Jared Genser represents both national and international clients before Congress and the executive branch and counsels them on a variety of issues such as foreign affairs, appropriations, and international dispute resolution.

In 2006, Mr. Genser led a team of DLA Piper lawyers commissioned by former Czech Republic President Václav Havel, former Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik, and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Elie Wiesel to produce the report Failure to Protect: A Call for the UN Security Council to Act in North Korea. In 2005, Mr. Genser led a team who were commissioned by President Havel and Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town Desmond Tutu to produce the report A Threat to the Peace: A Call for the UN Security Council to Act in Burma. Since that report's release, the situation in Burma was formally voted onto the Security Council agenda and has been discussed numerous times in the Security Council. Independently, Mr. Genser is also president of Freedom Now, an all-volunteer nonprofit organization which seeks to free prisoners of conscience around the world through legal, political, and public relations advocacy efforts.

Mr. Genser is currently teaching "The UN Security Council in the 21st Century: Operations, Impact, and Reform," as a Lecturer at the University of Michigan Law School. Previously, Mr. Genser was a non-residential Visiting Fellow with the National Endowment for Democracy in 2006-2007. He is the recipient of the ABA's John Minor Wisdom Award for Public Service and Professionalism, the Pro Bono Solicitor of the Year (UK Law Society), and is an Honorary Fellow of the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Genser was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company, the global strategic consulting firm. In addition, he formerly served as an assistant to the Political Advisor to the Mayor of Jerusalem, Israel.

Admissions

• District of Columbia
• Maryland
• District of Columbia Court of Appeals
• Maryland Court of Appeals
• Supreme Court of England and Wales

Memberships

• President, Freedom Now
• Young Global Leader, World Economic Forum
• Term Member, Council on Foreign Relations
• American Society for International Law
• American Bar Association, International Section
• D.C. Bar, International Section

Publications

• "How to Deal With Burma," Wall Street Journal Asia (February 1, 2008)
• "Fresh Start Needed to Deal With Junta," Sydney Morning Herald (December 10, 2007)
• "American Must Do More to End Myanmar Misery," Baltimore Sun (October 26, 2007)
• "A New Strategy for Burma," Boston Globe (October 4, 2007)
• "Medical Error is For the Dogs, Too," Washington Post (September 2, 2007)
• "Gordon Brown's Strange Silence on Burma," The Independent (UK) (August 27, 2007)
• “Prisoner in Myanmar: The Lady and The Junta,” International Herald Tribune (June 2, 2007)
• “Slovensko Môže Pomôcť” (Solvenia Can Help), SME (Ljubljana, Solvenia) (May 16, 2007)
• "Eesti Peaks Toetama Burma Vabadue Taastamist" (Estonia Needs to Advocate for Freedom In Burma), Eesti Paevaleht (Tallinn, Estonia) (April 10, 2007)
• "Latvija Var Palīdzēt Birmas Brīvībai" (Latvia Can Help Bring Freedom To Burma), Diena (Riga, Latvia) (February 5, 2007)
• "SA Should Return the Favour," The Star (Johannesburg) (January 17, 2007)
• "A Time for Intervention: North Korea's Starving Masses," South China Morning Post (December 29, 2006)
• "Stop Pyongyang's Autogenocide," Far Eastern Economic Review (November 2006)
• "Do The Right Thing," Wall Street Journal Asia (May 31, 2006)
• "The Drum Beats Louder for UN Action on Burma," The Nation (Bangkok) (May 10, 2006)
• "A Path to Peace in Burma, " Far Eastern Economic Review (December 2005)
• "Myanmar: A Job for the Security Council," International Herald Tribune (September 20, 2005)
• "Negotiating for Religious Freedom: What About America's Relationship with Vietnam?," Liberty Magazine (February 24, 2005)
• "Freedom for All, All for Freedom," South China Morning Post (February 5, 2005)
• "Help China's Prisoners of Conscience," South China Morning Post (January 18, 2005)
• "The Real Scandal About Vietnam," Washington Post (August 25, 2004)
• "Waiting on China," Washington Post (April 26, 2004)
• "What About Human Rights?" South China Morning Post (December 6, 2003)
• "Yang Jianli's Trial of Injustice," Asian Wall Street Journal (August 4, 2003)
• "China v. Dissent," International Herald Tribune (July 26, 2003)
• "Tyranny in China, The Ongoing Quest to Free Yang Jianli," Washington Times (April 25, 2003)

Seminars

• "Applying the Responsibility to Protect to the Situation in Burma," R2P: A Framework for Confronting Identity-Based Atrocities, Conference at Cardozo University Law School (March 11, 2008)
• "The Way Forward on North Korea," Symposium at the University of Pennsylvania Law School (October 25, 2007)
• “North Korean Human Rights: Moving the Agenda,” Parallel Event at UN Human Rights Council, Geneva, Switzerland (March 23, 2007)
• “Failure to Protect: A Call for the UN Security Council to Act in North Korea," Presentation to the European Parliament's Delegation for Relations with the Korean Peninsula with Kjell Magne Bondevik, Brussels, Belgium (March 20, 2007)
• “The Role of the United States in Promoting Freedom, Democracy, and Human Rights Around the World," Executive Round Table of Georgia Institute of Technology (March 10, 2007)
• "Strengthening the EU Common Position on Burma," Parliament of Estonia (Riigikogu), Foreign Affairs Committee (February 8, 2007)
• "The Burmese Struggle for Freedom and Democracy," Latvijas Universitate (February 6, 2007)
• "Strengthening the EU Common Position on Burma," Parliament of Latvia (Saeima), Foreign Affairs Committee (February 6, 2007)
• "The Way Forward on Burma," Euro-Burma Network Meeting, Berlin, Germany (February 3, 2006).
• Failure to Protect: A Call for the UN Security Council to Act in North Korea," Presentation at United Nations with Václav Havel, Kjell Magne Bondevik, and Elie Wiesel (November 16, 2006)
• (Same), Columbia University Law School (November 15, 2006)
• (Same), American University's Washington College of Law (November 13, 2006)
• (Same), Yonsei University (November 3, 2006)
• (Same), Seoul Foreign Correspondents' Club (November 3, 2006)
• (Same), Forum with Non-Governmental Organizations in Seoul, Korea (November 3, 2006)
• (Same), Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan (November 1, 2006)
• (Same), All-Party British-North Korea Parliamentary Group (UK House of Lords) (October 30, 2006)
• "China's Role in the World: The China-Burma Relationship," Testimony before U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (August 3, 2006)
• "Burma: The Challenge to Regional Security and Integration," Conference on the Security Crisis in Southeast Asia, American Enterprise Institute (May 24, 2006)
• "Achieving Peace, Democracy, and National Reconciliation in Burma, " All-Party Parliamentary Group for Democracy in Burma (UK Parliament) (January 17, 2006)
• "Burma: A Challenge to the International Legal System," American Society of International Law (December 8, 2005)
• "A Plan to Free Burma," Foreign Correspondent's Club of Hong Kong (November 23, 2005)
• "Intensive Multi-Day Workshop on Arbitrary Detention," University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law (November 21 & 26, 2005)
• "Criminal Justice in China," University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law (February 2, 2005)
• "Political Advocacy and Human Rights in Vietnam," Vietnamese-American Youth Leadership Conference (July 1, 2004)
• "Law and Society in China, The Criminal Process," New York University Law School (April 27, 2004)
• "The Role of NGOs in the Promotion of a Culture of Peace," Third Annual International Culture of Peace Conference (February 25, 2004)
• "The Process for Freeing Prisoners of Conscience," American University's Washington College of Law (February 13, 2004)