William S. Consovoy

Partner, Consovoy McCarthy Park PLLC

Mr. Consovoy assists clients on a broad range of litigation and appellate issues primarily before the Supreme Court of the United States and federal appellate and district courts, as well as before federal agencies. Mr. Consovoy represents clients in cases involving constitutional issues, interpretation and enforcement of federal statutes, administrative law, civil rights disputes, and a variety of other civil litigation issues. Mr. Consovoy recently argued two cases—Spokeo v. Robbins and Evenwel v. Abbott—before the Supreme Court of the United States.

Mr. Consovoy is a former law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, Judge Edith H. Jones of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and the 17th Judicial Circuit of Virginia. Mr. Consovoy is a member of the Edward Coke Appellate Inn of Court and was named by Law360 as a “rising star” in appellate law for 2013. Since 2011, Mr. Consovoy has been the co-director of the Supreme Court Clinic at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, where he also is the co-director of the Administrative Law Clinic.

Mr. Consovoy earned his B.A. from Monmouth University, and his J.D. magna cum laude from George Mason University School of Law. Mr. Consovoy is a member of the Virginia and District of Columbia bars.

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Does Harvard Discriminate? Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard

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Jan 22 2020

Wednesday 1:00 p.m. EST

Does Harvard Discriminate? Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard

Virginia Student Chapter

University of Virginia School of Law
580 Massie Road
Charlottesville, VA 22903

Speakers:

William S. Consovoy

Topics:

Affirmative Action

In-Person Event

Nov 15 2019

Friday 12:00 p.m. EST

Stare Decisis in Civil Rights Cases

2019 National Lawyers Convention

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

Speakers:

Michael A. Carvin • William S. Consovoy • William N. Eskridge • Neil J. Kinkopf • Nelson Lund • Diane S. Sykes

Topics:

Civil Rights • Supreme Court

In-Person Event

Nov 14 2019

Thursday 9:00 a.m. EST

2019 National Lawyers Convention

Originalism

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

Speakers:

G. Barry Anderson • John S. Baker • Jack M. Balkin • Stephanie Barclay • Randy E. Barnett • William P. Barr • Evan D. Bernick • Josh Blackman • Adam Candeub • Michael A. Carvin • Ronald A. Cass • Eric R. Claeys • Paul D. Clement • Alexander J.S. Colvin • William S. Consovoy • Harmeet K. Dhillon • Michael C. Dorf • John C. Eastman • Jennifer Walker Elrod • Kurt Damian Engelhardt • Richard A. Epstein • William N. Eskridge • Mark C. Fleming • Deborah A. Garza • Eric Goldman • Luke Goodrich • Neil M. Gorsuch • Tara Leigh Grove • Deepak Gupta • Christopher Hajec • Philip A. Hamburger • Mauricio R. Hernandez • Kristin E. Hickman • Ryan T. Holte • Brett M. Kavanaugh • Prof. F. Scott Kieff • Gene Kimmelman • Neil J. Kinkopf • Donald Kohn • Richard J. Lazarus • Renée Lettow Lerner • Jonathan Lowy • Nelson Lund • William P. Marshall • Michael W. McConnell • John O. McGinnis • Thomas W. Merrill • Bernadette Meyler • Thomas D. Morgan • Alan B. Morrison • Christina M. Mulligan • Ryan D. Nelson • Norman J. Ornstein • Michael Stokes Paulsen • James E. Pfander • Richard H. Pildes • Andrew J. Pincus • Alex J. Pollock • Saikrishna Prakash • William H. Pryor • David B. Rivkin • Edward L. Rubin • Stephen E. Sachs • David S. Schoenbrod • Jefferson B. Sessions • Ilya Shapiro • Paul Sheard • Kristen Silverberg • Mark W. Smith • Lawrence Solum • Ilya Somin • David R. Stras • Richard E. Sylla • Jonathan E. Taylor • Eugene Volokh • Elizabeth B. Wydra • John C. Yoo • Juan C. Zarate

Topics:

Constitution