Senator George J. Mitchell served for several years as chairman of DLA Piper and is now chairman emeritus. Before that he served as a federal judge, as Democratic majority leader in the U.S. Senate, as chairman of peace negotiations in Northern Ireland that resulted in an agreement that ended a historic conflict and, most recently, as U.S. special envoy to the Middle East. His most recent books are The Negotiator: Reflections on an American Life and A Path to Peace.