Don Daugherty is Senior Counsel, Litigation, at the Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies. He previously served as a Senior Counsel at the Institute for Free Speech and the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty. Before that, he was a partner at three of Wisconsin’s largest firms, with nearly 30 years of trial and appellate litigation experience. He has been consistently recognized as among the “Best Lawyers in America,” as well as Wisconsin’s “Super Lawyers.” He received his B.A. from the University of Virginia and his J.D. from Northwestern University Law School. After law school, he served as a clerk to the Honorable Roger J. Miner of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Don is on the Board of Advisors for the Milwaukee Lawyers’ Chapter of the Federalist Society, and on the Executive Committee of the Federalist Society’s Litigation Practice Group.
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Structure Over Spectacle: The Supreme Court's 2024 Term
Federalist Society Review, Volume 26
After several years of headline-grabbing decisions that reshaped national political debate—from abortion and affirmative action...
The Supreme Court's 2023 Term: Return to Original Meaning or a Dangerous "Paradigm Shift"?
Federalist Society Review, Volume 26
Each Supreme Court term over the past several years seems to produce more momentous decisions...
Litigation Update: Recent Challenges to the New Title IX Regulations
This past April, the Department of Education published a 423-page final rule amending its implementing...
Litigation Update: Recent Challenges to the New Title IX Regulations
This past April, the Department of Education published a 423-page final rule amending its implementing...
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