Clinic Faculty & Staff
Professor Erica J. Hashimoto, Director
B.A., Harvard University; J.D., Georgetown
Erica J. Hashimoto is the Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Law and Appellate Advocacy at Georgetown University Law Center, where she serves as a Director of the Appellate Litigation Program. She has litigated before the United States Courts of Appeals for the D.C., Eleventh, and Fourth Circuits. Prior to joining the Georgetown faculty, she was the Allen Post Professor of Law at the University of Georgia. While there, she started an appellate litigation clinic that accepted appointments from federal courts of appeals, and she was named a Josiah Meigs Professor, the university’s highest teaching honor.
Prior to teaching at the University of Georgia, Professor Hashimoto was an assistant federal public defender in Washington, D.C. She also clerked for the Honorable David S. Tatel of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and for the Honorable Paul L. Friedman of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
Professor Steven H. Goldblatt, Of Counsel
B.A., Franklin & Marshall; J.D., Georgetown
Steven H. Goldblatt is a Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center where he serves as the Faculty Director of the Supreme Court Institute, and he is Of Counsel for the Appellate Litigation Program. He is an active litigator before the United States Courts of Appeals for the D.C. and the Fourth Circuits and has also argued five cases before the Supreme Court of the United States, including four Appellate Litigation Program cases. He presently serves as the Chair of the Rules Advisory Committee of the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.
Professor Goldblatt has been the chair of the American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section Amicus Curiae Briefs Committee (1982-1999) and has served on other ABA special committees including a term on the Criminal Justice Standards Committee. Prior to coming to Georgetown in 1981, Professor Goldblatt was a prosecutor in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he litigated before the federal and state appellate courts and supervised the Law Division of the District Attorney’s Office. While a prosecutor, he litigated Pennsylvania v. Mimms and Cuyler v. Sullivan in the United States Supreme Court. He was the Director of the Appellate Litigation Program for more than 30 years.
Adjunct Professor Roy T. Englert, Jr.
B.A., Princeton; J.D., Harvard
Professor Englert began working with the clinic ten years ago on SEC v. Zandford, 122 S. Ct. 1899 (2002). The next year he was appointed as an adjunct professor and consults with clinic students on cases, participating in seminar instruction, and providing career counseling. He is the founding partner of Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck & Untereiner LLP. Professor Englert was formerly a partner at Mayer, Brown & Platt in Washington, D.C., an Assistant to the Solicitor General at the United States Department of Justice, and an associate at Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering in Washington, D.C. He was also a Court Law Clerk for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Throughout his career, Professor Englert’s principal focus has been appellate litigation and antitrust law. His appellate experience includes arguing 12 cases in the Supreme Court of the United States, winning 10, losing 1, and achieving a split decision in 1. He has also briefed many other Supreme Court cases, and briefed and argued many cases in other state and federal appellate courts. His appellate cases have spanned virtually all fields of law, including antitrust, bankruptcy, employment discrimination, federal jurisdiction, administrative law, RICO, and punitive damages. Professor Englert’s antitrust experience includes representing clients at trial and on appeal, negotiating with federal antitrust agencies, and providing antitrust counseling. He has also worked on competition issues in large railroad mergers before the Surface Transportation Board and its predecessor. His professional affiliations include membership in the ABA Section of Antitrust Law, the Supreme Court Historical Society, the Outside Advisory Board of the Georgetown Supreme Court Institute, and the Constitutional & Administrative Law Advisory Committee of the National Chamber Litigation Center.
Publications:
Anticompetitive Mergers: Prevention and Cure (co-author), in Antitrust and Regulation (F. Fisher ed. 1985); So Many Cases, So Little Time (co-author), in Legal Times of Washington, July 23, 1990 (annual Supreme Court Review), at S23; International Commerce Issues, in Financial Times Business Law Brief, July 1992, at 16; Punitive Damages to Be Reviewed (co-author), in Financial Times Business Law Brief, February 1993, at 13; Antitrust: A Change in Direction, in Legal Times of Washington, July 26, 1993 (annual Supreme Court Review), at S40; How to Write a Good Appellate Brief (co-author), in Litigation, Winter 1994, at 6; No Right to Vacate Judgments in Settled Cases – Says U.S. Supreme Court, in Civil Litigation Report, Jan. 15, 1995, at 5; A Favorable Term (co-author), in National Law Journal, August 6, 2001 (annual Supreme Court review), at C8; Some Important Wins (co-author), in National Law Journal, August 5, 2002 (annual Supreme Court review), at C5.
John Peng, Second Year Fellow
John comes to Georgetown Law following experiences as an Immigrant Justice Corps Fellow and Federal Litigation and Appellate Staff Attorney with Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York’s Immigration Unit. With PLSNY, John focused on petitions for review before the circuit courts, habeas corpus and mandamus petitions before the district courts, and other advocative actions around conditions of immigration confinement. His work has involved the areas of crimmigration, challenging whether state criminal convictions may trigger grounds of removability outlined in the Immigration and Nationality Act; derivative citizenship, contesting disproportionate restrictions placed on parents’ ability to transmit U.S. citizenship; and due process, ensuring noncitizens receive full and fair opportunities to present their cases in removal and detention proceedings.
John holds a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, where he was an active participant in the Transnational Legal Clinic, and a B.A. from Columbia University. John is barred in the State of New York.
Max Alderman, First Year Fellow
Before joining Georgetown University Law Center, Max Alderman litigated before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the federal and state courts of California as an associate at Keker, Van Nest, & Peters LLP. Max specialized in high-stakes trial and appellate litigation, representing emerging and established technology companies, founders, and start-ups, as well as successfully representing those seeking immigration and habeas relief. Prior to litigating at KVP, Max clerked for the Honorable Salvador Mendoza Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and for the Honorable Jennifer A. Dorsey of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.
Max’s research lies primarily in the fields of civil and criminal procedure, federal courts, and administrative law, with a particular interest in leveraging machine-learning and algorithmic tools to better understand judicial decision-making and discretion. He holds a J.D. from Stanford Law School; an MPhil. in Philosophy from the University of Warwick, which he attended as a Marshall Scholar; and a B.A. in Philosophy and Political Science from the University of Nevada, Reno.
Niko Perazich, Office Manager
Niko is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the clinic. Prior to Georgetown Niko worked at various DC-area law firms as a paralegal. Niko is a graduate of Middlebury College and is married with two young children.