US Courts Administrative Director, Jim Duff, to Head Freedom Forum
James Duff, who heads the administrative office of the United States Courts, has announced that he plans to resign his job of five years to join the Freedom Forum as its president and chief executive officer.
Duff, 57, was selected after a nationwide search to serve in the top administrative post at at the Freedom Forum, which is known for its First Amendment and media law work as well as its operation of the Newseum in Washington, D.C., according to a U.S. Courts press release and a Freedom Forum press release.
“Jim Duff has worked closely with three chief justices over a period of 35 years and has taught civil liberties and constitutional law at Georgetown University for 10 years,” says Florida attorney Malcolm Kirschenbaum, who serves as the chair of the Freedom Forum’s executive and finance committee, in the group’s release. “He is a passionate defender of the five freedoms that the First Amendment protects. We are confident the Freedom Forum will reach new heights under his leadership.”
Duff is a 1981 graduate of Georgetown University Law Center.
