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Daniel Lewis, JD

Public Policy Council

Dan Lewis has been active in Parkinson's advocacy since 2007, most recently serving as the congressional coordinator for Maryland's 8th District.

He has also served on the Udall Dinner Committee, the Grassroots Policy Committee and the Board of Directors for the former Parkinson's Action Network. Dan served as chairman of the Board of Directors of the Parkinson Foundation of the National Capital Area, sits on its executive committee and has chaired its development committee. Dan also founded and continues to lead the Sumner PD Support Group. He was first diagnosed with Parkinson's in 1994 and had deep brain stimulation surgery in 2005.

He is a graduate of Yale University (1966) and Yale Law School (1969). Dan served as a legislative assistant to U.S. Senator Joseph D. Tydings (D-M.D.) in 1969-70 and as chief legislative assistant to Senator Edmund S. Muskie (D-M.E.) during the 1972 presidential campaign. Dan joined the Washington law firm of Arnold & Porter in 1972 and practiced there until his retirement in 2006. Working with Arnold & Porter, he has been involved in the defense of the human embryo research funding litigation on behalf of the Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research. Dan established the firm's corporate bankruptcy practice in 1982 and served on its Policy, Compensation and Lateral Committees. His last major bankruptcy matter was representing U.S. Airlines in its successful reorganization in 2006.

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