Rick Barton to chair national ADL education program

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–The Anti-Defamation League is delighted to announce the appointment of Rick Barton (at right) as ADL’s National Chairman for Education

Barton is a partner at Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP, a leading San Diego law firm.  He serves as litigation counsel and consultant to health systems, hospitals, physician groups and individual providers in business, class action, professional liability, fraud and
abuse, and administrative matters in both Federal and State court.

In 1992, Barton began working in a volunteer capacity for the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) in San Diego. He served as the Chairman of the San Diego Regional Advisory Board from 1998-2002. In 2000, he was named an ADL National Commissioner and in 2002, became a member of ADL’s National Executive Committee. In 2005, he was named National Vice Chair of nternational Affairs. He then served as National Chair of Leadership from
2007 to 2009 which included responsibility for managing ADL’s prestigious
annual Shana Amy Glass National Leadership Conference in Washington D.C.
The San Diego Regional Office is honored and proud to announce his
appointment as National Chairman for Education at ADL’s Annual Meeting in
New York this November.

As part of his involvement with ADL, Barton has traveled to the Middle
East and Europe for meetings with officials of the Israeli Government, the
Palestinian Authority, the United Nations and European Governments. He has
served as a contributor to the San Diego Union Tribune on the Israeli
Palestinian conflict and Anti-Semitism. He has lectured and is a regular
speaker on the conflict in the Middle East, Anti-Semitism, Holocaust,
Religious Freedom, and Church-State issues. He is a recipient of ADL’s
Torch of Liberty Award, ADL’s highest honor for its volunteer leadership.

The Anti-Defamation League, founded in 1913, is the world’s leading
organization fighting anti-Semitism through programs and services that
counteract hatred, prejudice and bigotry.

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