Allison R. Hayward

Allison R. Hayward

Independent Analyst

Topics: Campaign Finance • Election Law • First Amendment • Politics • State Governments • Telecommunications & Electronic Media • Free Speech & Election Law • State Constitutions

Allison Hayward most recently served as the Head of Case Selection at the Oversight Board. Previously, she was a Commissioner at the California Fair Political Practices Commission, a Board Member at the Office of Congressional Ethics, and an Assistant Professor of Law at George Mason University School of Law. She also previously worked as Chief of Staff and Counsel in the office of Federal Election Commission Commissioner Bradley A. Smith and practiced election law in California and in Washington DC.

In 1994-1995, Professor Hayward was a judicial clerk for the Honorable Danny J. Boggs, United States Court of Appeal for the Sixth Circuit.

She is a member of the State Bar of California and the District of Columbia Bar.

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