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Nov 4 2016
Friday 12:00 p.m. EDT    

Right to Vote on Island of Guam Limited to Natives: A Litigation Update

Civil Rights Practice Group Teleforum

Teleforum
Speakers:
J. Christian Adams
Topics:
Civil Rights • Litigation
Sponsors:
Civil Rights Practice Group • Free Speech Practice Group • Litigation Practice Group
Oct 20 2016
Thursday 5:30 p.m. EDT    

American Elections: How the Lawless Have Been Invited to Decide the Outcome

Miami Student Chapter

Coral Gables, FL
Speakers:
J. Christian Adams • Donald Llewellyn Jones
Sponsors:
Miami Student Chapter
  • In-Person Event
Oct 13 2016
Thursday 6:00 p.m. PDT    

The Constitutionality of Voter ID Laws

Willamette Student Chapter

Salem, OR
Speakers:
J. Christian Adams • Gilbert Carrasco
Topics:
Free Speech • Civil Rights
Sponsors:
Willamette Student Chapter
  • In-Person Event
Mar 9 2016
Wednesday 5:30 p.m. EDT    

Beyond Beyoncé and the New Black Panthers - A Discussion on The Rule of Law Under the Obama Administration

Miami Lawyers Chapter

Coral Gables, FL
Speakers:
J. Christian Adams
Topics:
Civil Rights • Federalism & Separation of Powers
Sponsors:
Miami Lawyer Chapter
  • In-Person Event
Feb 25 2016
Thursday 6:00 p.m. EDT    

Millions of Corrupted Voters: Will It Matter In 2016, And Is Anyone Doing Anything About It?

Long Island Lawyers Chapter

Mineola, NY
Speakers:
J. Christian Adams
Topics:
Free Speech
Sponsors:
Long Island Lawyer Chapter
  • In-Person Event
Feb 23 2016
Tuesday 11:30 a.m. CDT    

A Debate on the Politicization of the United States Department of Justice

Memphis Lawyers Chapter

Memphis, TN
Speakers:
J. Christian Adams • Steven Mulroy
Topics:
Federalism & Separation of Powers
Sponsors:
Memphis Lawyer Chapter
  • In-Person Event
Oct 22 2014
Wednesday 12:00 a.m. CDT    

Department of Injustice: Has the Civil Rights Act been Hijacked?

Louisiana State Student Chapter

Baton Rouge, LA
Speakers:
J. Christian Adams
Topics:
Free Speech • Civil Rights
Sponsors:
Louisiana State Student Chapter
  • In-Person Event
Apr 10 2014
Thursday 12:00 a.m.    

What’s Worse for U.S. Politics, Our Campaign Finance System or the Warped Voting Rights Act?

Speakers:
J. Christian Adams • Ilya Shapiro
Sponsors:
Northern Illinois Student Chapter
  • In-Person Event
Jan 22 2014
Wednesday 12:00 p.m. EDT    

Voter ID and North Carolina Election Integrity

The Charlotte Lawyers Chapter

Charlotte, NC
Speakers:
J. Christian Adams
Topics:
Free Speech
Sponsors:
Charlotte Lawyer Chapter
  • In-Person Event
Nov 12 2013
Tuesday 6:00 p.m. EDT    

A Discussion on North Carolina's Election Law Reforms

The Piedmont Triad (Winston-Salem) Lawyers Chapter

Speakers:
J. Christian Adams
Topics:
Free Speech
Sponsors:
Triad Lawyer Chapter
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J. Christian Adams

J. Christian Adams

President and General Counsel, Public Interest Legal Foundation

Biography

J. Christian Adams is the President and General Counsel of the Public Interest Legal Foundation. He served from 2005 to 2010 in the Voting Section at the United States Department of Justice Voting Section. President Trump appointed Adams to the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. President Trump also appointed Adams as a Commissioner to the United States Commission on Civil Rights where he also now serves with a term through 2025. He has been involved in election law lawsuits in 33 states and the territory of Guam. He has represented multiple presidential campaigns in election litigation. He has a law degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law. He is a member of the South Carolina and Virginia Bars.

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J. Christian Adams

J. Christian Adams

President and General Counsel, Public Interest Legal Foundation

Biography

J. Christian Adams is the President and General Counsel of the Public Interest Legal Foundation. He served from 2005 to 2010 in the Voting Section at the United States Department of Justice Voting Section. President Trump appointed Adams to the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. President Trump also appointed Adams as a Commissioner to the United States Commission on Civil Rights where he also now serves with a term through 2025. He has been involved in election law lawsuits in 33 states and the territory of Guam. He has represented multiple presidential campaigns in election litigation. He has a law degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law. He is a member of the South Carolina and Virginia Bars.

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Donald Llewellyn Jones

Acctg. Dept. Lecturer - Taxation and Business Law, UNLV-Boyd School of Law

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J. Christian Adams

J. Christian Adams

President and General Counsel, Public Interest Legal Foundation

Biography

J. Christian Adams is the President and General Counsel of the Public Interest Legal Foundation. He served from 2005 to 2010 in the Voting Section at the United States Department of Justice Voting Section. President Trump appointed Adams to the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. President Trump also appointed Adams as a Commissioner to the United States Commission on Civil Rights where he also now serves with a term through 2025. He has been involved in election law lawsuits in 33 states and the territory of Guam. He has represented multiple presidential campaigns in election litigation. He has a law degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law. He is a member of the South Carolina and Virginia Bars.

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Gilbert Carrasco

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J. Christian Adams

J. Christian Adams

President and General Counsel, Public Interest Legal Foundation

Biography

J. Christian Adams is the President and General Counsel of the Public Interest Legal Foundation. He served from 2005 to 2010 in the Voting Section at the United States Department of Justice Voting Section. President Trump appointed Adams to the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. President Trump also appointed Adams as a Commissioner to the United States Commission on Civil Rights where he also now serves with a term through 2025. He has been involved in election law lawsuits in 33 states and the territory of Guam. He has represented multiple presidential campaigns in election litigation. He has a law degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law. He is a member of the South Carolina and Virginia Bars.

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J. Christian Adams

J. Christian Adams

President and General Counsel, Public Interest Legal Foundation

Biography

J. Christian Adams is the President and General Counsel of the Public Interest Legal Foundation. He served from 2005 to 2010 in the Voting Section at the United States Department of Justice Voting Section. President Trump appointed Adams to the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. President Trump also appointed Adams as a Commissioner to the United States Commission on Civil Rights where he also now serves with a term through 2025. He has been involved in election law lawsuits in 33 states and the territory of Guam. He has represented multiple presidential campaigns in election litigation. He has a law degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law. He is a member of the South Carolina and Virginia Bars.

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J. Christian Adams

J. Christian Adams

President and General Counsel, Public Interest Legal Foundation

Biography

J. Christian Adams is the President and General Counsel of the Public Interest Legal Foundation. He served from 2005 to 2010 in the Voting Section at the United States Department of Justice Voting Section. President Trump appointed Adams to the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. President Trump also appointed Adams as a Commissioner to the United States Commission on Civil Rights where he also now serves with a term through 2025. He has been involved in election law lawsuits in 33 states and the territory of Guam. He has represented multiple presidential campaigns in election litigation. He has a law degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law. He is a member of the South Carolina and Virginia Bars.

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Steven Mulroy

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J. Christian Adams

J. Christian Adams

President and General Counsel, Public Interest Legal Foundation

Biography

J. Christian Adams is the President and General Counsel of the Public Interest Legal Foundation. He served from 2005 to 2010 in the Voting Section at the United States Department of Justice Voting Section. President Trump appointed Adams to the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. President Trump also appointed Adams as a Commissioner to the United States Commission on Civil Rights where he also now serves with a term through 2025. He has been involved in election law lawsuits in 33 states and the territory of Guam. He has represented multiple presidential campaigns in election litigation. He has a law degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law. He is a member of the South Carolina and Virginia Bars.

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J. Christian Adams

J. Christian Adams

President and General Counsel, Public Interest Legal Foundation

Biography

J. Christian Adams is the President and General Counsel of the Public Interest Legal Foundation. He served from 2005 to 2010 in the Voting Section at the United States Department of Justice Voting Section. President Trump appointed Adams to the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. President Trump also appointed Adams as a Commissioner to the United States Commission on Civil Rights where he also now serves with a term through 2025. He has been involved in election law lawsuits in 33 states and the territory of Guam. He has represented multiple presidential campaigns in election litigation. He has a law degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law. He is a member of the South Carolina and Virginia Bars.

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Ilya Shapiro

Ilya Shapiro

Senior Fellow and Director of Constitutional Studies, Manhattan Institute

Biography

Ilya Shapiro is a senior fellow and director of constitutional studies at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor of City Journal. Previously he was executive director and senior lecturer at the Georgetown Center for the Constitution, and before that a vice president of the Cato Institute.

Shapiro is the author of Lawless: The Miseducation of America’s Elites (2025) and Supreme Disorder: Judicial Nominations and the Politics of America’s Highest Court (2020), coauthor of Religious Liberties for Corporations? (2014), and editor of 11 volumes of the Cato Supreme Court Review (2008-18). He has contributed to a variety of academic, popular, and professional publications, including the Wall Street Journal, Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, National Review, and Newsweek. He also regularly provides commentary for various media outlets, writes the Shapiro’s Gavel newsletter on Substack, and once appeared on the Colbert Report.

Shapiro has testified many times before Congress and state legislatures and has filed more than 500 amicus curiae “friend of the court” briefs in the Supreme Court. He lectures regularly on behalf of the Federalist Society, is a member of the board of fellows of the Jewish Policy Center, was an inaugural Washington Fellow at the National Review Institute, and has been an adjunct law professor at the George Washington University and University of Mississippi. He is also the chairman of the board of advisers of the Mississippi Justice Institute, a barrister in the Edward Coke Appellate Inn of Court, and a former member of the Virginia Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

Earlier in his career, Shapiro was a special assistant/​adviser to the Multi-​National Force in Iraq on rule-of-law issues and practiced at Patton Boggs and Cleary Gottlieb. Before entering private practice, he clerked for Judge E. Grady Jolly of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He holds an AB from Princeton University, an MSc from the London School of Economics, and a JD from the University of Chicago Law School.

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J. Christian Adams

J. Christian Adams

President and General Counsel, Public Interest Legal Foundation

Biography

J. Christian Adams is the President and General Counsel of the Public Interest Legal Foundation. He served from 2005 to 2010 in the Voting Section at the United States Department of Justice Voting Section. President Trump appointed Adams to the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. President Trump also appointed Adams as a Commissioner to the United States Commission on Civil Rights where he also now serves with a term through 2025. He has been involved in election law lawsuits in 33 states and the territory of Guam. He has represented multiple presidential campaigns in election litigation. He has a law degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law. He is a member of the South Carolina and Virginia Bars.

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J. Christian Adams

J. Christian Adams

President and General Counsel, Public Interest Legal Foundation

Biography

J. Christian Adams is the President and General Counsel of the Public Interest Legal Foundation. He served from 2005 to 2010 in the Voting Section at the United States Department of Justice Voting Section. President Trump appointed Adams to the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. President Trump also appointed Adams as a Commissioner to the United States Commission on Civil Rights where he also now serves with a term through 2025. He has been involved in election law lawsuits in 33 states and the territory of Guam. He has represented multiple presidential campaigns in election litigation. He has a law degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law. He is a member of the South Carolina and Virginia Bars.

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