Human rights lawyer for Doughty Street Chambers. Key Achievements: Represented Armenia in recognition of the Armenian Genocide, against Dogu Perincek, a Turkish politician convicted of genocide denial and racial discrimination. Senior advisor to Kofi Annan, the UN’s Envoy on Syria Counsel to the 2013 Drone Inquiry into the use of drones in counter-terrorism operations Notable clients […]

Jordan is currently senior managing director with Lazard Freres & Co, an investment banking firm. He is also on the board of directors of corporations including American Express, J.C. Penney and Dow Jones & Co. Main Achievements: Leading civil rights activist, who organised boycotts and demonstrations and led voter registration drives in the South 1961: […]

Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr., (born Oct. 2, 1937, Shreveport, La., U.S.—died March 29, 2005, Los Angeles, Calif.), American trial lawyer who gained international prominence with his skillful and controversial defense of O.J. Simpson, a football player and celebrity who was charged with a double murder in 1994. In 1949 Cochran’s family moved from Louisiana to California, […]