2011 U.S. Supreme Court Round-Up
The Nashville Lawyers Chapter
Speakers:
- Kevin C. Newson, Former Solicitor General of Alabama
- Professor Brian Fitzpatrick, Vanderbilt Law School
Speakers:
- Kevin C. Newson, Former Solicitor General of Alabama
- Professor Brian Fitzpatrick, Vanderbilt Law School
Kevin Newsom is the former Solicitor General of the State of Alabama as well as a former U.S. Supreme Court law clerk. He has argued numerous cases before the Supreme Court. He is a 1994 summa cum laude graduate of Samford University (B.A.) and a 1997 magna cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School, where he was an Articles Editor on the Harvard Law Review. Kevin is a member of the American Law Institute and has commented on legal issues for Fox News Channel, C-SPAN, National Public Radio, Time, USA Today, Forbes, and the ABA Journal. Kevin resides in Birmingham and is the chair of Bradley Arant’s Appellate Litigation Group.
Brian Fitzpatrick’s research at Vanderbilt focuses on class action litigation, federal courts, judicial selection, and constitutional law. He joined Vanderbilt's law faculty in 2007, after serving as the John M. Olin Fellow at New York University School of Law. He clerked for Justice Antonin Scalia on the U.S. Supreme Court and practiced commercial and appellate litigation for several years at Sidley Austin in Washington, D.C., and served as Special Counsel for Supreme Court Nominations to U.S. Senator John Cornyn. Before earning his law degree, Professor Fitzpatrick graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Notre Dame.
Cost: $10 at the door. Lunch will be served. Approved for 1 hour general CLE credit.
Please RSVP by September 26, 2011 to nashville.feds0c@gmail.com.
