Cyril Wecht: Renowned Forensic Scientist in Numerous High-Profile Legal Cases
Cyril Wecht is an attorney, but his major contribution to American legal proceedings has been as a forensic scientist — especially by appearing…
Tamar Frankel: Legal Scholar and Boston University Law Professor for Five Decades
Tamar Frankel, 96, is a renowned legal scholar who has been a professor at Boston University School of Law since 1968.
Debra S. Katz: Civil Rights and Employment Attorney Involved in High-Profile Cases
She is known for representing alleged victims of sexual assault and sexual harassment…
Marc Elias: In the Vanguard of the Fight for Voting Rights and Saving Democracy
Attorney Marc Elias (52) is an expert in election law, voting rights, and redistricting. He served as general counsel for the Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign and the John Kerry 2004 presidential campaign. In 2020 and 2021, on behalf of the Biden campaign and the Democratic National Committee, Elias oversaw the state-by-state response to lawsuits…
Tamar Frankel: Law Professor at Boston University, Author, Legal Activist — and She’s 95!
Tamar Frankel (95) is a long-time professor at the Boston University School of Law. (She retired from the faculty…
Judge Joseph Wapner: Pioneer of the Reality Arbitration-Based Court TV Show
Before there was Judge Judy there was The People’s Court. Although Judge Judith Sheindlin has had the longest-running reality arbitration-based court show in TV history (25 seasons), she did not pioneer the genre. That distinction belongs to Judge Joseph Wapner (Nov. 15, 1919 — Feb. 26, 2017), who presided over the first run of The…
Stephen Breyer: Associate Justice on the United States Supreme Court for a Quarter-Century
Steven Breyer (82) has served as an associate justice on the U.S. Supreme court since 1994, after being nominated by then-President Bill Clinton. In his 2005 book Active Liberty, Breyer argued that the judiciary should seek to resolve issues in a manner that encourages popular participation in governmental decisions. Reportedly, he is being urged to…
Tom Goldstein: Prolific and Highly Respected Litigator Before the U.S. Supreme Court
Thomas “Tom” Goldstein (50-51) is an attorney known for his frequent appearance before the United States Supreme Court. Indeed, over the past 15 years he has served as one of the lawyers in just under 10% of the cases argued before the High Court. Goldstein is also the co-founder of SCOTUSblog, the most widely read…
Merrick Garland: Former Judge of the United States D.C. Court of Appeals and Supreme Court Nominee
UPDATE | Jan. 6, 2021 | President-elect Joe Biden reportedly has decided to nominate Merrick Garland to be Attorney General of the United States. Merrick Garland (68) served as a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit beginning in 1997. From February 2013 to…
Andrew Weissmann: The ‘Pit Bull’ in the Robert Mueller Investigation
Attorney Andrew A. Weissmann (62) became the chief of the criminal fraud section of the U.S. Department of Justice in 2015. Two years later he was appointed to a management role on the 2017 Special Counsel team headed by Robert Mueller. The Muller investigation into President Donald Trump ended in 2019, after which Weissmann went…
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