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U.S. SUPREME COURT NOMINATION
USC LEGAL EXPERTS AVAILABLE
The following USC law professors are available to speak about President Trump’s nominee for the United States Supreme Court:
SAM ERMAN, USC Law professor, clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justices Anthony Kennedy and John Paul Stevens as well as U.S. Circuit Judge Merrick Garland, President Obama’s pick for Supreme Court. Erman is an expert on Constitutional law and judicial review.
Erman may be reached at (213) 740-6372 or (734) 717-2642.
DARIA ROITHMAYR, USC Law professor, clerked for U.S. District Court Judge Marvin J. Garbis, and twice served as special counsel to Senator Edward Kennedy on Supreme Court nominations of Justice David Souter and Clarence Thomas. She also served as special counsel for a consortium of public interest groups on the Supreme Court nominations of Harriet Miers and Chief Justice John Roberts.
Roithmayr can be reached at (213) 740-6228 or (310) 367-1295.
NOMI STOLZENBERG, USC Law professor, clerked for Judge John J. Gibbons of the U.S. Court of Appeals. She can discuss contraceptive mandate decisions and the general attitude toward religious freedom claims.
Stolzenberg may be reached at (310) 308-4471.
NIELS FRENZEN, USC Law professor, specializes in immigration and refugee law and is director of the USC Gould School of Law Immigration Clinic. He is an expert on immigration law, Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and immigration detention practices.
Frenzen may be reached at (213) 446-8800.
MICHAEL SHAPIRO, USC Law professor, is a constitutional law scholar. His expertise centers on medical and legal ethical issues, reproductive, genetic, and behavior control; and death and dying.
Shapiro may be reached at (213) 740-2562.