Our Team
Board of Directors
Javier Cremades
Spain
President
Kim Quarles
USA
Executive Vice-President
Huang Jin
China
Vice President
James Black II
USA
Vice President
Cheol-Kyu Hwang
South Korea
Vice President
Víctor Oléa
México
Vice President
William Eshelman
USA
General Counsel
David Kovel
USA
General Counsel
Teodora Toma
Romania
Executive Director
Other Officers of the WJA
Francisco Javier Lara
Spain
President of the World Association Of Lawyers (WAL)
Juan Carlos Gutiérrez
Venezuela
WJA Delegate to UN Geneva & President, WJA Human Rights Institute
Gabriel Fernández Rojas
Colombia
WJA Delegate to UN Vienna
Tamara Sujú Roa
Venezuela
WJA Delegate to the International Criminal Court (ICC)
Ángela Montoya Holguin
Colombia
Project Director
Past Presidents
Franklin Hoet-Linares
Venezuela
(2015-2019, 1991-1993)
Alexander J. Bĕlohlávek
Czech Republic
(2011-2015)
Valeriy Yevdokymov
Ukraine
(2009-2011, 2003-2005)
Ronald M. Greenberg
USA
(2005-2009)
Hans Thümmel
Germany
(2001-2003)
Daniel J. Monaco
USA
(1999-2001)
Ved P. Nanda
USA
(1997-1999)
Lucio Ghia
Italy
(1995-1997)
Raul I. Goco
Philippines
(1993-1995)