HLS Alumni in Residence Program - Harvard Law School

The Alumni in Residence (AIR) program connects current HLS students with accomplished HLS alumni for one-on-one career mentoring. In an office hours model, students can sign up for a 20-minute appointment with visiting alumni to ask specific career questions or to simply solicit general advice from someone who has been through similar experiences as a law school student. Find a match with your career interests or take advantage of this chance to explore a new practice area or job sector.

Students must reserve appointments in advance, and space is limited. For details on upcoming AIR events and information on visiting alumni, check the Upcoming Events section below.

To sign up for an appointment, follow the “Click to register” links.

No appointments available? Join the Waitlist.

Student Insights: Mentorship in Practice

“I found my talk with Gwen incredibly enlightening, as someone pursuing a career at Steptoe. Hearing not only how she overcame obstacles in her career as well as her leadership philosophy was inspiring. Overall, a wonderful experience!”
– Kristle Hinola J.D. ’26
“The Alumni in Residence program allows students to engage one‑on‑one with accomplished alumni who have pursued varied careers after law school. The conversations that the program facilitates offer students an unparalleled learning and professional development opportunity.”
– Keshav Raghavan  J.D. ’26
“Participating in the Alumni in Residence program was one of the highlights of my time at HLS. I found it incredibly valuable to connect with distinguished alumni with backgrounds spanning government, private legal practice, entertainment, and finance, to name a few. As a first‑generation law student, I am particularly thankful for the opportunity to learn from these folks who kindly took the time to share advice from their rich personal and professional experiences.”
– Amir Rezvani J.D. ’24
“The Alumni in Residence program has been one of the most valuable networking opportunities afforded to me during my time at HLS. The program connects us to the most accomplished and diverse set of professionals from the legal world and beyond. The alumni not only answer your questions about their expertise but also provide advice to you based on your personal background and career goals. I am very grateful for the alumni and the AIR team!”
– Mary Noh J.D. ’25

Upcoming Events

Alumni in Residence with Reginald Brown J.D. ’96 of Kirkland & Ellis LLP

September 25, 2025
8:00 am – 10:00 am

Reginald “Reg” Brown provides investigations-related guidance, strategic counsel and crisis management assistance to a broad range of companies and senior executives confronting challenges and opportunities at the intersection of government, law, media and public policy. Reg is Chambers Band One rated in both Crisis Management and Congressional Investigations and has assisted leading institutions and high-profile individual clients with more than one hundred and fifty congressional inquiries, as well as numerous federal, state and global government investigations and crisis avoidance and mitigation matters. Click to register.
Alumni in Residence with Sarah Kim J.D. ’05 of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC

October 8, 2025
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Sarah Kim is a partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (CD&R), a leading private equity firm based in New York and London with approximately $80 billion in assets under management. She helps lead the firm’s healthcare effort with a focus on U.S. healthcare services and global pharma services. Prior to joining CD&R in 2008, she held positions at private equity firms Metalmark Capital and McCown De Leeuw. She began her career in the investment banking division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. Click to register.
Alumni in Residence with Amar Mehta J.D. ’06 of Waymo LLC

October 15, 2025
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Amar Mehta is the Chief Legal Officer at Waymo and is responsible for legal, insurance, global public policy, and government relations. His purview leading legal includes Waymo’s financing and corporate development transactions, worldwide commercial and strategic deals, litigation and law enforcement matters, and regulatory compliance and product safety, security and privacy counseling. Amar also leads development and enforcement of the company’s industry-leading IP portfolio and development of the company’s first-in-kind autonomous vehicle technology insurance underwriting, coverage and claims functions. Click to register

Alumni in Residence with Blaise Warren J.D. ’05 of Invesco, Ltd.

October 16, 2025
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Blaise Warren is the COO of the Systematic Equities team at Invesco, Ltd., an investment management firm based in Atlanta, Georgia. He was previously an attorney at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, in Washington, D.C., and Jones Day in Cleveland, OH, where he represented major corporations, boards of directors, and executives in litigation and government investigation matters. Previously, Blaise was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company. Click to register.

Alumni in Residence with Jeffrey Hawkins J.D. ’97 of Bain Capital Credit, L.P.

October 28, 2025
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Jeff Hawkins joined Bain Capital Credit, L.P. in 2001 and is a partner working across Credit, Special Situations, and Insurance. He is a member of the Credit Committee and the Risk & Oversight Committee, and serves as Chairman of Bain Capital Specialty Finance, Inc., a registered business development company. Previously, Jeff was at Ropes & Gray LLP. Click to register.

Alumni in Residence with Maggie Lee J.D. ’09 of The Human Trafficking Legal Center

October 29, 2025
10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Maggie Lee is the Deputy Director at the Human Trafficking Legal Center. She leads the Center’s strategic litigation program and provides general management and supervision support for the entire organization. Maggie previously spent nine years as a federal prosecutor. Maggie also served as Deputy Chief of Civil Rights for the Criminal Division at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, where she was responsible for investigations and prosecutions involving human trafficking, hate crimes and color of law violations. Click to register.

Alumni in Residence with Evan Simpson J.D. ’10 of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

October 30, 2025
10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Evan Simpson J.D. ’10 is a partner in Sullivan & Cromwell LLP’s General Practice Group based in London. He represents a range of European corporate clients in connection with both SEC-registered and exempt offerings to U.S. investors. His experience also includes advising European clients on some of their most significant and transformational M&A matters. Click to register.

Alumni in Residence with Andrew Heinrich J.D. ’20 of Project Rousseau Inc

October 30, 2025
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Andrew Heinrich is Founder and Executive Director of Project Rousseau, a US charity that empowers underserved youth from communities in the highest need from around the world to reach their full potential by providing comprehensive legal services, social services, and educational programming. He serves as Supervising Attorney of Immigration Legal Services at Project Rousseau, which provides full-scope pro-bono immigration legal services to youth and families. Click to register.

Alumni in Residence with John Hamill J.D. ’93 of DLA Piper

November 12, 2025
9:00 am – 11:00 am

John Hamill is a nationally recognized first chair trial lawyer who advises sophisticated clients on their most sophisticated matters. His diverse practice runs the full range of complex litigation, including in highly regulated sectors. He is a leading member of DLA Piper’s Global Media Sports & Entertainment sector and spearheads the firm’s litigation practice in the sports world. John’s practice includes some focus on competition and antitrust matters. Click to register.

Alumni in Residence with Ellen Ehrenpreis J.D. ’93 of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

November 13, 2025
12:30 pm – 2:30 pm

As Orrick’s Head of US Venture and Bay Area Technology Companies practice, Ellen leads the firm’s commitment to the venture fund community, bringing the best of Orrick’s talent and resources to support the firm’s fund clients, and works closely with Orrick teams across verticals to build and grow the firm’s market-leading platform for investors and emerging companies in the Bay Area. Prior to Orrick, Ellen was a member of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and a co-founder of Edgewood Law Partners LLP. Click to register.

Alumni in Residence with Amanda Teo J.D. ’05 of Rappaport Center for Law and Public Policy

November 19, 2025
10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Amanda Teo is the Executive Director of the Rappaport Center for Law and Public Policy. A career public servant, she previously served as Counsel to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, advising the leadership team on strategic planning and cross-functional policy initiatives. She also practiced as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Civil Rights Unit. Amanda was aslo Chief of Staff at the Suffolk County D.A.’s Office Click to register.

Alumni in Residence with Afia Asamoah J.D. ’04 of Waymark, Inc.

November 20, 2025
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Afia Asamoah served as Google’s first healthcare lawyer, advising medical software and AI, negotiating a Novartis licensing deal, and helping to launch Verily, Alphabet’s first company. She later led Google Health’s legal team and co-founded Waymark to improve Medicaid care. Earlier at the FDA (2009–2011), she helped create the tobacco-products center and advance health-tech innovation. Click to register.

Questions

For any questions or accessibility needs, contact Jeff Newton: alumnicenter@law.harvard.edu.

Spring 2025

Allan Merrill J.D./M.B.A. ’03

Former Senior Hedge Fund Executive

Steve Boom J.D. ’94

Vice President, Audio, Twitch & Games, Amazon.com Inc

Stephen Lam J.D. ’13

General Counsel, SoftBank Group International

Salvo Arena LL.M. ’00

Managing Partner, Chiomenti-Studio Legale

Tony Feuerstein J.D./M.P.A. ’01

Partner, Sidley Austin LLP

Alexandra McCormack J.D. ’03

Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Ken Richman J.D. ’93

Managing Partner, Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush, Kaller, Gellman, Meigs & Fox, LLP

Mark Wehrly J.D. ’94

Managing Member, Chief Operating Officer and Special Counsel, Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C.

Gwendolyn Renigar J.D. ’96

Chair, Steptoe LLP

Darius Naraghi J.D. ’02

Managing Director, Equity Capital Markets, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

Vinod Lala J.D. ’93

Chief Strategy Officer, Vonage Holdings Corp

Andrew LeBlanc J.D. ’98

Partner, Milbank

Natalie Vernon J.D. ’17

M&A Associate, Cooley LLP

Brandon Baer J.D. ’97

Founding Partner and CIO, Contingency Capital

Jade Newburn J.D. ’04

Managing Director & Partner, The Carlyle Group

James Tarter J.D. ’09

Senior Special Counsel, Cybersecurity Program Office, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Fall 2024

David Lee J.D. ’98

Founder, WealthRyse Holdings Limited

Peter Yu J.D. ’90

Managing Partner, Cartesian Capital Group, LLC

John Carlin J.D. ’99

Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Soo-Yeon Choi LL.M. ’18

CEO, NAVER Corporation

Ivan Farman J.D. ’94

Co-Head of Global M&A, Bank of America

Jeremy Feigenbaum J.D. ’14

Solicitor General, Attorney General’s Office of New Jersey

Mathias Strasser LL.M. ’99

CEO, Wall Street Docs; Founder, Casperaki

Sheel Tyle J.D. ’17

Founder & Co-CEO, Collective Global Management; Founding & Managing Partner, Amplo

Tona Boyd J.D. ’09

Associate Director-Counsel, Legal Defense Fund

ReNika Moore J.D. ’03

Racial Justice Program Director, American Civil Liberties Union

Taz Shahabuddin J.D. ’12

Polly Klane J.D. ’95

Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel, Citizens Bank

Chris Lehane J.D. ’94

VP of Global Affairs, OpenAI

Kyoko Takahashi Lin J.D. ’96

Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Arturo Gonzalez J.D. ’85

Partner, Morrison Foerster

Spring 2024

Jeff Taylor J.D. ’91

Executive VP & General Counsel, Fox Corporation

Terri Chase J.D. ’94

Partner, Jones Day

Steve Laub J.D. ’83

Advisor, IPV Capital

James Doak J.D./M.B.A. ’99

Head & Managing Director, Miller Buckfire & Co., LLC

Stephen Glover J.D. ’80

Partner, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Eric Castelblanco J.D. ’91

Attorney, Castelblanco Law Group, APLC

Terry Fancher J.D. ’83

Executive Managing Director, Stockbridge Capital Group

Karl Austen J.D. ’89

Partner, Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris & Klein

Sally Thurston J.D. ’86

Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (retired)

Enu Mainigi J.D. ’94

Partner, Williams & Connolly LLP

Jahan Sagafi J.D. ’01

Partner, Outten & Golden LLP

Todd Builione J.D. ’99

CEO, Marshall Wace North America L.P.

Natalie Leh J.D. ’89

Chief Deputy Attorney General, Colorado Attorney General’s Office

John Walke J.D. ’93

Director, Natural Resources Defense Council

Fall 2023

Brent Landau J.D. ’01

Global Managing Partner, Hausfeld

Richard Genow J.D. ’89

Founding Partner, Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson & Christopher, LLP

Samuel Levine J.D. ’12

Director, Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Consumer Protection

Danny David J.D. ’00

Managing Partner, Baker Botts

Hani N. Elias J.D. ’08

Founding Partner, Anchor

Linda Dakin-Grimm J.D. ’85

Senior Consulting Partner, Milbank LLP

Melanca Clark J.D. ’02

President and CEO, Hudson-Webber Foundation

Peter Marta J.D. ’03

Partner, Hogan Lovells

Andrew Lindsay J.D. ’05

CVP Industry, Data, Applications, Business Development, Microsoft

Spring 2023

Masahisa Ikeda J.D. ’93

Managing Partner, Shearman & Sterling LLP

Cari Dawson J.D. ’93

Partner, Alston & Bird

Amit Nitin Doshi J.D. ’08

Managing Partner, Harbor Spring Capital, LLC

Roland Ewubare LL.M. ’98

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (retired)

Jennifer Weddle J.D. ’00

Co-chair, American Indian Law Practice at Greenberg Traurig

Margaret Stock J.D. ’92

Attorney, Cascadia Cross Border Law Group LLC

Anand Swaminathan J.D. ’06

Partner, Loevy & Loevy

Tammy Albarrán J.D. ’99

Chief Legal Officer, Peloton Interactive, Inc.

Caleb J. A. Pitters, Jr. J.D. ’02

Managing Director, PIMCO

Tara Kole J.D. ’03

Partner, Johnson, Shapiro, Slewett & Kole

David Singleton J.D. ’91

Executive Director, The Ohio Justice & Policy Center

Fall 2022

Kevin S. Buehler J.D. ’90

Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company

Stanley Young J.D. ’85

Partner, Covington & Burling LLP

Ann Cathcart Chaplin J.D. ’98

General Counsel, Qualcomm

Don Lacey J.D. ’03

Chief Operating Officer, Global Voyager Fund, Ping An Insurance (Group) Co Of China Ltd

Aparna Bawa J.D. ’02

COO, Zoom

Amanda Goad J.D. ’05

Director of the LGBTQ, Gender & Reproductive Justice Project, ACLU of Southern California

Sarah Harrington J.D. ’99

Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Civil Appellate, United States Department of Justice

Edward Joonho Lee J.D. ’06

Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Jeremiah Gordon J.D. ’03

General Counsel/Chief Compliance Officer, CapitalG

Derek T. Ho J.D. ’01

Partner, Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick PLLC

Steven Choi J.D. ’04

Executive Director, One for Democracy

Tina Perry J.D. ’99

President, OWN TV Network & OTT Streaming

Lindsay Breedlove J.D. ’09

Senior Director, North American Brand Counsel & APAC Legal Counsel at Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical

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