Dr. Aaron Kheriaty is a psychiatrist and bioethicist who became nationally known after he was fired from his position as a professor at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, and Director of the Medical Ethics Program at UCI Health, for challenging the university’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. He filed a federal lawsuit arguing that the mandate violated his constitutional rights by failing to account for natural immunity and by compelling a medical intervention against his conscience.
He will speak on his landmark free speech case, Missouri v. Biden, which challenges federal government censorship efforts in collaboration with social media platforms—a case with profound First Amendment implications.

When: Thursday, June 5, 2025 at 11:45 a.m. (registration), 12:00 Noon (lunch)
Where: First Floor Conference Room, 2040 Main Street, 1st Floor, Irvine, CA.
(Please validate your parking ticket in the lobby before or after entering the venue.)
Cost: $30/members, $35/non-members, $20/students, for lunch and 1 hour of MCLE credit (the Federalist Society is a California State Bar approved provider of MCLE).
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About: Dr. Aaron Kheriaty, Fellow & Director, Program in Bioethics and American Democracy, Ethics and Public Policy Center
Dr. Aaron Kheriaty is a Fellow and Director of the Program in Bioethics and American Democracy at the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC). A psychiatrist, author, and nationally recognized voice on medical ethics, civil liberties, and public health policy, Dr. Kheriaty has testified before the U.S. Senate and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, National Review, and numerous national media outlets.
Dr. Kheriaty is also the author of The New Abnormal: The Rise of the Biomedical Security State and writes regularly at his Substack publication, Human Flourishing.