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Board of Directors

Ross Garber, Board Chair

Karen Blackistone, Board Treasurer

Karen Blackistone, Board Treasurer

 Ross,  who splits his time among Washington, D.C., Connecticut, and New  Orleans, is a government investigations lawyer and the principal of The  Garber Group LLC. 


He also currently serves as a legal analyst at CNN and teaches political investigations law at Tulane Law School. 


Ross supports Clause 40 Foundation because he recognizes that absent vigilance, governments will accrete and all too often abuse their powers. Clause 40 Foundation does critical work to ensure that principles of due process are honored and advanced. 

Karen Blackistone, Board Treasurer

Karen Blackistone, Board Treasurer

Karen Blackistone, Board Treasurer

 Karen Blackistone is a seasoned lawyer at the intersection of technology, business, and public policy. She has spent nearly 20  years representing nonprofit organizations and businesses on matters of organizational structure and operations, IRS rules, and the laws governing public policy engagement. 


Karen is a native of the Washington, DC region and attended St. Mary’s College of Maryland and Georgetown University Law Center. She lives in Alexandria, VA with her husband and two children.


Karen supports the work of the Clause 40 Foundation because she believes that without due process there is no justice.

Blair Brown, Board Secretary

Karen Blackistone, Board Treasurer

Blair Brown, Board Secretary

 Blair is a partner at Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, where he represents individuals and entities in a wide array of sophisticated civil and criminal litigation matters. In his pro bono legal work, Blair has represented inmates on death row, written appellate amicus briefs on significant issues of criminal law and procedure, provided legal ethics advice to public defender organizations, and litigated civil rights actions on behalf of wrongfully convicted individuals.


Before joining Zuckerman Spaeder in 1988, Blair tried serious felony cases as an attorney at the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia (PDS).  He has served as Chairman of the PDS Board of Trustees, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project, and as a member of the Board of Directors of Gideon’s Promise.


Blair supports the work of Clause 40 Foundation because he believes that all persons accused of crimes – regardless of race, class, or popularity – deserve zealous representation and due process. 

Alex Litvack, Executive Committee Member

Timothy O'Toole, Executive Committee Member

Alex Litvack, Executive Committee Member

Since graduating from law school, Alex has spent her entire career in the public sector working to ensure that everyone has access to affordable healthcare. For the past ten years, she has been working at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, as a senior health insurance policy specialist, working on matters related to the implementation and enforcement of the Affordable Care Act. 


She currently lives in Washington DC with her husband and English Mastiff, Buffy. 


Alex supports the work of Clause 40 Foundation because she believes that safeguarding due process rights for everyone is an essential tenet of our criminal justice system.

Brett Tolman

Timothy O'Toole, Executive Committee Member

Alex Litvack, Executive Committee Member

Brett L. Tolman is an attorney and founder of The Tolman Group focusing on public policy and government reform. Prior to entering private practice, Brett served as a federal prosecutor for nearly a decade. In 2006, he was appointed by President George Bush to be the United States Attorney for the District of Utah—a position he held for nearly four years. 


For the past 10 years, Brett has defended corporations and executives in all manner of state and federal criminal and regulatory actions across the country. During this time, he has also been a leading figure in criminal justice reform including the drafting and passage of the First Step Act, one of the most sweeping reforms of the federal criminal justice system in decades. Brett continues to work on criminal justice reform issues and advises the White House and many members of congress on such issues. 


Brett supports the work of Clause 40 Foundation because our criminal justice system is only as good as the due process we afford the accused and the integrity of our adherence to the presumption of innocence.

Timothy O'Toole, Executive Committee Member

Timothy O'Toole, Executive Committee Member

Timothy O'Toole, Executive Committee Member

Tim is the leader of Miller &  Chevalier's White Collar Defense Practice Group.  Between his time at  Miller & Chevalier and his time as a public defender, Tim has been  conducting and leading large-scale defense investigations for over 20  years.  He has substantial experience in all areas of criminal defense  practice on behalf of individuals and entities, with a current focus on  economic sanctions and export controls.


 Prior  to private practice, Tim served as the Chief of the Special Litigation  Division of the Public Defender Service in D.C. and as an Assistant  Federal Public Defender in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he handled matters  for people under sentence of death. 


Tim supports the work of Clause 40 Foundation because Clause 40’s timeless principles - fair notice and a meaningful opportunity to confront the government’s charges - are worth fighting for.  

Michael Chase

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Timothy O'Toole, Executive Committee Member

 Mike is a government investigations and criminal defense lawyer. He also authors the @CrimeADay Twitter page, teaches trial practice at the University of Connecticut  School of Law, and serves on the Connecticut Sentencing Commission.  


His  book, “How to Become a Federal Criminal: An Illustrated Handbook for  the Aspiring Offender” (Simon & Schuster 2019), uses humor to  explore runaway criminal lawmaking by the federal government and has  been praised by lawmakers and critics.

We Are Currently Recruiting

We Are Currently Recruiting

We Are Currently Recruiting

Interested in serving? Have someone talented to recommend? Contact us!  We strongly encourage applications from people with a diverse array of backgrounds to help us carry out our mission.  Help us build an equitable organization!

Shana-Tara O'Toole

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We Are Currently Recruiting

Shana currently serves as Clause 40 Foundation's first President / CEO, serving on its Board of Directors in an ex officio capacity. 

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