Admitted
1979, New York; 1989, District of Columbia; 2002, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Cleveland State University, J.D., 1978; Yale University, LL.M., 1990
Law School Graduation Year
1990
College
George Washington University, B.A., 1975
Memberships
American Bar Association (Individual Rights and Responsibilities Section; Co-Chair, First Amendment Committee, 1999—; Torts and Insurance Practice Section; Chair: ALI/NCCUSL Committee, 2002—; Appellate Advocacy Committee, 2001-2002; Member, Board of Editors, Tort and Insurance Law Journal, 2002—).
Biographical
Editor, Yale University Law Review. Adjunct Professor: Washington College of Law, American University, 1991—; George Washington University School of Law, 2001—. Editor, To Govern a Changing Society: Constitutionalism and the Challenge of New Technology, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1990. Author and Co-Author: Libraries, Cyberspace and the First Amendment; a practical guide to the legal issues, ALA Editions, 2000; The Bill of Rights and the Politics of Interpretation, West Publishing Co., 1992; We the People; The Constitution in American Life, companion volume to the PBS television series, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1987; In Defense of Fundamental Principles: The Unconstitutionality of Tort Reform, 31 Seton Hall L. Rev. 672, 2001; with Richard Marshall and Kenneth D. Kranz, Tort Reform 1999: A Building Without a Foundation, 27 Florida St. L. Rev. 397, 2000; Recent Developments in Appellate Advocacy, 37 Tort & Ins. L.J. 281, 2000; Free Speech and Political Reform, 21 Oklahoma City U.L. Rev. 53, 1996; The Threat to the American Idea of Religious Liberty, 46 Mercer L. Rev. 1123, 1995. Co-Editor, with Ralph Pollock, The Blessings of Liberty: Bicentennial Lectures at the National Archives, ABA Press, 1986. Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Constitution Magazine, 1988-1995. President, Freedom to Read Foundation, 1988-1990. Member, Lawyers Committee, National Center for State Courts, 2002—. Member, Board of Overseers, RAND Institute for Civil Justice, 2001—.