Ken Boehm co-founded the National Legal and Policy Center in 1991 and now serves as full-time Chairman. Prior to 1994, Mr. Boehm served as Counsel to the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation, the federal program which ostensively provides legal assistance to the poor.

Long active in both legal and conservative organizations, Mr. Boehm’s professional background includes service as a prosecutor, Administrative Assistant to Congressman Christopher Smith (R-NJ), and as Chairman of Citizens for Reagan. His Washington background includes service as Legislative Director of Howard Jarvis’ American Tax Reduction Movement as well as being treasurer of one of the ten largest political action committees.

In 1997, Boehm authored the Burton Amendment which became law. It requires the Legal Services Corporation and its grantees for the first time to disclose the identities of the parties they sue.

In addition to his legal career, he spent five years as an award winning radio talk show host on Philadelphia’s WWDB. His broadcasting experience includes being a commentator on National Public Radio and guest interviews on more than 500 radio and TV programs.

 Mr. Boehm lives in Northern Virginia with his teenage daughter, Christine.

Peter Flaherty

Peter Flaherty co-founded the National Legal and Policy Center in 1991 and has served as President since that time. From 1984 to 1988, Mr. Flaherty served as Chairman of the lobbying group Citizens for Reagan.

Mr. Flaherty has been interviewed on over 1,000 radio and television programs, including ABC’s Nightline, the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, CNN’s Crossfire, C-SPAN, Fox News Channel’s The O’Reilly Factor and Hannity & Colmes, and the news programs of the three broadcast networks.

He is the author of many opinion articles which have appeared in publications like USA Today, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Baltimore Sun, Atlanta Constitution, Detroit News, Policy Review and Human Events.

Mr. Flaherty is co-author of a book entitled The First Lady: A Comprehensive View of Hillary Rodham Clinton published in 1996. Recognized as a Hillary expert, he provided instant analysis on MSNBC to Hillary's 1998 NBC Today Show interview in which she alleged a “massive right-wing conspiracy.”

In his 1994 book Worth It All, former House Speaker Jim Wright (D-TX) lamented Mr. Flaherty’s actions which helped force Wright’s resignation.

Mr. Flaherty lives in Northern Virginia with his wife, Rose, and two small children, Ashleigh and Winston.