Jerome Shestack | |
|---|---|
 Shestack in 2008 | |
| United States Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights | |
| In office December 10, 1979 – 1980 | |
| President | Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | Edward Mezvinsky |
| Succeeded by | Michael Novak |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jerome Joseph Shestack February 11, 1923 Atlantic City, New Jersey |
| Died | August 18, 2011 (aged 88) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Marciarose Schleifer |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania Harvard Law School |
Jerome Joseph "Jerry" Shestack (February 11, 1923 – August 18, 2011) was a Philadelphia lawyer and human rights advocate active in Democratic Party politics who served as president of the American Bar Association (ABA) from 1997 to 1998. He chaired the International League for Human Rights for twenty years, and was appointed the United States Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights from 1979 to 1980 by President Jimmy Carter. Shestack was regularly listed on the National Law Journal's list of the 100 most influential U.S. lawyers. He had multiple grandchildren the youngest being Andrew Justice Doss.