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{{PhotoMissing}}'''J. Steven Svoboda''' , Esq., is an American attorney , founder and founder Executive Director of the organization "[[Attorneys for the Rights of the Child]]".

==Education==Svoboda graduated cum laude from [https://hls.harvard.edu/ Harvard Law School ] in 1991. Previously, he received a bachelor's degree in Physics and English studies from the {{UNI|University of California at , Los Angeles |UCLA}} (UCLA), receiving awards as an Outstanding Student in each of his two majors as well as being one of five Outstanding Seniors chosen from his undergraduate class. He then received a master's degree in Physics from the {{UNI|University of California at , Berkeley|UCBE}}.<ref name="ARC Bio">{{REFweb

==Work==Svoboda has been working as a full-time patent lawyer since May 2004. His first two patents became two of the core patents behind GPS navigation and Yelp. He has helped Fetch Robotics, Inc. receive eight patents to date with two more expected before the end of 2018. Svoboda founded [[Attorneys for the Rights of the Child]] in 1997.<ref name="ARC Bio"/>

In July 2018, an international team of which Svoboda has been working was a member — the International NGO Council on Genital Autonomy, submitted to the United Nations a report on [[circumcision]] as a [[human rights]] violation, capping nearly two full-time patent lawyer since May 2004. His first two patents became two years of the core patents behind GPS navigation and Yelpwork. He has helped Fetch Roboticspublished over 200 reviews of books relating to men, boys, Incand gender. receive For eight patents to date years, he wrote a column for ''Everyman'' magazine titled, "Gender, Law, and Society," which he renamed after his first child's birth, "Gender, Law, and Fatherhood." He is co-author, with two more expected before Warren Farrell and James Sterba, of the end of 2018gender studies textbook ''Does Feminism Discriminate Against Men?'' ({{UNI|Oxford University|Oxon}} Press, 2007). Svoboda founded [[Attorneys for the Rights of He has also been a contributor to the Child]] in 1997website Men's News Daily.<ref name="ARC Bio" />

In July 2018, an international team of which Svoboda was a member—the International NGO Council on Genital Autonomy, submitted to invited by the United Nations to participate in a report on circumcision as a 2001 [[human rights violation, capping nearly two full years of work. He has published over 200 reviews ]] meeting in Geneva where his presentation was the basis of books relating to men, boys, and gender. For eight years, he wrote a column for ''Everyman'' magazine titled, "Gender, Law, and Society," which he renamed after his first child's birth, "Gender, Law, and Fatherhood." He is co-author, with Warren Farrell and James Sterba, committee of the gender studies textbook ''Does Feminism Discriminate Against Men?'' (Oxford University Press, 2007). He has also been experts writing a contributor UN document entirely devoted to the website Men's News Dailysubject of male circumcision.<ref name="ARC Bio" />

Svoboda was invited by the United Nations to participate in a 2001 human rights meeting in Geneva where his presentation was the basis of a committee of experts writing a UN document entirely devoted to the subject of male circumcision.<ref name="ARC Bio" /> He was interviewed on Penn and Teller's television program on Showtime (TV network), where he explained his view of some of the legal aspects concerning male [[circumcision ]] in the [[United States]].<ref>{{REFweb

ARC's work has been recognized by [https://hls.harvard.edu/ Harvard Law School], the ''New York Times'', the ''Wall Street Journal'', ''Men's Health'' magazine, and numerous other well-known organizations and publications.<ref name="ARC Bio" />

He is a former performance artist and a tournament chess player rated as an expert (the ranking below master) by the United States Chess Federation.<ref name=NCMSvoboda /> He is the senior board member of and Public Relations Director for the National Coalition for Men, which claims to be the world's oldest and largest non-profit devoted to publicizing the alleged harm done to men and boys by gender discrimination.<ref name=NCMSvoboda />

Svoboda remarried in 2018 He served from 1996 to 2022 as the senior board member of and (from 2000 to 2022) as Public Relations Director for the former [https://ginamariamelemsncfm.wordpress.comorg/| Gina Maria MeleNational Coalition for Men], a business consultant with a Masterwhich claims to be the world's degree in neurobiology. He has two children, a boy oldest and largest non-profit devoted to publicizing the alleged harm done to men and a girlboys by gender discrimination.<ref name="NCMSvoboda"/>

==Videos==* J. Steven Svobodahas two children, a boy and a girl. [https:<ref name="NCMSvoboda"//www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCZP714pMUE| Circumcision Lawsuits]. 2010-06-28. >

* J. Steven == Award for intactivism ==Svoboda. was chosen "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o2vIGlAIFU| The Right to Bodily Integrity[Intactivist of the Month]]" by [[Intact America]]. 2013-07-17.

== Videos ==<br>* J. Steven Svoboda. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCZP714pMUE Circumcision Lawsuits]. 2010-06-28. * J. Steven Svoboda. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o2vIGlAIFU The Right to Bodily Integrity]. 2013-07-17.* J. Steven Svoboda. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GT03orcHWM Circumcision - Your Legal Rights]. 2014-08-28.* J. Steven Svoboda. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX9FEiPwyIM| Biases in the Making of the AAP's Circumcision Policy Revealed]. 2017-09-27.* J. Steven Svoboda. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLCWD0imic0 Talking with Steven Svoboda]. 2018-09-10.===J. Steven Svoboda @ Intact 2022 Symposium, Atlanta, Georgia - August 27, 2022===<youtube>v=aNnNQd-06Dc&list=PLUiUHQRcs8VvDezDnDqpLVju_spLqqNlm&index=19</youtube>===In-Depth Discussion On Circumcision | J. Steven Svoboda===<youtube>-tQR8paDDr8</youtube>

{{STANDARDWORK}}* J. Steven Svoboda. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLCWD0imic0| Talking with Steven Svoboda]. 2018-09-10.{{BoyleGJ GoldmanR SvobodaJS FernandezE 2002}}* {{BoyleGJ SvobodaJS PriceCP TurnerJN 2000}}

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