Admitted
1982, New York and District of Columbia
Law School
University of Chicago, J.D., cum laude, 1980
Law School Graduation Year
1980
College
Cornell University, A.B., cum laude, 1977
Biographical
Articles Editor, University of Chicago Law Review. Author: Securities Litigation Reform — Early Signs of Success, Securities Litigation and Deregulation Reports (2ed); The Surprising Case Against Punitive Damages in Libel Suits Against Public Figures, 19 Yale L. & Pol. Rev. 165 (2000); Scheiner's Next Wave: Distinguishing Taxes From Fees Under the Commerce Clause, 17 State Tax Notes 1681 (1999);From Japan Line to Barclays: The Rise and Fall of the Foreign Commerce Clause, 7 State Tax Notes 379 (1994); Section 1983: The Civil Rights Alternative to Constitutional Challenges, 6 State Tax Notes 751 (1994). Law Clerk to: Justice Harry A. Blackmun, U.S. Supreme Court, 1981-1982; Judge Spottswood Robinson, III, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1980-1981. Assistant to the Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice, 1984-1988. Deputy Minority Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on the U.S. Role in Iranian Arms Transfers to Croatia and Bosnia. Consultant, HUD Independent Counsel inquiry, 1991-1996. Special Associate Independent Counsel, Iran-Contra inquiry, 1990-1992. Counsel, Democratic National Committee, 1988, 1992. Faculty, National Association of Attorneys General Supreme Court Advocacy Seminar, 1992. Consultant to Federal Courts Study Committee, 1989-1990. Board of Advisors, Georgetown University Law Center's Supreme Court Institute, 1999—. Advisory Board, State and Local Legal Center, 1991—. Regular lecturer on Supreme Court issues to state and local officials. (Washington, D.C. Office)