39 Facts About Jeff Bleich

Jeffrey Laurence Bleich is an American lawyer and diplomat from California.

Jeff Bleich ran in the primary for Lieutenant Governor of California in the 2018 election, before being appointed as a special master for multi-district litigation for the US District Court.

Jeffrey Laurence Bleich was born in 1961 at the US 98th Army Hospital in Germany and grew up in the US state of Connecticut.

Jeff Bleich graduated from Hall High School in West Hartford, Connecticut.

Jeff Bleich was admitted to study at Harvard University but deferred for a year to take a public policy fellowship at Coro in St Louis, where he became involved in juvenile justice issues.

At Harvard, Bleich went to the John F Kennedy School of Government as a 1986 John F Kennedy Fellow, graduating with a Master of Public Policy.

Jeff Bleich attended the University of California, Berkeley School of Law and received his JD in 1989.

Jeff Bleich was editor-in-chief of the California Law Review and Order of the Coif.

Jeff Bleich received a Certificate of Study in Public and Private International Law from the Hague Academy of International Law, Netherlands in 1993.

Jeff Bleich was legal assistant to Judge Howard M Holtzmann of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal at The Hague from 1991 to 1992, and Special Rapporteur to the Permanent Court of Arbitration.

Jeff Bleich served as president of the State Bar of California from 2007 to 2008.

Jeff Bleich was president of the San Francisco Bar Association in 2003, and served as president of the Barristers Club of San Francisco, Chair of Legal Services for Children, Co-Chair of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights for the SF Bay Area.

Jeff Bleich served on an ABA subcommittee on corporate social responsibility and on the ABA Section on International Law.

Jeff Bleich has written over 100 articles and served on some 20 different boards, including the boards of Human Rights Watch and Legal Community Against Violence as well as the Boalt Hall Alumni Association and the Legal Aid Society of San Francisco.

Jeff Bleich moderated a discussion on human rights in the new administration at the 2009 American Bar Association's Section of International Law Spring Meeting in April 2009.

Jeff Bleich's practice focused on cybersecurity, trade, and international disputes, as well as on-pro bono work.

Jeff Bleich was appointed Special Master for the United States District Court in a multi-district litigation dispute involving international price fixing, and has served as a neutral in high-stakes technology disputes, including mediating a $650 million settlement the In re Facebooks Biometrics case.

Jeff Bleich served on the board of trustees of California State University, from 2004 to 2009.

Jeff Bleich served as vice chair from 2006 to 2008 and as chair from 2008 to 2009.

Jeff Bleich served on the Board of Stanford's Center for the Advanced Study of Behavioral Sciences.

Jeff Bleich was elected to the board of his alma mater Amherst College in 2017.

Jeff Bleich served as an adjunct professor at the University of Sydney's United States Studies Centre.

The Senate confirmed Jeff Bleich to be United States Ambassador to Australia in a voice vote on November 10,2009.

Jeff Bleich joined President Obama at the announcement of the rebalance at a special sitting of Parliament in Canberra before traveling with Obama to Darwin, Northern Territory.

Jeff Bleich was in attendance during Obama's keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention and shared breakfast with him two days later.

Jeff Bleich donated to Hillary Clinton and raised funds for her to retire her campaign's debt after the Democratic primary.

Jeff Bleich joined the White House team in March 2009, serving as Special Counsel to the President until his nomination as Ambassador.

Jeff Bleich served on the Asia Policy and Cybersecurity Policy teams for Secretary Hillary Clinton, and was a member of National Security Leaders for Biden in 2020 Presidential Campaign.

On May 30,2017, Jeff Bleich formally launched his campaign to become the 50th lieutenant governor of the US state of California.

Jeff Bleich lost in the Democratic primary to Eleni Kounalakis, who went on to be elected lieutenant governor on November 6,2018.

Jeff Bleich is the chair of the board of Nuix, a publicly traded company on the ASX.

Jeff Bleich served on the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board after being appointed by President Obama in November 2014, and was later elected vice-chair and then chair for three successive terms.

Jeff Bleich served by appointment of former secretary of state John Kerry on the board of the East West Center as a member of the executive committee from 2017 to 2021.

Jeff Bleich was appointed by Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye to serve as Vice-Chair of the Rules Revision Commission for the State Bar.

Jeff Bleich has served on a number of other private company and non-profit boards since 2014, including RAND Australia, the Pratt Family Advisory Board, Futures Without Violence, the World Affairs Council, the American Security Project, Verified Voting, the San Francisco Symphony, the Folger Shakespeare Library, and the Sorensen Center for International Peace and Justice.

Jeff Bleich was recognized as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in California by the Daily Journal, as California Attorney of the Year by California Lawyer, and as one of America's leading "Bet the Company" lawyers by Best Lawyers.

Jeff Bleich has been recognized for his pro bono service to immigrants, homeless and foster youth, veterans, victims of gun violence, survivors of domestic abuse, human rights organizations, religious and racial minorities, gay and lesbian service members, journalists, native Americans, detainees, and others victims of discrimination.

Now called the Jeff Bleich Centre for Democracy and Disruptive Technologies, the centre is a research centre within the College of Business, Government and Law at Flinders.

Jeff Bleich's wife is Rebecca Pratt "Becky" Jeff Bleich, and they have three children.