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Born October 30, 1953.
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Cornell University, B.A., 1976; Cleveland State University, J.D., 1979.
MIILITARY:Writer and attorney. City of Cleveland, OH, labor counsel; Leaseway Transportation Corp., Beachwood, OH, senior labor counsel; Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP, Cleveland, OH, partner; Cleveland State University, OH, adjunct professor. Served on National Labor Relations Board, 2006-08, and U.S. Commission on Civil Rights; former chair of board of directors of Center for New Black Leadership.
POLITICS: Republican.WRITINGS
Contributor of articles to publications, including the National Review.
SIDELIGHTS
Peter N. Kirsanow is a writer and attorney. His is a partner at the Cleveland, OH-based law firm, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP. President George W. Bush appointed Kirsanow to the National Labor Relationship Board. He served on the board from 2006 to 2008. Kirsanow has also served on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. He is known for his conservative views and has contributed articles to the conservative publication, the National Review.
Target Omega
In 2017, Kirsanow released his first novel, Target Omega. The volume is also the first installment in the “Mike Garin Thriller” series. In it, Kirsanow introduces his protagonist, Garin. Garin leads an elite team of secret agents called Omega. He and his team are assigned to keep weapons of mass destruction from being created by potential enemies. He has been working in Pakistan, but has recently returned to the U.S. Garin is devastated when he learns that all of the members of his Omega team have been murdered. The authorities begin investigating the murder and initially believe Garin may be the perpetrator. Garin knows that Taras Bor, a malicious Russian, is the murderer, but he must prove it. Tracking Bor down turns out to be more difficult and dangerous than Garin hoped.
“Kirsanow’s debut, a political action thriller, establishes his position solidly in the middle of a crowded pack,” remarked a contributor to the online version of Publishers Weekly. A critic on the Mystery Tribune website commented: “For espionage-type thrillers, the plot for Target Omega is pretty standard.” The same critic also stated: “Readers of novels featuring action heroes will enjoy this novel although Garin is almost too perfect.” In a more favorable assessment of the book, a writer on the Real Book Spy website, noted that Kirsanow “[delivered] a heart-pounding ending that will leave readers dying to get their hands on the next book.” The same writer added: “Target Omega is easily one of the best debut political thriller novels of the past decade, and fans of Vince Flynn, Brad Thor, and Brad Taylor will enjoy Kirsanow’s blend of hard-hitting action and larger-than-life characters.” Elisa Cooper, reviewer on the Black Five website, suggested: “For a debut thriller, Kirsanow delivers a very suspenseful story with hard-hitting action and larger-than-life characters. The ending and twist will leave readers wishing the next book would come out sooner than later.” A contributor to the Irregular Reader website recommended Target Omega to “those who love military-oriented action thrillers, or for anyone wanting an entertaining beach read this summer.” “This is a fantastic thriller. Written like a veteran writer, Kirsanow does a damn good job threading the perfectly executed action along with the character development,” asserted Zack Barnes on the A to Z Book Reviews website.
Second Strike
Garin returns in Second Strike, the second installment in the “Mike Garin Thriller” series. He has recently stopped a potentially devastating attack on America and is hoping the country is out of danger for the time being. He decides to take part in the Crucible, a physical challenge, an trains with a woman named Luci Saldana. However, a mass shooting occurs, signaling a larger plot against the U.S., and Grain must thwart it.
A critic on the Real Book Spy website offered a favorable assessment of Second Strike. The critic suggested: “Michael Garin is an intriguing new hero, similar in ways to both Jason Bourne and Ben Coes’ Dewey Andreas, while also bringing several unique elements that make him stand out from the genre’s other protagonists. Plenty of action, a fearless hero, and a gripping plot that feels at times a tad too real for comfort—Second Strike is a fun, unrelenting action adventure that delivers all the goods.”
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A to Z Book Reviews, https://zackbarnes1.wordpress.com/ (July 24, 2017), Zack Barnes, review of Target Omega.
Americans Against Amnesty, http://americansagainstamnesty.org/ (November 20, 2017), author profile.
Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP Website, http://www.beneschlaw.com/ (November 20, 2017), author profile.
Black Five, http://www.blackfive.net/ (June 3, 2017), review of Target Omega.
Heavy, http://heavy.com/ (February 15, 2017), Brendan Morrow, article about author.
Irregular Reader, https://theirregularreaderblog.wordpress.com/ (May 7, 2017), review of Target Omega.
Mystery Tribune, https://www.mysterytribune.com/ (May 23, 2017), review of Target Omega.
Publishers Weekly Online, https://www.publishersweekly.com/ (November 20, 2017), review of Target Omega.
Real Book Spy, https://therealbookspy.com/ (February 6, 2017), review of Target Omega; (November 13, 2017), review of Second Strike.
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Website, http://www.usccr.gov/ (November 20, 2017), author profile.
Washington Times Online, https://www.washingtontimes.com/ (February 1, 2015), author interview.
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Peter Kirsanow is a partner with Benesch's Labor & Employment Practice Group. He returned to Benesch in January 2008 after serving on the President-appointed National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in Washington D.C. for two years. While serving on the NLRB, he was involved with significant decisions including Oakwood Healthcare, Inc., Dana/Metaldyne and Oil Capital Sheet Metal, Inc. In addition, Peter testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the nominations of John Roberts, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court. He also continues to testify before and advise members of the U.S. Congress on employment law matters, most recently on November 18 before the House Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight regarding disparate impact theory.
Peter was recently reappointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives to his third consecutive six-year term on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. This is a part-time position which will expire in December 2019.
Peter focuses his legal practice on representing management in employment-related litigation and in contract negotiations, NLRB proceedings, EEO matters and arbitration. Recently, Peter and a team of Benesch attorneys served as lead counsel to the National Association of Manufacturers in litigation before the U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Columbia against the NLRB, challenging the Board’s Notice of Employer Rights Posting Rule. The court ruled in favor of Benesch’s client, striking down the NLRB’s Rule in its entirety. This ruling impacts over 6,000,000 employers nationwide which would have been subject to the posting requirement.
Additionally, Peter is past chair of the board of directors of the Center for New Black Leadership and is a member of Benesch’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee. This committee helps ensure that the firm promotes an environment in which differences are respected, employees are treated fairly, and individual skills and talents are valued.
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Peter Kirsanow
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Peter Kirsanow
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Born October 30, 1953 (age 64)
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Political party Republican
Alma mater Cornell University (BA)
Cleveland State University (JD)
Peter N. Kirsanow (born October 30, 1953) is an attorney and a member of the United States Commission on Civil Rights. He was a member of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) from January 2006 to January 2008.
Contents [hide]
1 Education
2 Career
3 Bar admissions and associations
4 Memberships
5 References
6 External links
Education[edit]
Kirsanow received his B.A. from Cornell University in 1976 and then in 1979 received his J.D. cum laude from Cleveland–Marshall College of Law, where he served as articles editor of the Cleveland State Law Review.[1][2][3][4][5]
Career[edit]
Kirsanow served as labor counsel for the City of Cleveland and as senior labor counsel of Leaseway Transportation Corp.[3][5]
Kirsanow was appointed to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights by President George W. Bush in December 2001, but Chairwoman Mary Frances Berry told the White House that it would take federal marshals to seat Kirsanow, fighting his appointment all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. In May 2002 the United States Department of Justice prevailed in its lawsuit to seat Kirsanow as a member of the Commission.[3][6] He was reappointed by President Bush to serve a second six-year term on the commission.[5]
President Bush appointed Kirsanow to the five-member NLRB in 2006 for two years, where he was involved with significant decisions including Oakwood Healthcare, Inc., Dana/Metaldyne and Oil Capital Sheet Metal, Inc. In 2008, Kirsanow returned to the Cleveland law firm of Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP, where he is a partner with the firm's Labor & Employment Practice Group and a member of the Diversity & Inclusion Committee. He represents management in employment-related litigation, contract negations, NLRB proceedings and EEO matters.[3][5]
Kirsanow has written articles for National Review since 2003.[7] Kirsanow testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the nominations of John Roberts,[8] Samuel Alito,[9][10] Sonia Sotomayor[11][12][13] and Elena Kagan[14][15] to the Supreme Court and at the confirmation hearing for Jeff Sessions nomination for United States Attorney General.[16]
Bar admissions and associations[edit]
Ohio, 1979[4]
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, 1984[4][5]
U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit[5]
Memberships[edit]
Past Chair of the Board of Directors, The Center for New Black Leadership[2][5]
Member of the Advisory Board of the National Center for Public Policy Research[2]
Adjunct Professor, Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, 1992-1993[3][4][5]
Member, National Labor Relations Board, 2006-2008[2][3][5]
Commissioner, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 2002- [2]
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Commissioner Kirsanow". U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Peter N. Kirsanow". Commissioners. U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Peter Kirsanow". Major Issues Lecture Series. Ashbrook Center at Ashland University. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
^ Jump up to: a b c d "Peter Kirsanow". Labor Mediation Attorney in Ohio. Mediation.com. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i "Peter N. Kirsanow". People. Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
Jump up ^ "No Warm and Fuzzy Welcome for Peter Kirsanow". Fox News. 18 May 2002. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
Jump up ^ "Peter Kirsanow Archive". National Review Online. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
Jump up ^ Davis, Marcia (16 September 2005). "John Roberts and a Judge of History". Washington Post. Retrieved 7 March 2013. Jennifer Cabranes Braceras and Peter Kirsanow, both members of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and supporters of Roberts, were among the day's 30 witnesses offering their views on the nominee.
Jump up ^ Lowry, Rich (6 June 2006). "Alito's true bias". Jewish World Review. Retrieved 7 March 2013. Peter Kirsanow, an expert on employment law and a Bush appointee on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, found that Alito heard 20 civil-rights cases while sitting on a three-judge panel with two Democrat-appointed colleagues, and all the decisions were unanimous.
Jump up ^ Blumenthal, Max (12 January 2006). "Alito's Pro-Internment Witness: "You Can Forget About Civil Rights"". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 7 March 2013. Kirsanow is a conservative African-American member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and recent backdoor Bush appointee to the National Labor Relations Board. His mere presence today as a pro-Alito witness raises serious questions about the nominee's willingness to protect established legal precedent on civil rights.
Jump up ^ "Peter Kirsanow to Testify at Sotomayor Hearing". Press Release. Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP. 16 July 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
Jump up ^ Kroll, Kathryn (15 June 2009). "Cleveland lawyer Peter Kirsanow to testify Thursday at hearing for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
Jump up ^ "Peter Kirsanow Testifies at Sonia Sotomayor's Confirmation Hearings". Washington Post. 16 July 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
Jump up ^ "Kirsanow to Testify at Kagan Supreme Court Hearing". Press Release. Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP. 29 June 2010. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
Jump up ^ "Testimony of Peter N. Kirsanow Before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Nomination of Elena Kagan to the United States Supreme Court" (PDF). 1 July 2010. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
Jump up ^ Cory Booker, Cornell William Brooks, Chuck Canterbury, David D. Cole, Peter N. Kirsanow, John Lewis, Michael B. Mukasey, Cedric Levon, Jayann Sepich, Amita Swadhin, Larry Thompson, Oscar Vasquez, Richard Blumenthal, Chris Coons, John Cornyn, Ted Cruz, Dick Durbin, Al Franken, Lindsey Graham, Chuck Grassley, Orrin Hatch, Mazie Hirono, John Neely Kennedy, Amy Klobuchar, Patrick J. Leahy, Thom Tillis, Sheldon Whitehouse (2017-01-11). Attorney General Confirmation Hearing, Day 2. C-SPAN. 420933-1.
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Peter N. Kirsanow is a Member of the National Labor Relations Board, receiving a recess appointment from President George W. Bush on January 4, 2006. Prior to his appointment, he was a partner with the Cleveland, Ohio law firm of Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan, and Aronoff LLP in the Labor and Employment Practice Group. His practice focused on representing management in employment-related litigation as well as in contract negotiations, NLRB proceedings, EEO matters, and arbitration.
Mr. Kirsanow frequently testifies before and advises members of the U.S. Congress on various civil rights and labor related issues, appearing most recently before the Senate Judiciary Committee to support the nominations of Chief Justice John G. Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito to the United States Supreme Court. Previously, he served as senior labor counsel of Leaseway Transportation Corp. and labor counsel for the city of Cleveland. He has extensive experience in public sector employment matters as well as in industries such as heavy manufacturing, trucking, health care, radio and television, and employee leasing.
Chair of the board of directors of the Center for New Black Leadership, Mr. Kirsanow also serves on the advisory board of the National Center for Public Policy Research. He received his B.A. in1976 from Cornell University and his J.D. with honors in 1979 from Cleveland State University, where he served as articles editor of the Cleveland State Law Review.
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As a labor law expert, Peter Kirsanow was often asked to testify at congressional hearings. When President George W. Bush nominated him to the civil rights commission, Chair Mary Frances Berry initially refused to swear him in, arguing the previous commissioner's term had not expired, and telling Bush spokesman Ari Fleischer that it would take "federal marshals" to seat him, according to The Associated Press. (Associated Press)
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By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times - Sunday, February 1, 2015
Thirteen years ago liberals fought to keep Peter Kirsanow off the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, a legal brouhaha that went all the way to the Supreme Court.
To say Mr. Kirsanow won that fight would be an understatement. The 61-year-old Cleveland lawyer is now the panel’s longest-serving member, and he’s still causing headaches for liberals and anyone else who would, in his view, run roughshod over the Constitution to pursue a left-wing agenda in the name of civil rights, including those in the Obama administration.
“The Fourteenth Amendment, the Fifth Amendment — you name it — are violated on a daily basis all across the country by people who think you can engage in racial discrimination if you have good intentions,” said Mr. Kirsanow in an interview.
During the Bush presidency, when conservatives controlled the eight-member commission, Mr. Kirsanow confronted such efforts as part of the majority. Last year, however, liberals gained a 6-2 advantage on the panel, meaning that he must often fight his battles alone. Not that he has a problem with that.
“When you’re a black conservative, you’re used to being in the minority,” he quipped.
If anything, being outnumbered has spurred him into overdrive. For months he’s drawn headlines for riding to the defense of constitutional liberties, such as when he challenged Houston Mayor Annise Parker in October over her decision to subpoena pastors’ sermons, calling it “an abuse of government power.”
He warned President Obama and the Congressional Black Caucus that the White House immigration plan would devastate low-skilled workers, a group of Americans that is disproportionately black. He blasted California and the District of Columbia in November for enforcing — illegally, in his opinion — the Affordable Care Act’s abortion mandate.
With the commission planning to hold a hearing on police practices in light of the recent high-profile deaths of unarmed black men, Mr. Kirsanow said he stands ready to use the forum to address “whether changes in police procedures could do anything to reduce the 6,000 to 6,200 blacks murdered each year by other blacks.”
All this may explain why former chair Mary Frances Berry put up enormous resistance to his 2001 nomination to the panel. Or why the late Democratic Sen. Ted Kennedy dubbed him “Attila the Hun,” a nickname that has stuck in part because of his dogged personality and in part because of his dramatic appearance.
It’s safe to say that Mr. Kirsanow stands out in a crowd. At nearly 6-foot-3, he weighs the same as he did when he played wide receiver at Cornell University and boasts a completely bald head, a piercing stare and what may be the most extravagant handlebar mustache since Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria.
What’s the story behind the mustache? “It’s something I’ve had since I was in my 20s. I just started growing it when I was in college, and then one day I started twirling it a little bit and said, ‘You know, I’m going to go with it,’” Mr. Kirsanow said.
“My daughter begs me to shave it off,” he added with a laugh. “She says, ‘You’ve got enough challenges in your life.’”
His latest challenge comes with the changing direction of the commission. With the liberal wing in charge, Mr. Kirsanow said he has witnessed a move away from issues that animated the commission during its conservative heyday, including voter fraud and eminent domain abuse, in favor of topics such as illegal immigrant and transgender rights.
“What you lose [with a liberal majority] is a dispassionate look at true civil rights issues,” Mr. Kirsanow said. “Instead, what you see is an agenda-driven take on civil rights. It’s not a matter of looking at whether or not civil rights in this country are being enforced, whether there are deprivations of civil rights — the idea is to expand the concept and definition of civil rights far beyond what our charter is.
“There is kind of a nascent movement to turn the civil rights commission more into a human rights commission that would look at a variety of things not related to traditional notions of civil rights, such as race discrimination and sex discrimination, but rather class-based issues, ideology-driven issues, grievances that the left embraces,” he said.
Losing the conservative majority also effectively brings to an end the commission’s role as an Obama administration watchdog, exemplified by the panel’s investigations into accusations of voter suppression by the New Black Panther Party in Philadelphia and the Justice Department’s racially discriminatory enforcement of voting rights laws.
At the same time, Mr. Kirsanow and the panel’s other remaining conservative, University of San Diego School of Law professor Gail Heriot, are not without weapons.
They receive regular requests for help from individuals across the nation alerting them to the behavior of various political bodies, “and they have this instinctive reaction that there’s something wrong with it, but they don’t know what it is,” he said.
“Whenever we see a topic that we think merits the involvement of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights but is not being addressed by the commission, then we will at least send a letter,” Mr. Kirsanow said. “In a number of these cases, it’s clear-cut that they’re engaging in unconstitutional actions, and there’s really no dispute about it. And yet these things occur almost on a daily basis.”
Not surprisingly, he periodically comes under fire from liberal groups. The Wichita NAACP called his 2007 reappointment to the commission “tragic” and “troubling,” citing his opposition to affirmative action and support for school vouchers.
His former conservative colleagues on the commission are quick to come to his defense.
“Peter is very brilliant,” said Abigail Thernstrom, a prominent public intellectual who served on the panel with Mr. Kirsanow for 12 years. “He’s the superstar, as far as I’m concerned. He should have this platform. He cares very much about these issues.”
Former commissioner Todd Gaziano calls Mr. Kirsanow “a great man and a super colleague who is one of the funniest people you’d ever want to work with.”
“He’s also a tenacious defender of principle and reason,” said Mr. Gaziano, now executive director of the Pacific Legal Foundation’s Washington, D.C., office. “One of my primary joys on the commission, which was sometimes a frustrating experience, was working with Pete Kirsanow.”
Mr. Kirsanow’s path to the commission started after college. While some of his teammates went on to play football professionally, he headed home to attend the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. He had always considered himself conservative, but his interest in politics was sparked by his outrage over the 1991 Senate hearings on Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas.
“I saw the manner in which Clarence Thomas was being treated, and I said, ‘The left’s approach to this was despicable [and] contrary to everything I think in terms of due process and justice,’” Mr. Kirsanow recalled. “At that point I just devoted myself to reading as much as I could about what was going on in politics. Prior to this, I was just an ordinary American trying to take care of my family and make a living, and within months of the Clarence Thomas hearings, I think I attended my first National Review Institute summit and became a little bit more politically involved.”
As a labor law expert, he was often asked to testify at congressional hearings. When President George W. Bush nominated him to the civil rights commission, Ms. Berry initially refused to swear him in, arguing the previous commissioner’s term had not expired, and telling Bush spokesman Ari Fleischer that it would take “federal marshals” to seat him, according to The Associated Press.
The Supreme Court upheld his appointment, and he later served a concurrent term on the National Labor Relations Board from 2006 to 2008. While he often finds himself in Washington, home is still Cleveland, where he works as a partner at the law firm Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff and lives in what he describes as one of the city’s bluest neighborhoods.
“In my precinct, when you go to vote and they pull up voter rolls for the primary, my wife and I are the only two Republicans there,” he said with a laugh.
He traces his patriotism to his father, a former lieutenant in the Soviet Red Army who emigrated to the U.S. after escaping from a detention camp. He and others were sent there after being “adjudged to be insufficiently zealous supporters of Stalin and communism,” Mr. Kirsanow said.
That perspective leaves him with little patience for the “constant self-flagellating” of homegrown critics.
“Sure, we have flaws, but you could magnify them by a factor of four or five, and we’re still the greatest nation on Earth, bar none,” Mr. Kirsanow said. “Nobody else comes close, and we would do well to appreciate the fact that, ‘Hey, there are some pretty good things about the United States of America, after all.’”
Despite his seniority, Mr. Kirsanow isn’t going anywhere, having been appointed last year to a third six-year term by House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican. Four of the commission’s members are appointed by the president, while the other four are named by the House and Senate majority and minority leaders.
That means voters will need to elect a Republican president if Mr. Kirsanow is to find himself back in the majority. In the meantime, he plans to keep making the most of his backbencher status, which he says actually has its advantages.
“When you are in the majority, you’ve got to think about, ‘OK, what are we going to pursue?’ and you’re being sniped at constantly, and you’re always watching your back,” he said. “When you’re in the minority, it’s somewhat liberating.”
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Peter Kirsanow: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
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Peter Kirsanow is reportedly one of the leading contenders to be President Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of labor.
This comes as Trump’s original pick for the position, Andrew Puzder, withdrew his name from consideration following reports that several Republicans in the Senate were planning to vote against him.
Bloomberg’s Jennifer Jacobs reported on Wednesday evening that there are four candidates to replace Puzder: Catherine Templeton, the former secretary of the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation for South Carolina; Joseph Guzman, a professor at Michigan State University; Alexander Acosta, dean of the Florida International University College of Law in Miami; and Peter Kirsanow, an employment lawyer and member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
Here’s what you need to know about Peter Kirsanow, one of the candidates to be the next secretary of labor.
1. He Was Appointed to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights By President Bush in 2001
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Peter Kirsanow is from Cleveland, Ohio, born there in October 1953. He studied at Cleveland State University and Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, and he served as labor counsel for the city of Cleveland, Ohio.
But he became more well known in 2001, when he was appointed by President George W. Bush to serve on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. He was appointed to fill the seat of a President Clinton appointee, Victoria Wilson, who, in turn, had been appointed to fill the seat of Leon Higginbotham, who had died in the middle of his term. Republicans argued that Wilson was only entitled to serve for the two years that were remaining in Higginbotham’s term, while Democrats argued that she should receive a full six-year term starting when she took over for Higginbotham.
This fight was taken to court, with a district court judge in early 2002 ruling that Kirsanow had no right to serve on the commission, but this was reversed by the appeals court, and the Supreme Court did not intervene. Kirsanow was able to be seated on the Commission on Civil Rights, then, and he remains on the commission to this day.
2. He Served on the National Labor Relations Board
Peter Kirsanow speaks at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on nomination of Sen Jeff Sessions on January 11, 2017. (Getty)
Peter Kirsanow speaks at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on nomination of Sen Jeff Sessions on January 11, 2017. (Getty)
Outside of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Peter Kirsanow has also served as a member of the National Labor Relations Board, being appointed in 2006.
During his time on the NLRB, he was involved in a variety of important decision. One of these came in 2006 when, in the case of Oakwood Healthcare, Inc., 348 NLRB NO. 37, the board expanded the definition of the word “supervisor” in the National Labor Relations Act. This was a decision criticized by labor unions because employees classified as supervisors would not be able to join unions and collectively bargain.
The dissent criticized the decision as “threaten[ing] to create a new class of workers under federal law: workers who have neither the genuine prerogatives of management, nor the statutory rights of employees,” according to On Labor.
3. He Writes For National Review
Peter Kirsanow has contributed some writing to the conservative website National Review, with his most recent piece being published immediately after the November election.
In an op-ed from November 9th, Kirsanow predicts that under Donald Trump, the news media will treat the president critically in a way that they did not treat President Obama.
“Beginning as early as today, but definitely by January 20, 2017, the mainstream media will discover a host of problems, dangers, failures, troubles, mistakes, and catastrophes that somehow escaped their attention, or were considered unimportant, during the last eight years under Obama,” he writes.
In another, he argues that the president and the media have lied about the frequency at which shootings of black men occur at the hands of white police officers.
“There is (and has been for some time) substantial evidence that blacks are not shot at disproportionate rates, at least not disproportionate to the rates blacks are involved in crime or conduct that otherwise triggers interaction with police,” he writes. “…The president knows this. So does his attorney general and the presumptive Democratic nominee for president. The members of the media should know it, otherwise they should be in a different profession. Yet each continues to traffic in falsehoods — falsehoods that are the political equivalent of shouting ‘Fire!’ in a crowded theater; falsehoods that provide convenient rationales for bad actors. ”
In an article from June 2015, he mocks transgender people by sarcastically saying that he identifies as a number of famous athletes.
“Today, I’m identifying as LeBron James,” he writes. “I plan to identify as Miguel Cabrera later this summer, although I’m flirting with the idea of being Mike Trout. This fall, I’m thinking Tom Brady. (Please don’t alert Giselle Bundchen. I want it to be a surprise).”
4. He Lines Up With Trump On Illegal Immigration
One issue Kirsanow has spoken extensively on is illegal immigration. For National Review, he has written a number of articles on the subject including one titled “Americans Are Right to Worry about Illegal Aliens and Crime.”
In March 2016, Kirsanow testified before the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration and said that undocumented immigration has a disproportionately negative impact on the wages of black Americans.
“Illegal immigration has a disparate impact on African-American men because these men are disproportionately represented in the low-skilled labor force,” he said. “…People often say, ‘Well, illegal immigrants are taking jobs that Americans do not want to do. No one wants to be a hewer of wood or a drawer of water.’ The problem is that there are thousands of Americans, and always will be thousands of Americans, who find that those jobs are the only ones for which they are qualified. How can you better yourself if you cannot even get on the first rung of the employment ladder and find yourself essentially shut out of certain industries?”
In 2015, Kirsanow wrote a letter to Congress saying that an executive order from President Obama allowing undocumented immigrants to get Social Security numbers and driver’s licenses would result in increased voter fraud.
“Even if an ineligible voter does not sway the outcome of an election, his vote still chips away at the legitimacy of the voting system,” Kirsanow said, according to The Washington Times. “Every person who votes despite being ineligible cancels out the vote of an eligible voter.”
5. He Met With Trump to Speak About Labor Issues in November 2016
Peter Kirsanow arrives for a meeting with Donald Trump at Trump International Golf Club on November 20, 2016. (Getty)
Peter Kirsanow arrives for a meeting with Donald Trump at Trump International Golf Club on November 20, 2016. (Getty)
One reason Kirsanow is a strong contender for the role is that he actually already met with Trump and spoke about labor issues back in November.
As reported by Cleveland.com at the time, Kirsanow met with then president-elect Trump at Trump National Golf Club in late November; he told reporters at the time that he and Trump talked about labor and employment generally but did not discuss a specific position.
Kirsanow told Cleveland.com after the interview that “I know my stuff when it comes to labor, and I will tell you that I was not just impressed but astonished at his understanding of not just labor dynamics but of labor law itself.”
He also said he talked to Trump about the idea of undocumented immigration hurting African Americans during the meeting.
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Posted on July 1, 2014
Black attorney and member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Peter Kirsanow serves as one of the lone voices of reason, repeatedly outlining the harm amnesty will cause black Americans. In a 2013 letter to the Congressional Black Caucus, he wrote: “The obvious question is whether there are sufficient jobs in the low-skilled labor market for both African-Americans and illegal immigrants. The answer is no.” Kirsanow’s statistics demonstrate the way in which immigration impacts the wages and employment opportunities of black males and hurts the black community.
But no one seems to listen to Kirsanow.
While serving on the NLRB, he was involved with significant decisions including Oakwood Healthcare, Inc., Dana/Metaldyne and Oil Capital Sheet Metal, Inc. In addition, Mr. Kirsanow testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the nominations of John Roberts, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court. He also continues to testify before and advise members of the U.S. Congress on employment law matters, most recently on November 18 before the House Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight regarding disparate impact theory.
Mr. Kirsanow was recently reappointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives to his third consecutive six-year term on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. This is a part-time position which will expire in December 2019.
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Posted on July 1, 2014
Black attorney and member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Peter Kirsanow serves as one of the lone voices of reason, repeatedly outlining the harm amnesty will cause black Americans. In a 2013 letter to the Congressional Black Caucus, he wrote: “The obvious question is whether there are sufficient jobs in the low-skilled labor market for both African-Americans and illegal immigrants. The answer is no.” Kirsanow’s statistics demonstrate the way in which immigration impacts the wages and employment opportunities of black males and hurts the black community.
But no one seems to listen to Kirsanow.
While serving on the NLRB, he was involved with significant decisions including Oakwood Healthcare, Inc., Dana/Metaldyne and Oil Capital Sheet Metal, Inc. In addition, Mr. Kirsanow testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the nominations of John Roberts, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court. He also continues to testify before and advise members of the U.S. Congress on employment law matters, most recently on November 18 before the House Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight regarding disparate impact theory.
Mr. Kirsanow was recently reappointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives to his third consecutive six-year term on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. This is a part-time position which will expire in December 2019.
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QUOTED: "delivering a heart-pounding ending that will leave readers dying to get their hands on the next book."
"Target Omega is easily one of the best debut political thriller novels of the past decade, and fans of Vince Flynn, Brad Thor, and Brad Taylor will enjoy Kirsanow’s blend of hard-hitting action and larger-than-life characters."
When the hunter becomes the hunted in Peter Kirsanow’s action-packed debut novel, one of the world’s most lethal operators goes on the run from the very country he’s trying desperately to protect.
Michael Garin is the leader of a counter-WMD strike team, known only as “Omega.” Formed under the Joint Operational Command, Omega hand-picks the best of the best operators from various branches of the United States Armed Forces.
As Clint Laws, a veteran spymaster and Garin’s mentor is fond of saying, “there are no coincidences in this business.” So when Garin spots something during a high-priority mission, he can’t shake the feeling that a bigger game is playing out behind the scenes.
Returning to his apartment in northern Virginia after a successful mission, Garin walks into an ambush. Two highly-trained Iranian gunmen were waiting for him. Unfortunately for them, Garin sensed something was off and sprang into action before they could take him out. Within seconds, both intruders were dead. Knowing that the probability of a backup team waiting nearby (standard operating procedure among assassins) was high, Garin flees the scene and begins calling the only people he can trust–his teammates.
After all of his calls go unanswered, Garin fears the worst and starts making rounds, checking on each member of his team in person. One by one, his suspicion that he wasn’t the only operator targeted was confirmed. Somebody came after all of the Omega operators, and he’s the only one who survived the assault.
Going to the only person still alive whom he knows he can trust, Garin connects with his former business partner, Dan Dwyer, who owns a successful private security firm. With help from Dwyer, Garin finds several leads to track down and sets about to uncover the truth about who killed his team members, and why.
Several flashback scenes show Garin during his days with the military. After many thought he flunked out of BUDS, failing to become a Navy SEAL, Garin popped back up on the radar when several American soldiers were pinned down in Iraq and taking heavy fire. Just as it looked like they would be overrun, a lone shooter appeared and started picking off enemy combatants. Such stories are par the norm whenever Garin’s name comes up within the special forces circles, where he’s revered as a living legend.
While some of the tales of Garin’s heroic escapades are embellished, there’s absolutely no doubt that he remains one of the most lethal and most feared special ops soldiers in the world.
As the story takes shape, the author reveals a hair-raising conspiracy that has been carefully and meticulously plotted. Several countries are secretly working together to coordinate a devastating attack on American soil, and only Garin knows who’s behind it all. His only allies are Dwyer and Olivia Perry, an aide to the National Security Advisor, who starts to put the pieces together much faster than her boss.
A one-man vehicle of destruction, Garin leaves a path of bodies in his wake, which lands him on the FBI’s radar. With his own government believing him to be a killer on the loose, Garin soon finds himself being pursued by multiple countries, local law enforcement, one of the world’s most elite snipers, and the FBI.
With the attack date fast approaching, Michael Garin must find a way to stay alive and out of federal custody in order to stop an attack that nobody else sees coming.
After a few slightly choppy opening chapters, Peter Kirsanow settles into a groove and builds plenty of suspense to go hand-in-hand with his many action sequences. While some of the dialogue is a bit repetitive (especially in regards to each character’s understanding of Russia and what they will or won’t do) and the main character comes off as a bit too perfect at times, the final act gets a near-perfect score. It’s here that Kirsanow hits his stride, delivering a heart-pounding ending that will leave readers dying to get their hands on the next book.
Target Omega is easily one of the best debut political thriller novels of the past decade, and fans of Vince Flynn, Brad Thor, and Brad Taylor will enjoy Kirsanow’s blend of hard-hitting action and larger-than-life characters.
QUOTED: "Kirsanow’s debut, a political action thriller, establishes his position solidly in the middle of a crowded pack."
Kirsanow’s debut, a political action thriller, establishes his position solidly in the middle of a crowded pack. A checklist of standard genre tropes includes a secret weapon being assembled in Iran with the help of Russia and North Korea, targets that may or may not be Israel and the U.S., an American agent with legendary skills who’s on the run from friend and foe, a traitor at the very highest levels of the American government, and a budding love interest. Mike Garin, the leader of Omega, a supersecret unit charged with preventing the proliferation of WMDs, is back in the States after a mission in Pakistan. When Garin’s entire team of Omega operators is murdered, Garin is the chief suspect, and he must track down the real killer, Russian former Spetsnaz operator Taras Bor, who’s seemingly unstoppable. A wide-open ending points to a sequel involving Garin and the evildoers who escape his wrath in this first book. Some readers will hope that Kirsanow chooses next time to steer away from shopworn plot points and overly familiar characters. Agent: Scott Miller, Trident Media. (May)
QUOTED: "For espionage-type thrillers, the plot for Target Omega is pretty standard."
"Readers of novels featuring action heroes will enjoy this novel although Garin is almost too perfect."
In Target Omega, debut novelist Peter Kirsanow introduces readers to an enigmatic character named Michael Garin. He is a member of an elite, highly secretive counter-WMD unit, who suddenly becomes the target of a conspiracy. The book starts with a bang and continues with a fast-paced plot till the end.
Garin has just successfully thwarted a terrorist takeover of an overseas nuclear weapons facility. The team arrives home, safe and sound, and are beginning to settle back into civilian life.
However things get complicated when, one by one, team members are systematically assassinated on U.S. soil. The only survivor at the end is one person: Michael Garin, the unit leader.
Suddenly, Garin becomes the prime suspect. Who else knew exactly where to find each member of Garin’s ultra-covert team but him? Various groups start going after him: From mysterious enemies to Garin’s own government. But he knows the truth. He didn’t harm his team. Someone in the U.S. government, however, might have. And this person has certainly a high-up security clearance to know his team’s identity and whereabouts.
As Garin works to clear his name and avenge his fallen teammates, he realizes that eliminating his unit was just the first in a series of dominoes meant to wreak havoc on his fellow citizens.
Fans of Tom Clancy will enjoy the hero of Kirsanow debut work.
For espionage-type thrillers, the plot for Target Omega is pretty standard: The bulk of the story surrounds various chase scenes with a dose of violence. Readers of novels featuring action heroes will enjoy this novel although Garin is almost too perfect. Perhaps in the following installments of this seemingly new series, we will see a more human side of the lead character.
QUOTED: "For a debut thriller, Kirsanow delivers a very suspenseful story with hard-hitting action and larger-than-life characters. The ending and twist will leave readers wishing the next book would come out sooner than later."
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Target Omega by Peter Kirsanow fills in the gap left behind by the late Vince Flynn regarding stories of political correctness. As with Mitch Rapp, this latest character, Mike Garin leaves no prisoners behind. This action packed tale will be enjoyable for those who want America to win and not succumb to caring about the bad guys feelings.
The author wrote the book out of frustration, wanting to return to the days when leaders put America first, “which will also favor the world. Many American politicians believe today that they were elected by the world. We need to be more concerned about keeping our children safe than for concern about radical elements. I wrote the quote in the book to reflect this, ‘How many terrorists he’s killed, captured, or defeated. Legal subpoenas could be deadly, but not to the terrorists.’ I wish our politicians had the sensibilities of the Israelis. Israel has actually kept the world safe when it destroyed the Iraq and Syria reactors. In the past America has its hands over its ears and hopes things work out.”
This first in a series opens in Pakistan where a quick reaction force is sent in to destroy a weapon of mass destruction. The sole purpose of Omega, an elite force, is to interdict, recover, or eliminate rogue weapons that can abolish mankind. But, after they return home someone is methodically finding and executing team members, including an attempt on Garin. He seeks to find out who is murdering his team and why, enlisting the help of his former business partner, a retired SEAL, Dan Dwyer, and an assistant to the National Security Advisor, Olivia Perry. This plot might remind readers of Nelson DeMille’s The Lion’s Game where a Libyan terrorist also killed members of a team that bombed Muammar Gaddafis’ palace.
Readers learn that Garin was a sickly child, born with a heart defect that he eventually overcame to become a Special Forces living legend for his heroic missions. He can best be described as a 1950s western cowboy who believes in right over wrong, and will stop at nothing to win on behalf of justice. His determination and skills are put to the test when he finds that two of America’s adversaries, Russia and Iran, are part of a horrific plot. Realizing he must destroy these conspirators before they murder him and millions of Americans, Garin leaves a path of bodies in his wake, landing him on the FBI’s radar and pursued by multiple countries, local law enforcement, and one of the world’s most elite snipers, Congo Knox.
Kirsanow noted, “I wanted this book to be a warning of sorts, for Americans to understand we never left the Cold War. Putin thinks it was a catastrophe that the Soviet Union collapsed and he now wants a greater Russia with most of the Soviet satellites. The Russian President in the book and Putin’s outlooks are identical. This is why I put in the quote, ‘Not everything wrong in the world is America’s fault. There are some real bad guys out there and we can’t pretend they don’t exist.’” Although this plot is foiled the wide-open ending will be the beginning of the next book where Garin must match wits with his Russian counterpart, Taras Bor.
For a debut thriller, Kirsanow delivers a very suspenseful story with hard-hitting action and larger-than-life characters. The ending and twist will leave readers wishing the next book would come out sooner than later.
QUOTED: "those who love military-oriented action thrillers, or for anyone wanting an entertaining beach read this summer."
Michael Garin is the best of the best, a US special forces soldier so good at his job, and so mom and apple pie, that he would give Captain America an inferiority complex. Garin’s anti-WMD strike force is deployed in a successful mission to prevent a terrorist cell from acquiring a nuclear device. Within 48 hours of their return stateside, all but Garin have been killed by a deadly foreign operative. Finding himself the prime suspect in the deaths of his teammates, Garin goes rogue to uncover the motive behind their deaths and to stop a devastating attack against the United States.
Okay, first off: this book is fun. This is the literary version of The White House has Fallen, Broken Arrow, Rambo, or anything starring John Cena. There are explosions, car chases, shoot ’em ups, and thoroughly implausible hand-to-hand vs. gun fights. The main characters are pretty one-sided and fulfill their genre-defined role, but with this type of story they don’t need to be anything more. This is a popcorn-grade summer action flick bound into paper format, and I enjoyed reading this book.
On the other hand, as is common with this particular genre, there was a lot of ‘Murica flavored chest thumping, and red white and blue dick waving. highly enjoyable action scenes are interspersed with eye-roll worthy proclamations about what it means to be an American (guns, church, and apple pie), and the nature of the true enemy (pansy-ass liberals, duh). As I myself thoroughly own the title of bleeding heart liberal out to destroy all that makes America great, these darling little snippets did take away a bit from my enjoyment of the book (yes, I know, “cry me a river, snowflake”blah blah blah).
So, in sum, I do recommend this book to those who love military-oriented action thrillers, or for anyone wanting an entertaining beach read this summer. It was a genuinely good book, after all. But if you’re the type to take red state MAGA asides with more than just an eye roll (and in the current political climate, I heartily sympathize), this may not be the book for you, at least not right now (maybe 2018? Hopefully?). So read the book, it’s fun, but with just enough family-member-you-avoid-talking-to-at-get-togethers to keep me from being able to whole-heartedly recommend it.
An advance copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
QUOTED: "This is a fantastic thriller. Written like a veteran writer, Kirsanow does a damn good job threading the perfectly executed action along with the character development."
Zack Barnes
Agent Michael Garin arrives back to the states from a mission to find that he is being hunted. After his team is killed by what seems like the US government, Garin goes on the most important mission of his life in Peter Kirsanow’s heart stopping debut novel.
Michael Garin is a part of a top-secret counter-WMD team, Omega, that is sent out around the world to discover and dismantle WMDs. After a successful mission, he arrives back home to assassins trying to kill him. If the killers have gotten to him, his team must be in danger. Garin finds his team has been murdered, and he is the only one left alive. What’s worse, he knows the person, and the government, who is trying to kill him.
The hunt is on to find out why Garin is being targeted. Garin reaches out to the only person he can trust who is still alive. Dan Dwyer, a head of a private security firm, was Garin’s instructor and mentor during Navy Seals BUDs training. With Dwyer’s infinite resources, Garin is able to track down leads and leaves too many bodies to count along the way.
Back in Washington, aid to the National Security Advisor Olivia Perry is looking into Garin’s life. Perry also teams up with Dwyer to help figure why Garin’s being targeted. Together, all three piece together a conspiracy that leads to an impending terrorist attack on our nation. Will the team be able to keep Garin alive as well as stop a terrorist attack?
This is a fantastic thriller. Written like a veteran writer, Kirsanow does a damn good job threading the perfectly executed action along with the character development. The character development had me hooked on the characters. I hope to see Dwyer and Perry in the upcoming novel, and I can’t wait read the next book.
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QUOTED: "Michael Garin is an intriguing new hero, similar in ways to both Jason Bourne and Ben Coes’ Dewey Andreas, while also bringing several unique elements that make him stand out from the genre’s other protagonists. Plenty of action, a fearless hero, and a gripping plot that feels at times a tad too real for comfort—Second Strike is a fun, unrelenting action adventure that delivers all the goods."
After introducing readers to black ops super soldier Michael Garin in his debut novel Target Omega (2016), Peter Kirsanow brings back his top operator for Second Strike, another fast-paced thriller ripped from the headlines.
After he and his teammates, all part of Omega–an elite, top-secret task force embedded deep in the special forces architecture and designed to prevent weapons of mass destruction–were targeted by enemy combatants, Michael Garin single-handedly thwarted a Russian plot to detonate an EMP device above America. Still, the mission came at a great cost to Garin, who lost his entire team when a skillful assassin picked them off one by one.
Now, several weeks after the events of Target Omega, Garin learns that the attack he stopped was just the beginning.
With the Omega team non-existent now that all the operators are dead, Garin takes time off and uses an alias to compete in a grueling physical fitness challenge known as the Crucible. Traveling with his trainer, Luci Saldana, Garin runs into two gunmen at their hotel. After taking out the would-be killers, Garin and Luci go on the run.
Unbeknownst to Garin at the time, an ordinary traffic stop in Georgia led to a mass shooting when the unknown driver killed three police officers and several citizens–each of them shot once between the eyes. Garin’s mentor, Clint Laws, has drilled into him that, in their business, there are no coincidences. Putting two and two together, Garin realizes something bigger is going on than meets the eye and enlists the help of his friend Dan Dwyer, who runs a huge military and security firm.
It turns out that the Russians had a backup plan involving sleeper cells ready just in case their initial efforts to detonate the EMP–which they had staged to look like the attack came from Iran–failed for any reason. Unfortunately for Garin, the same people who ignored his warning of the initial threat once again discredit his concern. Many in the American government think a second attack would be too daring and, frankly, too stupid. Even for the Russians.
Using Dan’s resources to stay off the grid while he goes after those planning the attack, Garin’s job is made infinitely more complicated and dangerous when it’s revealed that Russian assassin Taras Bor–the man responsible for killing Mike’s Omega teammates–is back in the States.
Peter Kirsanow definitely knows his way around an action scene, of which there are plenty in Second Strike. The story continues nicely on the foundation built in Target Omega, while at the same time remaining inviting to newcomers, who will feel up to speed quickly thanks to a recap of events written into the flow of the plot early on. The attack scenario and political elements mirror current news headlines, making this a timely thriller relevant to today’s news cycle. And the spy vs. spy element of Garin facing off with Bor–a very strong antagonist–makes for a fun, high-stakes game of cat and mouse.
If there’s a complaint to be made, it’s that once again Garin is painted as a tad too perfect. Kirsanow goes a bit overboard at times explaining how awesome and skilled his character is, which really isn’t needed since readers can conclude what a great operator Garin is on their own. Moreover, by making Garin nearly indestructible and head and shoulders above the rest, it leaves little room for him to be challenged, subsequently reducing the amount of conflict and suspense that could otherwise be added in.
Overall, Second Strike is another very solid thriller from Peter Kirsanow, one of our picks for best debut author in 2016. Michael Garin is an intriguing new hero, similar in ways to both Jason Bourne and Ben Coes’ Dewey Andreas, while also bringing several unique elements that make him stand out from the genre’s other protagonists.
Plenty of action, a fearless hero, and a gripping plot that feels at times a tad too real for comfort–Second Strike is a fun, unrelenting action adventure that delivers all the goods.