President Barack Obama has named Anuj Desai ’94 to the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, an independent agency within the U.S. Department of Justice which adjudicates claims of U.S. nationals against foreign governments. A Chinese Studies expert, Desai has been an associate law professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School since 2001 and a visiting professor in China and Taiwan. He has practiced law at the firm Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, was among the American arbitrators at the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal in The Hague, and clerked for two federal judges. At Berkeley Law, Desai was editor-in-chief of the California Law Review.