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Orrin Hatch

Hon. Orrin Hatch

United States Senator, Utah

Over nearly four decades of public service, Senator Orrin Hatch has established himself as a leading conservative voice in the United States Senate. As the upper chamber’s most senior Republican, he currently serves as President Pro Tempore and as Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. In this capacity, he is fighting to create jobs and strengthen the economy by repealing and replacing Obamacare, reforming the tax code, and opening up overseas markets to American exports.

As a long-time member and former Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Hatch has also fought to check judicial activism and protect our liberties. He has been instrumental in confirming conservative judges to the federal bench and played an indispensable role in confirming Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, and Samuel Alito as well as scores of district and circuit court judges.

One of Senator Hatch’s particularly noteworthy achievements on the Judiciary Committee is the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993—a bill he co-authored with the late Senator Ted Kennedy. This landmark legislation prohibits substantial government burdens on the free exercise of religion, allowing all Americans to live, work, and worship in accordance with their beliefs.  

In addition to protecting our individual liberties, Senator Hatch has long been on the front lines of legislative battles to protect our free-market economy and system of limited government under the Constitution. His reputation as a statesman and his record of fiscal responsibility earned him the nickname “Mr. Balanced Budget” from President Reagan.

By virtually all measures, Senator Hatch is among the most effective and consequential legislators in history. Since he first came to Congress in 1977, no legislator alive today has authored more bills that have become law than Senator Hatch. And he shows no signs of letting up. Under his leadership, the Finance Committee has already passed 37 bipartisan pieces of legislation—the highest number of bills the Committee has processed in well over 30 years.

Of all Senator Hatch’s achievements, he is proudest of his family, and he credits the love of his wife and children as the key to his success. He and Elaine have been married for more than fifty years. Together, they are the parents of six children, twenty-three grandchildren, and sixteen great-grandchildren.



2015 National Lawyers Convention
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2015 National Lawyers Convention

The Role of Congress

Speakers:
Sandra Aistars • Akhil Reed Amar • John S. Baker • Carlos T. Bea • Howard L. Berman • Keith Blackwell • François-Henri Briard • Sam Brownback • James L. Buckley • Michael A. Carvin • James W. Ceaser • Neil Chatterjee • Salen Churi • Eric R. Claeys • Tom A. Coburn • Steven Colloton • Earl W. Comstock • Tom Cotton • Jan Crawford • Stephen Crimmins • Nathan Deal • Christopher C. DeMuth • Neal E. Devins • Colin Dueck • Steven J. Duffield • John F. Duffy • Frank H. Easterbrook • John C. Eastman • W. Neil Eggleston • Richard A. Epstein • Miguel Estrada • Louis Fisher • Benjamin H. Friedman • Robert P. George • Phil Gramm • Todd P. Graves • C. Boyden Gray • Michael S. Greve • Thomas B. Griffith • Andrew Grossman • Raymond W. Gruender • Orrin Hatch • Jeanne M. Hauch • Tara Helfman • Brian H. Hook • Michael Hunter • Edith H. Jones • Edward T. Kang • Neal K. Katyal • Brett M. Kavanaugh • F. Scott Kieff • Stephen R. Klein • Alex Kozinski • William Kristol • Joan Larsen • Adam Laxalt • Roslyn Layton • Frances E. Lee • Michael S. Lee • Craig S. Lerner • Gordon Lloyd • Arthur Loevy • Tim Lynch • John G. Malcolm • William P. Marshall • David Mayhew • John O. McGinnis • Frank Medina • Gillian E. Metzger • David B. Muhlhausen • Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain • David S. Olson • Michael Stokes Paulsen • Karen Shaw Petrou • Todd Pettys • Richard Pildes • Bettina Poirier • Kirsten Powers • Scott Pruitt • William H. Pryor • Robert Quinn • Arti K. Rai • A. Raymond Randolph • Neomi Rao • John N. Raudabaugh • Pete Ricketts • David B. Rivkin • Nicholas A. Robinson • Mike J. Rogers • Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz • Paul Ryan • Tuan Samahon • Bill Samuel • William L. Saunders • Mark Schneider • David S. Schoenbrod • David B. Sentelle • Darpana Sheth • Jerry E. Smith • James A. Sonne • David R. Stras • George J. Terwilliger • Michael P. Tremoglie • Jonathan R. Turley • Michael Uhlmann • J.W. Verret • J.W. Verret • Eugene Volokh • Hans A. von Spakovsky • Scott Walker • Matthew Lee Wiener • George F. Will • Robert L. Woodson • Robert P. Young • Peter R. Zeidenberg
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2014 National Lawyers Convention
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2014 National Lawyers Convention

Millennials, Equity and the Rule of Law

Speakers:
Jonathan H. Adler • Danielle M. Aguirre • Usman Ahmed • Samuel A. Alito • William T. Allen • Paul S. Atkins • Paul Bailey • John S. Baker • Jodi S. Balsam • Randy E. Barnett • Michael Barone • Jack Beermann • John Bellinger,I • Karlyn Bowman • Rachel L. Brand • Jamie Brown • Paul Campos • Aaron H. Caplan • Ronald A. Cass • Adam Ciongoli • Kim Colby • Charles J. Cooper • Lanny J. Davis • Edward J. DeMarco • Christopher C. DeMuth • Robert A. Destro • Neal E. Devins • Heather Donald • Frank H. Easterbrook • Ross Eisenbrey • Jennifer Walker Elrod • Bert Ely • Daniel Epstein • Richard A. Epstein • Chai Feldblum • Diana Furchtgott-Roth • Seth Galanter • Robert R. Gasaway • Douglas H. Ginsburg • Todd P. Graves • Michael S. Greve • Thomas B. Griffith • Karen Harned • Orrin Hatch • Gail L. Heriot • Neal K. Katyal • Elizabeth Kregor • William Kuntz • Paul H. Kupiec • Greg Lukianoff • Gregory E. Maggs • John G. Malcolm • William P. Marshall • John O. McGinnis • David M. McIntosh • Thomas W. Merrill • Robert T. Miller • Thomas D. Morgan • Alan B. Morrison • Michael B. Mukasey • Charles Murray • Michael O'Rielly • Maureen K. Ohlhausen • David S. Olson • Patrick Oot • Lee Liberman Otis • Katherine A. Oyama • Robert V. Percival • Daniel Polsby • William H. Pryor • Victoria A. Redgrave • Julie Goldsmith Reiser • Steven A. Rosenblum • Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz • Antonin Scalia • Christopher Schroeder • Mark F. Schultz • Jerry E. Smith • David R. Stras • Nadine Strossen • Robert Sussman • David H. Thompson • E Veasey • Richard K. Vedder • Eugene Volokh • David Weil • David A. Weisbach • Don Willett • Stephen F. Williams • Robin Fretwell Wilson • Patrick Wyrick • Christopher S. Yoo
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