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DLA Piper alum launches practice focused on humanitarian issues

Jared Genser, a Washington lawyer who has lobbied to free imprisoned human rights activists, has left DLA Piper to start his own firm focusing on international humanitarian issues.

Formerly a partner in the government affairs practice at one of the world’s largest law firms, Genser launched Perseus Strategies LLC last week. The venture is primarily a law firm aimed at helping companies, nonprofits and governments set up humanitarian projects related to international development, global health advocacy and poverty alleviation. It will also provide political consulting services and public relations advocacy.

The firm is a solo practice but may expand later, Genser said. It shares office space with boutique law firm Heideman Nudelman & Kalik at 1146 19th St. NW.

“After a long time at a large law firm, I realized it’s time to set up my own shop to do this kind of work,” said Genser, who joined DLA Piper in 2003. “I’m not aware of any other individual firm out there whose focus is to work at the intersection of nonprofit and private sector on human rights and humanitarian work. It’s a niche practice. The need is profound and will get more profound in years to come.”

At DLA Piper, Genser advised individuals and foundations looking to create humanitarian projects in developing countries, and counseled companies doing work abroad on how to comply with international labor and human rights standards.

His client list reads like a who’s who of international human rights activists and foreign dignitaries: He has represented Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Elie Wiesel, former Czech Republic president Vaclav Havel and former Norwegian prime minister Kjell Magne Bondevik on human rights matters before the United Nations.

Carl Gershman, president of National Endowment for Democracy, met Genser several years ago at a conference where Genser presented a report by Havel and Tutu on human rights abuses in Burma. Gershman was so impressed with Genser’s legal consulting on the project that he suggested creating a similar report on North Korea.

“Within six months from the time I asked him, there was major published report with a whole international legal strategy on the ‘Responsibility to Protect’ doctrine, holding the North Korean government in violation of this new norm of international law,” said Gershman, whose foundation issues grants to nongovernmental organizations promoting democracy abroad. “It was a well-documented, coherent legal strategy and it was very impressive.

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