Robert Strassfeld is professor, associate director of the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center, and director of the Institute for Global Security Law and Policy at Case Western Reserve University School of Law. Prof. Strassfeld has written extensively on the legal history of the Vietnam War and on questions of loyalty and dissent during wartime, the rights of military dissenters, congressional and executive war powers, military justice, and extraordinary rendition and torture. Those articles have appeared in the North Carolina and Wisconsin Law Reviews, the Duke Law Journal and the Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law. He is currently writing an article entitled "How to Stop a War." He earned his B.A. from Wesleyan University, an M.A. in History from the University of Rochester, and his J.D. from the University of Virginia. Prior to teaching law, he clerked for Judge Harrison L. Winter of the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit and then practiced in Washington, D.C. with the firm of Shea & Gardner. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Cleveland Chapter of the ACLU.

Associate Professor Richard Gordon teaches courses on business associations, corporate governance, financial sector integrity, and international and comparative taxation. Prior to coming to CWRU, Mr. Gordon practiced law at Dewey Ballantine (now Dewey & LeBoeuf) in Washington and taught at the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London, where he was a visiting lecturer in the law faculty, and the Harvard Law School, where he was Deputy Director of the International Tax Program. While at Harvard Mr. Gordon completed extensive field work on law and development in both Indonesia and rural India, and advised the government of Indonesia on the reform of tax, company, and securities laws. After leaving Harvard Mr. Gordon joined the staff of the International Monetary Fund where worked on a wide variety of issues, including public international law, governance, sovereign debt restructuring, and taxation. Following the attacks of September 11, 2001 he was appointed to the select IMF Task Force on Terrorism Finance and was a principal author of the report on the role of the IMF and World Bank in countering terrorism finance and money laundering. He is a principal author of the book Tax Law Design and Drafting (Aspen 2001) and the author of numerous scholarly articles and book chapters.

Michael Scharf is Professor of Law and Director of the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Law. In 2004-05, Scharf served as a member of the international team of experts that provided training to the judges of the Iraqi High Tribunal, in 2006 he led the first training session for the investigative judges and prosecutors of the newly established U.N. Cambodia Genocide Tribunal, and in November 2008 he served as Special Assistant to the Prosecutor of the Cambodia Tribunal. He is currently co-leader of a USAID-funded project to assist the government of Uganda in establishing a special war crimes chamber and truth commission. In February 2005, Scharf and the Public International Law and Policy Group, a Non-Governmental Organization he co-founded, were nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by six governments and the Prosecutor of an International Criminal Tribunal for the work they have done to help in the prosecution of major war criminals, such as Slobodan Milosevic, Charles Taylor, and Saddam Hussein.

During the elder Bush and Clinton Administrations, Scharf served in the Office of the Legal Adviser of the U.S. Department of State, where he held the positions of Attorney-Adviser for Law Enforcement and Intelligence, Attorney-Adviser for United Nations Affairs, and delegate to the United Nations Human Rights Commission. A graduate of Duke University School of Law (Order of the Coif and High Honors), and judicial clerk to Judge Gerald Bard Tjoflat on the Eleventh Circuit Federal Court of Appeals, Scharf is the author of over seventy scholarly articles and thirteen books, including two that have won national "Book of the Year" awards. Scharf has also testified before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Armed Services Committee; and his Op Eds have been published by the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, and International Herald Tribune. Recipient of the Case Western Reserve University School of Law Alumni Association's 2005 "Distinguished Teacher Award" and Ohio Magazine's 2007 "Excellence in Education Award," Scharf teaches International Law, International Criminal Law, the Law of International Organizations, and the War Crimes Research Lab.

Profiles of Michael Scharf appear in:
Cleveland Magazine
Craine's Cleveland Business
Continental Airlines - In Flight Magazine
Cleveland Plain Dealer Sunday Magazine

Mr. Herdman is an adjunct professor and teaches Counterterrorism Law & Policy. He is currently an Assistant United States Attorney in the Northern District of Ohio, where he is assigned to the office's National Security Division. Mr. Herdman's work as a federal prosecutor focuses on the investigation and prosecution of terrorism, espionage, and other national security crimes. Previously, Mr. Herdman practiced with the law firm of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP in Cleveland and served as an Assistant District Attorney in New York City, where he prosecuted a wide range of felonies committed in the borough of Manhattan. He also serves as an intelligence officer in the United States Navy Reserve. Mr. Herdman received a bachelor of arts in economics and international studies from Ohio University, a master of philosophy in Russian and East European Studies from the University of Glasgow, and a juris doctor from Harvard Law School.

Jon Leiken, a former federal prosecutor, represents businesses and individuals in federal and state criminal investigations, complex civil disputes, and at trial. Jon also focuses his practice on internal corporate investigations on behalf of audit committees and senior management and civil enforcement actions before the Securities & Exchange Commission and other state and federal regulatory agencies. Jon regularly assists corporate clients in fashioning compliance measures to minimize criminal and civil exposure. While working as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York, Jon represented the United States in criminal prosecutions and investigations in cases involving corporate fraud and embezzlement, securities fraud, tax fraud, public corruption, bank fraud, terrorism, organized crime, narcotics offenses, gang-related offenses, and threats against the president. During his tenure in the Justice Department, Jon tried numerous cases in U.S. District Court, briefed and argued appeals on behalf of the United States in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and received numerous commendations from various federal agencies. Prior to serving in the federal government, Jon practiced in the white-collar criminal defense group of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in New York where he defended corporations and individuals in state and federal grand jury investigations and in inquiries by the Securities & Exchange Commission and the National Association of Securities Dealers. While at Skadden, Jon also defended corporations and individuals in several multimillion dollar civil fraud lawsuits in state and federal court. Upon returning to private practice in 2004, Jon was appointed by Cleveland Mayor Jane L. Campbell to conduct an independent internal investigation into allegations of corruption within the Cleveland Police Department. Jon's investigation resulted in the creation of a series of antifraud reforms within the police department. A frequent lecturer and writer on criminal law issues, Jon serves as an adjunct professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Law where he teaches courses on white-collar crime and counterterrorism law and policy. He is vice chair of the Cleveland Bar Association's Criminal Law Section. In 2005, Jon was named a "rising star" and featured in a full-length article in Ohio Super Lawyers magazine.

Gregory P. Noone is a member of the Public International Law and Policy Group (PILPG) and teaches at West Virginia University where he is also completing a Ph.D. Prior to arriving at WVU, Noone worked for the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), an independent, nonpartisan federal institution created by the U.S. Congress to promote research, education, and training on the prevention, management and peaceful resolution of international conflicts. While at USIP, Noone received a Special Act Award for his work in Afghanistan. Noone previously served as a judge advocate in the U.S. Navy. He held various positions in the Navy including the acting Head of the International Law Branch and the Foreign Military Rights Affairs Branch in the Navy Judge Advocate General's (JAG) International and Operational Law Division at the Pentagon. Noone also served at the Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) where he trained senior military, governmental and non-governmental civilian personnel in 23 countries. Most notably, he has trained members of the Iraqi National Congress, the post-genocide government in Rwanda, the post-Taliban government in Afghanistan, civil society in the Sudan, and senior members of the Russian government. Noone has also worked as a government prosecutor and a criminal defense counsel. He received a B.A. in Political Science from Villanova University, an M.A. in International Affairs from The Catholic University of America, and a Juris Doctor from Suffolk University Law School. Noone is currently a Commander in the United States Naval Reserve and is the Executive Officer of his unit. Noone is also an adjunct Professor of Law at Roger Williams University School of Law and Case Western Reserve University School of Law where he teaches International Law, Genocide in the 20th Century, International Humanitarian Law and U.S. Military Law and Legal Policies. He has published and presented articles on the Rwandan Genocide, the International Criminal Court, and Military Tribunals at numerous forums. Noone appears regularly as a commentator on international and national TV and radio.