Bleich to Speak at League of Women Voters Event
THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF PIEDMONT INVITES YOU TO AN AFTERNOON WITH THE HONORABLE JEFFREY L. BLEICH, AMBASSADOR TO AUSTRALIA 2009-2013
SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 2015
3:00 – 5:00 pm
PIEDMONT VETERANS HALL
401 HIGHLAND AVENUE, PIEDMONT
The League of Women Voters of Piedmont is proud to present an afternoon with Piedmont’s own Jeff Bleich, former Ambassador to Australia and Special Counsel to President Obama during the first year of the Administration. Mr. Bleich also served as President of the California State Bar, and clerked for Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist of the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge Abner J. Mikva of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and Judge Howard M. Holtzmann of the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal at The Hague. In 2013, Jeff received the State Department’s highest award for a non-career ambassador, the Sue Cobb Prize for Exemplary Diplomatic Service. He is currently a Partner at the law firm of Munger, Tolles & Olson in San Francisco.
This program is a fundraiser to benefit the League of Women Voters of Piedmont, a nonpartisan organization dedicated to engaging citizens in the democratic process and promoting positive solutions to public policy through voter education. Mr. Bleich will address electronic voting and ways of increasing voter turnout, with audience Q&A to follow.
Tickets are $35 in advance, $40 at the door. Doors open at 3:00 with refreshments, program commences at 3:30.
To reserve a spot, visit www.lwvpiedmont.org and click the calendar link or contact Tracy Kirkpatrick at megeve@pacbell.net.
