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ACS Panel Discussion: 2009-2010 Supreme Court Review

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2009 - 2010 Supreme Court Review

On Thursday, July 1, ACS hosted a panel discussion at the National Press Club examining the current Supreme Court Term and looking forward to the next. In the immediate wake of the Term's conclusion, leading academics and practitioners analyzed the Court's most noteworthy decisions, identified emerging trends, and discussed the nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Court.

The July 1, 2010 panel discussion featured: 

  • Moderator, Thomas C. Goldstein, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP
  • Paul Butler, Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Carville Dickinson Benson Research Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School
  • Paul D. Clement, Partner, King & Spalding, and former Solicitor General of the United States
  • Doug Kendall, President, Constitutional Accountability Center
  • Elisa Massimino, President and Chief Executive Officer, Human Rights First
  • Andrew J. Pincus, Partner, Mayer Brown LLP, and Visiting Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School
  • Virginia A. Seitz, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP
  • Monica Youn, Counsel, Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law's Democracy Program

ACS Convention Panel: Citizens United v. FEC: The Decision, Its Implications, and the Road Ahead

On June 19, at the 2010 ACS National Convention, a panel of experts discussed Citizens United v. FEC: The Decision, Its Implications, and the Road Ahead. The panel featured:

  • Joan Biskupic, Supreme Court Correspondent, USA Today, Moderator;
  • Marc E. Elias, Partner, Perkins Coie LLP;
  • Benjamin L. Ginsberg, Partner, Patton Boggs LLP;
  • Mark Schneider, Associate General Counsel, SEIU;
  • Monica Youn, Counsel, Brennan Center for Justice, New York University School of Law.

ACS Convention Panel: Legal Services for Low-Income People

On June 18, at the 2010 ACS National Convention, a panel of experts discussed "Legal Services for Low-Income People." The panel featured:

  • Judge Stephen Reinhardt, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Moderator;
  • Peter B. Edelman, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center;
  • Justice Earl Johnson, Jr., Scholar in Residence, Western Center on Law and Poverty, Former Justice, California Court of Appeals;
  • Chief Judge Robert W. Pratt, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa;
  • Judge Inez Smith Reid, District of Columbia Court of Appeals;
  • Frank B. Strickland, Partner, Strickland Brockington Lewis LLP;
  • Laurence H. Tribe, Senior Counselor for Access to Justice, U.S. Department of Justice.

ACS Convention Panel: Access to Federal Courts after Iqbal and Twombly

 On July 18, at the ACS National Convention, a panel discussed Iqbal and Twombly. The panel featured: 

 

  • Debo P. Adegbile, Director of Litigation, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund;
  • Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Partner, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP;
  • John A. Freedman, Partner, Arnold & Porter LLP;
  • Barbara J. Hart, Shareholder, Lowey Dannenberg Cohen & Hart, P.C.;
  • Suzette M. Malveaux, Associate Professor of Law, Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America;
  • Arthur R. Miller, University Professor, New York University School of Law; 
  • Andrew J. Pincus, Partner, Mayer Brown; 
  • Judge W. Louis Sands, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia;
  • Judge Diane S. Sykes, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

 

ACS Symposium: Access to Justice in Federal Courts

 

On Thursday, January 21, 2010, ACS hosted a half-day symposium on Access to Justice in Federal Courts at New York University School of Law.  The symposium focused on recent decisions, including Ashcroft v. Iqbal, Bell Atlantic v. Twombly, and various class action decisions, that have curtailed access to federal courts and limited the types of claims and relief that plaintiffs can pursue.  The event featured:

  • A keynote address by Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union.
  • Two lively panel discussions moderated by Professor Arthur R. Miller of New York University School of Law:

Panel 1 - The Iqbal and Twombly Cases:

  • Moderator, Arthur R. Miller, University Professor, New York University School of Law;
  • Steven E. Fineman, Managing Partner, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP;
  • Brad N. Friedman, Partner, Milberg LLP;
  • Faith E. Gay, Partner, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP;
  • Barbara J. Hart, Shareholder, Lowey Dannenberg Cohen & Hart, P.C.;
  • Richard T. Joffe, Of Counsel, Labaton Sucharow LLP;
  • Andrew J. Pincus, Partner, Mayer Brown;
  • Alexander A. Reinert, Assistant Professor of Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law; Counsel to Javaid Iqbal before the U.S. Supreme Court;
  • Teresa Wynn Roseborough, Chief Litigation Counsel, MetLife, Inc.;
  • Vincent Warren, Executive Director, Center for Constitutional Rights.

Panel 2 - Class Action Restrictions and Other Limitations:

  • Moderator, Arthur R. Miller, University Professor, New York University School of Law;
  • John H. Beisner, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP;
  • Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Partner, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP;
  • Jay W. Eisenhofer, Managing Partner, Grant & Eisenhofer P.A.;
  • Theodore H. Frank, President and Founder, Center for Class Action Fairness;
  • Myriam Gilles, Professor, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law;
  • Robert J. Giuffra, Jr., Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP;
  • Salvatore J. Graziano, Partner, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP;
  • Adam T. Klein, Partner, Outten & Golden LLP;
  • Joe R. Whatley, Jr., Partner, Whatley Drake & Kallas.

ACS Convention Panel: No Worker Left Behind - Labor Law & the Right to Organize

 On June 19, at the 2010 ACS National Convention, a panel of experts discussed labor law and organizing rights. The panel featured:

  • Harold Meyerson, Editor at Large, The American Prospect, Moderator;
  • Ana Avendaño, Associate General Counsel and Director of the Immigrant Worker Program, AFL-CIO;
  • Willis J. Goldsmith, Partner-in-Charge, Jones Day;
  • Margaret McCann, Associate General Counsel, AFSCME;
  • Benjamin Sachs, Assistant Professor of Law, Harvard Law School.

ACS Convention Panel: Environmental Protection in a Climate of Change

At the ACS National Convention, a panel examined "Environmental Protection in a Climate of Change." The panel featured:

  • Jonathan Adler, Professor of Law, Case Western Reserve University School of Law
  • Vicki Arroyo, Executive Director, Georgetown Climate Center 
  • Lisa Heinzerling, Associate Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation 
  • Rachel Jacobson, Principal Deputy Solicitor, U.S. Department of the Interior 
  • Andrew Light, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress 

ACS Convention Panel: Technology, Change and the Future of the 4th Amendment

  On June 18, at the 2010 ACS National Convention, a panel of experts discussed "Technology, Change & the Future of the 4th Amendment." The panel featured:

  • Jeffrey Rosen, Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School, Moderator;
  • Susan A. Bandes, Professor of Law, DePaul University College of Law;
  • Elizabeth E. Joh, Professor of Law, UC Davis School of Law;
  • Orin S. Kerr, Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School;
  • Marc Zwillinger, Partner, Zwillinger Genetski LLP. 

ACS Convention Plenary: Regulation in the Age of Obama

 

On June 18, the 2010 ACS National Convention featured a plenary discussion, "Regulation in the Age of Obama." The panel featured:

  • John Podesta, President and Chief Executive Officer, Center for American Progress, Moderator;
  • Richard Cordray, Attorney General, State of Ohio;
  • Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar, Special Assistant to the President for Justice and Regulatory Policy, White House Domestic Counsel;
  • Judge Richard A. Posner, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit;
  • Lois J. Schiffer, General Counsel for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; 
  • Damon A. Silvers, Director of Policy and Special Counsel, AFL-CIO. 
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