Jim Sandman
Jim Sandman is general counsel for the District of Columbia Public Schools. He previously served as senior partner in Arnold Porter's toxic tort and product liability practice and also as a managing partner. His practice has involved cases in state and federal courts throughout the United States. Sandman served as managing partner of Arnold & Porter from 1995 to 2005. He is President of the District of Columbia Bar and has been a member of the Bar's Board of Governors since 2003. He is also a member of the Board of Overseers of the University of Pennsylvania Law School and the Board of Trustees of the NALP Foundation for Law Career Research and Education.
Sandman has served on the boards of the Whitman-Walker Clinic, Inc., Wilkes University and the Washington Performing Arts Society. He is a member of the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association and a fellow of the American Bar Foundation. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and is a summa cum laude graduate of Boston College.