Eugene Volokh is the Thomas M. Siebel Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, the Gary T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus at UCLA School of Law, and one of the nation’s top experts on First Amendment law, Internet law, and Second Amendment law. He has written over 100 law review articles, as well as textbooks on the First Amendment and on academic legal writing. His work has been cited in over 300 court cases and over 5000 law review articles, putting him in the top 10 living legal academics on HeinOnline’s ScholarRank list.

Before becoming a law professor in 1994, he clerked for Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and for Ninth Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski. Before going into law, his first career (1980 to 1992) was as a computer programmer. He is a member of the American Law Institute; a member of the American Heritage Dictionary Usage Panel; the founder and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Speech Law; and the director of the UCLA First Amendment Amicus Brief Clinic.

He has argued in 40 appellate cases throughout the country, in the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuits, and in appellate courts in 14 states; he has also filed briefs in over 200 appellate cases. He is a member of the bar of California and of all the Circuit bars except the D.C. Circuit.

Amicus Brief Filed in Drake v. Bayer Healthcare LLC

In October, Schaerr | Jaffe attorneys filed an amicus brief for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America in support of a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(f) petition for permission to appeal the class certification decision in Drake v. Bayer Healthcare, LLC, Ninth Circuit No. 24-5956.  […]

Supreme Court Amicus Brief Filed in Medical Marijuana, Inc. v. Horn

In July, attorneys from Schaerr | Jaffe filed a Supreme Court amicus brief in Medical Marijuana, Inc. v. Horn for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America,  the Product Liability Advisory Council, and the American Tort Reform Association.  The brief argues that the private cause of action […]

Ryan Salame’s Petition for a Writ of Coram Nobis and Declaration

Schaerr | Jaffe Partner Presents Oral Argument in the Court of Appeals of Virginia

On August 20, 2024, Schaerr | Jaffe partner H. Christopher Bartolomucci presented oral argument on behalf of the Appellants in an appeal in the Court of Appeals of Virginia.  The case, Kozikowski, et al. v. Monroe Re, et al., concerns the interplay between Loudoun County’s Zoning Ordinance and Virginia’s Fair […]