Hon. Stephen F. Williams

U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit

Judge Williams practiced law in New York City (at the firm of Debevoise Plimpton and as an Assistant U.S. Attorney) and then taught law at the University of Colorado Law School from 1969 to 1986, with visiting years at UCLA, SMU, and the University of Chicago (where he was also a fellow in law and economics). He was appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in 1986. His most recent book is a biography of Vasily Maklakov, The Reformer: How One Liberal Fought to Preempt the Russian Revolution (Encounter Books, 2017).

Administrative Cancellation of Patents: Regulatory Overreach at the Patent Office?

Apr 17 2018

Tuesday 10:40 a.m. EST

Administrative Cancellation of Patents: Regulatory Overreach at the Patent Office?

Sixth Annual Executive Branch Review Conference

The Mayflower Hotel - Senate Room
1127 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036

Speakers:

Paul R. Michel • Adam Mossoff • Arti K. Rai • Melissa F. Wasserman • Stephen F. Williams

Topics:

Administrative Law & Regulation • Article I Initiative • Intellectual Property

Sponsors:

Jan 9 2018

Tuesday 12:00 p.m. EST

The Reformer and the Rule of Law

Practice Groups Teleforum

Teleforum

Speakers:

Julia Fromholz • Stephen F. Williams

Topics:

Founding Era & History

Nov 17 2017

Friday 11:45 a.m. EST

The Regulatory State of the Internet

2017 National Lawyers Convention

The Mayflower Hotel - Chinese Room
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036

Speakers:

Brendan Thomas Carr • Roslyn Layton • Maureen K. Ohlhausen • Jonathan B. Sallet • Jonathan Spalter • Nicol Turner-Lee • Stephen F. Williams

Topics:

Telecommunications & Electronic Media

Sponsors:

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Oct 11 2016

Tuesday 11:00 a.m. EST

The Permission Society

How the Ruling Class Turns Our Freedoms into Privileges and What We Can Do about It

Cato Institute Hayek Auditorium
1000 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20001

Speakers:

Alan B. Morrison • Roger Pilon • Timothy Sandefur • Stephen F. Williams

Topics:

Civil Rights

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Nov 13 2014

Thursday 9:00 a.m. EST

2014 National Lawyers Convention

Millennials, Equity and the Rule of Law

The Renaissance Mayflower Hotel
1127 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036

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

Topics:

Federalism & Separation of Powers

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