What Is the Federalist Society?
Arizona State Student Chapter
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Tempe, AZ 85287
Speakers:
- Justice John Lopez, Arizona Supreme Court
- Solicitor General Dom Draye, Solicitor General of Arizona
- Abby Raddatz, Snell & Wilmer
Speakers:
Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Dominic E. Draye has litigated at every level of the state and federal judiciary—from state trial court to the Supreme Court of the United States. His practice focuses on constitutional, regulatory, and environmental matters, and he has represented clients in both the public and private sectors. In the federal appellate courts, Mr. Draye has represented clients in the Second, Fifth, Seventh, Ninth, and D.C. Circuits.
Before joining Greenberg, Mr. Draye served as the Solicitor General of Arizona, where he briefed and argued the State’s highest-profile civil and criminal appeals and served as lead counsel for several multi-state coalitions litigating over agency rulemaking in the D.C. Circuit. Prior to government service, Mr. Draye was a litigator in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where his practice focused on legal issues and appeals.
Mr. Draye is a sought-after speaker on topics of administrative and constitutional law. He clerked for Hon. Edith H. Jones on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and attended the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
Arizona Supreme Court
Justice John Lopez IV serves on the Arizona Supreme Court. Before his appointment to the Supreme Court, Justice Lopez served as Arizona’s Solicitor General. Before that, he served in the U.S. Attorney’s Office as Executive assistant U.S. attorney; Chief assistant, U.S. Attorney's office in Phoenix; Chief of the Financial Crimes and Public Integrity Section; and Deputy appellate chief. Previous to that, Lopez worked as a legal advisor in the Regime Crimes Liaison Office of the Department of Justice, as an attorney with Bryan Cave, and a law clerk to Justice Charles Jones of the Arizona Supreme Court.
Director of Attorney Recruiting and Diversity, Snell & Wilmer