1. Norm Eisen is a senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution, a CNN legal analyst, and the co-founder of the States United Democracy Center.
31 Facts About Norm Eisen
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Norm Eisen was co-counsel for the House Judiciary Committee during the first impeachment and trial of President Donald Trump in 2020.
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Norm Eisen served as White House Special Counsel for Ethics and Government Reform, United States Ambassador to the Czech Republic, and board chair of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.
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Norm Eisen is the author of four books, including The Last Palace: Europe's Turbulent Century in Five Lives and One Legendary House.
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Norm Eisen's mother was a survivor of the Czechoslovak Holocaust.
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From 1985 to 1988, between college and law school, Norm Eisen worked as the assistant director of the Los Angeles office of the Anti-Defamation League.
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Norm Eisen was named as one of Washington's top attorneys by Washingtonian magazine.
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Norm Eisen specialized in investigations of complex financial fraud, including Enron, Refco, the ADM antitrust case, and the subprime financial collapse.
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In 2003, Norm Eisen co-founded Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a government watchdog organization.
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From 2007 to 2009, Norm Eisen was active in the presidential campaign of his law school classmate Barack Obama before joining the transition team of then-President-elect Obama as deputy counsel.
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Norm Eisen earned the nickname "Dr No" for his stringent ethics and anti-corruption efforts and became known for limiting registered lobbyists from taking positions in the administration.
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Norm Eisen became the first ambassador to the Czech Republic nominated by President Obama.
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Norm Eisen's nomination received bipartisan support, including from Republican senators and conservative foreign policy scholars.
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Norm Eisen visited Czech and US troops serving side by side in Afghanistan.
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Norm Eisen advocated for US business and saw bilateral trade increases of 50 percent with the Czech Republic during his tenure.
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Norm Eisen spoke out against corruption and in defense of civil rights.
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Norm Eisen supported the Middle East peace process, including posting the first investment conference on the "Kerry Plan" in Prague together with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
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Norm Eisen's ambassadorship was noteworthy because his mother, a Czechoslovak Holocaust survivor, had been deported by the Nazis from that country to Auschwitz.
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The story of Norm Eisen and his family and their path back to Europe is a classic American story, a reflection of what our country is about at its very best.
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Norm Eisen joined the Brookings Institution as a visiting fellow in September 2014.
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Norm Eisen became a senior fellow in their Governance Studies program and is the project chair of a research initiative on reducing corruption.
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At Brookings Norm Eisen has contributed to reports on open government, the emoluments clause, presidential obstruction of justice, and anti-corruption efforts in the natural resource sector.
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From 2016 to 2019, Eisen served as chair of the board and co-counsel on litigation matters for CREW, including emoluments cases in New York and Maryland federal courts.
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In 2017, Norm Eisen was named number 11 on the Politico 50 list of thinkers shaping American politics.
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Norm Eisen has been named to the Forward 50 list of American Jews.
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In February 2019, Norm Eisen was appointed consultant to the United States House Committee on the Judiciary.
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Norm Eisen assisted the committee on oversight matters related to the Department of Justice, including impeachment, and other oversight and policy issues within the committee's jurisdiction.
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Norm Eisen edited "Democracy's Defenders: US Embassy Prague, the Fall of Communism in Czechoslovakia, and Its Aftermath" and authored "A Case for the American People: The United States v Donald J Trump".
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Norm Eisen served as co-counsel on an amicus brief filed in opposition to Lindsey Graham's motion to quash a subpoena in the Fulton County Special Grand Jury investigation of attempts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia.
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Norm Eisen has co-written reports for States United including a guide to the Electoral College vote count and the January 6,2021, meeting of Congress.
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Norm Eisen is married to Georgetown University professor Lindsay Kaplan with whom he has a daughter.