Ms. North joined the ABC Board of Directors in 2026. She is a recently retired partner of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP. As a partner, her broad litigation practice encompassed antitrust, general commercial, mergers and acquisitions, securities and shareholder derivative actions, as well as matters involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, among other areas.

While at Cravath, Ms. North was pro-bono co-counsel in our case Elisa W. v. The City Of New York.

Over the course of her career, Ms. North advised clients on antitrust regulatory clearance issues in connection with numerous mergers and acquisitions. She also represented various financial institutions in connection with litigation over high‑profile leveraged finance transactions. Ms. North’s experience also included advising outside directors of financial institutions in connection with the 2008 credit crisis.

Ms. North was born in Canberra, Australia. She received a B.A. cum laude from Hamilton College in 1984 and a J.D. magna cum laude from Syracuse University College of Law in 1989, where she was Notes and Comments Editor of the Law Review and a member of the National Appellate Team.