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McCain Campaign Press Release - John McCain Announces His Justice Advisory Committee

May 06, 2008

ARLINGTON, VA -- Today, U.S. Senator John McCain announced his Justice Advisory Committee to the Campaign. Please find below the Chairs and members of the Committee:

Chairs Of The Justice Advisory Committee:

  • Theodore B. Olson-former Solicitor General of the United States
  • Sam Brownback-United States Senator, Kansas

Steering Committee


  • Michael Abramowicz-Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School
  • Hon. William P. Barr-former Attorney General of the United States
  • Gerard V. Bradley-Professor of Law, Notre Dame Law School
  • Rachel Brand-former Assistant Attorney General for Office of Legal Policy
  • Steven Calabresi-George C. Dix Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law
  • Dean Ronald A. Cass-Chairman, Center for the Rule of Law; Dean Emeritus, Boston University School of Law
  • Senator Daniel Coats-former United States Senator, Indiana
  • Manus M. Cooney-former Chief Counsel and Staff Director, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
  • Charles J. Cooper-former Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel
  • Arthur B. Culvahouse, Jr.-former White House Counsel to President Ronald Reagan
  • Carol E. Dinkins-Partner, Vinson & Elkins
  • John F. Duffy-Oswald Symister Colclough Research Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School
  • Miguel A. Estrada-former Assistant to the Solicitor General of the United States
  • Charles Fried-Beneficial Professor of Law, Harvard Law School; former Solicitor General of the United States
  • Sandra S. Froman-Arizona attorney
  • Richard W. Garnett-Professor of Law, Notre Dame Law School
  • Robert P. George-McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence, Princeton University
  • Senator Lindsey Graham-United States Senator, South Carolina
  • Senator Phil Gramm-former United States Senator, Texas
  • Governor Frank Keating-former Governor of Oklahoma
  • Orin S. Kerr-Professor, George Washington University Law School
  • Senator Jon Kyl-United States Senator, Arizona
  • Christopher Landau-Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP '
  • Senator Trent Lott-former United States Senator, Mississippi
  • Randy Mastro-former Deputy Mayor of New York City
  • John O. McGinnis-Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law
  • Maureen E. Mahoney-former Deputy Solicitor General of the Unites States
  • Thomas W. Merrill-Charles Keller Beekman Professor, Columbia Law School
  • Marc L. Mukasey-Partner, Bracewell & Giuliani LLP; former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York
  • Caleb Nelson-Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law
  • Eileen J. O'Connor-former Assistant Attorney General, Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice
  • Hon. Thomas R. Phillips-former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas
  • Edward R. Reines-Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
  • Kristi L. Remington-former Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Policy
  • Professor Daniel B. Rodriguez-Minerva House Drysdale Regents Chair in Law, The University of Texas at Austin School of Law
  • Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz - Associate Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
  • Ronald D. Rotunda-University Professor and Professor of Law, George Mason University
  • Cathy Cleaver Ruse-Senior Fellow for Legal Studies at the Family Research Council; Governor, Ave Maria School of Law.
  • Peter B. Rutledge-Associate Professor of Law, University of Georgia School of Law
  • Jon A. Sale-former federal prosecutor for New York City and Miami; former law professor, Nova Southeastern and St. Thomas
  • John Smietanka-former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan
  • Stephen F. Smith-Professor of Law, John V. Ray Research Professor, University of Virginia School of Law
  • George J. Terwilliger, III-former Deputy Attorney General of the United States
  • Senator Fred Thompson-former United States Senator, Tennessee
  • Eugene Volokh-Gary T. Swartz Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
  • Dan K. Webb-Chairman, Winston & Strawn; former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois

Affiliations provided for identification purposes only.

John McCain, McCain Campaign Press Release - John McCain Announces His Justice Advisory Committee Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/291959

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