STLR/CIS Symposium 2007 -> Commenter Bios

Beyond a Physical Conception of the 4th Amendment: Search & Seizure in the Digital Age

Commenter Bios

Vik Amar is Professor of Law at Hastings College of Law. He has expertise in the areas of Appellate Law, Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure, Criminal Procedure, Remedies.

Professor Amar joined the Hastings faculty in 1998 after teaching at the University of California at Davis School of Law since 1993. He has also taught as a Visiting Professor at the University of California at Berkeley School of Law each year since 1995. In 1997 he taught at the University of California at Los Angeles School of Law.

He received a bachelor's degree in history from the University of California at Berkeley and his J.D. from Yale, where he served as an articles Editor for the Yale Law Journal. Upon graduating from law school in 1988, Professor Amar clerked for Judge William A. Norris of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and then for Justice Harry A. Blackmun of the United States Supreme Court. After that he spent a few years at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, devoting half of his time to federal white-collar criminal defense and the other half to complex civil litigation.

Professor Amar writes, teaches and consults in the public law fields, especially constitutional law, civil procedure, and remedies. He is a co-author (along with William Cohen and Jonathan Varat) of Constitutional Law: Cases and Materials (Foundation Press, 12th ed. 2005), and is a co-author on a number of volumes of the Wright & Miller Federal Practice and Procedure Treatise (West Publishing Co.). In addition, he has published in a variety of journals, including the Yale Law Journal, the Stanford Law Review, the Cornell Law Review, the Virginia Law Review, the Vanderbilt Law Review, the California Law Review, the William and Mary Law Review, the Hastings Law Journal, Constitutional Commentary, the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, and the Green Bag Journal.

He authors a bi-weekly column on constitutional matters for findlaw.com (the most frequently visited website devoted to legal issues). He is a frequent commentator on local and national radio and TV, and has written dozens of op-ed pieces for newspapers and magazines.

Richard W. Downing is the Assistant Deputy Chief for Technology and Procedural Law at the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section at the United States Department of Justice in Washington D.C. In that role, he addresses a wide variety of complex legal and policy issues that arise with the advance of new technologies. Mr. Downing specializes in the procedural rules that govern the collection of electronic evidence by law enforcement and in online undercover operations, including investigations into computer hacking, software piracy, Internet fraud, and credit card theft.

Mr. Downing also supervises cybercrime legislative issues. He participates in statutory and policy development relating to the modernization of the federal computer hacking statute and the development of electronic evidence gathering laws. For example, in 2001 he participated in the development of the parts of the USA PATRIOT Act that relate to computer crime and electronic evidence. Mr. Downing also regularly trains investigators and prosecutors on the legal and policy implications of emerging technologies and related criminal conduct.

Mr. Downing graduated summa cum laude from Yale University in 1989 with a B.A. in political science, and in 1992 he received a J.D. from Stanford Law School, where he was editor-in-chief of the Stanford Journal of International Law. Prior to joining the Department of Justice, Mr. Downing served as an Assistant District Attorney in Philadelphia.

Donald A. Dripps, Professor of Law at the University of San Diego Law School, is a recognized scholar of criminal procedure, evidence and criminal law, and also teaches administrative law. He was editor-in-chief of the Michigan Law Review and is a member of the Order of the Coif. After receiving his law degree, Dripps worked as a law clerk for Judge Amalya Kears of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York City. Since then he has been an assistant professor at the University of Illinois College of Law, a visiting professor at Duke University School of Law, a visiting professor at Cornell University Law School, and the James Annenberg Levee Professor of Criminal Procedure at the University of Minnesota Law School.

Lauren Gelman is the Associate Director of Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society (CIS), where she writes and speaks about the interaction of new technologies and the law, represents clients in Internet litigation and advocacy matters, consults with businesses on new technologies, and supervises students in the Cyberlaw Clinic. She also teaches Law, Technology and Privacy at the Law School and is an Adjunct Lecturer in Stanford's School of Engineering. Her current research focuses on the legal implications of technologies that increase citizens' opportunity to participate online. Prior to joining CIS in 2002, Ms. Gelman was Corporate Counsel for RealNames Corporation. She also spent six years in Washington, DC as the Public Policy Director for the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), and as the Associate Director of Public Policy for ACM, the largest association of computer scientists in the world.

Ms. Gelman received a B.S. in Biology and Society from Cornell University, an M.S. in Science, Technology and Public Policy from George Washington University, and her law degree from Georgetown University. She served on the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) Secure Flight Working Group at the Department of Homeland Security. She currently sits on the Board of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility and is a member of the California Bar.

Jennifer Stisa Granick joined Stanford Law School in January 2001, as Lecturer in Law and Executive Director of the Center for Internet and Society (CIS). She teaches, speaks and writes on the full spectrum of Internet law issues including computer crime and security, national security, constitutional rights, and electronic surveillance, areas in which her expertise is recognized nationally.

Granick came to Stanford after almost a decade practicing criminal defense law in California. Her experience includes stints at the Office of the State Public Defender and at a number of criminal defense boutiques, before founding the Law Offices of Jennifer S. Granick, where she focused on hacker defense and other computer law representations at the trial and appellate level in state and federal court. At Stanford, she currently teaches the Cyberlaw Clinic, one of the nation's few law and technology litigation clinics.

Granick continues to consult on computer crime cases and serves on the Board of Directors of the Honeynet Project, which collects data on computer intrusions for the purposes of developing defensive tools and practices and the Hacker Foundation, a research and service organization promoting the creative use of technological resources. She was selected by Information Security magazine in 2003 as one of 20 "Women of Vision" in the computer security field. She earned her law degree from University of California, Hastings College of the Law and her undergraduate degree from the New College of the University of South Florida.

Nicholas Humy is an Assistant Federal Public Defender in the Northern District of California.

Orin Kerr is an Associate Professor of Law at George Washington University Law School with expertise in the areas of computer crime, cyberlaw, wiretapping, electronic evidence, privacy, internet law, and the Patriot Act. Professor Kerr is a prolific scholar in the area of criminal law and criminal procedure, and is nationally recognized as a leading voice in the emerging field of computer crime law. Kerr's recent scholarship has appeared in the Harvard Law Review, Columbia Law Review, Michigan Law Review, New York University Law Review, Georgetown Law Journal, Northwestern University Law Review, Hastings Law Journal, George Washington Law Review, William and Mary Law Review, Washington and Lee Law Review, and several other journals. His scholarship and advocacy in the field of Internet surveillance law has been profiled in the New York Times and National Public Radio's All Things Considered. From 1998 to 2001, Professor Kerr was an Honors Program trial attorney in the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section of the Criminal Division at the U.S. Department of Justice. He is also a former law clerk for Judge Leonard I. Garth of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and Justice Anthony M. Kennedy of the United States Supreme Court. Before attending law school, Kerr earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in mechanical engineering. Kerr posts regularly at the popular weblog "The Volokh Conspiracy," available at http://volokh.com.

Matthew Lamberti is an Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of California, in the Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property Section in San Jose. A graduate of Stanford Law School, Mr. Lamberti worked in private practice and then as Counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee and Senator Dianne Feinstein before assuming his current position.

David Molnar is a Ph.D. candidate in the Computer Science Departments at UC Berkeley, working in Professor David Wagner's research group. He received his A.B. from Harvard University, and has extensive experience in RFID technology.

Myron Moskovitz is a Professor of Law at Golden Gate University School of Law. His areas of specialization include criminal, litigation/dispute Resolution, and property development/real estate. Professor Moskovitz is a leading authority on landlord-tenant law and appellate practice and author of Winning An Appeal; California Eviction Defense Manual; Cases and Problems in Criminal Procedure: The Police; Cases and Problems in Criminal Procedure: The Courtroom; and Cases and Problems in Criminal Law. He clerked for the California Supreme Court and served as Directing Attorney of California Rural Legal Assistance, served on the State Bar Committee on Appellate Courts, and served as a consultant to the California Judicial Council. Professor Moskovitz has a BS, LLB (Order of the Coif), Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley and is a member of the California Bar.

Erin Murphy is an Assistant Professor of Law at Boalt Hall. Murphy joined the Boalt faculty from the Public Defender Service (PDS) for the District of Columbia, where she spent three years in the trial division and two years in the appellate division. While at PDS, Murphy represented clients in felony and misdemeanor cases in jury and bench trials, and argued before the D.C. Court of Appeals. She also led a widely watched constitutional challenge to the District of Columbia's firearms laws, and acquired particular expertise in the scientific and legal issues surrounding the admissibility of various types of forensic evidence. Murphy is a graduate of the Harvard Law School, where she served as a notes editor for the Harvard Law Review and an oralist for the champion team in the Ames Moot Court competition. She clerked for Judge Merrick B. Garland of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

Murphy's current research considers procedural and evidentiary questions related to criminal justice and new technologies. Her particular interests include forensic DNA typing, biometric scanning, electronic tracking and functional MRI imaging. Her most recent work is "The New Forensics: Criminal Justice, False Certainty and the Second Generation of Scientific Evidence" in the California Law Journal (forthcoming 2007). Prior publications include "Awaiting the Mikado: Limiting Legislative Discretion to Define Criminal Elements and Sentencing Factors" in the Harvard Law Review (1999). She has also appeared as a guest lecturer at the Georgetown University Law Center. Murphy teaches courses related to criminal law, criminal procedure and evidence.

Alexandra Natapoff, Associate Professor of Law at Loyola Law School, is an award-winning scholar and a nationally-recognized expert on snitching in the criminal justice system. Prior to joining the faculty she served as an assistant federal public defender in Baltimore. She also founded the Urban Law & Advocacy Project with a community fellowship from the Open Society Institute. She clerked for the Honorable David S. Tatel, US Court of Appeals, District of Columbia, and for the Honorable Paul L. Friedman, US District Court, Washington, DC. Her scholarly interests include the criminal justice system, race and the law and administrative law.

Christopher Slobogin is a Professor of Law, Affiliate Professor of Psychiatry, and Associate Director of the Center on Children and the Law at University of Florida. He has an LL.M. and J.D. from the University of Virginia and an A.B. from Princeton University. His teaching and Scholarship include the areas of Law & Psychiatry, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, and Social Science & Law. His professional Activities include:

• University of Florida: Joined College of Law faculty in 1982, Associate Dean for Faculty Development (1996-99 and 2001-03), Alumni Research Scholar (1994-98), Stephen C. O'Connell Chair (since 1998), Teacher of Year (1986-87), TIP Award for Teaching (1996-97), Professorial Excellence Award (1998-99). Department of Psychiatry Affiliate Professor (since 1995).
• University of South Florida: Adjunct Professor, Department of Mental Health (since June 1986)
• Visiting Faculty: Hastings College of Law, University of Southern California, Monash University (Melbourne, Australia), University of Virginia, University of Frankfurt, University of Nebraska, Fulbright Scholar at Kiev University (Ukraine)
• Organizations: American Bar Association - Served as Reporter for both Standards for Non-Responsibility for Crime and Standards for Technologically-Assisted Physical Surveillance; Chair, Florida Assessment Team, Death Penalty Moratorium Implementation Project; American Association of Law Schools - Served as Chair, Law & Mental Disability; Chair, Criminal Justice Section; member, Bar Admissions & Lawyer Performance.

Edward W. Swanson is an AV-rated trial and appellate lawyer specializing in white collar and general criminal defense as well as commercial litigation cases. He represents individuals and corporations in a broad spectrum of civil and criminal matters. Mr. Swanson practices in state and federal courts in all phases of trial and appellate proceedings. He also defends business and professional clients in federal and state regulatory investigations, including SEC matters. He serves as a civil case special master for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California and discovery referee for the California Superior Court in cases ranging from employment disputes to trade secret matters. He has briefed and argued cases before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and before the California Courts of Appeal. His case roster includes SEC matters and cases involving all aspects of criminal defense from tax and money laundering cases to cyber crime and sexual offenses. He also prosecutes and defends a variety of civil matters, including copyright, wrongful death and fraud cases.

Before founding Swanson & McNamara LLP with Mary McNamara, Mr. Swanson served as an Assistant Federal Public Defender in the Northern District of California. He has tried an array of cases before courts and juries. Mr. Swanson is a former law clerk to the Hon. Thelton Henderson of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Mr. Swanson also worked in South Africa in 1991 and 1992 assisting the African National Congress in designing a land claims court. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Swanson worked as committee staff for the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on Hunger.

Mr. Swanson has taught extensively on trial advocacy, deposition techniques and practice and white collar crime topics including at the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Stanford Law School, Hastings College of the Law, the University of San Francisco Law School and at seminars of the California Attorneys for Criminal Justice (CACJ) in Northern California. Mr. Swanson is a co-author with Mary McNamara and Alexis Haller of the White Collar Crime series of articles which appear periodically in the CACJ's Forum magazine. Mr. Swanson is a board member of CACJ and the Berkeley Law Foundation.

Robert Weisberg is the Edwin E. Huddleson, Jr. Professor of Law at Stanford Law School. His areas of expertise are Criminal Law and Criminal Justice and Criminal Procedure. A frequent commentator and expert on white-collar crime and criminal law and procedure, Robert Weisberg serves as director of the Stanford Criminal Justice Center. Using his experience as a former English professor, he is one of the nation's leading scholars on the intersection of law and literature, and coauthor of the highly praised book Literary Criticisms of Law. He has served as a consulting attorney for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and the California Appellate Project, working on death penalty litigation in the state and federal courts. In addition to his work at the law school, Professor Weisberg serves as special assistant to the provost for faculty recruitment and retention. Before joining the Stanford Law School faculty in 1981, he was a tenured English professor at Skidmore College. He also served as a law clerk to Justice Potter Stewart of the U.S. Supreme Court and Judge J. Skelly Wright of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.