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Washington, DC – The Brandeis Center today is pleased to announce the appointment of Jeffrey Robbins to the Brandeis Center’s Legal Advisory Board. As a member of the board, Robbins will advise the Center regarding legal aspects of the Center’s fight against campus anti-Semitism.

Robbins is a partner at Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, a Boston-based law firm with offices in Washington, New York, California and London, where he has represented a number of parties in connection with Congressional investigations, and has also been a US delegate to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland under President Clinton.

LDB President Kenneth L. Marcus commented “I look forward to working with Jeff Robbins, a brilliant lawyer and a distinguished community leader, as we strengthen our campaign against campus anti-Semitism. Jeff brings an invaluable background and skill set to the Brandeis Center, including the ideal blend of investigative, legal, and congressional experience, which fits beautifully with the Center’s work. We are excited about bringing his voice to our
organization.”

Robbins specializes in complex civil litigation, including litigation involving allegations of fraud, First Amendment issues, and claims of defamation. In 1997, he was appointed deputy chief counsel for the minority of the US Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Special Investigation into campaign fundraising practices, in which capacity he represented the Democratic senators in connection with the full committee’s investigation into fundraising during the 1996 presidential election. He also served as chief counsel for the minority of the US Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, representing the ranking member and the Democratic senators in connection with the subcommittee’s investigations into areas that included Medicare fraud and governmental waste and abuse.