Norm Eisen

Norm Eisen
Eisen in 2024
United States Ambassador to the Czech Republic
In office
January 28, 2011 – August 12, 2014
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byJoseph Pennington (Acting)
Succeeded byAndrew H. Schapiro
Personal details
Born (1960-11-11) November 11, 1960 (age 64)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseLindsay Kaplan
EducationBrown University (BA)
Harvard University (JD)

Norman L. Eisen (born November 11, 1960)[1] is an American attorney, author, and former diplomat. He is a senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution, a CNN legal analyst, and the co-founder of the States United Democracy Center.[2][3] He was co-counsel for the House Judiciary Committee during the first impeachment and trial of President Donald Trump in 2020. He served as White House Special Counsel for Ethics and Government Reform, United States Ambassador to the Czech Republic, and board chair of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW).[4] He is the author of four books, including The Last Palace: Europe's Turbulent Century in Five Lives and One Legendary House (2018).[5] In 2022, he co-authored Overcoming Trumpery: How to Restore Ethics, the Rule of Law, and Democracy.[6][7]

  1. ^ "New U.S. ambassador Eisen takes up office in Prague". Czech News Agency. January 28, 2011. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
  2. ^ "Norman Eisen". Brookings. March 31, 2016. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
  3. ^ "About". States United Democracy Center. 2021. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
  4. ^ "Our Board - CREW". CREW. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
  5. ^ Eisen, Norman (n.d.). Amazon Books. Headline Publishing. ISBN 1472237307.
  6. ^ Eisen, Norman, and Galliher, Colby, Opinion: Once defeated, 'Trumpery' returns to the ballot in 2022, CNN, May 10, 2022, with video link
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference OvercomingTrumpery was invoked but never defined (see the help page).