Election Lawyers Among National Law Journal’s 100 Most Influential Lawyers
Bob Bauer, Jim Bopp, Ben Ginsberg and I are included in National Law Journal’s list of the 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America. I’m honored to be included.
Category Archives: election law biz
“Money for Military, Not Poli Sci”
Inside Higher Ed: “he Senate voted Wednesday to bar the use of National Science Foundation funds for political science research not deemed essential to national security or economic interest. Lawmakers also voted to protect military tuition assistance programs from… Continue reading
Conference: Under the Influence? Interest Groups, Lobbying, and Campaign Finance
The Baldy Center at SUNY Buffalo is sponsoring a conference this Friday and Saturday, March 8 and 9, 2013 on the interaction between lobbying and campaign finance. Michael Halberstam of SUNY Buffalo Law School is the lead organizer of… Continue reading
Persily from Columbia to Stanford Law
Big, big news in the election law world. Nate Persily, one of the country’s leading election law experts, is coming West (hooray!) to Stanford Law. Great news for Nate, and even better news for Stanford! Selfishly, having Nate closer… Continue reading
“Legal Journalist Andrew Cohen Joins Brennan Center as New Fellow”
Press release: “The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law is pleased to welcome as a new Fellow Andrew Cohen, a Murrow Award-winning journalist and one of the nation’s leading legal analysts. Today, Cohen wrote a column for… Continue reading
“Ballot Barristers: Inside The Select World Of New York City Election Attorneys”
Mimi Marziani Named Executive Director of Why Tuesday?
Press release.
Congratulations!
“Politico’s Dave Levinthal joins Center for Public Integrity”
Great news for CPI, which has been doing great work on campaign disclosure issues.
Ryan Reilly to HuffPo
TPM’s Ryan Reilly, one of the very best people on the voting wars beat, is moving to the Huffington Post. What a coup for HuffPo!
Ryan’s work is indispensable in this area.
“‘Black America’s Law Firm’ Looks To Big Cases With New Leadership”
NPR’s Carrie Johnson: “The NAACP Legal Defense Fund has been called the law firm for black America. Once run by Thurgood Marshall, the group played a major role in desegregating public schools and fighting restrictions at the ballot box.… Continue reading
“WSU Names Jocelyn Benson Interim Dean of Law School”
Congratulations Jocelyn!
“Rural Law Firm Shields $262 Million in Secret Donations”
Bloomberg: “About 50 miles west of Washington, in a newly developed zone between the roadside farm stands and the shops that line the Victorian Main Street of tiny Warrenton, Virginia, sits a brick office building that’s emerged… Continue reading