The Hon Jeff Bleich is a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University’s Center for the Advanced Study of Behavioral Sciences, and served by appointment of President Biden as a member of the National Security Education Board. He previously served as the U.S. Ambassador to Australia from 2009 to 2013, and as Special Counsel to President Obama in the White House.
A specialist in digital technology and complex dispute resolution, Jeff has been a federally appointed Special Master, a Partner at both Munger, Tolles & Olson and Dentons, and the Chief Legal Officer at Cruise LLC. Following law school, he clerked for the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court as well as for both the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal and the International Court of Justice in The Hague. Regularly listed as one of the United States’ 500 most influential lawyers, Jeff was honored as a “Legend in the Law” at the Library of Congress in 2024.
He has served as the Board Chair of PG&E Corp in the U.S., and Board Chair of Nuix Ltd. in Australia. He served (three times) as Chair of the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, and on the Executive Committee of the East West Center Board. Currently, Jeff serves on the board of RAND Australia and the Steering Committee of National Security Leaders for America (NSL4A), and is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the American Law Institute. He previously served as the Chair of the California State University Board of Trustees, Trustee of Amherst College, President of the California State Bar, and President of the Bar Association of San Francisco. Flinders University has named the Jeff Bleich Centre on Democracy and Disruptive Technologies in his honor.
In 2008, San Francisco named January 8 (Elvis Presley’s’ Birthday), “Jeff Bleich Day” in San Francisco.
