Abraham D. Sofaer, PhD

Senior Fellow Emeritus, Hoover Institution, Stanford University

Abraham D. Sofaer is the George P. Shultz Senior Fellow Emeritus at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He is an expert on public international law, having served as the State Department's Legal Adviser under both Shultz and James Baker. He was a US District Court judge in NY between 1979 and 1985, and before that a Professor of Law at Columbia. He has served on several boards of directors and made investments in biotech and other startups.