Board Members

Theodore V. Wells, Jr., Esq., Secretary
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Theodore V. Wells Jr. is a partner at the Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP law firm, with extensive litigation experience in white-collar criminal defense, complex civil and corporate litigation, SEC regulatory work and class action litigation. In 2006 The National Law Journal  named Mr. Wells Lawyer of the Year.

In 2006 The National Law Journal  named Mr. Wells Lawyer of the Year and over the years has repeatedly selected him as one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America and as one of America’s top white-collar criminal defense lawyers. Mr. Wells also has been recognized as one of the outstanding jury trial lawyers in the United States by numerous publications including Chambers USA 2006which noted he “is recognized by many as ‘the greatest trial lawyer of our generation.’”

In addition to defending a number of political figures, Mr. Wells has also represented numerous corporate executives and corporations in jury trials, grand jury investigations and before the SEC. 

With extensive experience in corporate governance issues, Mr. Wells previously served on the Board of Directors of CIT Corporation, a New York Stock Exchange company, where he was a member of CIT’s audit committee.

Mr. Wells is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He has served as co-chair of the White-Collar Criminal Section of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.  He has been a faculty member of the Practising Law Institute Trial Advocacy Program, a teaching team member of the Harvard Law School Trial Advocacy Workshop and a lecturer at the Securities Regulation Institute.  He has lectured on the use and scope of the RICO statute, the defense of securities and environmental criminal and civil matters, federal grand jury procedures and federal sentencing guidelines.

Active in social, political and community affairs, Mr. Wells served as national treasurer for Senator Bill Bradley’s presidential campaign and currently serves as a trustee of Holy Cross College the co-chair of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund Board of Directors and as trustee of the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice.  He previously served, on a pro bono basis, as general counsel to the New Jersey NAACP, New Jersey co-chairperson of the United Negro College Fund and general counsel to the New Jersey Democratic Party.

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