General Counsel, James Madison Center for Free Speech
Carol Matheis practices law business litigation and insurance law in Newport Beach, California. She earned her J.D. at Western University College of Law and is a graduate of George Mason University.
General Counsel, James Madison Center for Free Speech
Justice, Supreme Court of Texas
Justice Kyle D. Hawkins was appointed to the Supreme Court of Texas by Governor Greg Abbott in October 2025.
Justice Hawkins previously served in the U.S. Department of Justice as Counselor to the Solicitor General, where he represented the United States before the U.S. Supreme Court. Previously, he served as the Texas Solicitor General, the state’s chief appellate advocate charged with representing the state, its agencies, and its officers in state and federal appellate courts. Earlier in his career, he served as a law clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr., and for Judge Edith H. Jones of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. As an appellate practitioner, Justice Hawkins argued five cases in the U.S. Supreme Court, nine in the Texas Supreme Court, and dozens more in other federal and state appellate courts.
In addition to his government service, Justice Hawkins served as a partner in the Dallas and Houston offices of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, and he chaired the Texas appellate practice of Lehotsky Keller Cohn LLP, a national litigation boutique. Justice Hawkins has served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Texas School of Law.
Justice Hawkins lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife and four children.
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
Justin R. Walker is a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. He was nominated to the court by President Donald Trump on May 4, 2020, and confirmed by the United States Senate on June 18, 2020. He is a former United States District Judge of the Western District of Kentucky.
Justice, Supreme Court of Texas
Justice Kyle D. Hawkins was appointed to the Supreme Court of Texas by Governor Greg Abbott in October 2025.
Justice Hawkins previously served in the U.S. Department of Justice as Counselor to the Solicitor General, where he represented the United States before the U.S. Supreme Court. Previously, he served as the Texas Solicitor General, the state’s chief appellate advocate charged with representing the state, its agencies, and its officers in state and federal appellate courts. Earlier in his career, he served as a law clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr., and for Judge Edith H. Jones of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. As an appellate practitioner, Justice Hawkins argued five cases in the U.S. Supreme Court, nine in the Texas Supreme Court, and dozens more in other federal and state appellate courts.
In addition to his government service, Justice Hawkins served as a partner in the Dallas and Houston offices of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, and he chaired the Texas appellate practice of Lehotsky Keller Cohn LLP, a national litigation boutique. Justice Hawkins has served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Texas School of Law.
Justice Hawkins lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife and four children.
Standing in Ohio – Preterm-Cleveland, Inc. v. Kasich
Preterm-Cleveland, Inc., v. Kasich,[1] establishes two important issues of Ohio constitutional law. First, a litigant...
Ted Suhl Litigation Update
James Bopp
On July 20, 2016, Ted Suhl, a former head of a behavioral health company in...
Ted Suhl Litigation Update
Criminal Law & Procedure Practice Group Teleforum
TeleforumTopics
Docket Watch: Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow v. Ohio Department of Education
In Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow v. Ohio Department of Education, the Ohio Supreme Court held...
U.S. Supreme Court Roundup
North Dakota Lawyers Chapter
Fargo, NDThe Kavanaugh Nomination and the Future of the United States Supreme Court
Cincinnati Lawyers Chapter
Cincinnati, OHU.S. Supreme Court Roundup
North Dakota Lawyers Chapter
Bismarck, NDTopics
ABA Model Rule 8.4(g) Cannot Survive the Supreme Court’s Recent Decisions in NIFLA and Matal
The United States Supreme Court’s decision eight weeks ago in National Institute of Family and...
SCOTUS Speaks on the Fourth Amendment: U.S. v. Carpenter
St. Louis Lawyers Chapter
St. Louis, MOPension Benefits and The California Rule: Time for It To Go?
Carol M. Matheis
The “California Rule” as it has come to be known, was set forth in the...