PERSON: Michael Waldman
Employer
Brennan Center for Justice
Position
President
Biography
Michael A. Waldman is an American attorney and presidential speechwriter and political advisor, currently serving as the president of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, a nonprofit law and policy institute. Waldman has led the center since 2005.
From 1993 to 1995, Waldman was a special assistant to President Bill Clinton for policy coordination. As the top White House policy aide on campaign finance reform, he drafted the Clinton administration’s public financing proposal. From 1995 to 1999, he was Director of Speechwriting, serving as Assistant to the President, and was responsible for writing or editing nearly 2,000 speeches, including four State of the Union and two Inaugural Addresses.
Prior to his government service, Waldman was the executive director of Public Citizen’s Congress Watch, then the capital’s largest consumer lobbying office (1989–92). After working in the government, he was a Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government (2001–03), teaching courses on political reform, public leadership and communications. He was a partner in a litigation law firm in New York City and Washington, D.C.
In a September 2000 interview with PBS, he discussed his experiences at the White House, including his role as speechwriter, President Clinton’s communication style, and the White House response to events such as the Oklahoma City bombing and the Lewinsky scandal.
On April 9, 2021, Waldman was named to the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States by President Joe Biden.
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From 1993 to 1995, Waldman was a special assistant to President Bill Clinton for policy coordination. As the top White House policy aide on campaign finance reform, he drafted the Clinton administration’s public financing proposal. From 1995 to 1999, he was Director of Speechwriting, serving as Assistant to the President, and was responsible for writing or editing nearly 2,000 speeches, including four State of the Union and two Inaugural Addresses.
Prior to his government service, Waldman was the executive director of Public Citizen’s Congress Watch, then the capital’s largest consumer lobbying office (1989–92). After working in the government, he was a Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government (2001–03), teaching courses on political reform, public leadership and communications. He was a partner in a litigation law firm in New York City and Washington, D.C.
In a September 2000 interview with PBS, he discussed his experiences at the White House, including his role as speechwriter, President Clinton’s communication style, and the White House response to events such as the Oklahoma City bombing and the Lewinsky scandal.
On April 9, 2021, Waldman was named to the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States by President Joe Biden.
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