undergraduate degree from the University of California at Berkeley in 1989. The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (LCCRUL), a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, was formed in 1963 at the request of President John F. Kennedy to involve the private bar in providing legal services to address racial discrimination. The principal mission of the Lawyers’ Committee is to secure, through the rule of law, equal justice under law, particularly in the areas of housing, community development, employment, voting, education and environmental justice.  For more information about the LCCRUL, visit www.lawyerscommittee.org. top back to Staff