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Addis Ababa, the team considers the needs of the children, and chief counsel to the Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice of the
adolescents and parents at the Tikur Anbessa Specialized US Senate Judiciary Committee; legislative director for a
Hospital as they work to develop an interconnected national public interest organization working with law
multidisciplinary approach to cancer care that includes nurses enforcement on gun safety issues; and counsel to the Senate
and parents as key partners. Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopolies
As an international nursing consultant for oncology with an and Business Rights focusing on drug safety and business ethics.
anthropological perspective, Julia seeks to strengthen nursing In 2007, Mary Louise joined with Beninese singer and
resources and opportunities in countries with limited resources. songwriter, Angelique Kidjo to form the Batonga Foundation to
support secondary education for girls in five African nations. She
Mary Louise Cohen is a founding partner of the law firm of also serves as Chairman of the Opportunity Fund which
Phillips & Cohen LLP, and has represented whistleblowers for supports health and education efforts abroad and on the Board
more than 20 years in lawsuits to recover fraud damages for the of Directors for INCTR. Mary Louise graduated cum laude from
United States Treasury. Before founding the law firm, Ms Cohen Harvard Law School where she was a member of the Harvard
spent many years in public service positions, serving as counsel Legal Aid Bureau.
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