R. Scott Greathead

R. Scott Greathead is a director of Human Rights First and the American Conservation Association. Scott Greathead is a litigation partner for Wiggan and Dana’s New York office.

"From 1984 to 1990, Scott served as the First Assistant Attorney General of New York State under Attorney General Robert Abrams. His service in the Attorney General’s office included responsibility for some of the office’s most important cases, including the Hooker Chemical Company-Love Canal litigation, the Tawana Brawley investigation, and several major tax evasion investigations and prosecutions.  He also served as chief of the Attorney General’s Real Estate Finance Bureau, where he effected major changes in the regulation of cooperative and condominium conversions and real estate securities offerings in New York State.

"Scott is a member of the boards of directors of the New York League of Conservation Voters, Human Rights in China, and the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, which he helped to found in 1978. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

"Scott is also the Chairman and CEO of World Monitors Inc., which provides multinational corporations with consulting and information services that focus on strategies for risk prevention and brand protection in the global economy.

"Scott is a graduate of Princeton University (A.B. 1968) and the University of Virginia School of Law (J.D. 1972)." 


 * Member, Advancing Human Rights