Josh Hawley

Josh Hawley
Personal details
Born (1979-12-31) December 31, 1979
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Erin Morrow Hawley
Residence Central Missouri
Alma mater

Stanford (B.A.)

Yale Law School (J.D.)
Profession

Attorney

Professor, University of Missouri Law School
Religion Christian
Website Campaign Website

Joshua David “Josh” Hawley (born December 31, 1979) is an American constitutional attorney in Missouri and conservative candidate for Missouri Attorney General in 2016. Hawley has served as co-counsel on landmark religious liberty cases at the United States Supreme Court, including Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, 573 U.S. ___ (2014) [1] and Hosanna-Tabor v. EEOC, 565 U.S. ___ (2012).[2]

Education

Josh grew up in Lexington, Missouri, and graduated from Rockhurst High School in Kansas City, Missouri. He went on to graduate with highest honors from Stanford University with an A.B. in History. He attended Yale Law School, where he led the conservative Yale Federalist Society[3] and earned clerkships at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and subsequently the United States Supreme Court.[4]

After attending Yale Law School, Josh was selected to be judicial clerk for the Hon. Michael W. McConnell of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. He subsequently earned a clerkship at the U.S. Supreme Court with Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. During this time, Hawley met his wife, a fellow Supreme Court clerk, Erin Morrow Hawley.

Legal career

After Hawley’s clerkships, he worked as an appellate litigator at Hogan Lovells US LLP in Washington D.C. At Hogan, Josh briefed cases in multiple federal circuit courts, numerous state courts and the Supreme Court of the United States. His practice spanned multiple fields of law, including the First Amendment, copyright, ERISA and criminal law.

Josh has served as Senior Counsel to The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. With the Becket Fund, Josh litigated groundbreaking First Amendment cases before the Supreme Court of the United States, in the federal circuit courts and state courts of last resort. These cases most notably included Hosanna-Tabor v. EEOC in 2012 and the landmark Supreme Court case Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores.[5][6][7]

Josh has also served as an Associate Professor at the University of Missouri Law School. At the University of Missouri, Josh taught Constitutional Law, Constitutional Theory, Legislation, and Torts.[8]

Leadership

Josh was the Founder[9] and Former President of Missouri Liberty Project, a coalition of everyday citizens dedicated to fighting government overreach, defending the U.S. Constitution, and informing Missourians about the need for limited government.[10]

Author

He is the author of a book on former President Theodore Roosevelt[11] and a frequent contributor to national publications like the Wall Street Journal[12] and USA Today,[13] speaking up for conservative values.

Selected Publications:

Family

Josh and his wife, Erin, also a leading national appellate attorney and former U.S. Supreme Court clerk, live in central Missouri with their two young sons.

Campaign Endorsements

National Review [21]

Family Research Council [22]

Former US Senator John Danforth

References

  1. ↑ "Supreme Court of the United States, Brief for Respondents" (PDF). Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "The Supreme Court of the United States, Brief for the Petitioner" (PDF). Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "Prof. Joshua Hawley". The Federalist Society. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Supreme Court Clerk Hiring". Above The Law. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "'Kelly File': Judge Napolitano, Hobby Lobby Lawyer Talk SCOTUS Ruling". Fox New Insider. Fox News. Jun 30, 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  6. ↑ Toombs, Zach (June 30, 2014). "Hobby Lobby Lawyer: Ruling's Scope Is Limited". Newsy. Newsy. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  7. ↑ Gizzi, John (July 1, 2014). "Hobby Lobby Attorney: Expect 'at Least 50 More' Such Cases". Newsmax. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  8. ↑ "Josh Hawley, University of Missouri". University of Missouri Law School. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  9. ↑ "WSJ Quotes Founder Josh Hawley". Missouri Liberty Project.
  10. ↑ "Missouri Liberty Project". Missouri Liberty Project. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  11. ↑ "Theodore Roosevelt". Yale University Press. Yale University Press. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  12. ↑ Hawley, Joshua (August 23, 2013). "What Democracy Requires". Wall Street Journal. Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  13. ↑ Hawley, Joshua (March 23, 2014). "For-profit doesn't mean no conscience". USA Today. USA Today. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  14. ↑ Hawley, Joshua. "Book Review: 'Scalia: A Court of One' by Bruce Allen Murphy". Wall Street Journal.
  15. ↑ Hawley, Joshua. "What Democracy Requires". Wall Street Journal.
  16. ↑ Hawley, Joshua (2015). "Return to Political Theology". NOTRE DAME LAW REVIEW 90: 1631.
  17. ↑ Hawley, Joshua (2014). "The Intellectual Origins of (Modern) Substantive Due Process". TEXAS LAW REVIEW 93: 275.
  18. ↑ Hawley, Joshua. "The Transformative Twelfth Amendment". WILLIAM AND MARY LAW REVIEW (55).
  19. ↑ Hawley, Joshua. "The Beginning of the End?: Horne v. Department of Agriculture and the Future of Williamson County" (PDF). CATO Supreme Court Review 245. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  20. ↑ Hawley, Joshua (2011). "Roosevelt's Republic: Theodore Roosevelt and the American Presidency". Wiley-Blackwell.
  21. ↑ Editors, The. "Josh Hawley for Missouri AG: An Easy, Conservative Choice". National Review. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  22. ↑ "FRC Action PAC Endorses Josh Hawley for Missouri Attorney General". Family Research Council. FRC Action. Retrieved 23 November 2015.

External links

Official campaign website
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