Devon Westhill

President and General Counsel, Center for Equal Opportunity

Topics:	Administrative Law & Regulation • Affirmative Action • Civil Rights • Constitution • Culture • Federalist Society • Founding Era & History • Fourteenth Amendment • Labor & Employment Law • Regulatory Transparency Project • Supreme Court • The Practice Groups

Topics:

Administrative Law & Regulation • Affirmative Action • Civil Rights • Constitution • Culture • Federalist Society • Founding Era & History • Fourteenth Amendment • Labor & Employment Law • Regulatory Transparency Project • Supreme Court • The Practice Groups

Devon Westhill is an attorney focused on matters of constitutional and civil rights. He researches, speaks, and writes about civil rights, civil liberties, and related issues such as race relations, social change, and equal opportunity.

Mr. Westhill's writing has been published in numerous outlets including Newsweek, National Review, and The Wall Street Journal. He has spoken hundreds of times at college campuses, conferences, and on radio and TV programs, and he is frequently quoted in print publications such as the Washington Post. Mr. Westhill has also provided testimony to both houses of the U.S. Congress, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, and as an expert witness in federal court.

Immediately prior to his current position, Mr. Westhill led the civil rights office at the U.S. Department of Agriculture in the Trump administration as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights. He has also worked at the U.S. Department of Labor, Federalist Society, and as a criminal trial lawyer in private practice. Mr. Westhill is a U.S. Navy veteran with degrees from UNC at Chapel Hill and the University of Florida.

*****

A person listed as a contributor has spoken or otherwise participated in Federalist Society events, publications, or multimedia presentations. A person's appearance on this list does not imply any other endorsement or relationship between the person and the Federalist Society. In most cases, the biographical information on a person's "contributor" page is provided directly by the person, and the Federalist Society does not edit or otherwise endorse that information. The Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues. All expressions of opinion by a contributor are those of the contributor.