Thomas M. Kellenberg

Thomas M. Kellenberg is the executive director of International Human Rights Advocates (IHRA).

Tom is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and Harvard Law School, where he was a Harvard Human Rights Fellow and a C. Clyde Ferguson Fellow of Human Rights and Development.  Early in his career, Tom spent several years in Latin America working with various human rights organizations, including the Vicaria de la Solidaridad.

In addition to his work with IHRA, Tom is also the executive director of the University of Notre Dame Washington Program, where he teaches courses in law, public policy and human rights. He has also taught in the law schools at the University of Washington and Catholic University.

Tom has worked in private practice as an associate with the law firm of Perkins Coie, and as of counsel with Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Together with Kirkland & Ellis, Tom helped organize post-conviction representation for Virginia death row inmate Robin Lovitt, who was ultimately granted clemency.

After law school, Tom served as a judicial clerk to Judge John C. Coughenour of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington and Judge Robert R. Beezer of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.  He is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia.