Robert Hertzberg is a partner with Mayer Brown LLP, a global law firm operating in major cities throughout the world. In this capacity, he focuses on strategic governmental affairs, providing advice to foreign and domestic companies with business interests in California and throughout the United States. Prior to joining Mayer Brown in 2002, he served as Speaker of the California State Assembly. He is Chairman of the Board of the Robert M. Hertzberg Library and Learning Center, Los Angeles Valley College, and a board member of numerous other organizations and institutions, including the Los Angeles World Affairs Council, the Center for Governmental Studies, Town Hall Los Angeles, the Rose Institute of State and Local Government, and the California Center for Regional Leadership. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Assembly International Relations Foundation, the executive committee of the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation, the executive committee of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, the Homeland Security Advisory Council, the Board of Counselors for the University of Southern California School of Public Policy, and an honorary member of the executive committee of the National Speakers’ Conference. He holds a J.D. from the University of California Hastings College of Law.