This conference will take place November 14th in Gewirz Hall, 120 F Street (corner of 2nd and F Street N.W.), Washington D.C. from 1:00 to 5:30pm
This conference is sponsored by Johnny Barnes, Executive Director of the Washington, D.C. chapter of the ACLU, Robert Bauer, Chair of the Political Law Group at Perkins Coie LLP, and Roy Schotland, Professor, Georgetown Law Center.
Panelists will include:
Panel 1.
What has changed? Revisiting the DOJ/FEC Relationship
* Craig Donsanto, Director, Election Crimes Branch, DOJ
* Noel Hillman, Chief, Public Integrity Section of DOJ
* Larry Norton, General Counsel, Federal Election Commission
* Roy Schotland, Professor, Georgetown Law Center
* Ellen Weintraub, Chair, Federal Election Commission
Panel 2.
Taking a Backseat? Impact Of Enhanced Criminal Penalties on Civil Enforcement
* Jan Baran, Partner, Wiley Rein & Fielding
* Robert Bauer, Partner, Perkins Coie
* Craig Donsanto, Director, Election Crimes Branch DOJ
* Larry Norton, General Counsel, Federal Election Commission
* Michael Toner, Commissioner, Federal Election Commission
Panel 3.
Prosecuting Politicians or Political Prosecutions? The Criminal Bar’s Perspective
* Monika Bickert, Trial Attorney, Public Integrity Section, DOJ
* Stan Brand, Partner, Brand & Frulla
* Marc Elias, Partner, Perkins Coie
* Michael Horowitz, Partner, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, member of the U.S. Sentencing Commission, formerly Chief of Staff, Criminal Division, DOJ
* Eric Yaffe, Partner, Schmeltzer, Aptaker & Shepard, formerly Deputy Chief of Campaign Financing Task Force, DOJ
Panel 4.
Don’t Worry Be Happy? A Civil Liberties View
* Spencer Overton, Professor, National Law Center, George Washington University
* Karl Sandstrom, Of Counsel, Perkins Coie, former FEC Commissioner
* Fredrick A.O. Schwarz, Brennan Center, NYU School of Law
To RSVP
Please e-mail to Marcia Scott or phone: 202.654.1752
(Anyone attending that conference might also try to attend the Symposium on North American Election Law taking place the next day in D.C.)