Co-Chair, President’s Council, Sanctuary for Families; Senior Counsel /Retired Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
William Gorin
William Gorin served as Board President of Sanctuary for Families from 2013 to 2019 and is now Co-Chair of its President’s Council. He is a former partner and senior counsel at Cleary Gottlieb, an international law firm, where he practiced for over 35 years. He is committed to the mission of Sanctuary for Families, which is dedicated to the safety, healing, and self-determination of victims of domestic violence and related forms of gender violence, including trafficking.
“Freedom cannot be achieved unless women have been emancipated from all forms of oppression. . . . Our endeavors must be about the liberation of the woman, the emancipation of the man, and the liberty of the child.”
— Nelson Mandela