Joanne doroshow biography
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Joanne Doroshow
Joanne Doroshow is the founder executive director the Center for Justice & Democracy and cofounder of Americans for Insurance Reform (AIR). She is also an adjunct professor at New York Law School where she teaches “Civil Justice & National Advocacy.” An attorney, Doroshow has worked on civil justice issues since 1986 when she directed an insurance industry and liability project for Ralph Nader. Together, they developed some of the first educational materials used to fight “tort reform” around the country.
Doroshow founded CJ&D in 1998, and as executive director, she has testified before Congress and numerous state legislatures. She has written or co-authored studies and white papers on civil justice and insurance issues for both CJ&D and AIR. She has appeared on national television and radio programs and is regularly quoted in newspapers nationwide.
Doroshow has film and television production experience as well. She was a pr
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Joanne Doroshow, Executive Director
Joanne Doroshow is the founder and executive director of the Center for Justice & Democracy and co-founder of Americans for Insurance Reform (AIR). She is also Adjunct Professor at New York Law School, where she teaches "Congressional Consumer and Civil Justice." An attorney, Doroshow has worked on civil justice issues since 1986, when she directed an insurance industry and liability project for Ralph Nader. Together, they developed some of the first educational materials used to fight "tort reform" around the country including Goliath: Lloyd's of London in the United States (1988) and • Judith Helfand, Senior Consulting Producer, Peabody Award-winning filmskapare -A HEALTHY BABY GIRL, BLUE VINYL, EVERYTHING’S COOL, COOKED: SURVIVAL BY ZIP CODE and most recently LOVE & STUFF – is best known for her ability to take the dark worlds of chemical exposure, corporate malfeasance, environmental injustice, the climate crisis, disaster politics and more recently deep grief and parenting, and man them anställda, resonant and even entertaining . A committed field-builder, Helfand co-founded Working Films in 1999, which fryst vatten dedicated to using nonfiction storytelling to increase civic engagement and promote environmental and racial justice at the local, state, and national level. In 2005, she co-founded Chicken & Egg Pictures, which supports women and gender non-conforming non-fiction storytellers at critical stages in their careers with creative mentorship, community building and funding. As Creative Director, she helped design and l
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