The Commander-in-Chief Power: The President or Congress?

Cleveland Lawyers Chapter

 Speaker:

• David Rivkin, Baker & Hostetler

 Speaker:

• David Rivkin, Baker & Hostetler

David B. Rivkin, Jr., is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Baker Hostetler LLP and has in-depth experience with various constitutional issues that are frequently implicated by federal regulatory statutes, including commerce clause-, appointments clause- and due process-related issues, as well as First and Tenth amendment-related matters.

Mr. Rivkin has an impressive record of government service, serving in the George H. W. Bush administration as Associate Executive Director and Counsel of the President's Council on Competitiveness, Associate General Counsel of U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and held several other posts in then-Vice President Bush's office and at the U.S. Department of Justice.

Mr. Rivkin earned his J.D. from Columbia University and both his B.S.F.S. and M.A. from Georgetown University, with a focus on Soviet Affairs. He is a prolific writer and has published numerous papers, articles, book reviews, and book chapters on a variety of international, legal, constitutional, defense, arms control, foreign policy, and other issues in various publications including the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Harvard Journal of Law & Policy, American University Law Review, Administrative Law Journal and University of Pennsylvania Law Review.

DATE & TIME: Tuesday, April 3, 2007 at 11:45 AM

RSVP: David C. Tryon, Esq.
(216) 443-2560, dtryon@porterwright.com

COST: Free
APPROVED FOR 1.00 HOURS OF CLE CREDIT