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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 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">{{cite web|title=J. Steven Svoboda bioREFweb |url=http://www.arclaw.org/about-us/people/j-steven-svoboda-esq |title=J. Steven Svoboda bio |last= |first= |publisher= |website=Attorneys for the Rights of the Child (ARC)arclaw |date=2019 |accessdate=March 12, 20162019-09-30 |format= |quote=}}</ref>

==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 He was invited by the United Nations to participate in a 2001 human rights meeting in Geneva interviewed on Penn and Teller's television program on Showtime (TV network), where he explained his presentation was the basis view of a committee some of experts writing a UN document entirely devoted to the subject of legal aspects concerning male [[circumcision]] in the [[United States]].<ref name>{{REFweb |url="http://www.arclaw.org/our-work/videos/steven-svoboda-penn-tellers-bullshit |title=Penn & Teller video |last= |first= |publisher= |website=Attorneys for the Rights of the Child (ARC Bio" ) |date=2016-03-12 |accessdate=2019-09-30 |format= |quote=}}</ref>

He After the death in June 2011 of his friend, the activist [[Van Lewis]], Svoboda was interviewed on Penn and Tellerinvited to deliver a memorial speech in Lewis' honor at a memorial service in Tallahassee. Many activists contributed to Svoboda's television program on Showtime (TV network), where he explained his view of some of the legal aspects concerning male circumcision in the United Statesmemorial talk.<ref>{{cite web|title=Penn & Teller videoREFweb |url=http://www.arclaw.org/our-workresources/videosarticles/van-lewis-eulogy-steven-svoboda |title=Van Lewis Eulogy |last=Svoboda |first=J. Steven |author-penn-tellers-bullshitlink=J. Steven Svoboda |publisher= |website=Attorneys for the Rights of the Child (ARC) |date=2011 |accessdate=March 12, 20162019-09-30 |format= |quote=}}</ref>

After ARC's work has been recognized by Harvard Law School, the death in June 2011 of his friend''New York Times'', the activist [[Van Lewis]]''Wall Street Journal'', Svoboda was invited to deliver a memorial speech in Lewis' honor at a memorial service in Tallahassee. Many activists contributed to Svoboda'Men's memorial talkHealth'' magazine, and numerous other well-known organizations and publications.<ref>{{cite web|titlename=Van Lewis Eulogy by Steven Svoboda|url=http://www.arclaw.org/resources/articles/van-lewis-eulogy-steven-svoboda|website=Attorneys for the Rights of the Child ("ARC)|accessdate=March 12, 2016}}<Bio"/ref>

ARC's work has been recognized by Harvard Law School, Svoboda is also the ''New York Times'', founder of the ''Wall Street Journal''Bus Stop Co-op, ''Men's Health'' magazinea vegetarian organic food cooperative in Berkeley, and numerous other well-known organizations and publicationsCalifornia.<ref name="ARC Bio" NCMSvoboda>{{REFweb |url=http://ncfm.org/advisor-board/j-steven-svoboda-esq/ |title=J. Steven Svoboda, Esq. |last= |first= |publisher= |website=National Coalition for Men |date=2016-03-12 |accessdate=2019-09-30 |format= |quote=}}</ref>

Svoboda He is also a former performance artist and a tournament chess player rated as an expert (the founder of ranking below master) by the Bus Stop Co-op, a vegetarian organic food cooperative in Berkeley, CaliforniaUnited States Chess Federation.<ref name=NCMSvoboda>{{cite web|title=J. Steven Svoboda, Esq.|url=http://ncfm.org/advisor-board/j-steven-svoboda-esq/|website=National Coalition for Men|accessdate=March 12, 2016}}</ref>

He is a former performance artist served from 1996 to 2022 as the senior board member of and a tournament chess player rated (from 2000 to 2022) as an expert (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 ranking below master) alleged harm done to men and boys by the United States Chess Federationgender discrimination.<ref name=NCMSvoboda />

He is the senior board member of and Public Relations Director for the National Coalition for MenSvoboda has two children, which claims to be the world's oldest and largest non-profit devoted to publicizing the alleged harm done to men a boy and boys by gender discriminationa girl.<ref name="NCMSvoboda "/>

== Award for intactivism ==Svoboda was chosen "[[Intactivist of the Month]]" by [[Intact America]]. == Videos ==* 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 remarried Svoboda. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX9FEiPwyIM Biases in 2018 to the former Gina Maria Mele, a business consultant with a MasterMaking of the AAP's degree Circumcision Policy Revealed]. 2017-09-27.* J. Steven Svoboda. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLCWD0imic0 Talking with Steven Svoboda]. 2018-09-10.  <youtube>-tQR8paDDr8</youtube> {{STANDARDWORK}}* {{BoyleGJ GoldmanR SvobodaJS FernandezE 2002}} {{PUB}}* {{REFjournal |last=Boyle |first=Gregory J. |init=GJ |author-link=Gregory Boyle |last2=Svoboda |first2=J. Steven |init2=JS |author2-link=J. Steven Svoboda |last3=Price |first3=Christopher P. |init3=CP |author3-link= |last4=Turner |first4=Neville |init4=N |author4-link=J. Neville Turner |etal=no |title=Circumcision of Healthy Boys: Criminal Assault? |journal=J Law Med |date=2000-02 |volume=7 |issue= |pages=301 |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/legal/boyle1/ |quote= |pubmedID= |pubmedCID= |DOI= |accessdate=2019-10-18}}* {{REFjournal |last=Svoboda |first=J. Steven |init=JS |author-link=J. Steven Svoboda |last2=Van Howe |first2=Robert S. |init2=RS |author2-link=Robert Van Howe |last3=Dwyer |first3=James G. |init3=JG |author3-link=James G. Dwyer |title=Informed consent for neonatal circumcision: an ethical and legal conumdrum |journal=The Journal of Contemporary Law and Policy |date=2000-09 |volume=17 |issue= |pages=61 |url=https://scholarship.law.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1255&context=jchlp |quote= |accessdate=2019-09-30}}*{{REFjournal |last=Hodges |init=FM |author-link=Frederick M. Hodges |last2=Svoboda |init2=JS |author2-link=J. Steven Svoboda |last3=Van Howe |init3=RS |author3-link=Robert Van Howe |title=Prophylactic interventions on children: balancing human rights with public health. |journal=J Med Ethics |date=2002-02-01 |volume=28 |issue=1 |pages=10-6 |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1733522/pdf/v028p00010.pdf |quote= |pubmedID=11834752 |pubmedCID=1733522 |DOI=10.1136/jme.28.1.10 |accessdate=2019-09-30}}* {{REFjournal |last=Svoboda |first=J. Steven |init=JS |author-link=J. Steven Svoboda |last2=Van Howe |first2=Robert S. |init2=RS |author2-link=Robert Van Howe |etal=no |title=Out of step: fatal flaws in neurobiologythe latest AAP policy report on neonatal circumcision |journal=J Med Eth |date=2013-03-18 |volume=39 |issue= |pages=415 |url=https://jme.bmj.com/content/39/7/434. He has two childrenfull |quote= |pubmedID= |pubmedCID= |DOI=http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2013-101346 |accessdate=2019-10-19}}* {{REFjournal |last=Svoboda |first=J. Steven |init=JS |author-link=J. Steven Svoboda |last2=Adler |first2=Peter W. |init2=PW |author2-link=Peter W. Adler |last3=Van Howe |first3=Robert S. |init3=RS |author3-link=Robert S. Van Howe |title=Circumcision is Unethical and Unlawful |journal=The Journal of Law, a boy and a girlMedicine & Ethics |url=https://commons.wikimannia.org/images/Tim_Hammond_-_Circ_Unethical_Unlawful_JLME_2016.pdf |format=PDF |volume=44 |pages=263-282 |DOI=10.1177/1073110516654120 |date=2016 |accessdate=2021-06-19 }}* {{REFjournal |last=Svoboda |first= |init=JS |author-link=J. Steven Svoboda |etal=no |title=Nontherapeutic Circumcision of Minors as an Ethically Problematic Form of Iatrogenic Injury |trans-title= |language= |journal=AMA J Ethics |location= |date=2017-08-01 |volume=19 |issue=8 |article= |page= |pages=815-24 |url=https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/sites/journalofethics.ama-assn.org/files/2018-04/msoc2-1708.<ref namepdf |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=28846521 |pubmedCID= |DOI=NCMSvoboda 10.1001/>journalofethics.2017.19.8.msoc2-1708 |format=PDF |accessdate=2023-04-09}}{{SEEALSO}}* [[The Right To Bodily Integrity - J. Steven Svoboda]]

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