Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
Doug Bandow is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, specializing in foreign policy and civil liberties. He worked as special assistant to President Reagan and editor of the political magazine Inquiry. He writes regularly for leading publications such as Fortune magazine, National Interest, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Times. Bandow speaks frequently at academic conferences, on college campuses, and to business groups. Bandow has been a regular commentator on ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox News Channel, and MSNBC. He holds a J.D. from Stanford University.
Associate Professor of Lawyering Process, Florida Coastal School of Law
James J. Woodruff II, Esq. is currently an Associate Professor of Lawyering Process at Florida Coastal School of Law. He has also been appointed to serve on the Florida Bar's Small Claims Rules Committee (2010-2013).
Professor Woodruff is a graduate of Texas A&M University and South Texas College of Law. While at South Texas College of Law he served as Editor-in-Chief of Currents: the International Trade Law Journal. He also won the Chester James Taylor Memorial Award for Writing Excellence. Professor Woodruff is a member of Phi Delta Phi (Legal Honors Fraternity).
He has accumulated years of experience in litigation (insurance, consumer, personal injury and commercial) and business law. Professor Woodruff has handled cases at both the trial and appellate levels during his career. His current legal practice focuses on Political law.
Professor Woodruff has published articles in various legal journals including the Tulane Maritime Law Journal and theCorporate Counsel Review. His articles have examined constitutional law, maritime law and international litigation. He is a member of the Florida Bar, the State Bar of Texas, the Jacksonville Bar Association,the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals of the United States.
Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
Doug Bandow is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, specializing in foreign policy and civil liberties. He worked as special assistant to President Reagan and editor of the political magazine Inquiry. He writes regularly for leading publications such as Fortune magazine, National Interest, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Times. Bandow speaks frequently at academic conferences, on college campuses, and to business groups. Bandow has been a regular commentator on ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox News Channel, and MSNBC. He holds a J.D. from Stanford University.
Associate Professor of Lawyering Process, Florida Coastal School of Law
James J. Woodruff II, Esq. is currently an Associate Professor of Lawyering Process at Florida Coastal School of Law. He has also been appointed to serve on the Florida Bar's Small Claims Rules Committee (2010-2013).
Professor Woodruff is a graduate of Texas A&M University and South Texas College of Law. While at South Texas College of Law he served as Editor-in-Chief of Currents: the International Trade Law Journal. He also won the Chester James Taylor Memorial Award for Writing Excellence. Professor Woodruff is a member of Phi Delta Phi (Legal Honors Fraternity).
He has accumulated years of experience in litigation (insurance, consumer, personal injury and commercial) and business law. Professor Woodruff has handled cases at both the trial and appellate levels during his career. His current legal practice focuses on Political law.
Professor Woodruff has published articles in various legal journals including the Tulane Maritime Law Journal and theCorporate Counsel Review. His articles have examined constitutional law, maritime law and international litigation. He is a member of the Florida Bar, the State Bar of Texas, the Jacksonville Bar Association,the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals of the United States.
Stevenson Bernard Professor, George Washington University Law School
The Honorable F. Scott Kieff is the Stevenson Bernard Professor at George Washington University Law School and a Visiting Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution.
He served as Commissioner of the U.S. International Trade Commission from 2013-2017. He also served during the Bush, Obama, and Trump Administrations in the part-time leadership of the national security defense-intelligence community.
He was previously a professor of law and medicine at Washington University in Saint Louis and a Senior Fellow at Hoover. A former law clerk to U.S. Circuit Judge Giles S. Rich, he is a graduate of Penn Law School and MIT, where he studied molecular biology and microeconomics. He was elected to the European Academy of Sciences and Arts in 2012 and the Academia Europaea in 2024.
His private sector work through Kieff Strategies LLC (www.kieffstrategies.com) provides neutral services including mediation and compliance, and expert services including crisis management, advising, and testimony.
Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Elizabeth Papez is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP and a member of the firm’s litigation group. Her practice focuses on high-stakes class actions, complex commercial litigation, and related government investigations and appeals.
As a seasoned litigator and former U.S. Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Ms. Papez has substantial experience representing clients in the financial services, pharmaceutical, consumer, and product sectors. She regularly handles federal class actions, multidistrict litigation (MDLs) and other complex commercial disputes under federal and state antitrust statutes, banking and securities laws, and false claims acts, as well as parallel regulatory investigations with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Ms. Papez has been repeatedly recognized as one of Benchmark USA’s Top 250 Women in Litigation nationwide, which named her a “client favorite” who is “extremely smart and practical and very charismatic,” and is praised by peers as a “fierce, dynamic, bright, powerhouse of a litigator.” Ms. Papez is also recognized in The Legal 500 for her antitrust and appellate work, and by The Best Lawyers in America 2019 for her appellate practice.
Senior Policy Counsel, U.S. Nuclear Infrastructure Council
The Cambs Law Firm LLP and Senior Litigation Counsel, Parker Waichman Alonso LLP
Peter J. Cambs, Sr., now practices with the national law firm of Parker Waichman Alonso, LLP, where he continues to accept referrals of serious Plaintiff's cases and class action lawsuits at the local and national level.
Peter received his Juris Doctor degree in Law from Pace University School of Law. His legal career began in 1983 as an Assistant District Attorney in New York City. Since 1986, Peter has practiced exclusively in the areas of personal injury litigation, including claims arising from motor vehicle accidents, product liability, medical and professional malpractice, construction accidents and other negligence claims.
Peter's undergraduate studies in such areas as transportation engineering, industrial technology, production planning, engineering design, material failure analysis, engine design, power transmission systems and metallurgy have proved valuable in Peter's handling of product liability and motor vehicle accident claims. Peter's years spent litigating medical malpractice lawsuits have familiarized him with those medical issues which are so often present in personal injury litigation.
In the course of his 28 year legal career, Peter has handled hundreds of personal injury claims on behalf of insurance companies and their insured clients. This experience has allowed Peter to gain a wealth of knowledge about insurance company claims and lawsuit settlement practices.
Partner, CARTER LEDYARD & MILBURN LLP
Christine Fazio is a partner at the law firm of Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP. She is also the Co-Director of its Environmental Practice Group.
Partner, Lipman Biltekoff & Joy LLP
Michael Joy is a partner at the law firm of Lipman Biltekoff & Joy LLP as well as an Adjunct Professor at SUNY at Buffalo Law School.
Associate, Trauger & Tuke
Justin Adams joined Trauger & Tuke in 2002. He practices civil litigation and appeals, with an emphasis on business litigation, and advises individuals and businesses on business-related legal issues. He is a member of the Tennessee and Nashville Bar Associations and the Federalist Society. He is admitted to practice in Tennessee and before the United States District Courts for the Middle and Eastern Districts of Tennessee and the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Mr. Adams earned his law degree in 2001 from Vanderbilt University, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif. He earned his B.A. in English, summa cum laude, in 1998 from the University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Chief Editor of the Sewanee Legacy.
After law school, Mr. Adams worked in Fairbanks, Alaska as law clerk to the Honorable Andrew J. Kleinfeld, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Mr. Adams was an associate member of the Harry Phillips American Inn of Court from 2006 to 2008. In 2008, he was selected by the American Inns of Court as a Pegasus Scholar, an exchange program that sends two American Inns of Court members to London for six weeks to learn about the English legal system.
Tennessee State Senator, 17th District
Senator Mae Beavers is a member of the Tennessee Senate for the 17th District, Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and sponsor of SJR 23, which would amend the Tennessee Constitution to provide for the direct popular election of the Tennessee Attorney General and Reporter.
Regional Deputy General Counsel, North America and Lead Counsel, Treasury, Willis Towers Watson
Partner, Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis LLP
Paul Summers is a partner with Waller Lansden and practices in the area of trial and appellate litigation; regulatory matters; and government affairs. Prior to joining the firm, he served as Attorney General of the State of Tennessee. As Attorney General, he led a staff of 340, including 170 attorneys, in all civil litigation and criminal appellate litigation before state and federal courts. Major accomplishments during his term included the conclusion of a 36-year-old higher education desegregation lawsuit, Geier v. Sundquist. General Summers also successfully argued the death penalty case of Rahman v. Bell (2002) before the United States Supreme Court. While serving as the state's chief legal officer, General Summers was twice named to Business Tennessee's Power 100 list of Tennessee's most powerful people. He is recognized in The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward White, Inc.) for his work in commercial litigation and is listed in the 2009-2010 Edition of Who's Who in American Law.
Before he was appointed Attorney General in 1999 by the Tennessee Supreme Court, General Summers served as Judge of the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals. He was appointed to the bench by Governor Ned McWherter in 1990 and elected in statewide retention elections in 1992 and 1998. Prior to this service, General Summers was elected District Attorney General for the multi-county 25th judicial district in West Tennessee. During his nearly nine-year tenure as a DA, General Summers also served as President of the Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference. Prior to state service, he was in private practice in his hometown of Somerville, Tenn.
General Summers served as a JAG officer for more than three decades in both active and reserve duty with the Air Force, Army and National Guard. His last duty assignment was Command Staff Judge Advocate, Tennessee Army National Guard. He retired with the rank of colonel in the U.S. Army. Upon his retirement after 33 years of commissioned military service, Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen awarded General Summers the National Guard Distinguished Service Medal. General Summers was awarded the Legion of Merit by President George W. Bush.
General Summers is a Fellow of the Tennessee Bar Foundation and the Nashville Bar Foundation. He is the past Chair of the Jason Foundation, Inc., a national nonprofit foundation dedicated to the education and prevention of teenage suicide. He performs regular volunteer work for the Jason Foundation.
Associate, Trauger & Tuke
Justin Adams joined Trauger & Tuke in 2002. He practices civil litigation and appeals, with an emphasis on business litigation, and advises individuals and businesses on business-related legal issues. He is a member of the Tennessee and Nashville Bar Associations and the Federalist Society. He is admitted to practice in Tennessee and before the United States District Courts for the Middle and Eastern Districts of Tennessee and the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Mr. Adams earned his law degree in 2001 from Vanderbilt University, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif. He earned his B.A. in English, summa cum laude, in 1998 from the University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Chief Editor of the Sewanee Legacy.
After law school, Mr. Adams worked in Fairbanks, Alaska as law clerk to the Honorable Andrew J. Kleinfeld, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Mr. Adams was an associate member of the Harry Phillips American Inn of Court from 2006 to 2008. In 2008, he was selected by the American Inns of Court as a Pegasus Scholar, an exchange program that sends two American Inns of Court members to London for six weeks to learn about the English legal system.
Tennessee State Senator, 17th District
Senator Mae Beavers is a member of the Tennessee Senate for the 17th District, Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and sponsor of SJR 23, which would amend the Tennessee Constitution to provide for the direct popular election of the Tennessee Attorney General and Reporter.
Regional Deputy General Counsel, North America and Lead Counsel, Treasury, Willis Towers Watson
Partner, Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis LLP
Paul Summers is a partner with Waller Lansden and practices in the area of trial and appellate litigation; regulatory matters; and government affairs. Prior to joining the firm, he served as Attorney General of the State of Tennessee. As Attorney General, he led a staff of 340, including 170 attorneys, in all civil litigation and criminal appellate litigation before state and federal courts. Major accomplishments during his term included the conclusion of a 36-year-old higher education desegregation lawsuit, Geier v. Sundquist. General Summers also successfully argued the death penalty case of Rahman v. Bell (2002) before the United States Supreme Court. While serving as the state's chief legal officer, General Summers was twice named to Business Tennessee's Power 100 list of Tennessee's most powerful people. He is recognized in The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward White, Inc.) for his work in commercial litigation and is listed in the 2009-2010 Edition of Who's Who in American Law.
Before he was appointed Attorney General in 1999 by the Tennessee Supreme Court, General Summers served as Judge of the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals. He was appointed to the bench by Governor Ned McWherter in 1990 and elected in statewide retention elections in 1992 and 1998. Prior to this service, General Summers was elected District Attorney General for the multi-county 25th judicial district in West Tennessee. During his nearly nine-year tenure as a DA, General Summers also served as President of the Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference. Prior to state service, he was in private practice in his hometown of Somerville, Tenn.
General Summers served as a JAG officer for more than three decades in both active and reserve duty with the Air Force, Army and National Guard. His last duty assignment was Command Staff Judge Advocate, Tennessee Army National Guard. He retired with the rank of colonel in the U.S. Army. Upon his retirement after 33 years of commissioned military service, Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen awarded General Summers the National Guard Distinguished Service Medal. General Summers was awarded the Legion of Merit by President George W. Bush.
General Summers is a Fellow of the Tennessee Bar Foundation and the Nashville Bar Foundation. He is the past Chair of the Jason Foundation, Inc., a national nonprofit foundation dedicated to the education and prevention of teenage suicide. He performs regular volunteer work for the Jason Foundation.
Professor, University of California Hastings College of the Law
Professor Calvin R. Massey joined the Hastings faculty in 1987. Prior to teaching at Hastings, he practiced law in San Francisco.
Professor of Clinical Law, Brooklyn Law School
Jodi S. Balsam is Professor of Clinical Law at Brooklyn Law School and a nationally recognized expert on Sports Law. She directs the BLS Sports Law Clinic and Sports Law Externship Program. She teaches Sports Law at both BLS and NYU School of Law, and has also taught the subject at New York Law School, University of New Hampshire School of Law, Bucerius Law School in Hamburg, Germany, Mathias Corvinus Collegium in Budapest, Hungary, and the MESGO Executive Masters Program in Global Sport Governance. Professor Balsam has served as an arbitrator for the National Collegiate Athletic Association on complex infractions cases, and now serves as a neutral for FAIR Sports, which hears cases involving college athletics.
Professor Balsam frequently writes and speaks on sports law topics, including as co-author of Weiler’s Sports and the Law, a leading casebook in the field. Her publications and presentations have addressed antitrust challenges to sports leagues and organizing bodies, sports trademarks, athletes’ rights of free expression and name/image/likeness exploitation, sports gambling and integrity, sports league governance, and the role of the sports agent. She frequently appears in the media on legal issues in sports, including NBC Sports/The Golf Channel, ESPN, Law360 Sports and Betting, The Athletic, Front Office Sports, USA Today, and the Wall Street Journal. She is on the editorial boards of Law360-Sports & Betting, the Journal of Legal Aspects of Sport, and the international sports law newsletter LawInSport.
Before joining academia, Professor Balsam was the National Football League's Counsel for Operations and Litigation, where she managed litigation in all areas of law, oversaw a variety of policy and operational matters, negotiated and drafted contracts for League special events including the Super Bowl, and administered the League's internal dispute resolution processes and compliance program. Prior to the NFL she was a litigator with the New York office of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, where she represented sports and entertainment clients in antitrust matters and complex commercial litigation. She served as a law clerk for Judge Dennis Jacobs of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and for Judge Charles Brieant of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. A graduate of Yale College, Professor Balsam received her law degree from NYU School of Law.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Doug Bandow, James J. Woodruff
Jacksonville Lawyers Chapter & Florida Coastal Student Chapter
On March 10, 2011, the Jacksonville Lawyers Chapter and the Florida Coastal Student Chapter co-hosted...
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Doug Bandow, James J. Woodruff
Jacksonville Lawyers Chapter & Florida Coastal Student Chapter
On March 10, 2011, the Jacksonville Lawyers Chapter and the Florida Coastal Student Chapter co-hosted...
Global-Tech Appliances v. SEB S.A. - Post-Argument SCOTUScast
F. Scott Kieff
SCOTUScast 03-11-11 featuring F. Scott Kieff
On February 23, 2011, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Global-Tech Appliances v. SEB...
Schindler Elevator Corp. v. United States ex rel. Kirk - Post-Argument SCOTUScast
Elizabeth P. Papez
SCOTUScast 03-10-11 featuring Elizabeth P. Papez
On March 1, 2011, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Schindler Elevator Corp. v....
NRC Delays Judicial Review of the Yucca Project Termination
C.J Milmoe
New Federal Initiatives Project
Brought to you by the Environmental Law & Property Rights Practice Group The Federalist Society takes...
Hydrocracking and Shale Drilling: A Discussion on Natural Gas Drilling and Its Implications on the Economy, the Environment and the Law - Event Audo/Video
David Kupfer, Addie Bendory, Peter J. Cambs, Christine A. Fazio, Michael Joy
Fordham Student Chapter
On March 8, 2011, the Fordham Student Chapter of the Federalist Society hosted this panel discussion on natural...
Attorney General Selection in Tennessee
Justin Adams, Mae Beavers, J. Ammon Smartt, Paul Summers
Nashville Lawyers Chapter
The Nashville Lawyers Chapter hosted this panel discussion on "Attorney General Selection in Tennessee" on...
Attorney General Selection in Tennessee
Justin Adams, Mae Beavers, J. Ammon Smartt, Paul Summers
Nashville Lawyers Chapter
The Nashville Lawyers Chapter hosted this panel discussion on "Attorney General Selection in Tennessee" on...
Snyder v. Phelps - Post-Decision SCOTUScast
Calvin R. Massey
SCOTUScast 03-04-11 featuring Calvin R. Massey
On March 2, 2011, the Supreme Court announced its decision in Snyder v. Phelps. The...
New York’s Highest Court Narrows the Assumption of Risk Defense to Tort Liability
Jodi S. Balsam
On April 6, 2010, the New York State Court of Appeals rejected use of the...