Michael Kovaka

Michael Kovaka currently holds the position of Senior Peace Fellow and Senior Counsel at the Public International Law & Policy Group, where responsibilities include directing the South Sudan Constitutional Development Project and supporting the National Constitutional Review Commission and Southern Sudanese authorities. Previous experience includes serving as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Denver's Sturm College of Law, focusing on the transition from law studies to professional practice, and as Special Counsel at Cooley LLP, specializing in media counseling and defense. Additionally, Michael Kovaka spent over nineteen years at Dow Lohnes PLLC, representing various media entities in civil litigation and First Amendment matters. Michael Kovaka earned a BA in Theater from Stony Brook University and a JD from Stanford Law School.