Professor of Law, South Texas College of Law Houston
Josh Blackman is a national thought leader on constitutional law and the United States Supreme Court. Josh’s work was quoted during two presidential impeachment trials. He has testified before Congress and advises federal and state lawmakers. Josh regularly appears on TV, including NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox, and the BBC. Josh is also a frequent guest on NPR and other syndicated radio programs. He has published commentaries in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and leading national publications.
Since 2012, Josh has served as a professor at the South Texas College of Law Houston. He holds the Centennial Chair of Constitutional Law. Josh is an Adjunct Fellow at the Manhattan Institute. Josh has written more than seven dozen law review articles that have been cited more than a thousand times. Josh was selected as the Jurist of the Year by the Texas Journal of Law & Public Policy, received the inaugural Meese III Originalism Award, and was awarded the Inaugural Joseph Story Award. Josh was selected by Forbes Magazine for the “30 Under 30” in Law and Policy. Josh is the President of the Harlan Institute, and founded FantasySCOTUS, the Internet’s Premier Supreme Court Fantasy League. He blogs at the Volokh Conspiracyand posts@JoshMBlackman.
Associate Professor, UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law
Zvi S. Rosen is an Associate Professor at UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law and the Faculty Director of the Franklin Pierce Society for Intellectual Property. He has served as a Assistant Professor at the Southern Illinois University School of Law, as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, and as a Visiting Scholar and Professorial Lecturer in Law at George Washington University School of Law.
In 2015-2016, he was the Abraham L. Kaminstein Scholar in Residence at the U.S. Copyright Office. Mr. Rosen received his J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law in 2005 and LLM in Intellectual Property in 2006 from the George Washington University Law School. He has practiced at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP as well as smaller firms and his own practice, and clerked for the Hon. Thomas B. Bennett of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Alabama. He has written extensively on the development of modern copyright and trademark law, as well as on bankruptcy law.
Deputy General Counsel, U.S. Copyright Office
Kevin R. Amer is deputy general counsel for the United States Copyright Office. He was appointed to the position effective March 3, 2019.
In his position, Amer assists the General Counsel and Associate Register of Copyrights in providing legal guidance to the Office’s divisions, promulgating regulations governing the administration of the copyright system, advising congressional offices and other federal agencies, and developing legal positions in copyright litigation and other matters.
Amer joined the Copyright Office in 2013 as counsel in the Office of Policy and International Affairs, and served as senior counsel in that office from 2015 to 2019. Before joining the Office, he spent several years in private practice in Washington, DC, focusing on appellate litigation. Previously, he served as a law clerk to the Hon. Charles R. Wilson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Amer earned his JD from Yale Law School. He earned his AB in history and literature from Harvard University.
Deputy General Counsel, U.S. Copyright Office
Kevin R. Amer is deputy general counsel for the United States Copyright Office. He was appointed to the position effective March 3, 2019.
In his position, Amer assists the General Counsel and Associate Register of Copyrights in providing legal guidance to the Office’s divisions, promulgating regulations governing the administration of the copyright system, advising congressional offices and other federal agencies, and developing legal positions in copyright litigation and other matters.
Amer joined the Copyright Office in 2013 as counsel in the Office of Policy and International Affairs, and served as senior counsel in that office from 2015 to 2019. Before joining the Office, he spent several years in private practice in Washington, DC, focusing on appellate litigation. Previously, he served as a law clerk to the Hon. Charles R. Wilson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Amer earned his JD from Yale Law School. He earned his AB in history and literature from Harvard University.
Professor of Law, South Texas College of Law Houston
Josh Blackman is a national thought leader on constitutional law and the United States Supreme Court. Josh’s work was quoted during two presidential impeachment trials. He has testified before Congress and advises federal and state lawmakers. Josh regularly appears on TV, including NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox, and the BBC. Josh is also a frequent guest on NPR and other syndicated radio programs. He has published commentaries in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and leading national publications.
Since 2012, Josh has served as a professor at the South Texas College of Law Houston. He holds the Centennial Chair of Constitutional Law. Josh is an Adjunct Fellow at the Manhattan Institute. Josh has written more than seven dozen law review articles that have been cited more than a thousand times. Josh was selected as the Jurist of the Year by the Texas Journal of Law & Public Policy, received the inaugural Meese III Originalism Award, and was awarded the Inaugural Joseph Story Award. Josh was selected by Forbes Magazine for the “30 Under 30” in Law and Policy. Josh is the President of the Harlan Institute, and founded FantasySCOTUS, the Internet’s Premier Supreme Court Fantasy League. He blogs at the Volokh Conspiracyand posts@JoshMBlackman.
Associate Professor, UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law
Zvi S. Rosen is an Associate Professor at UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law and the Faculty Director of the Franklin Pierce Society for Intellectual Property. He has served as a Assistant Professor at the Southern Illinois University School of Law, as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, and as a Visiting Scholar and Professorial Lecturer in Law at George Washington University School of Law.
In 2015-2016, he was the Abraham L. Kaminstein Scholar in Residence at the U.S. Copyright Office. Mr. Rosen received his J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law in 2005 and LLM in Intellectual Property in 2006 from the George Washington University Law School. He has practiced at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP as well as smaller firms and his own practice, and clerked for the Hon. Thomas B. Bennett of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Alabama. He has written extensively on the development of modern copyright and trademark law, as well as on bankruptcy law.
VP, Legal Policy and Copyright Counsel, Copyright Alliance
Terry Hart joined the Copyright Alliance in 2013. He has been quoted by publications such as Politico, The Hollywood Reporter, and BNA’s Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Daily. His articles have appeared in publications including the George Mason Law Review, SCOTUSBlog, and IP Watchdog. He speaks regularly and has appeared at events such as the Copyright Society Mid-Winter Meeting, the Fordham IP Law & Policy Conference, the CPIP Fall Conference, the IPO Annual Meeting, and the WIPO/USPTO Summer School on IP.
Since 2010, Terry has blogged at Copyhype on copyright law, history, and policy. The blog was named one of the top 100 legal blogs by the American Bar Association in 2011 and has been cited in law review articles, legal filings, and books.
In addition, he is an adjunct professor at George Mason University School of Law, where he teaches copyright law.
Counsel, Hunton Andrews Kurth
The former Principal Deputy Solicitor General in Virginia’s Office of the Attorney General, Matt is a seasoned appellate and trial court attorney. As counsel, Matt focuses on appellate litigation as well as helping clients frame complex legal issues before trial courts and administrative agencies.
Before joining Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Matt served for nearly four years in the Solicitor General’s division of the Office of the Attorney General of Virginia. He represented the Commonwealth, its agencies and its officials in significant and sensitive cases pending before the US Supreme Court, the US Courts of Appeals, the Supreme Court of Virginia and federal and state trial courts. Before the US Supreme Court, Matt briefed, argued and won a 5-4 victory in Currier v. Virginia, 138 S. Ct. 2144 (2018). That case involved a “complicated” constitutional question about the double jeopardy clause, which resulted in one commentator noting “the exceptionally high intellectual plane of the Supreme Court’s discourse” during the argument (SCOTUSBlog 2018). Matt was also the principal attorney defending the sentence imposed on Lee Boyd Malvo, one of the “D.C. Snipers,” including drafting the successful petition for writ of certiorari, granted by the US Supreme Court in 2019. Recently, Matt argued before the full en banc US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Manning v. Caldwell, a case challenging the constitutionality of Virginia’s habitual drunkard laws, and successfully represented the Virginia State Bar before the Supreme Court of Virginia in Morrissey v. Virginia State Bar.
Before joining the Attorney General’s office, Matt frequently represented clients before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in proceedings arising under the Federal Power Act and the Natural Gas Act. Immediately after law school, Matt served as a law clerk for Judge E. Grady Jolly on the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Matt also co-teaches a course on the Constitution and State Attorneys General at the University of Richmond School of Law.
Deputy General Counsel, U.S. Copyright Office
Kevin R. Amer is deputy general counsel for the United States Copyright Office. He was appointed to the position effective March 3, 2019.
In his position, Amer assists the General Counsel and Associate Register of Copyrights in providing legal guidance to the Office’s divisions, promulgating regulations governing the administration of the copyright system, advising congressional offices and other federal agencies, and developing legal positions in copyright litigation and other matters.
Amer joined the Copyright Office in 2013 as counsel in the Office of Policy and International Affairs, and served as senior counsel in that office from 2015 to 2019. Before joining the Office, he spent several years in private practice in Washington, DC, focusing on appellate litigation. Previously, he served as a law clerk to the Hon. Charles R. Wilson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Amer earned his JD from Yale Law School. He earned his AB in history and literature from Harvard University.
Professor of Law, South Texas College of Law Houston
Josh Blackman is a national thought leader on constitutional law and the United States Supreme Court. Josh’s work was quoted during two presidential impeachment trials. He has testified before Congress and advises federal and state lawmakers. Josh regularly appears on TV, including NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox, and the BBC. Josh is also a frequent guest on NPR and other syndicated radio programs. He has published commentaries in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and leading national publications.
Since 2012, Josh has served as a professor at the South Texas College of Law Houston. He holds the Centennial Chair of Constitutional Law. Josh is an Adjunct Fellow at the Manhattan Institute. Josh has written more than seven dozen law review articles that have been cited more than a thousand times. Josh was selected as the Jurist of the Year by the Texas Journal of Law & Public Policy, received the inaugural Meese III Originalism Award, and was awarded the Inaugural Joseph Story Award. Josh was selected by Forbes Magazine for the “30 Under 30” in Law and Policy. Josh is the President of the Harlan Institute, and founded FantasySCOTUS, the Internet’s Premier Supreme Court Fantasy League. He blogs at the Volokh Conspiracyand posts@JoshMBlackman.
Associate Professor, UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law
Zvi S. Rosen is an Associate Professor at UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law and the Faculty Director of the Franklin Pierce Society for Intellectual Property. He has served as a Assistant Professor at the Southern Illinois University School of Law, as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, and as a Visiting Scholar and Professorial Lecturer in Law at George Washington University School of Law.
In 2015-2016, he was the Abraham L. Kaminstein Scholar in Residence at the U.S. Copyright Office. Mr. Rosen received his J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law in 2005 and LLM in Intellectual Property in 2006 from the George Washington University Law School. He has practiced at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP as well as smaller firms and his own practice, and clerked for the Hon. Thomas B. Bennett of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Alabama. He has written extensively on the development of modern copyright and trademark law, as well as on bankruptcy law.
VP, Legal Policy and Copyright Counsel, Copyright Alliance
Terry Hart joined the Copyright Alliance in 2013. He has been quoted by publications such as Politico, The Hollywood Reporter, and BNA’s Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Daily. His articles have appeared in publications including the George Mason Law Review, SCOTUSBlog, and IP Watchdog. He speaks regularly and has appeared at events such as the Copyright Society Mid-Winter Meeting, the Fordham IP Law & Policy Conference, the CPIP Fall Conference, the IPO Annual Meeting, and the WIPO/USPTO Summer School on IP.
Since 2010, Terry has blogged at Copyhype on copyright law, history, and policy. The blog was named one of the top 100 legal blogs by the American Bar Association in 2011 and has been cited in law review articles, legal filings, and books.
In addition, he is an adjunct professor at George Mason University School of Law, where he teaches copyright law.
Counsel, Hunton Andrews Kurth
The former Principal Deputy Solicitor General in Virginia’s Office of the Attorney General, Matt is a seasoned appellate and trial court attorney. As counsel, Matt focuses on appellate litigation as well as helping clients frame complex legal issues before trial courts and administrative agencies.
Before joining Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Matt served for nearly four years in the Solicitor General’s division of the Office of the Attorney General of Virginia. He represented the Commonwealth, its agencies and its officials in significant and sensitive cases pending before the US Supreme Court, the US Courts of Appeals, the Supreme Court of Virginia and federal and state trial courts. Before the US Supreme Court, Matt briefed, argued and won a 5-4 victory in Currier v. Virginia, 138 S. Ct. 2144 (2018). That case involved a “complicated” constitutional question about the double jeopardy clause, which resulted in one commentator noting “the exceptionally high intellectual plane of the Supreme Court’s discourse” during the argument (SCOTUSBlog 2018). Matt was also the principal attorney defending the sentence imposed on Lee Boyd Malvo, one of the “D.C. Snipers,” including drafting the successful petition for writ of certiorari, granted by the US Supreme Court in 2019. Recently, Matt argued before the full en banc US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Manning v. Caldwell, a case challenging the constitutionality of Virginia’s habitual drunkard laws, and successfully represented the Virginia State Bar before the Supreme Court of Virginia in Morrissey v. Virginia State Bar.
Before joining the Attorney General’s office, Matt frequently represented clients before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in proceedings arising under the Federal Power Act and the Natural Gas Act. Immediately after law school, Matt served as a law clerk for Judge E. Grady Jolly on the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Matt also co-teaches a course on the Constitution and State Attorneys General at the University of Richmond School of Law.
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