Steve Pershing

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Washington, D.C.

Class of 1979, English major, WHRBie, HRO, Bach Soc. Dunster House. Public radio classical music producer, 1979-84. U. Va. Law School 1987. Clerkship for wonderful federal trial judge in Detroit. Legal dir. Va. ACLU, 1989-96. Voting rights litigator, USDOJ, 1996-2005. Public interest law firm fighting "tort reform," 2005-09. Washington law externship director 2009-present, with solo practice in civil rights, elder law, little people against bigger people. Devoted amateur classical violinist, sometime sculler, Vespa hobbyist, dad of a baseball nut. Live on Capitol Hill.