[NYC-L] FW: Albanian asylum case

[Rita O'Connor]

The National Endowment for Democracy here in D.C. has experts on the
Balkans.  Paul McCarthy used to be the envoy to Kosova and may still be
working with them.  I don't have a phone number, but I know that they have
a website.




                                                                                                                                       
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Hi All,

Hopefully someone fitting the description below would be willing to come
forward...please reply directly to Ms. Lewis...

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Margaret Lewis [mailto:MLewis at cgsh.com]
>Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 10:28 AM
>To: jsm6 at columbia.edu
>Subject: Albanian asylum case

>
>Dear Mr. Micgiel,
>
>Our firm is working on a pro bono asylum case for a young gay Albanian.
>As
>part of the application for asylum, we are trying to find an expert on
>Albania/ former Yugoslavia to testify to country conditions there.  As a
>graduate of Columbia College, Columbia immediately came to mind as a
>potential resource, and I found the East Central European Center through
>the university's website.  I would greatly appreciate any advice you
>have
>on where we might find a professor or other expert, either at Columbia
>or
>beyond, who might be willing to testify in the case.  Thank you in
>advance,
>and I look forward to hearing from you.
>
>Best regards,
>Maggie Lewis
>________________________________________
>Margaret K. Lewis
>Cleary Gottlieb
>One Liberty Plaza
>New York, NY 10006
>212 225 2644 (tel)
>212 225 3999 (fax)
>mlewis at cgsh.com
>http://www.clearygottlieb.com
>Not yet admitted to the bar

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