Mark Greenwold

B.A., Yale University; J.D., Harvard Law School. Professor Greenwold is an attorney with a litigation practice in Washington, D.C. and a senior consultant with the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. He represents state governments in litigation against the major tobacco companies and works with the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids on the implementation of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009, legislation that gave the FDA jurisdiction to regulate tobacco products. Previously, Professor Greenwold was the first Chief Counsel for Tobacco for the National Association of Attorneys General, where he coordinated the activities of all the States in the implementation of the tobacco Master Settlement Agreement of 1998. Professor Greenwold was a partner at the firm of Pierson Semmes and Bemis, where he practiced for 25 years, specializing in major complex litigation. While in private practice, he worked on matters involving asylum rights and disability rights with the Washington Lawyers Committee on Civil Rights. He previously served as an attorney in the Legal Adviser’s Office at the U.S. Department of State and as counsel to the U.S. Senate Governmental Affairs Committee. Mr. Greenwold has served on the Board of Governors of the Association of Yale Alumni and has lectured on tobacco regulation at the Yale School of Public Health.