Neal Kemkar

Law Clerk to Judge Betty Fletcher, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Neal Kemkar is law clerk to Judge Betty Fletcher, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.  He attended Brown University and Georgetown University Law Center, and received grassroots organizing training from Green Corps.  He previously practiced in the energy & natural resources group of Dewey Ballantine LLP (now Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP) and worked as a political organizer.  In 2006, Neal helped lead volunteers safeguard voter's rights as part of the Election Protection 365 project.  In the 2004 election cycle, Neal helped the Sierra Club execute its Environmental Voter Education Campaign, a nationwide direct contact effort aimed at getting out the environmental vote.  He organized for John Kerry in the 2004 Iowa caucuses, helped write trainings manuals and run trainings for Democratic GAIN, and helped coordinate the DNC's election day outreach to Native American tribes in Nevada.  He also has experience in clean air, urban sprawl and corporate accountability campaigns, has directed political canvass programs, and trains Greenpeace student organizers.