James A. Feldman

Professor Feldman is currently an attorney with a solo practice in Washington, D.C., specializing in Supreme Court and litigation.  From 1989 to 2006, he was an Assistant to the Solicitor General at the Department of Justice, an office with responsibility for representing the government in cases in the Supreme Court.  He has argued 46 cases before the Court and has been primarily responsible for briefing more than one hundred others on the merits and for many hundreds of certiorari-stage briefs in opposition and other filings.  From 1987-1989, Professor Feldman served with Judge Lawrence Walsh as an Associate Independent Counsel with the Office of Independent Counsel (Iran-Contra).  From 1986-1987, Professor Feldman worked at the law firm of Wilmer Cutler & Pickering (now WilmerHale).  In addition to his law practice, Professor Feldman teaches a seminar on Supreme Court Practice and Process at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.  He has been awarded the Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award, the Department of Justice John Marshall Award for Outstanding Legal Achievement for Handling of Appeals, and the Federal Bar Association’s Justice Tom C. Clark Award for outstanding accomplishments as a federal government lawyer.  He served as a law clerk to Justice William J. Brennan, Jr., of the United States Supreme Court, and Judge J. Skelly Wright of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.