Michael Greenberger, JD

Michael Greenberger, JD is the Director of the Center for Health and Homeland Security (CHHS) at the University of Maryland and a professor at the School of Law. CHHS and the constituent professional schools which form its core (the University of Maryland Schools of Medicine, Law, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing, Social Work, and Public Health) works on legal, policy and scientific issues pertaining to natural and manmade disasters. CHHS has a staff of 28 professionals who work on a broad range of public health emergency response issues for federal, state and local governmental agencies, as well as medical researchers.

Professor Greenberger designed two courses focused on counterterrorism and emergency response: "Homeland Security and The Law of Counterterrorism,"; and “Homeland Security: Emergency Response to Natural and Man Made Disasters,” bringing students and faculty from the various university professional schools together to study effective governmental policies pertaining to catastrophic public health emergencies.

In 1999, Professor Greenberger began service as Counselor to the United States Attorney General, and then became the Justice Department's Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General. Included within his portfolio of responsibilities were several counterterrorism projects concerning both law enforcement and public health policy, including organizing the first of what are now four “TOPOFF” nationwide counter terrorism war games organized by the Executive Branch of the federal government.

Prior to entering government service, Professor Greenberger was a partner for over 20 years in a Washington, D.C. law firm, where he served as lead litigation counsel before courts of law nationwide, including the United States Supreme Court.

Professor Greenberger is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Lafayette College and the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he served as editor-in-chief of the Law Review.

Professor Greenberger frequently writes about, and appears in the media on, issues pertaining to public health crises.