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MEREDITH LEVER, J.D. Meredith K. Lever is a 2014 graduate of Northeastern University School of Law where she focused on litigation skills and applying findings from  cognitive psychology and behavioral economics to law and public policy. She now serves as Senior Litigation Associate for PHAI’s Center for Public Health Litigation. She was part of the […]

MARK GOTTLIEB, J.D. Mark Gottlieb  joined the staff of the Public Health Advocacy Institute in 1993 after graduating from Northeastern University School of Law.  His efforts have focused on researching tobacco litigation as a public health strategy as director of the Tobacco Products Liability Project, reducing the harm caused by secondhand tobacco smoke through a

SHANSHAN GUO, J.D. ShanShan Guo is a graduate of Northeastern University School of Law in Boston, MA. She interned with the Center for Public Health Litigation as a law student and joined the Center full-time as an associate litigation attorney in 2020.

CHRISTOPHER BANTHIN, J.D. As the Program Director of the Tobacco Control Resource Center, Mr. Banthin oversees tobacco research and policy development projects at the Public Health Advocacy Institute.  Mr. Banthin was previously the Deputy Director of the Tobacco Control Resource Center before its merger with the Public Health Advocacy Institute in 2006.  He has authored

RICHARD A. DAYNARD Richard A. Daynard holds a J.D. from the Harvard Law School, an M.A. in Sociology from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. from M.I.T. in Urban Studies and Planning (specializing in Law and Social Policy).  He is a University Distinguished Professor of Law at Northeastern University, where he has been teaching since 1969. 

ANDREW RAINER, J.D. Andrew Rainer serves as PHAI’s Litigation Director, and Director of PHAI’s new litigation project, The Center for Public Health Litigation.  Mr. Rainer brings to PHAI over 30 years of experience as a lawyer and litigator, having worked previously both as a prosecutor and as a civil trial lawyer.  Immediately prior to joining

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leadership our staff Richard Daynard President Andrew Rainer, J.D. Litigation Director, Center for Public Health Litigation​ Christopher Banthin Director, Smokefree Homes Initiative/Senior Staff Attorney​ ShanShan Guo, J.D. Litigation Associate, Center for Public Health Litigation Mark Gottlieb, J.D. Executive Director Sarah C. Peck, J.D. Director, UnitedOnGuns​ Lissy C. Friedman, J.D. Senior Staff Attorney​ Meredith Lever, J.D.

Law in the service of public health Learn More our litigation about phai Public Health Advocacy Institute (PHAI) is a pioneer in the use of litigation and advocacy to protect, defend, and enhance public health.  Through our affiliation with Northeastern University School of Law, we seek big ideas to advance public health and justice We have brought successful cases across the nation