David Boies Professor of Law, Yale Law School
General Counsel & Parliamentarian, U. S. House of Representatives, Financial Services Committee
Molly Boyl Fromm is the General Counsel and Parliamentarian for the Financial Services Committee in U.S. House of Representatives. Prior to this role she has served the House as the General Counsel and Parliamentarian for the Committee on Science, Space and Technology and as Deputy General Counsel and Parliamentarian for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
She received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of California, Berkley and her law degree from The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law.
Vice President, Networks, The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies
Nathan Kaczmarek is Vice President for Networks at the Federalist Society. He began his legal career in Detroit representing nationwide clients in all phases of healthcare litigation and complex medical malpractice claims. He has since served as a Senior Legal and Policy Advisor in the U.S. House of Representatives and as Counsel for the Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management in the U.S. Senate. Prior to overseeing the Networks, he was Director of the Practice Groups, the Regulatory Transparency Project, and the Article I Initiative for the Federalist Society.
Nathan holds degrees from Hillsdale College and Thomas M. Cooley Law School. He is a Liaison Representative for The Administrative Conference of the United States. He also serves as Vice President of the Associates of St. John Bosco, a Virginia based non-profit dedicated to Catholic high school and college students.
Editor, Modern Age
Daniel McCarthy is the Editor of Modern Age, an American conservative academic quarterly journal. Previously, he was the editor-at-large of The American Conservative from 2010 through 2016. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, USA Today, The Spectator, The National Interest, Reason, Modern Age, and other publications. He has been interviewed on National Public Radio, the BBC, Fox Business, and many other outlets. Outside of journalism, he has worked as internet communications coordinator of the Ron Paul 2008 presidential campaign and senior editor of ISI Books. He is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, where he studied classics.
Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Mr. Pomper formerly served as chief international trade counsel to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT). In that role, he was responsible for advising Chairman Baucus and other members of the Senate Finance Committee on all aspects of the Committee’s international trade and economic agenda.
In his current practice, Mr. Pomper represents companies before Congress, the White House and federal agencies on a diverse set of public policy matters, including market access, investment, international trade disputes, intellectual property, international tax and customs issues.
Mr. Pomper also serves as an adjunct professor teaching international trade policy and politics at George Washington’s Graduate School of Political Management. He was elected 2011 to serve a three-year term as a member of the Steering Committee for the International Law Section of the D.C. Bar. He is an Educational Counselor for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for which he interviews students from the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia applying to MIT.
Mr. Pomper is a member of the U.S. patent bar.
General Counsel & Parliamentarian, U. S. House of Representatives, Financial Services Committee
Molly Boyl Fromm is the General Counsel and Parliamentarian for the Financial Services Committee in U.S. House of Representatives. Prior to this role she has served the House as the General Counsel and Parliamentarian for the Committee on Science, Space and Technology and as Deputy General Counsel and Parliamentarian for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
She received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of California, Berkley and her law degree from The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law.
Vice President, Networks, The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies
Nathan Kaczmarek is Vice President for Networks at the Federalist Society. He began his legal career in Detroit representing nationwide clients in all phases of healthcare litigation and complex medical malpractice claims. He has since served as a Senior Legal and Policy Advisor in the U.S. House of Representatives and as Counsel for the Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management in the U.S. Senate. Prior to overseeing the Networks, he was Director of the Practice Groups, the Regulatory Transparency Project, and the Article I Initiative for the Federalist Society.
Nathan holds degrees from Hillsdale College and Thomas M. Cooley Law School. He is a Liaison Representative for The Administrative Conference of the United States. He also serves as Vice President of the Associates of St. John Bosco, a Virginia based non-profit dedicated to Catholic high school and college students.
Editor, Modern Age
Daniel McCarthy is the Editor of Modern Age, an American conservative academic quarterly journal. Previously, he was the editor-at-large of The American Conservative from 2010 through 2016. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, USA Today, The Spectator, The National Interest, Reason, Modern Age, and other publications. He has been interviewed on National Public Radio, the BBC, Fox Business, and many other outlets. Outside of journalism, he has worked as internet communications coordinator of the Ron Paul 2008 presidential campaign and senior editor of ISI Books. He is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, where he studied classics.
Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Mr. Pomper formerly served as chief international trade counsel to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT). In that role, he was responsible for advising Chairman Baucus and other members of the Senate Finance Committee on all aspects of the Committee’s international trade and economic agenda.
In his current practice, Mr. Pomper represents companies before Congress, the White House and federal agencies on a diverse set of public policy matters, including market access, investment, international trade disputes, intellectual property, international tax and customs issues.
Mr. Pomper also serves as an adjunct professor teaching international trade policy and politics at George Washington’s Graduate School of Political Management. He was elected 2011 to serve a three-year term as a member of the Steering Committee for the International Law Section of the D.C. Bar. He is an Educational Counselor for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for which he interviews students from the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia applying to MIT.
Mr. Pomper is a member of the U.S. patent bar.
General Counsel & Parliamentarian, U. S. House of Representatives, Financial Services Committee
Molly Boyl Fromm is the General Counsel and Parliamentarian for the Financial Services Committee in U.S. House of Representatives. Prior to this role she has served the House as the General Counsel and Parliamentarian for the Committee on Science, Space and Technology and as Deputy General Counsel and Parliamentarian for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
She received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of California, Berkley and her law degree from The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law.
Vice President, Networks, The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies
Nathan Kaczmarek is Vice President for Networks at the Federalist Society. He began his legal career in Detroit representing nationwide clients in all phases of healthcare litigation and complex medical malpractice claims. He has since served as a Senior Legal and Policy Advisor in the U.S. House of Representatives and as Counsel for the Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management in the U.S. Senate. Prior to overseeing the Networks, he was Director of the Practice Groups, the Regulatory Transparency Project, and the Article I Initiative for the Federalist Society.
Nathan holds degrees from Hillsdale College and Thomas M. Cooley Law School. He is a Liaison Representative for The Administrative Conference of the United States. He also serves as Vice President of the Associates of St. John Bosco, a Virginia based non-profit dedicated to Catholic high school and college students.
Editor, Modern Age
Daniel McCarthy is the Editor of Modern Age, an American conservative academic quarterly journal. Previously, he was the editor-at-large of The American Conservative from 2010 through 2016. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, USA Today, The Spectator, The National Interest, Reason, Modern Age, and other publications. He has been interviewed on National Public Radio, the BBC, Fox Business, and many other outlets. Outside of journalism, he has worked as internet communications coordinator of the Ron Paul 2008 presidential campaign and senior editor of ISI Books. He is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, where he studied classics.
Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Mr. Pomper formerly served as chief international trade counsel to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT). In that role, he was responsible for advising Chairman Baucus and other members of the Senate Finance Committee on all aspects of the Committee’s international trade and economic agenda.
In his current practice, Mr. Pomper represents companies before Congress, the White House and federal agencies on a diverse set of public policy matters, including market access, investment, international trade disputes, intellectual property, international tax and customs issues.
Mr. Pomper also serves as an adjunct professor teaching international trade policy and politics at George Washington’s Graduate School of Political Management. He was elected 2011 to serve a three-year term as a member of the Steering Committee for the International Law Section of the D.C. Bar. He is an Educational Counselor for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for which he interviews students from the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia applying to MIT.
Mr. Pomper is a member of the U.S. patent bar.
General Counsel & Parliamentarian, U. S. House of Representatives, Financial Services Committee
Molly Boyl Fromm is the General Counsel and Parliamentarian for the Financial Services Committee in U.S. House of Representatives. Prior to this role she has served the House as the General Counsel and Parliamentarian for the Committee on Science, Space and Technology and as Deputy General Counsel and Parliamentarian for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
She received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of California, Berkley and her law degree from The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law.
Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Mr. Pomper formerly served as chief international trade counsel to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT). In that role, he was responsible for advising Chairman Baucus and other members of the Senate Finance Committee on all aspects of the Committee’s international trade and economic agenda.
In his current practice, Mr. Pomper represents companies before Congress, the White House and federal agencies on a diverse set of public policy matters, including market access, investment, international trade disputes, intellectual property, international tax and customs issues.
Mr. Pomper also serves as an adjunct professor teaching international trade policy and politics at George Washington’s Graduate School of Political Management. He was elected 2011 to serve a three-year term as a member of the Steering Committee for the International Law Section of the D.C. Bar. He is an Educational Counselor for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for which he interviews students from the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia applying to MIT.
Mr. Pomper is a member of the U.S. patent bar.
Editor, Modern Age
Daniel McCarthy is the Editor of Modern Age, an American conservative academic quarterly journal. Previously, he was the editor-at-large of The American Conservative from 2010 through 2016. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, USA Today, The Spectator, The National Interest, Reason, Modern Age, and other publications. He has been interviewed on National Public Radio, the BBC, Fox Business, and many other outlets. Outside of journalism, he has worked as internet communications coordinator of the Ron Paul 2008 presidential campaign and senior editor of ISI Books. He is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, where he studied classics.
Founder, Libertas-West Project
Karen Lugo is a constitutional law consultant and national security analyst. She was Director of the Center for Tenth Amendment at Texas Public Policy Foundation from 2013 to 2015. When living in California, she was Co-Director of the Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence Center. From 2005 – 2012, she was a clinical visiting and adjunct professor at Chapman University School of Law where she co-taught the advanced Constitutional Law Clinic. Karen has co-authored and written circuit-level and Supreme Court amicus briefs on such issues as FISA Surveillance, Healthcare Reform, Arizona’s Border Security, Gay Marriage, The Ten Commandments, Eminent Domain, Christian Clubs on University Campuses, and Material Support for Terrorists.
Karen is the founder of the Libertas-West Project, a center for study Islamic integration and radicalization issues. In this capacity, she consulted with the Center for Security Policy to write a book on local over-watch of mosque construction and community engagement called: Mosques in America: A Guide to Accountable Permit Hearings and Continuing Citizen Oversight.
Karen writes and speaks for European and American groups on the importance of basing assimilation efforts on principles of Western exceptionalism. She presented a policy brief to the French Conseil d’Etat analyzing the legal implications of banning the burqa. Ms. Lugo has written one of the most comprehensive overviews of sharia law in American courts, American Family Law and Sharia-Compliant Marriages, for the Federalist Society law journal, Engage. She has written several white papers on the American Law for American Courts legislation and sharia tribunals in America.
Ms. Lugo was an appointee to the California Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. She also taught a Human Rights law course on the contrast between French and English Enlightenment theories in Strasbourg, France.
Until moving from California, Ms. Lugo was a member of the David Horowitz Freedom Center Board of Directors. She was also a regular guest on the Orange County PBS local issues debate program, Inside OC, and she is a contributor to Pajamas Media, National Review Online, City Journal, American Spectator, American Greatness, Townhall.com, American Thinker, Daily Caller, and Family Security Matters. She has been interviewed by dozens of radio hosts and has spoken for civic groups on constitutional and cultural concerns.
Research Fellow, CATO Institute
Jay Schweikert is a research fellow with the Cato Institute’s Project on Criminal Justice. His research and advocacy focuses on accountability for prosecutors and law enforcement, plea bargaining, Sixth Amendment trial rights, and the provision and structuring of indigent defense.
Before joining Cato, Schweikert spent four years doing civil and criminal litigation at Williams & Connolly LLP. He holds a JD from Harvard Law School, where he was an articles editor for the Harvard Law Review, and chaired the Harvard Federalist Society’s student colloquium program. Following law school, Schweikert clerked for Judge Diane Sykes of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and Judge Laurence Silberman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit.
He holds a BA in political science and economics from Yale University.
Vice President for Legal Affairs, Goldwater Institute
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