Members with local ties

Mark Agrast -- Senior fellow at the Center for American Progress; previously counsel and legislative director for US Representative William D. Delahunt.

Born: 1956

Education: BA, Case Western Reserve University; JD, Yale University.

Harold Koh -- Yale law school dean since 2004; previously assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights, and labor in the Clinton administration.

Born: 1954

Education: BA, Harvard University; JD, Harvard.

Charles Ogletree Jr. -- Professor and vice dean at Harvard law school

Born: 1952.

Education: BA, MA, Stanford University; JD, Harvard University.

Thomas Susman -- Partner, Ropes & Gray in Washington , D.C. ; previously counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Born: 1943

Education: BA, Yale University; JD, University of Texas.

Other members

Neal Sonnett (chairman) -- former federal prosecutor.

Mickey Edwards -- former Republican representative from Oklahoma.

Bruce Fein -- former Justice Department official in the Reagan administration.

Stephen Saltzburg -- former Iran-Contra scandal prosecutor.

William Sessions -- former FBI director.

Kathleen Sullivan -- former dean of Stanford Law School.

Patricia Wald -- former chief judge, US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

SOURCES: News reports; martindale.com; Globe archives

CHARLES SAVAGE and KATHLEEN HENNRIKUS/GLOBE STAFF