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Event 

Title:
Chertoff at Federalist Society Lawyers Convention
When:
11.12.2009 - 11.14.2009 12.00 - 14.30
Where:
The Mayflower Hotel - Washington
Category:
Speaking Engagements

Description

Note:  John Yoo was supposed to have been on a panel slated to discuss the role of government
lawyers in the war on terror.  According to the Blog of Legal Times, Yoo
has withdrawn from this scheduled appearance.  "'There was a scheduling conflict,' said Federalist Society President Eugene Meyer of Yoo's withdrawal. 'He is going to be talking to the Federalist Society later towards the end of January.'"

 

The Federal Government's Economic Role in our Constitutional System

The theme for this year's Federalist Society's National Lawyers Convention  is "The Federal Government's Economic Role in our Constitutional System." The Annual Dinner will take place the evening of Thursday, November 12 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel.

To register for this event, please visit
http://www.fed-soc.org/2009nlc.

Additional information such as convention fees and a schedule can also be found at the above link.

2009 Lawyers Convention Annual Dinner
Featuring:
Honorable Samuel A. Alito, Jr., United States Supreme Court

Ninth Annual Barbara K. Olson Memorial Lecture
Featuring:
Honorable Douglas H. Ginsburg, United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit

Annual Rosenkranz Debate and Luncheon
A Debate on "Statutory Interpretation" Between:
Honorable Guido Calabresi, United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
and
Honorable Frank Easterbrook, United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit

Addresses By:
Honorable Jefferson B. Sessions III, United States Senator, Alabama
and
Honorable Sandra Day O'Connor, United States Supreme Court (retired)

Showcase Panel Topics
--Redistribution of Wealth
--Bailouts and the Government as Insurer of Last Resort
--Regulation of Financial Institutions
--Control of the Bureaucracy

Practice Group Breakout Sessions
--Drug Enforcement Policy
--Intellectual Property and Economic Growth
--The Future of Federal Pre-Emption
--The Future of Cost-Benefit Analysis in Environmental Policy
--The Role of Government Attorneys and the Global War on Terror
--Affirmative Action in the Obama Era
--Federalism and the Economic Crisis
--Re-Privatization of the Financial Sector
--Wall Street, Labor Unions, and the Obama Administration: A New Paradigm for Capital and Labor?
--Religious Liberty and the Limits of Government Power
--The Fairness Doctrine
--International Law: Agreements Between Sovereigns or World Government?
--Regulation of Financial Institutions
--Breakdown of the Public-Private Distinction: Implications for the Administrative State
--Delaware's New Competition: The Creeping Federalization of American Corporate Law
--Broadband Policy -- One Year In

Speaker Highlights
--Dean T. Alex Aleinikoff, Executive Vice President, Law Affairs Center, Georgetown University Law Center
--Hon. Paul S. Atkins, Congressional Oversight Panel and Former U.S. SEC Commissioner
--Prof. Stephen M. Bainbridge, Professor, University of California, Los Angeles School of Law
--Hon. Meredith Attwell Baker, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission
--Prof. Randy E. Barnett, Georgetown University Law Center
--Hon. Carlos T. Bea, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
--Ms. Stephanie R. Breslow, Partner, Schulte, Roth & Zabel LLP
--Mr. François-Henri Briard, Supreme Court Attorney (France), Delaporte, Briard & Trichet
--Hon. Janice Rogers Brown, U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit
--Prof. Alan E. Brownstein, Boochever and Bird Chair for the Study and Teaching of Freedom and Equality, University of California, Davis, School of Law
--Hon. Ronald A. Cass, President, Cass & Associates, PC
--Ms. Linda L. Chavez, Chairman, Center for Equal Opportunity
--Hon. Michael Chertoff, Senior of Counsel, Covington & Burling LLP
--Prof. Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar, Special Assistant to the President for Justice and Regulatory Policy, White House Domestic Policy Council
--Hon. Susan E. Dudley, Director, George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center
--Dean John C. Eastman, Dean and Donald P. Kennedy Chair in Law, Chapman University Law School
--Prof. Richard A. Epstein, James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Visiting Professor of Law, New York University Law School
--Mr. Miguel A. Estrada, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
--Mr. Steve Forbes, Chairman and CEO, Forbes Inc. and Editor, Forbes Magazine
--Hon. Harold Furchtgott-Roth, President, Furchtgott-Roth Economic Enterprises
--Hon. C. Boyden Gray, former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union
--Mr. Maurice R. Greenberg, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, C.V. Starr & Co., Inc.
--Dr. Michael S. Greve, John G. Searle Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
--Prof. Oona A. Hathaway, Yale Law School
--Prof. Philip A. Hamburger, Maurice and Hilda Friedman Professor of Law, Columbia University School of Law
--Ms. Lisa Heinzerling, Senior Policy Counsel, Office of the Administrator, United States Environmental Protection Agency
--Hon. Edith H. Jones, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
--Mr. David J. Katz, Partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
--Hon. Brett M. Kavanaugh, U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit
--Prof. F. Scott Kieff, The George Washington University Law School
--Hon. Peter N. Kirsanow, Commissioner, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
--Mr. David G. Leitch, General Counsel and Group Vice President, Ford Motor Company
--Mr. Michael Livermore, Executive Director, New York University School of Law
--Prof. Ira C. “Chip” Lupu, F. Elwood and Eleanor Davis Professor of Law, The George Washington University Law School
--Dean Paul G. Mahoney, David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law
--Hon. Michael W. McConnell, Richard and Frances Mallery Professor of Law, Stanford Constitutional Law Center, Stanford Law School
--Dr. Robert D. McTeer, Distinguished Fellow, National Center for Policy Analysis
--Prof. Michael Meurer, Michaels Faculty Research Scholar, Boston University School of Law
--Hon. Paul R. Michel, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
--Prof. Geoffrey P. Miller, William T. and Stuyvesant P. Comfort Professor of Law, New York University School of Law
--Prof. Alan B. Morrison, Lerner Family Associate Dean for Public Interest/Public Service, The George Washington University Law School
--Prof. Burt Neuborne, Brennan Center for Justice, New York University School of Law
--Hon. Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
--Mr. Michael Paese, Director of Government Affairs, Goldman Sachs
--Hon. Harvey L. Pitt, Chief Executive Officer, Management, Kalorama Partners, LLC
--Hon. William H. Pryor Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
--Prof. Lucas “Scot” A. Powe Jr., Anne Green Regents Chair in Law, Professor of Government The University of Texas School of Law
--Prof. Jeremy A. Rabkin, George Mason School of Law
--Hon. A. Raymond Randolph, U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit
--Prof. Jamin Ben Raskin, Washington College of Law, American University College of Law
--Mr. Daniel B. Ravicher, President and Executive Director, Public Patent Foundation
--Mr. Andrew J. Redleaf, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Whitebox Advisors
--Prof. Roberta Romano, Professor of Law and Director, Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law
--Hon. David B. Sentelle, U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit
--Prof. Catherine M. Sharkey, New York University School of Law
--Prof. Theodore M. Shaw, Professor of Professional Practice, Columbia Law School
--Ms. Amity Shlaes, Senior Fellow for Economic History, Council on Foreign Relations
--Mr. Damon A. Silvers, Associate General Counsel, American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations
--Hon. Jerry E. Smith, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
--Prof. Gigi B. Sohn, President and Founder, Public Knowledge
--Prof. Ilya Somin, George Mason University School of Law
--Mr. Bret Stephens, Deputy Editorial Page Editor, Foreign Affairs Columnist, The Wall Street Journal
--Hon. Jeffrey S. Sutton, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
--Hon. Diane S. Sykes, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
--Hon. Daniel E. Troy, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, GlaxoSmithKline
--Prof. J.W. Verret, Assistant Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law
--Mr. Steven Wallman, Chief Executive Officer, Foliofn
--Hon. John P. Walters, Executive Vice President, Hudson Institute
--Prof. W. Bradley Wendel, Cornell University Law School
--Ms. Shirley J. Wilcher, Executive Director, American Association for Affirmative Action
--Hon. J. Harvie Wilkinson III, United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
--Hon. Stephen F. Williams, U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit
--Prof. John C. Yoo, University of California, Berkeley School of Law
--Prof. Todd J. Zywicki, Foundation Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law
--more to come...


Venue

Venue:
The Mayflower Hotel
Street:
1127 Connecticut Ave. NW
City:
Washington
State:
DC