Board Member Bio

ARB BOARD MEMBERS

Paul M. Igasaki, Chair
Paul Igasaki was appointed Chair & Chief Judge of the Administrative Review Board in February, 2010. He was previously Deputy CEO of Equal Justice Works, a non-profit public interest organization. From 1994 to 2002 he served as Chair, Vice Chair and Commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission appointed by President Bill Clinton. He also served as Executive Director of Asian Law Caucus, a San Francisco-based civil rights firm; as Washington Representative of the Japanese American Citizens League, a civil rights organization; as liaison to Asian Americans for the Mayor of Chicago and counsel to the Chicago Commission on Human Relations; as Staff Director of the American Bar Association pro bono project; and as Staff Attorney and Fellow to Legal Services of Northern California in Sacramento. He is a graduate of Northwestern University and King Hall, the University of California, Davis Law School.

Wayne C. Beyer, Member
Wayne C. Beyer has been a member of the Administrative Review Board since 2002, with 2007 away from the Board as a Presidential appointee at the Federal Labor Relations Authority. Beyer was in private law practice in New Hampshire for 18 years as an associate and then partner at prominent firms. He had a federal court litigation and municipal defense practice. In late 1996, Beyer joined the Corporation Counsel’s Office for the District of Columbia, where, as senior litigation counsel, he defended § 1983 cases alleging police misconduct. He has published and taught widely in the civil rights area. Earlier in his career, Beyer was Chief of Staff and then Principal Deputy General Counsel at the U.S. General Services Administration. Beyer is a member of the New Hampshire and District of Columbia Bars and holds degrees from Dartmouth College, Harvard University, and Georgetown University Law Center.