Robert L. Wald, Senior Counsel

In his long career, Mr. Wald has advised national and international businesses, not-for-profit organizations, and individuals on matters involving antitrust, trade regulation, mergers and acquisitions, civil rights and international human rights, and law firm organization.  He has authored legal articles, spoken before professional groups, and headed committees and subcommittees of the American Bar Association, the District of Columbia Bar, and the Federal Bar Association. 

Mr. Wald was a founder and senior partner of Wald Harkrader & Ross (and predecessor firm Wald Harkrader and Rockefeller) and of Nussbaum & Wald.  He has served on the boards of a number of NGOs.  He was a founder and Co-Chairman of the Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, where he remains a Trustee.  He was the first chair and a board member of the Romanian American Enterprise Fund established under the Support for Eastern European Democracy Act of 1989. 

Professional Affiliations

• Board Member, International Senior Lawyers Project
• Board Member, Global Rights (formerly International Human Rights Law Group)
• Board of Management Trustees, International Association of Women Judges
• Senior Advisory Board, Capital Area Immigrants Rights Project
• Chair, Board Member, Romanian American Enterprise Fund (former)
• Board Member, Frederick B. Abramson Memorial Foundation (former)
• American Bar Association
• Federal Bar Association
• Fellow, American Bar Foundation
• Yale Law School Alumni Association, National Vice-President (former)

Other Experience

• Law Clerk to the Honorable Irving Kaufman, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
• Assistant to the General Counsel and Chief, Division of Export Trade, Federal Trade Commission
• Served to Lieutenant, USNR, 1944-46 and 1952-1954