Fellow, Manhattan Institute
Tim Rosenberger serves as Senior Counsel at the United States Department of Education. He was previously a fellow at the Manhattan Institute and Stanford University’s Center for Entrepreneurial Studies. He was also the founding COO of Verbum Labs and serves as a Chaplain with the Cleveland Division of Police. Before matriculating to law school, he was a legal policy fellow at the Cicero Institute, a parish pastor, and a management consultant with McKinsey & Company.
Tim has contributed to a variety of academic, popular, and professional publications, including the Wall Street Journal, The Hill, The New York Post, and City Journal. He also regularly provides commentary for various media outlets, testifies before state legislatures, and files dozens of amicus curiae “friend of the court” briefs in the Supreme Court and various circuit courts.
He holds an AB from Georgetown University, a M.Div. from United Lutheran Seminary, a D.Min from the Rawlings School of Divinity, an LL.M. from Universität Wien, and a JD/MBA from Stanford University, where he was Federalist Society Chapter President and served on Law Review. Tim’s research interests lie at the intersection of law, faith, education and entrepreneurship—with a particular focus on leveraging policy to help America’s overlooked populations build lives of dignity.
Assistant Solicitor General, Kansas Attorney General
Adam Steinhilber is an assistant solicitor general for the State of Kansas. He was previously a litigation associate in the Kansas City office of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP. Before entering private practice, Adam clerked for Chief Judge Timothy M. Tymkovich of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and Justice Mark S. Massa of the Indiana Supreme Court.
Adam earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif. He earned his B.A. in Political Science from the University of Kansas, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
Adam has held several leadership positions within the Federalist Society, and he currently serves on the Board of the Kansas City Lawyers Chapter.
Assistant Solicitor General, Kansas Attorney General
Adam Steinhilber is an assistant solicitor general for the State of Kansas. He was previously a litigation associate in the Kansas City office of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP. Before entering private practice, Adam clerked for Chief Judge Timothy M. Tymkovich of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and Justice Mark S. Massa of the Indiana Supreme Court.
Adam earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif. He earned his B.A. in Political Science from the University of Kansas, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
Adam has held several leadership positions within the Federalist Society, and he currently serves on the Board of the Kansas City Lawyers Chapter.
Associate, Alexander Dubose & Jefferson
Adam Shniderman is an associate at Alexander Dubose & Jefferson’s Dallas office, where he focuses on appellate litigation througout Texas.
Prior to joining the firm, Adam served as a staff attorney for Justice Evan A. Young of the Supreme Court of Texas, and a law clerk to Justice Brett Busby of the Supreme Court of Texas and Judge Jay S. Bybee of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Since law school, Adam has published on a variety of topics at the intersection of insurance coverage and crime. Adam earned his law degree from the University of Michigan Law School, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude and Order of the Coif and served on the law review.
Prior to his legal career, Adam was a tenure-track assistant professor of criminal justice at Texas Christian University. He holds a Ph.D. in Criminology, Law and Society from the University of California at Irvine. His research and publications focused on judgment and decisionmaking and issues relating to scientific evidence. Adam graduated with honors from Amherst College, with a B.A. in Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought.
Litigation Fellow, Institute for Justice
Matt Liles is a Litigation Fellow at the Institute for Justice. He returns to IJ after having worked as both a law clerk and intern in IJ’s Arlington, Virginia office. In his role as a Litigation Fellow, Matt litigates cutting-edge constitutional cases protecting Americans' property rights and economic liberty.
Matt received his J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law, where he served on the executive board of the Texas Federalist Society and as Submissions Editor for the Texas Review of Law & Politics. He also received his B.A. in Government from the University of Texas. As an undergraduate, Matt was a plaintiff in a successful First Amendment lawsuit on behalf of campus free speech.
After completing the Fellowship, Matt will serve as a law clerk in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. He is a member of the District of Columbia bar.
Attorney, Pacific Legal Foundation
David Deerson is an attorney at Pacific Legal Foundation where he specializes in property rights and constitutional litigation. David has been involved in multiple high-profile cases at PLF. Most notably, he served as a member of the litigation team for Tyler v. Hennepin County, in which the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that home equity theft violates the Fifth Amendment’s Takings Clause. He earned his J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School and his B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Assistant Solicitor General, Kansas Attorney General
Adam Steinhilber is an assistant solicitor general for the State of Kansas. He was previously a litigation associate in the Kansas City office of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP. Before entering private practice, Adam clerked for Chief Judge Timothy M. Tymkovich of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and Justice Mark S. Massa of the Indiana Supreme Court.
Adam earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif. He earned his B.A. in Political Science from the University of Kansas, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
Adam has held several leadership positions within the Federalist Society, and he currently serves on the Board of the Kansas City Lawyers Chapter.
Law Clerk, United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Law Clerk, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Tom Fogarty is currently a law clerk in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Tom received his J.D. from Duke University School of Law, where he was the VP of Internal Affairs of the Duke Law Federalist Society, the President of the Mock Trial Board, a member of the Moot Court Board, and an Online Editor of the Duke Law Journal. He also received his B.A. in History from the Ohio State University.
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