May 13, 2004
Speaker Biographies
Richard A. Epstein is the James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School, where he has taught since 1972, and the Peter and Kirstin Bedford Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. Mr. Epstein has written numerous articles on a wide range of legal and interdisciplinary topics and has taught courses on subjects such as constitutional law, contracts, corporations, health law and policy, property, jurisprudence, patents, torts, and workers’ compensation. He has edited the Journal of Legal Studies and the Journal of Law and Economics, and at present he is a director of the John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics. Mr. Epstein has authored many books, including Takings: Private Property and the Power of Eminent Domain (1985), Torts (1999), and Skepticism and Freedom (2003).
Michael S. Greve is the John G. Searle Scholar at AEI where he directs the Federalism Project and the Liability Project. His research and writing cover American federalism and its legal, political, and economic dimensions. Mr. Greve cofounded and, from 1989 to February 2000, directed the Center for Individual Rights (CIR), a public interest law firm. CIR served as counsel in many precedent-setting constitutional cases, including United States v. Morrison (2000) and Rosenberger v. University of Virginia (1995). He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Mr. Greve is the author of The Demise of Environmentalism in American Law (1996); Real Federalism: Why It Matters, How It Could Happen (1999); and most recently Sell Globally, Tax Locally: Sales Tax Reform for the New Economy (2003).
Timothy J. Muris is chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, a position he has held since 2001. Mr. Muris served in three previous positions at the commission: assistant director of the Planning Office (1974–1976), director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection (1981–1983), and director of the Bureau of Competition (1983–1985). Before joining the FTC in 1981, he served as the deputy counsel to the Presidential Task Force on Regulatory Relief, headed by then-Vice President Bush. After leaving the FTC in 1985, Mr. Muris served with the Executive Office of the President at the Office of Management and Budget for three years. He then joined George Mason University School of Law as a Foundation Professor in 1988 and was interim dean of the law school from 1996 to 1997. He has published numerous books and articles on antitrust, consumer protection, federal budget issues, regulation, and contract law. He was also of counsel with the law firm of Collier, Shannon, Rill & Scott (1992–2000) and Howrey, Simon, Arnold & White (2000–2001).
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