Arthur H. Bryant is the Executive Director of Public Justice, a national public interest law firm supported by—and able to call on and work with—over 3,000 of the top plaintiffs’ lawyers in America. He has won major victories and established new precedents in several areas of the law, including constitutional law, toxic torts, civil rights, consumer protection, and mass torts. The National Law Journal has twice named him one of the 100 Most Influential Attorneys in America.

Arthur is a graduate of Swarthmore College and Harvard Law School.  After serving as a law clerk to U.S. District Court Judge Gabrielle M. McDonald, he worked as an associate at the Philadelphia law firm of Kohn, Savett, Marion & Graf (now Kohn, Swift & Graf, P.C.), handling First Amendment, civil rights, and complex civil litigation. While at that firm, he brought and tried the case that forced the admission of women to Philadelphia’s previously all-male Central High School. (more…)